Nuard Ventures invests in innovative early stage companies especially within the ICT/AI/gaming/e-commerce. Current investments include e.g. AudioMob, Appcharge, BoxBox, Cuckoo, Hoiwa, Makea Games, CircularPlace, Cogram, Leetify, Cypher Games, Extra Dimension Games, Black Block, FunCraft, Sneaky Panda, Frozen Monkey, Superbloom, Flowstate Games, Talewind, Ready Player Me, IVALO, MVision AI, Nordic Telecom, Videoly, Stoke Games, Ninyes, Operating etc. Previous investments include e.g. Next Games (IPO in 2017 and acquired by Netflix in 2022), Jido (acquired by Roblox), Speechly (acquired by Roblox) Crew Media (acquired by Academica), Academica (acquired by Equinix), Nemein (acquired by Anders Innovations)

Hoiwa is the number one labor marketplace and workforce management platform for the healthcare industry in the Nordics. The company was founded in 2020 with a focus on the largest profession in healthcare: nursing.

Cuckoo is a gamified wellbeing app that brings joy to your day! It boosts your energy levels and inspires you to take breaks – giving your body a break from sitting and your head a rest from work.

Videoly is a leading video platform for e-commerce.

Futurefly was a 3D avatar & AR studio from Helsinki, Finland. The company was at the forefront of tackling presence, identity, and communication challenges in AR/VR.The team of 14 engineers with backgrounds at successful game & consumer app companies such as Microsoft, EA, Remedy, Peak Games and Rovio was acquired by Supercell in 2018.

August 2013 -> August 2015Vice President, Sales & MarketingJuly 2012 -> August 2013Director, International BusinessNordic Telecom’s goal is to ignite a new era of global telecom innovation by making the newest and most advanced cloud based communication technologies accessible to every business in the world.

Nemein stands for business oriented IT-solutions by combining the digital world with the real world. We have been around since the beginning of the internet, working with clients such as Jolla, Aalto university, Luottokunta, Adecco etc. The company is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, but has consultants in many other areas of Europe.Nemein was acquired by Anders Innovations.

Ideair is a Finnish scent marketing agency. We give life to our customer's marketing. Using only audio and visual material in your marketing is not enough in today's competition. With multi sensory marketing you capture your audience in a totally different way than through old, traditional marketing efforts.

Academica Ltd. is a a leading data centre and IT services operator in Finland.Academica was acquired by TelecityGroup in 2011.

Muxlim™ was the world's largest Muslim lifestyle social network with a vision to connect the world's Muslim communities to each other, and to the wider world, through shared online experiences. The network reached 25 million people in 190 countries.The vision was to connect two worlds and a market worth $1 trillion (Reference: Handbook of Islamic Marketing).Read more about this in Mohamed El-Fatatry's biography "Mohamed 2.0: Disruption Manifesto" (Schildts & Soderströms, 2012)

Crew Media Finland Ltd. is a Finnish ICT service provider with a specific focus on the SME sector. We offer our customers professional and reliable consulting, design, implementation and support services.Crew Media Finland has offices in Helsinki, Porvoo and Oulu and it employs more than 20 highly skilled technical specialists. Crew Media Finland was acquired by Academica in late 2007.

Acted as the Sales and Marketing Director of a small ICT service company that grew from 10 to 21 people and doubled its turnover to 2,1MEUR in one year before getting acquired by Academica Oy.

Mermit was a small mobile application developer turned into a midsized integrator and software development company with a staff of 70 highly skilled software professionals.Mermit Business Application Ltd was acquired by Ixonos Plc in early 2007.