Jarmo Santala

Strategic CFO, Finnish Minerals Group

📍 Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 33 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2022
Angel investor🌍 Finland
7
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1
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33y
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Board Member
Jul 2022
Laania on metsäsi hoitaja Laaniaan tiivistyy metsänhoidon ja puukaupan perinteet ja nykyaika - vuosikymmenten kokemus ja innovatiivinen tapa ajatella. Teemme tätä työtä vanhaa hyvää vaalien ja uutta vehreää kasvattaen. Metsänomistajan tarpeita tarkalla korvalla kuunnellen. Pitkäjänteisesti ja sitoutuen, vastuumme tuntien.
Board Member
Jul 2019
We help industrial and real estate customers to grow and prosper by taking their utility infrastructure to the next level. We offer future-proof, fit-for-purpose industrial and real estate utility solutions that benefit both our customers and surrounding societies. Whether it’s about water, heating, electricity or circular economy, we help to build the optimal solution. Working together with our customers, we support the transformation towards a carbon neutral future. We help our customers meet their sustainability targets within renewable energy, material circularity and optimal living conditions. Nevel operates more than 130 energy production sites and manages over 40 district heating networks. The company’s annual turnover is EUR 115 million. Nevel employs 190 experts in Finland, Sweden and Estonia.
Board Member
Feb 2019
Vi tillverkar förnybar energi i form av pellets i bulk och säck samt träpulver. Våra produkter värmer villor och hushåll och ger energi till företag och offentliga verksamheter, samt driver produktionen i små och stora industrier. Scandbio tillverkar även stallpellets, som används som strö i boxar för hästar och andra djur. Hela vår tillverkningsprocess, från råvara till färdig produkt, övervakas dagligen och kontrolleras löpande. Vi är certifierade enligt ISO 9001 och 14001. Vi har fem egna fabriker i Sverige och en fabrik i Lettland, vilket gör att vi kan erbjuda Scandbio pellets på pall och bulk för hemleverans från Ystad till Sundsvall.
Board Member
Jan 2019
In order to meet the demands of a growing population, global food production needs to increase over 70 percent in the next 35 years. Moreover, this needs to be achieved by using less water, less energy, and by producing less waste. Thanks to smart technology, organic materials and tailored solutions Kekkilä-BVB will offer professional growers, landscapers and consumers everywhere access to truly sustainable production. We care for life, from plant to planet. Kekkilä-BVB comprises of well known horticultural brands: BVB Substrates, Kekkilä Professional, Kekkilä Garden, Hasselfors Garden, Terra Brill, BVB Landscaping, Algomin, Kekkilä Recycling and G&C Materials. We are active in over 100 countries. Kekkilä-BVB feature vast and versatile production and supply capacity, unique R&D knowhow, a global network of distributors and retailers, and a combined 330-million-euro turnover. Our focus is to work towards creating the means for sustainable everyday living around the world. Innovation is at the heart of Kekkilä-BVB, new products and concepts are developed and commercially launched. This process is controlled by our R&D (Research and develepment) department with 2 in-house laboratories. The production of growing media is under strict control of this department as well. Customers of Kekkilä-BVB receive only top quality substrates. At Kekkilä-BVB, we are here to support our customers along the way. We have already developed tools such as the Environmental Cost Indicator concept, which helps our customers understand how choices related to sustainability impact their financial results. And by sharing our proven expertise in organic substrates with customers and partners, we will grow together for a better future. Together with our partners we grow for a better future.
early stageHorticulture
Board Member
Nov 2018
Neova is one of Scandinavia's leading bioenergy companies with a turnover of approximately SEK 450 million. With a product range consisting of district heating, peat and heating solutions, Neova satisfies a significant part of the Swedish market's needs for bioenergy. Within our product area Heat, we own and operate 12 district heating networks and about 40 heat generation plants around Sweden. Among our customers are municipalities, housing companies, industries, housing associations and residential customers.
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2022
Board Member
Jul 2022
Laania on metsäsi hoitaja Laaniaan tiivistyy metsänhoidon ja puukaupan perinteet ja nykyaika - vuosikymmenten kokemus ja innovatiivinen tapa ajatella. Teemme tätä työtä vanhaa hyvää vaalien ja uutta vehreää kasvattaen. Metsänomistajan tarpeita tarkalla korvalla kuunnellen. Pitkäjänteisesti ja sitoutuen, vastuumme tuntien.
2019
Board Member
Jul 2019
We help industrial and real estate customers to grow and prosper by taking their utility infrastructure to the next level. We offer future-proof, fit-for-purpose industrial and real estate utility solutions that benefit both our customers and surrounding societies. Whether it’s about water, heating, electricity or circular economy, we help to build the optimal solution. Working together with our customers, we support the transformation towards a carbon neutral future. We help our customers meet their sustainability targets within renewable energy, material circularity and optimal living conditions. Nevel operates more than 130 energy production sites and manages over 40 district heating networks. The company’s annual turnover is EUR 115 million. Nevel employs 190 experts in Finland, Sweden and Estonia.
Board Member
Feb 2019
Vi tillverkar förnybar energi i form av pellets i bulk och säck samt träpulver. Våra produkter värmer villor och hushåll och ger energi till företag och offentliga verksamheter, samt driver produktionen i små och stora industrier. Scandbio tillverkar även stallpellets, som används som strö i boxar för hästar och andra djur. Hela vår tillverkningsprocess, från råvara till färdig produkt, övervakas dagligen och kontrolleras löpande. Vi är certifierade enligt ISO 9001 och 14001. Vi har fem egna fabriker i Sverige och en fabrik i Lettland, vilket gör att vi kan erbjuda Scandbio pellets på pall och bulk för hemleverans från Ystad till Sundsvall.
Board Member
Jan 2019
In order to meet the demands of a growing population, global food production needs to increase over 70 percent in the next 35 years. Moreover, this needs to be achieved by using less water, less energy, and by producing less waste. Thanks to smart technology, organic materials and tailored solutions Kekkilä-BVB will offer professional growers, landscapers and consumers everywhere access to truly sustainable production. We care for life, from plant to planet. Kekkilä-BVB comprises of well known horticultural brands: BVB Substrates, Kekkilä Professional, Kekkilä Garden, Hasselfors Garden, Terra Brill, BVB Landscaping, Algomin, Kekkilä Recycling and G&C Materials. We are active in over 100 countries. Kekkilä-BVB feature vast and versatile production and supply capacity, unique R&D knowhow, a global network of distributors and retailers, and a combined 330-million-euro turnover. Our focus is to work towards creating the means for sustainable everyday living around the world. Innovation is at the heart of Kekkilä-BVB, new products and concepts are developed and commercially launched. This process is controlled by our R&D (Research and develepment) department with 2 in-house laboratories. The production of growing media is under strict control of this department as well. Customers of Kekkilä-BVB receive only top quality substrates. At Kekkilä-BVB, we are here to support our customers along the way. We have already developed tools such as the Environmental Cost Indicator concept, which helps our customers understand how choices related to sustainability impact their financial results. And by sharing our proven expertise in organic substrates with customers and partners, we will grow together for a better future. Together with our partners we grow for a better future.
early stageHorticulture
2018
Board Member
Nov 2018
Neova is one of Scandinavia's leading bioenergy companies with a turnover of approximately SEK 450 million. With a product range consisting of district heating, peat and heating solutions, Neova satisfies a significant part of the Swedish market's needs for bioenergy. Within our product area Heat, we own and operate 12 district heating networks and about 40 heat generation plants around Sweden. Among our customers are municipalities, housing companies, industries, housing associations and residential customers.
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