Johannes Huttunen

Founder and CEO | Private Investor

📍 London, England, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2018
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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Jun 2016
Samen groeien met KidsFoundation Kinderopvang waar kinderen zich thuis voelen, daar staat KidsFoundation voor. Onder de vlag van KidsFoundation vallen kinderdagverblijven, peuteropvang-locaties en bso’s in het hele land. Op basis van actuele en wetenschappelijk onderbouwde pedagogische kennis én jarenlange ervaring heeft KidsFoundation de ambitie om ouders de best denkbare en meest gewaardeerde kinderopvang te bieden in de buurt.
Investor
2014
This is a catchall company for the doers, the thinkers, and the innovators.
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2024
Founder and CEO
Mar 2024
Venn is building a national champion in engineering services for the built environment through the acquisition of high-quality businesses in this sector. Venn’s vision is to transform the market for built environment engineering services. This is a fast-growing sector driven by significant external factors, from climate change and energy efficiency through to technology and regulation. The sector is fragmented across small-medium sized providers and by bringing together the best players in the marketplace and maximising their growth through intelligent collaboration, Venn aims to create the leading industry player. Venn was founded by Johannes Huttunen, an investment professional with 20+ years’ experience of buying and building businesses and the company is backed by a range of major, established investors. Venn is looking for profitable businesses to become part of this exciting new challenger company. Venn is offering business owners straightforward and achievable deals that will allow them to exit their businesses for the right price with minimal cost and risk.
2018
Board Member
Aug 2018
We are a highly specialised office supplies, print, IT & business telecoms provider with over 20 years of experience. As a multi-vendor supplier, we have some of the strongest manufacturer accreditations in London and the South East England. Our customers trust us to give them the best possible advice, thanks to our knowledge and integrity, and our complete inability to be anything other than 100% honest with them. So whether you need a top quality digital print solution – photocopiers, printers, scanners and document management – or a sophisticated telecoms solution – single site, multi site, hosted or mobile – we’ve got the answer. Aurora offers a consolidated product and service portfolio, which focuses on helping organisations to improve efficiency, increase productivity and reduce costs. Solutions include: - Cloud, VoIP and on-premise business telephone systems - A complete range of MFDs from Ricoh and Konica Minolta - Print management solutions with innovative and flexible contracts - Reduced cost call and line rental packages, with new bespoke bundle options - A host of internet connectivity options including fibre leased lines - Flexible mobile packages including ‘one network’ with fixed and mobile integration - Intelligent scanning solutions - Full colour digital and litho printing services, artwork and design, colour and monochrome copying and express services
2016
Board Member
Jun 2016
Samen groeien met KidsFoundation Kinderopvang waar kinderen zich thuis voelen, daar staat KidsFoundation voor. Onder de vlag van KidsFoundation vallen kinderdagverblijven, peuteropvang-locaties en bso’s in het hele land. Op basis van actuele en wetenschappelijk onderbouwde pedagogische kennis én jarenlange ervaring heeft KidsFoundation de ambitie om ouders de best denkbare en meest gewaardeerde kinderopvang te bieden in de buurt.
2014
Onyx Norway Holding AS
Board Member
Sep 2014
Principal
Jan 2014
H.I.G. Capital (“H.I.G.”) is a leading global private investment firm with $74 billion in equity capital under management.* Since its founding more than 30 years ago, H.I.G. and its family of funds, spanning private equity, real estate, growth equity, and credit, have invested in and managed over 400 companies worldwide. Today, the firm oversees a portfolio of companies generating more than $53 billion in combined annual sales. H.I.G. specializes in providing capital to small and mid-sized companies with attractive growth potential. Its investments typically focus on management-led buyouts and recapitalizations of well-managed, profitable manufacturing and service businesses. The firm also has deep expertise in operational turnarounds and financial restructurings. H.I.G.’s proven investment strategy is built around three pillars: (1) a flexible and responsive approach that emphasizes speed and adaptability, (2) a large, skilled team with a collaborative, “can-do” mindset, and (3) a consistent and long-standing focus on small and mid-sized businesses, typically valued between $50 million and $500 million, with a clear understanding of their unique opportunities and challenges.* Headquartered in Miami, H.I.G. has U.S. offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Stamford, as well as affiliate offices in Europe (Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris), Latin America (Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), the Middle East (Dubai), and Asia (Hong Kong). *Based on total capital raised by H.I.G. Capital and its affiliates.
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