Anne Badan

Founder, CEO | ex-World Economic Forum, Formula 1, SGS

📍 Finland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2019
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Dec 2019
Yousician is a revolutionary music platform for anyone to learn, play, create and teach music. Millions of people around the world use Yousician to advance their music skills and play the music they love. When you work at Yousician, you’ll help shape the future of music education and profoundly impact the lives of millions of people. Doing what has impact We are a profitable, fast-growing company, and we are just getting started. As a Yousician team member, you’ll work on the cutting edge of technology, business and education with great career opportunities ahead. Professional growth mindset You’ll work alongside some of the best people in your field in small, efficient and empowered teams. We create an environment to support people in their professional growth. We work hard and jam hard! Pride in doing excellent work There is a great sense of joy coming from doing one’s work exceptionally well. At Yousician we take pride in our work, both in terms of work quality and productivity. We like working with people that go that extra mile for the pure joy of doing great work and delivering impressive results. Our benefits True work satisfaction comes from working on something meaningful, with a team of people who love what they do and are great at it. So if you love music as much as we do and you take pride in doing great work, you should join us! The basics Benefits for lunch, exercise and culture, commuters benefit, free snacks and drinks, medical services, extended insurance, computers, phones–the usual stuff. Your own instrument We also have our own stage at our Helsinki office. We also have a double bass, electric and acoustic guitars, a baby grand piano, digital pianos, mixers, microphones, drums, you name it! We have jam sessions after work on Fridays (when it’s safe to do so). A recording studio In Helsinki, we have our own recording studio–which you are free to use for your own projects. We love music and encourage everyone to play their favorite songs.
Founder & Board Member
Jan 2016
The Shortcut helps talent build a meaningful career in Finland. #ForYouWhoAreTheChange
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2024
CEO, Founding Partner
Jul 2024
A2B Search is a boutique executive search firm specialising in finding the right executives for fast growing tech companies in the Nordics and Central Europe. Our deep understanding of these markets and the unique needs of venture capital (VC) - and private equity (PE)-backed companies, combined with our extensive network of exceptional talent has already helped numerous companies build leadership teams that drive growth and innovation. Our clients We work with high growth companies: fast growing scale-ups and innovative startups in diverse tech industries. - Software/Saas/Cloud: Gaming, IT services, E-Commerce, Financial & Investment Services, etc. - Deeptech: Green transition, Climate tech, Health tech, etc. Our Candidates Influential & Impactful: We search for leaders who drive innovation and transformation - visionaries who are results-driven, creative, and always one step ahead. Why settle for the usual profiles when you want to drive change?
2021
Founding Partner
Sep 2021
We are The X Search. We offer tailor-made solutions for your company’s growth, leadership and diversity needs. 1) Specialised in digital/tech scaleups that are growing fast 2) Help internationalisation in the Nordics 3) Help access a more diverse talent pool - Grow Faster. Hire Smarter -
2019
Investor
Dec 2019
Yousician is a revolutionary music platform for anyone to learn, play, create and teach music. Millions of people around the world use Yousician to advance their music skills and play the music they love. When you work at Yousician, you’ll help shape the future of music education and profoundly impact the lives of millions of people. Doing what has impact We are a profitable, fast-growing company, and we are just getting started. As a Yousician team member, you’ll work on the cutting edge of technology, business and education with great career opportunities ahead. Professional growth mindset You’ll work alongside some of the best people in your field in small, efficient and empowered teams. We create an environment to support people in their professional growth. We work hard and jam hard! Pride in doing excellent work There is a great sense of joy coming from doing one’s work exceptionally well. At Yousician we take pride in our work, both in terms of work quality and productivity. We like working with people that go that extra mile for the pure joy of doing great work and delivering impressive results. Our benefits True work satisfaction comes from working on something meaningful, with a team of people who love what they do and are great at it. So if you love music as much as we do and you take pride in doing great work, you should join us! The basics Benefits for lunch, exercise and culture, commuters benefit, free snacks and drinks, medical services, extended insurance, computers, phones–the usual stuff. Your own instrument We also have our own stage at our Helsinki office. We also have a double bass, electric and acoustic guitars, a baby grand piano, digital pianos, mixers, microphones, drums, you name it! We have jam sessions after work on Fridays (when it’s safe to do so). A recording studio In Helsinki, we have our own recording studio–which you are free to use for your own projects. We love music and encourage everyone to play their favorite songs.
2016
Founder & Board Member
Jan 2016
The Shortcut helps talent build a meaningful career in Finland. #ForYouWhoAreTheChange
early stageHigher Education
2012
Head of Strategy & Partnerships
Jan 2012
We excel and make breakthroughs in and across science, art, technology and business. We renew our society with research-based knowledge, creativity and entrepreneurial mindset. Aalto University has been ranked the 7th best young university in the world (Top 50 under 50, QS 2018) and one of the world’s top technology challenger universities (THE 2017), thinking outside the box on research collaboration, funding and innovation. Aalto has six schools with nearly 12 000 students and 4000 employees of which close to 400 are professors. Our campuses are located in Espoo and Helsinki, Finland. With 37% of our academic faculty coming from outside Finland, we are a highly international community with strong academic standing. At Aalto, high-quality research, art, education and entrepreneurship are promoted hand in hand. Disciplinary excellence is combined with multidisciplinary activities, engaging both students and the local innovation ecosystem. Our main campus is quickly transforming into an open collaboration hub that encourages encounters between students, researchers, industry, startups and other partners. With an exceptionally strong entrepreneurial community, 70-100 new companies are born in our ecosystem every year. Aalto University was founded in 2010 as three leading Finnish universities, Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economics and the University of Art and Design Helsinki, were merged to strengthen Finland’s innovative capability.
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