Jenni Risku Email & Phone Number

Singapore

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hk

Partner and Director at Click Ventures - formerly a top performing early stage VC firm transitioned into a Single Family Office, based in Singapore and Hong Kong. We invest in emerging fund managers. Above all, we nurture innovators.

Earth, Oo

Innovation and Sustainability Alliance is a network of practitioners on a quest for new ways to maximise sustainability impact. Started a peer group for "Impact/ESG Investing in Early Stage Venture Capital". Alliance is now forging ahead as one of the first social capital DAOs. http://ixsa.earth

Singapore, Singapore, Sg

A supercharged platform to celebrate and connect the leading women in tech in Asia, and supporters of DEI movement in Asia's tech/science/startup scene. First in Singapore/APAC to launch high level conferences for WIT community (2016-2018 in Marina Bay Sands Expo/Sentosa), gathering 4,000+ delegates from 30+ countries to Singapore, working as a strategic partner to the National Research Foundation and Singapore's Tech & Innovation Week (SWITCH).WIT Asia's sponsors include Microsoft, VISA, Accenture, Google, Facebook, CA Technologies, Amazon, Samsung, DELL, Schneider-Electric, and 50+ community partnerships with public/private players such as TEDx, UNWomen, Slush, techstars, SGInnovate, She Loves Tech, Lean In, U.S. and Finnish Embassy in Singapore ... and many others.

Business development, investment, change/growth management, go-to-market, investor/partner search, IT outsourcing via trusted partners in tech.

Singapore, Singapore, Sg

An experimental role in facilitation and development of company culture at Reebonz.

Jyväskylä, West And Inner Finland, Fi

First advisor to then Country Manager of 1 year old start-up Finnchat for Poland and Germany.Core focus: international expansion, company set ­up, building teams. Launching & localizing service production, finding local partners and first reference clients, implementing company culture & values. Responsible for legal and daily operations, cash flow, general leadership.Finnchat won e-retail award (2015) for "new innovative solution", employs 70+ people, and its services boost the UX / online sales / conversion rates of large online shops via data analytics and Live-Chat (sales) solutions.

Hk

Became head of Europe and first non-­Asian member in the management team. Reporting to Group’s owner/CEO, launched group's first European office in Warsaw/Poland. Traveled between countries identifying opportunities, negotiating strategic export deals of unique value products from Europe to China, initiated new trade partnerships with local factories.During 2008­-2012 we diversified group’s product and investment portfolio from industrial B2B trade into B2C business both in China and in Europe; by importing EU made products in China, and investing into real-­estate and HoReCa sectors.

Coaching Hi-Tech start-ups to develop their business concepts, and to pitch in front of customers and investors. My team's start-up was acquired by a strategic investor in 2009.

Grapevine, Texas, Us

Sales + Setting up operations after acquisition (during studies)Transition to Gamestop / EB Games after EB acquired a Dutch home entertainment company's operations in Finland. GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) is a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Grapevine, Texas, and is the world's largest multichannel video game retailer.

(During studies)

Probably one of the best jobs I've ever had was as a student at a Free Record Shop (a Dutch music retail chain); listening, selling and talking about music all day. Did a series of various part-time jobs from a corporate VIP host at Rally Finland competition, to sales at Canal+ (French premium cable television channel)...and a variety of others.

Faculty Of Business

Bachelor'S Degree, International Business

Double Degree Programme