Ari Takanen

Startup advisor. Technologies, Strategies, Global Growth, Sales and Marketing.

📍 Finland, Finland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2022𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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6
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1
Late stage
13y
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Member of the Board
Nov 2018
Digitaaliset palvelut ja nykyaikainen liiketoiminta perustuvat tietoon. Me olemme erikoistuneet tietoon ja sen hallintaan. Oikein hallittu tieto tarjoaa edellytykset toiminnan skaalaamiselle, digitalisoinnille ja analysoinnille. Teknologian, prosessien ja osaamisen kehittyminen vaikuttaa myös tietoon. Jos tietoa ei kehitetä, alkaa se ennen pitkää hidastaa liiketoimintaa. Me autamme välttämään ja korjaamaan tällaiset tilanteet. Kun IT ja liiketoiminta jakavat yhteisen näkemyksen nykytilasta ja tavoitteista, on lopputuloksena kestäviä ja konkreettisia tuloksia. Arvolupauksemme on: Jos asiakkaamme ei koe saaneensa tilaamaansa arvoa, emme veloita toteutuneesta työstä. Sparta perustettiin 2012 kokeneiden tiedonhallinnan asiantuntijoiden toimesta missionaan tarjota ratkaisuja asiakkaiden haasteisiin valtavirrasta poikkeavasti ja rehellisesti. Jokainen Spartalainen on tuonut mukanaan taloon reilun vuosikymmenen kokemuksen sekä rautaisen arvomaailman. Digital services and modern business are based on information. Information is our business. Managed right, information provides the foundation for scaling, digitalizing and analyzing business. Developing people, processes and technology also affects data & information. If they are not developed alongside, they will soon start to hinder business. We help our customers deal with this issue, or to avoid it altogether. When IT and business have a shared vision of the current state and future objectives, this results in sustainable and tangible results. Our value promise in: If our customers do not feel that they have received the value expected, we will not charge for the work done. Sparta was founded in 2012 by seasoned information management experts with a mission to provide solutions in an exceptional and straightforward manner. Every Spartan expert has brought to Sparta at least a decade of experience and a clear set of values.
Co Founder, Startup Advisor, Investor
Dec 2015
Kielo Growth is a Garage Startup Incubator and investor based in Oulu Finland. Focus areas are e.g. Internet of Things, cybersecurity, drones and robotics, and other innovative technologies that combine hardware and software.
Member of the Board
Nov 2013
Radai is a specialist company focused on drone based physical and geophysical measurements, data analysis, and specialist services. Our team includes specialists in the field of geosciences and electrical engineering. The company was established in 2013. We are based in Oulu, Finland, and have operations in Finland, Sweden and Norway.
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Experience · 6 entries
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2022
Board Member
Apr 2022
Tailored In-Vehicle Computing for at least 10 years In-Service. Over 20 year’s core-focus on tough computers and deep knowledge of client-demands has brought us prime expertise in technology. Our Vehicle Fixed-Mount computers are globally certified and serve Fleets as Law-Enforce and Mission Critical, Supply-Chain, Logistic and Warehousing, Mining and Earth, Heavy Terminal units, Railways, Vessels and Air. Our products are classified as Fixed-Mount In-Vehicle Electronic, are globally certified and takes for granted all Qualifying procedures. Sunit In-Vehicle Computing technology takes in advance the most demanding clients. Products are 100% Sunit design – Following the toughest standards. The environmental impact is significant issue on logistics world and calls for contributes toward better environment by increasing the advantage per each transport kilometre. The Electronic industry is one of most Environment-impacting and Sunit realize that most significant protect of Environment is to ensure extremely long (at least 10 years) In-service time with our products. Our mission is frankly Environment friendly products without reservations. We demand ourselves deep knowledge of the Clients entrepreneur and we strive to bring the long-term technology into his ICT. For us it is important that our Client can focus to develop his entrepreneurial throughout the ICT-system lifetime, so that additional technical investments are limited wherever possible. Therefore we offer long-lasting product with open platform technology.
2021
Member of the Board
Nov 2021
Pohjois-Pohjanmaan Yrittäjät on yli 4200 jäsenyrittäjän sekä 28 paikallisyhdistyksen muodostama yrittäjyysverkosto ja yksi Suomen Yrittäjien alueellinen yrittäjäjärjestö. Vuosi 2018 on Pohjois-Pohjanmaan Yrittäjien juhlavuosi. Yrittäjyysverkostoon ovat tervetulleita mukaan yrittäjät, yritykset, opiskelijat, nuoret, seniorit ja kevytyrittäjät. Lue lisää ja liity, jos et jo ole mukana www.yrittajat.fi/liity
2018
Member of the Board
Nov 2018
Digitaaliset palvelut ja nykyaikainen liiketoiminta perustuvat tietoon. Me olemme erikoistuneet tietoon ja sen hallintaan. Oikein hallittu tieto tarjoaa edellytykset toiminnan skaalaamiselle, digitalisoinnille ja analysoinnille. Teknologian, prosessien ja osaamisen kehittyminen vaikuttaa myös tietoon. Jos tietoa ei kehitetä, alkaa se ennen pitkää hidastaa liiketoimintaa. Me autamme välttämään ja korjaamaan tällaiset tilanteet. Kun IT ja liiketoiminta jakavat yhteisen näkemyksen nykytilasta ja tavoitteista, on lopputuloksena kestäviä ja konkreettisia tuloksia. Arvolupauksemme on: Jos asiakkaamme ei koe saaneensa tilaamaansa arvoa, emme veloita toteutuneesta työstä. Sparta perustettiin 2012 kokeneiden tiedonhallinnan asiantuntijoiden toimesta missionaan tarjota ratkaisuja asiakkaiden haasteisiin valtavirrasta poikkeavasti ja rehellisesti. Jokainen Spartalainen on tuonut mukanaan taloon reilun vuosikymmenen kokemuksen sekä rautaisen arvomaailman. Digital services and modern business are based on information. Information is our business. Managed right, information provides the foundation for scaling, digitalizing and analyzing business. Developing people, processes and technology also affects data & information. If they are not developed alongside, they will soon start to hinder business. We help our customers deal with this issue, or to avoid it altogether. When IT and business have a shared vision of the current state and future objectives, this results in sustainable and tangible results. Our value promise in: If our customers do not feel that they have received the value expected, we will not charge for the work done. Sparta was founded in 2012 by seasoned information management experts with a mission to provide solutions in an exceptional and straightforward manner. Every Spartan expert has brought to Sparta at least a decade of experience and a clear set of values.
2015
Co Founder, Startup Advisor, Investor
Dec 2015
Kielo Growth is a Garage Startup Incubator and investor based in Oulu Finland. Focus areas are e.g. Internet of Things, cybersecurity, drones and robotics, and other innovative technologies that combine hardware and software.
2014
Member of the Board
Jan 2014
To simplify the world connected SyncShield® is an award winning device management platform, which offers a state of the art tool to automate centralized management, monitoring and security for all connected devices. We are a pioneer in connected device security, founded in 2002. SyncShield offers a complete field proven, scalable and patented device management and Over-the-Air solution. Main market focus is in Automotive, Industrial IoT and Secure Communications device and module manufacturers. We license our product for device OEMs, service providers, IoT platform integrators, enterprises and technology partners, who have a combined need to monitor&manage connected devices as well as update configurations, firmware and applications. SyncShield is a comprehensive platform with software tools that can be customized and integrated easily into any back end, device platforms and services to provide full automation to manage, update and secure device fleets over their entire life cycle.
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