Play Ventures is the premium early stage VC fund investing in games and games services start-ups around the world. We help the best gaming founders on their journey to create amazing games and the most valuable gaming companies of tomorrow.

Acquired by Playtika in September 2021.

Pre-seed/Seed investor and accelerator for Nordic XR startups. Sourced over 150 deals, lead deal negotiations into 10 portfolio companies: Adverty, AR Games Helsinki, Catland, Evocat Games, Hipfire Games, Immersal, Mantisbite, Mimerse, Osgenic and Pikseli Arcade.

Advising gumi on opportunities and activities in the Nordics.

Angel investment into the leading global #1 esports teams group housing Astralis (Counter-Strike), Origen (League Of Legends) and Future FC (FIFA) teams.Succesfully IPO'd on Nasdaq First North in December 2019.

Next Generation XR Advertising Platform. Nordic XR Startups batch #1 portfolio company.Successfully IPO'd on Nordic Growth Market in November 2018.

Richie builds software that helps publishers make money in digital.

Co-invested in School Day's seed round with Lifeline Ventures and KK Valmennuskeskus.

Invested in Starberry Games (previously Chatterbox Games) pre-seed round. Team has years of experience from Wooga & Digital Chocolate and previously built titles that generated over >30M in revenue.

Co-invested in Mighty Bear early seed round with Global Founders Capital and other angel investors.

Mentoring game startups.

- Managed Rocket Pack studio's day-to-day operations, including both game team & engine team efforts - Set high-level product goals, roadmaps and planned and managed project deadlines and delivery- Sim-shipped a popular mobile social game (ScribbleMix) on three platforms (iOS, Android, WP8)- Was in charge of Rocket Pack's operational and financial integration with Disney- Spearheaded and maintained developer relationships between various teams at Disney Interactive, who developed a vast library of HTML5 games powered by Rocket Pack technology- Rocket Pack HTML5 technology was prominently featured in several tech industry keynotes, including Microsoft Build and Google I/O

- In charge of company's financial, accounting and administrative processes- Formulated company's marketing, sales, communications and go-to-market strategy- Rocket Pack created the first HTML5 game on Facebook (Warimals), and attracted the interest of numerous big game companies for our HTML5 Game Engine (Rocket Engine)- Negotiated with public & private investors for company's pre-seed & seed financing rounds- Coordinated company's M&A and legal activities and processes during acquisition negotiations - Rocket Pack was acquired by the Walt Disney Company exactly one year after its founding

- CEO of leading Finnish independent media publisher- Instrumental in turning company around from loss-making company to a thriving, profitable company in two years with over €1M in revenue- Managed a multitalented company of 12 people- Responsible for company's sales, marketing and financial activities

- Responsible for circulation & brand marketing for various media brands- Developed a lifetime value (LTV) marketing model for company that boosted subscriber numbers by over 200%- Responsible for all advertising and sponsorship sales throughout company- Developed several new products, including new magazine concepts, new internet media concepts and custom publishing deals with clients

- Created and developed first student online communities and forums - Pioneered the use of open source & web software in Student Union activities

- Responsible for data management & databases in multimillion-dollar clinical study trial project - Managed a data team of six people

Part of the post-acquisition integration team that led software & systems integration to Schering AG