Riku Asikainen

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Managing Partner, Founder at Evli Growth Partners @ Evli Growth Partners
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Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland, Finland
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About Riku Asikainen

Founder and Managing Partner of EGP, a growth capital fund for the new Nordics. Seasoned entrepreneur with strong emphasize on growth investments on small and medium-sized companies.During my entrepreneurial, management and investment career, which started in year 1988, I have been founder, director and investor in more than fifthy ventures. Out of those companies,ten have been exited and five gone to zero (some valuable lessons learnt from these) while the rest are still in my portfolio.During my tenure two companies have grown from zero revenue to five million range, one company to ten million, one to twenty million and one over thirty million of annual revenue.Specialties: -Over 20 years of experience on B-to-C business as owner, manager and investor in several different fields of business.- Several financing and re-financing rounds in micro to medium size companies- Areas of interest: Private equity financing, Growth, Execution, Financing and IT development as a strategic tool in managing customers and sales

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Evli Growth Partners

Evli Growth Partners

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Managing Partner, Founder at Evli Growth Partners
Riku Asikainen Work Experience Details
  • Evli Growth Partners
    Managing Partner, Founder
    Evli Growth Partners Dec 2018 - Present
    Helsinki, Southern Finland, Fi
    EGP was founded to serve the most beautiful, fastest growing companies in the new Nordics. We love to invest our time, energy, contacts and knowledge on your beautiful company (and also 5 to 10 meuros on your B-round).Until end of Q1/2024 we have done twelve direct investments in ten different countries. I have led our investments to:-Acast, SE, the world´s leading podcast platform. IPO on H1/2021, exited H1/2024-TIER, DE, the global micromobility company. We participated on TIER´s second funding round. Company was valued at 200 MEUR at the time prior to our first investment and was (Q1/2022) valued above 2 billion euros.-Klevu, FI, a search engine for e-commerce. We lead the investment round of 10 meur on H2/2019. -Refurbed, AUS, a DACH region leader on refurbished electronics, EGP I has led three consecutive investment round on Refurbed, first about 17 Meur round on H1/ 2020 and the 54 Musd round on H2/2021 and last 56 Musd H2/2023 -CGTrader, LIT, a leading 3D-model market place. We lead CGtrader´s B-round on H2/2020. -Tylko, POL, EGP I invested and led the 23 Meur B-round of a Polish made-to-measure furniture marketplace. -Preply, US, EGP I has participated on both B- and C- round of Preply, a leading online language teaching platform. -Perlego, UK, a world leading subscription service for university learning material. EGP II participated a 50 Musd B-round on H1/22. -Laserhub, DE, We led a 14 meur B-round for a metal parts market place on H1/22. EGP holds a chairmanship in the company.-Happeo, FI, we participated a 25 meur B-round equity investment in Finnish SaaS company offering modern intranet solutions. -Bob W. IRE, We lead a B-round of 40 Meur to Bob W. Company provides a smarter and more sustainable alternative to traditional hotels and short-term rentals. Investment was closed on H2/24- Planity, FR, We took part in Planity´s 56 Meur C-round. Planity serves more than 10000 SME customers in beauty sector H2/24
  • Oy Brynolf Grönmark Ab
    Chairman Of The Board, Partner
    Oy Brynolf Grönmark Ab Aug 2008 - Present
    Espoo, Fi
    Grönmark is a strong strategic partner bringing together international suppliers and Finnish industry. Our cooperation with Finnish industry is based on a decades-long experience. Our strength is reliability of deliveries, flexibility and quick reactions to changing requirements. We are active in product research and development in cooperation with our suppliers and customers. Targeting Success of The CustomerGrönmark’s main aim is the customer’s success. We achieve our aim by our professionalism and by the continuous development of our skills. We operate honestly and sincerely, valuing every individual. As a Traditional Finnish family company, we also realise our responsibility for the environment and community.Grönmark on merkittävä kansainvälisiä laite- ja tarvikevalmistajia ja suomalaista teollisuutta yhdistävä ratkaisuja tuottava strateginen kumppani. Meillä on vuosikymmenten kokemus yhteistyöstä suomalaisten teollisuusyritysten kanssa. Vahvuuksiamme kilpailutilanteessa ovat toimitusvarmuus, joustavuus sekä nopea reagointi muuttuviin tarpeisiin. Teemme aktiivista tuotekehitystyötä sekä laite- ja tarvikevalmistajien että asiakkaiden kanssa.Tavoitteena asiakkaan menestyminen Tärkein toimintaa ohjaava arvomme on asiakkaan menestyminen. Tavoitteen saavutamme ammattitaidon avulla ja osaamisen jatkuvalla kehittämisellä. Toimimme rehellisesti ja avoimesti, yksilöä kunnioittaen. Perinteikkäänä suomalaisena perheyrityksenä tunnemme myös vastuumme ympäristöstä ja yhteiskunnasta.www.gronmark.com
  • Thirdpresence
    Member Of The Board Of Directors, Angel Investor
    Thirdpresence Mar 2012 - Present
    Helsinki, Southern Finland, Fi
    ThirdPresence is a web-based SaaS platform that enables you to distribute your video content to any multimedia-capable mobile phone or device. Using ThirdPresence you can take any video file, upload it to our platform and get a single "universal" URL that will play the video on any video-capable mobile device, either inside an application or from a mobile web page. ThirdPresence features include: * Support for live video and audio streams, podcasts, VOD clips and news. * Publish your content on mobile web sites or in a media player application. * On-line customization of the player / web site look-and-feel. * Deploy in a few hours instead of weeks. * Scalability to millions of delivered daily videos. * Your complete ownership of viewer and usage data. With ThirdPresence you can effortlessly create a new distribution channel for your content that reaches hundreds and hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide. Specialties: Delivering video to mobile devices. www.thirdpresence.com
  • Combinostics
    Angel Investor
    Combinostics Dec 2014 - Present
    Tampere, Finland, Fi
    Happy angel investor in big data driven medtech company Combinostics.Combinostics, a digital health company, was founded in August 2014 with the goal to develop and market advanced tools for data-driven diagnostics. The technology builds on software and innovations that have been developed over many years at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. The technology is generic and can be applied to any disease area but Combinostics’ initial focus is to provide a tool for use for diagnostics in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
  • Rephop
    Angel Investor
    Rephop Dec 2014 - Present
    Ee
    Rephop is SaaS-based CFO consolidation and reporting tool for multinationals. Happy to be on board!
  • Streamr
    Co-Founder And Angel Investor
    Streamr Oct 2014 - Present
    Zug, Ch
    Take control of data. No technical skills required. Take action in real-time. Share your results. Streamr cloud-based platform enables even non-technical users to quickly test different ideas on various streams ranging from machine-generated data and internal company streams to social media feeds. The service also provides ways to distribute the refined data to stakeholders on all devices.
  • Flashnode Oy
    Angel Investor
    Flashnode Oy Nov 2015 - Present
    Jyväskylä, West And Inner Finland, Fi
    Flashnode - Compatibility as a FeatureFlashnode is building a wide compatibility network for B2B SaaS solutions supporting especially Accounting, CRM, POS, Payments and eCommerce platforms & services.
  • Enbrite.Ly
    Member Of The Board Of Directors, Lead Angel Investor
    Enbrite.Ly May 2015 - Present
    Enbrite.ly brings transparency to online advertising.https://enbrite.ly/#whyuseenbritely
  • Palveluosakeyhtiö Metsäpolku
    Chairman Of The Board
    Palveluosakeyhtiö Metsäpolku Feb 1992 - Present
    Fi
  • Riq Yhtiöt Oy
    Owner
    Riq Yhtiöt Oy Jan 1988 - Present
    CEO and Chairman of the board
  • Nixu Oy
    Private Investor
    Nixu Oy Jun 2010 - Jun 2023
    Espoo, -, Fi
    Nixu is Nordic’s largest specialist company in information security consulting. Nixu advises, builds, develops and inspects its customers’ information security capabilities as an independent advisor. Our goal is to ensure the continuity of our customer’s business and internet services by anticipating and preventing information security-related risks. We employ over 100 experienced information security consultants, technical experts and software developers, who form Nordics’ leading cluster of information security expertise.
  • Fourdeg
    Angel Investor
    Fourdeg Nov 2015 - Jan 2022
    Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Fi
    CONSUMERS IMPROVED INDOOR TEMPERATURE ACCURACYREDUCED COST OF LIVINGECOLOGICAL THINKING With our care free easy temperature control systems the consumers are free to enjoy their home in warmth while saving energy when possible. Our smart learning algorithms make temperature control a breeze, no programming, no setting up parameters, no system knowledge needed. But if you do want to know more about how your home is behaving you have the ability to access detailed reports and analysis that help you see your home temperature. Control of your home is possible and easy with our intuitive application. It is developed together with our customers and provide simple but powerful interface to all of your heating.
  • Berggram Development Oy
    Angel Investor
    Berggram Development Oy Jan 2013 - Jul 2021
    BergGram is to revolutionize our way of playing music instruments. Don´t ask me how, it´s a secret !
  • Kampiki Solutions / Ezyinsights
    Chairman Of The Board Of Directors, Lead Angel Investor
    Kampiki Solutions / Ezyinsights Jun 2013 - Jun 2021
    Helsinki, Fi
    EzyInsights is a community management solution that helps companies build relationships with those who influence their brand on Social Media.We identify key ambassadors and their influence,show what is working, guide to understand how to engage, where to take actions and how to allocate time effectively. We give easily digestible, clear cut information on daily basis and rolling 30 days. Easy to use cloud service.
  • Liid
    Member Of The Board Of Directors, Lead Angel Investor
    Liid Jan 2016 - May 2020
    Helsinki, Uusimaa, Fi
    Liid Oy was founded in 2014 with a simple goal: make the life of salespeople easier by ensuring that they never have to worry about CRM data entry again.
  • Eban - The European Trade Association For Business Angels, Seed Funds, And Other Early Stage Market
    Vice President Of The Board
    Eban - The European Trade Association For Business Angels, Seed Funds, And Other Early Stage Market May 2016 - Jun 2019
    Brussels, Be
    EBAN (European Business Angel Network) is the pan-European representative for the early stage investor community, gathering 170 member organisations in 59 countries today. Established in 1999 by a group of pioneer angel networks in Europe with the collaboration of the European Commission and EURADA, EBAN represents a sector estimated to invest 7,5 billion Euros a year and playing a vital role in Europe’s future, notably in the funding of SMEs. EBAN fuels Europe’s growth through the creation of wealth and jobs. (edit 06/2016)
  • Ellun Kanat
    Member Board Of Directors
    Ellun Kanat Mar 2017 - Feb 2019
    Helsinki, Southern Finland, Fi
    Ellun kanat on näkemyksellinen viestintätoimisto. www.ellunkanat.fi
  • Smoothie Heaven Oy
    Member Of The Board Of Directors, Angel Investor
    Smoothie Heaven Oy Feb 2013 - Jun 2017
    Smoothie Heaven Oy on Suomen johtava terveellisten ja paikalla tehtyjen smoothie- ja mehujuomien ketju, joka laajenee nopeasti. Etsimme jatkuvasti parhaita kauppapaikkoja korkea profiilisille myymälöillemme. http://www.junglejuicebar.fi/
  • E-Sports Group Oy
    Private Investor
    E-Sports Group Oy Dec 2010 - Mar 2017
    E-Sports Group Oy manufacturers floorball equipments, Cross-country poles & equipment, Nordic walking poles & equipments, Alpine poles & equipments and Trecking poles & equipments. E-Sports Group Oy is licence holder for brands Exel, Canadien, Precision, ProStick and Christian.http://www.exelfloorball.com/exel/
  • Startup Sauna Foundation
    Head Coach
    Startup Sauna Foundation Jan 2014 - Jun 2016
    Helsinki, Southern Finland, Fi
    Startup Sauna connects the most promising startups from Northern Europe and Russia with experienced serial entrepreneurs, investors and media from around the world. In practice, Startup Sauna consists of three different operations: 1) an internship program for university graduates to intern at high-growth companies in Helsinki and Silicon Valley. More than 60 interns have been employed through the program to date 2) an accelerator program for early-stage startups from Northern Europe and Russia, where the startups get coached by experienced serial entrepreneurs and investors in an intense one-month program in Helsinki. More than 90 companies have graduated from the program since 2010 3) the Slush conference, which brings together the early-stage startup ecosystem in the region to meet top-tier venture capitalists and media from around the world. In 2012, Slush gathered more than 3.500 attendees, 550 companies and 250 investors and journalists for two days in Helsinki Startup Sauna is physically located in its own co-working space found on Aalto University's campus in Espoo, Finland, which is where many of the events and programs also take place. Startup Sauna is funded by Aalto University, Tekes, Teknologiateollisuus and Sitra, among others. More info at http://startuplife.fi/ http://startupsauna.com/ http://slush.fi/see less
  • Sofi-Filtration Oy
    Member Of The Board Of Directors, Angel Investor
    Sofi-Filtration Oy May 2011 - Jun 2015
    Espoo, Uusimaa, Fi
    •Sofi Filtration is a Finnish provider of state-of-the-art water filtration technology •Personnel combined filtration industry experience >100 years •Strong know-how on whole dewatering processes aiming to provide industry best practice solutions •Company’s main product is Sofi Filter – a high capacity polishing filter •Sofi Filter combines innovation, industrial filtration know-how and CFD-optimization •Sofi Filter project was granted innovation development fund (TEKES) for 2011-2012 •Sofi Filtration is committed to engineering for environment.
  • Fiban Ry
    Co-Founder And Chairman (Emeritus)
    Fiban Ry Dec 2010 - Dec 2014
    FiBAN is a non-profit association of private investors that aims to improve the possibilities for private persons to invest in unlisted potential growth companies. The association’s work is based on the activity by private investors and cooperates with networks supporting high-growth goals. FIBAN IN SHORT •A non-profit private investors association with over 440 approver angel members. •Sector based matchmaking of companies and investors angels.•Encourage the formation of syndicated investments.•Early-stage private investment trainings and research. •Private equity investors association with an investor-driven approach.www.fiban.org
  • Lde
    Associé And Co-Founder
    Lde Jan 1999 - Jan 2013
    Erstein, Grand Est, Fr
    LDE is a leading student material supplier in the French speaking world. Our customers range globally from student unions to multinational organizations. HQed close to Strasbourg, we also serve German market through our subsidiary.www.lde.fr
  • Undp
    It Project Officer
    Undp 2000 - 2003
    New York, Ny, Us
  • Lukiolaisten Kirjakauppa
    Managing Director, Founder
    Lukiolaisten Kirjakauppa 1992 - 2003

Riku Asikainen Skills

Venture Capital Angel Investing Entrepreneurship Start Ups Private Equity Business Strategy Leadership Board Of Director Experience Growth Strategies Business Development New Business Development Mergers And Acquisitions Finance Corporate Finance Emerging Markets Valuation Board Of Directors M&a Experience Saas Strategic Planning Business Modeling Corporate Development Strategy Business Planning Management Incubators Investments Seed Capital Strategic Partnerships Market Research Cloud Computing Financial Modeling International Business Venture Financing Management Consulting Funding Executive Management Due Diligence Incubation Restructuring Portfolio Management Ipo Start Up Consulting Mobile Devices Go To Market Strategy Software As A Service

Riku Asikainen Education Details

  • Helsingin Kauppakorkeakoulu
    Helsingin Kauppakorkeakoulu
    Finance
  • Mäkelänrinteen Lukio
    Mäkelänrinteen Lukio
    High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates

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Riku Asikainen works for Evli Growth Partners

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Riku Asikainen's current role is Managing Partner, Founder at Evli Growth Partners.

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Riku Asikainen's email address is riku.asikainen@iki.fi

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Riku Asikainen attended Helsingin Kauppakorkeakoulu, Mäkelänrinteen Lukio.

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Riku Asikainen has interest in Politics, Education, Poverty Alleviation, Science And Technology, Disaster And Humanitarian Relief, Human Rights.

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Riku Asikainen has skills like Venture Capital, Angel Investing, Entrepreneurship, Start Ups, Private Equity, Business Strategy, Leadership, Board Of Director Experience, Growth Strategies, Business Development, New Business Development, Mergers And Acquisitions.

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