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Hungry companies with the right assets can realize their full potential and win.

Finland has many promising start-ups with lots of potential. Yet very few of them ever reach international scale. We want to change that.
 

If this is You

  • An idea with potential  to disrupt existing businesses
  • An idea where 21st century IT is a key enabler
  • Drive to develop both business and product
  • Target market is big and growing
  • Studied the customer’s needs really well

We would love to hear from you!  Send us your outline plan, we’ll give constructive feedback in return.

We provide what it takes to succeed

  • Speed up your learning curve
  • Avoid the common pitfalls
  • Increase your odds to win
  • Help you reach higher and get further
  • Enable you to leverage your strengths
  • Sufficient resources
  • Co-entrepreneurial support

 

Gorilla Ventures

Is a business accelerator which helps entrepreneurs realize their dreams by making seed investments and participating in the operational running of the company – whether strategy and customer development, go-to-market execution or  globalization.

Arranges the means required to execute the plan, be it expertise, resources, infrastructure or different forms of funding.

Has  complementary, asymmetrical expertise based on vast experience – we have walked the path before!

 

Who we are

Petri Lehmuskoski

Petri Lehmuskoski

Entrepreneur (multiple companies) since age of 18. Grown and taken companies from 0 eur to 120 MEur in multiple countries. Experienced angel investor and startup advisor.

 

Risto Rautakorpi

Risto Rautakorpi

IT business experience since 1982. Has alternated between hands-on entrepreneurship and senior roles in global companies. International GotoMarket expert, from strategy to execution. Analytical numbers guy.

 

Reijo Syrjäläinen

Reijo Syrjäläinen

Has started and bought up several ICT and media businesses
successfully during past 30+ years. Serial entrepreneur and angel
investor specialized in business planning, fund raising and go-to-market.

Timo Tiihonen

Timo Tiihonen

You can’t beat the experience, over 60 board seats during 40 years in high tech. CEO of Xerox and Apple, Venture Capital advisor and business angel. Ready to change the world.

 
Email: first name.last name@gorillaventures.fi

Offices

Helsinki
Aleksanterinkatu 15 B
00100 Helsinki


Tampere
Väinö Linnan aukio 15
33210 Tampere


 

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