Sami Halonen

Business Artist Rooting for Startup Growth | Oulu & Northern Finland

📍 Finland, Finland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 12 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2024𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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12
Total investments
6
Early stage
2
Mid stage
4
Late stage
9y
Years active

Portfolio

12 investments · sorted by recency
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Board Member
May 2024
Artome converts any space into a learning- or a collaborative working environment without installations or cabling. Artome can change a living room into a movie theatre or a concert hall. Instead of difficult installation processes our all-in-one solutions only require you to plug them into an electrical outlet.
Board Member
Aug 2022
Oulu Startup Incubator in non-profit organization located in Oulu. We offer business advisor services for startup and SMEs.
Board Member
Apr 2022
New technology - Old traditions Anicare is a company that develops and markets equipment for the animal health monitoring. The innovative product takes advantage of the latest technology and takes into account animal welfare throughout the product life cycle. The product has been specifically designed to meet the needs of reindeer herders to help their reindeer herders pursue their traditional profession while also ensuring business continuity despite the economic challenges. The product helps to locate injured or dead animals in a timely manner and to respond very quickly.
Board Member
Apr 2021
Smartblock Oy is a Finnish company founded in 2015 that specializes in designing, manufacturing, and selling innovative and functional modular workspaces. The companys goal is to provide its customers with high-quality and versatile solutions that improve ergonomics, comfort, and efficiency in the workplace. Smartblock workspaces are flexible, adaptable, and environmentally friendly, making them an excellent choice for a variety of workspaces and purposes. Tens of thousands of people use Smartblocks on a weekly basis in fourteen different countries. Smartblock Oy on vuonna 2015 perustettu suomalainen yritys, joka on erikoistunut innovatiivisten ja toiminnallisten työtilakuutioiden suunnitteluun, valmistukseen ja myyntiin. Yrityksen tavoitteena on tarjota asiakkailleen laadukkaita ja monipuolisia ratkaisuja, jotka parantavat työympäristön ergonomiaa, mukavuutta ja tehokkuutta. Smartblock-työtilakuutiot ovat joustavia, muunneltavia ja ympäristöystävällisiä, mikä tekee niistä erinomaisen valinnan erilaisiin työtiloihin ja käyttötarkoituksiin. Kymmenettuhannet ihmiset käyttävät Smartblockeja viikottain neljässätoista eri maassa. www.smartblock.fi
late stageFurniture
Board Member
Mar 2020
SENSING THE INTERNET OF THINGS iProtoxi offers “one-stop-shopping” innovative IoT solutions. Our full-stack IoT services are especially suitable for modular and energy-efficient Internet-of-Things solutions. Our Aistin product platforms with ready-made software and technology can be fully customized to meet your requirements and therefore enabling significant savings in both time and expense. Our product platforms can be licensed for your product development. You can start your own IoT service for your application area by using our ready-to-use Aistin IoTLAB product containing a set of different kinds of preconfigured Aistin IoT Devices and IoThund Cloud Solution without developing your own products. Our service chain includes everything you may need: electronics and physical device design, embedded software, mobile applications, and cloud services. As a result, we support our customers from rapid prototyping and application development to manufacturing and mass production. Strong experience, foresight in vision, and talent in product creation make us a perfect companion to any project. We help your business build the product from idea to implementation and mass production or anything between. You can learn more at https://www.iprotoxi.fi/
Board Member
Jan 2020
Manna Insect has developed a solution for animal growers to produce high quality, cost-effective and sustainable insect feed from biowaste to replace soy meal. We offer a subscription based solution to start saving costs of feed immediately and anywhere in the world.
Board Member
Sep 2019
Youth Control Games is a mobile game company and subsidiary of Empires Not Vampires Entertainment. Youth Control Games has developed and publish ‘Mixmstr’ game series and other similar music games for mobile android and iOS platforms utilizing the music catalogue, artist roster and strong music industry network of Youth Control record label.
early stageEntertainment
Board Member
Aug 2019
Kailamed develops and sells multifunctional utilities that support independent, active living during various stages and circumstances of life. Our first product is a multifunctional seat that helps people get up from the floor to an upright seated position without an assistant, with minimal physical strength and ability. The product is built with an innovative uplift mechanism, which Kailamed has patented. Kailameds founders have over a 100 years of business experience in the fields of medical utilities, engineering, marketing and b2b sales. Kailamed works in co-operation with and is partly funded by Business Finland.
early stageUtilities
Board Member
May 2019
Game development studio making premium PC and Console strategy games.
early stageComputer Games
Regional Angel
May 2019
FiBAN is a Finnish non-profit association of private investors and one of the largest and most active business angel networks in Europe with 600+ investor members in 12 countries. A matchmaker of growth-ready early-stage startups and private investors. Our three main activities are: 👉 Matchmaking startups and private investors 👉 Sharing and developing angel investing best practices via certified investor training. 👉 Representing private investors​ interest in societal matters and through producing data from the early-stage investment landscape. FiBANs Data: www.fiban.org/data For Startups: www.fiban.org/apply For Members: www.fiban.org/join In all FiBAN events and contexts, we expect our members and partners to follow our Code of Conduct. Please find it here: https://fiban.org/code-of-conduct/ FiBAN Notification Channel for reporting inappropriate behavior: https://fiban.ilmoituskanava.fi/ and on the footer of our website.
Board Member
Aug 2018
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.
Board Member
Jun 2017
INNOVATIONS, NEW BUSINESS, FLEXIBILITY TO THE NEW ERA OF WORKING LIFE AND INTEGRATION OF KNOW-HOW FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS. InnoOk offers training and coaching services for private and public sector. We can help in innovation and bring to life new products and services as well as businesses. We are building a community for businesses, organizations and individuals. InnoOk is owned and self-managed by its members and its core idea is to encourage flexible collaboration within the community. We provide a collaborative space for creative ideation in purpose of finding new ways to make business and provide livelihood. We support and guide our members to seek positions in companies and build new enterprises. Do you need help in finding a solution to a business problem? Would you like to come and present your organization? Do you need employees? Do you need collaboration and partners for a project? Contact us! Tel: +358 50 51 70 868
early stage
Experience · 19 entries
All (19)
Investments (12)
Founder (5)
Board (11)
2024
Board Member
May 2024
Artome converts any space into a learning- or a collaborative working environment without installations or cabling. Artome can change a living room into a movie theatre or a concert hall. Instead of difficult installation processes our all-in-one solutions only require you to plug them into an electrical outlet.
2022
Board Member
Aug 2022
Oulu Startup Incubator in non-profit organization located in Oulu. We offer business advisor services for startup and SMEs.
Board Member
Apr 2022
New technology - Old traditions Anicare is a company that develops and markets equipment for the animal health monitoring. The innovative product takes advantage of the latest technology and takes into account animal welfare throughout the product life cycle. The product has been specifically designed to meet the needs of reindeer herders to help their reindeer herders pursue their traditional profession while also ensuring business continuity despite the economic challenges. The product helps to locate injured or dead animals in a timely manner and to respond very quickly.
2021
Board Member
Apr 2021
Smartblock Oy is a Finnish company founded in 2015 that specializes in designing, manufacturing, and selling innovative and functional modular workspaces. The companys goal is to provide its customers with high-quality and versatile solutions that improve ergonomics, comfort, and efficiency in the workplace. Smartblock workspaces are flexible, adaptable, and environmentally friendly, making them an excellent choice for a variety of workspaces and purposes. Tens of thousands of people use Smartblocks on a weekly basis in fourteen different countries. Smartblock Oy on vuonna 2015 perustettu suomalainen yritys, joka on erikoistunut innovatiivisten ja toiminnallisten työtilakuutioiden suunnitteluun, valmistukseen ja myyntiin. Yrityksen tavoitteena on tarjota asiakkailleen laadukkaita ja monipuolisia ratkaisuja, jotka parantavat työympäristön ergonomiaa, mukavuutta ja tehokkuutta. Smartblock-työtilakuutiot ovat joustavia, muunneltavia ja ympäristöystävällisiä, mikä tekee niistä erinomaisen valinnan erilaisiin työtiloihin ja käyttötarkoituksiin. Kymmenettuhannet ihmiset käyttävät Smartblockeja viikottain neljässätoista eri maassa. www.smartblock.fi
late stageFurniture
2020
Board Member
Mar 2020
SENSING THE INTERNET OF THINGS iProtoxi offers “one-stop-shopping” innovative IoT solutions. Our full-stack IoT services are especially suitable for modular and energy-efficient Internet-of-Things solutions. Our Aistin product platforms with ready-made software and technology can be fully customized to meet your requirements and therefore enabling significant savings in both time and expense. Our product platforms can be licensed for your product development. You can start your own IoT service for your application area by using our ready-to-use Aistin IoTLAB product containing a set of different kinds of preconfigured Aistin IoT Devices and IoThund Cloud Solution without developing your own products. Our service chain includes everything you may need: electronics and physical device design, embedded software, mobile applications, and cloud services. As a result, we support our customers from rapid prototyping and application development to manufacturing and mass production. Strong experience, foresight in vision, and talent in product creation make us a perfect companion to any project. We help your business build the product from idea to implementation and mass production or anything between. You can learn more at https://www.iprotoxi.fi/
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