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It is not a storm
its the climate
It is not a storm its the climate
Security
NO
No such thing as a low-security European country
(well Belgium…)
Will it make Europe more secure?
Will it make Europe stronger?
Will it make Europe successful…
Four domains:
Defence, Cyber, Energy, Materials
Podcasts
General Partners
Marko
Kyyrönen
BIO
23 year career in Financial services with the last 16 years as founder, entrepreneur and CEO of a private asset management firm. Builder of new category private capital businesses, seven time General Partner. Leading fundraising activities of over 10 new category funds since 2009.
Vesa
Laakso
BIO
Private capitalist generalist having worked as an investor since 2007.
Family Office, VC and Growth Capital investing in a broad range of industries (Deeptech, industrial, fintech and education). Co-founder of Inderes (IPO in 2021).
Colin
Brown
BIO
World class business investor and growth stage coach. 10 years coaching elite sport. 5 years working on very large Government projects. 7 years as an entrepreneur. 6 years investing and coaching growth stages companies.
Venture Partners
Martti Wallin
BIO
Decades of experience in managing defence and aerospace companies and selling to governments and prime contractors in the heavily regulated environment. Worked with all the major defence companies in Europe and the United States. Singularly focused on “knowing your customer” as well as what, when and how they purchase.
Spent the last 2 years in Washington DC advising Nordic companies on selling to the US Department of Defense (DOD).
Szymon Gajda
BIO
Legal Counsel with over 22 years of professional experience, including a decade as a managing partner in a law practice. Specialised in the energy market and energy regulation, with additional expertise in corporate law, M&A transactions, and compliance implementation. Served as General Counsel for large energy companies and contributed to major investment projects in Poland and abroad.
Christopher Lyrhem
BIO
Future research analyst and strategist focused on how disruptive innovation transforms society over time, incl. how AI, robotics, autonomous mobility, and remanufacturing will reshape markets and business models. Spent his early career at the Second National Pension Fund (AP2), then 14 years at SEB within equity research, portfolio management, and strategy. The author of Regenerate the Economic Machine (for SEB), an explorative book on how general-purpose technologies will push physical products toward services and circularity.
Oskari Lehtonen
BIO
Serial entrepreneur, several successful exits and an IPO, more than ten years of experience of startup accelerating and co-operation between startups and corporations, Ph.D. in venture capital & entrepreneurship
Janne Peljo
BIO
Energy & Climate expert with unparalleled view on green investments in Finland and vast understanding of energy markets. Deep domain expertise.Investment and project based financing experience.
Rik Ferguson
BIO
Bringing over three decades of global cybersecurity leadership. He is Vice President of Security Intelligence at Forescout, where he shapes strategic perspectives on protecting critical infrastructure. A renowned researcher and futurist, Rik has deep expertise across IT, IoT, OT, and cyber-physical systems, and is a founding Special Advisor to Europol’s European Cyber Crime Centre.
Tagg Jefferson
BIO
Bringing deep expertise in scaling energy technology ventures across North America and Europe. Tagg is Vice President of Markets and Director at Kraken Technologies, part of Octopus Energy Group, where he leads global market expansion and product standardisation. Previously, Tagg founded GridCure, an energy analytics platform acquired by Kraken, and earlier held engineering and leadership roles at Dragonfly Instruments, Simpa Networks, and Corning Incorporated.