Kari J. Mäkelä

Co-entrepreneur | Investor | Board Professional | Advisor

📍 Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 14 investments📅 19 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2018𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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14
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Member of the Board | Partner
Sep 2018
Riihisoft is an industry-independent software service company, whose customers are generally medium-size and large companies. The highly skilled and experienced team members design and implement the most suitable professional software solutions and other ICT services for businesses at a competitive price. Riihisoft is specialized on software development tools based on Microsoft technologies. In web related projects we typically use also CMS products such as Umbraco. Riihisoft develops, maintains and operates Riihicloud service for enterprise endpoint management and analytics based on Microsoft’s cloud technologies (Azure, Intune and Power Platform). Riihicloud value-added service centrally manages and controls all devices (Windows, Android, iOS, macOS), their applications and settings from single and smart portal. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Riihimäki, Finland. Riihisoft is owned by its employees.
Member of the Board
Oct 2016
Mitigram is the leading digital platform in global trade financing. Already used by over 200 multinational corporations, commodity traders and financial institutions, Mitigram enables seamless assessment of real-time pricing, risks and capacity from partner banks, while leveraging SWIFT connectivity, APIs and Artificial Intelligence to deliver the best possible financing access and execution.
Member of the Board
Feb 2016
Boost operational efficiency between your organisation and partner networks in a fast, easy and inspiring way. Wibe Academy is a unique partner collaboration platform that helps you move strategic partnerships forward with real-time data. Until today, over 45000 people reached, 20000 hours of video watched and 3 million video messages sent through Wibe Academy. ▶︎ Contact sales: +358 40 768 2300 ▶︎ Try our app: https://www.wibeacademy.com/en/free-trial/ ▶︎ Learn more at www.wibeacademy.com
Member of the Board
Mar 2015
Hygga brings a whole new flow to healthcare! Hygga, founded in 2010, is a Finnish pioneer in digital services for healthcare sector. Hygga offers its customers a new way of providing healthcare services by making smart use of staff resources and leading through information. The innovative and intelligent model is built around Hygga Flow, our modern ERP system. Hygga’s real-time resource management model is based on modern enterprise resource planning. The model enables us and our clients to tailor each day's flow of patients. The resource management system works for the whole healthcare sector. Hygga Flow increases control over functionality, significantly improves staff satisfaction, and enhances the customer experience through modern methods. Aalto University study in 2015 proves that Hygga Flow improves unit’s operations significantly. “We truly want to make healthcare solutions smoother and to improve their quality, on the customers’ terms.” *Megaklinikka became Hygga on 22nd of October 2018. The journey as Hygga has begun to meet with the expectations of modern healthcare. Although the name changed, our promise remains the same: we provide high-quality healthcare services with smoother access - always according to individual needs. Read more: www.hygga.fi www.hyggasolutions.com
Member of the Board
Nov 2007
Suomen Tilaajavastuu Oy has acquired Aspida and continues offering services that among other things help comply with the Contractor’s Obligations Act
Member of the Board
Sep 2007
We think that every company should have access to an easy-to-use and fast-to-deploy solution to improve the communication and processes between the business operations and treasury function. This is why since 2000 we have been developing more affordable and accessible cash forecasting solutions for companies coming in all different sizes. With thousands of users worldwide, we provide SaaS solutions to help corporations of all size to optimize their cash. Our cash flow forecasting, hedging, netting and guarantee management tools are fast to implement and they complement any ERP systems or treasury tools. In addition to corporations, we are working with banks and system providers to offer a branded version of Trezone to their clients. Looking for fast, proven solutions and prefer not to spend resources on software projects? Visit our product page http://trezone.com/ for more information on our solutions, and much more.
Member of the Board | Partner
Apr 2007
MORS, a company built on the Finnish culture of Sisu. MORS is a complete Asset Liability (ALM), Liquidity Risk and Treasury Management solution for banks.
Member of the Board
Apr 2007
With Sole Focus on eCommerce, Digitization and Digital Transformation have been our Everyday Life Since 1999. Smilehouse is an e-commerce specialist firm supporting enterprises on all aspects of their digital business models. We have fifteen years of experience in designing and developing concepts and solutions in the most challenging programs of the Nordics, and have always delivered our projects on time with exceptional quality. In addition to our expertise in technology, architecture, processes, and operative models, we are capable of addressing all additional challenges the customer may face in various operational areas of their digital business. We focus on five industry verticals comprising of teams which combine both technology and industry specific business experts all committed on delivering ultimate value to our customers. The e-commerce platforms we represent, Hybris Software (an SAP Company) and Intershop are both leading e-commerce platforms deployed as the backbone for several of the largest e-commerce sites in the world during the past 10 years. We have delivered 15 centralized e-commerce platforms to our customers during the past few years. In addition to the world-class e-commerce platforms, our technology portfolio covers a wide range of other technologies for the following fields of digital business models: - Product Information Management (PIM) - Content management (CMS & DAM) - Order management (OMS) - Payment systems and recurring billing - CRM and Customer Interaction - Marketing and Analytics
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2022
Chairman of the Board | Partner
Apr 2022
Behind the development work of Riihicloud that began in 2016 is a competent software company Riihisoft Oy. Riihisoft’s experts have a bottomless interest in technologies and an infallible ability to find the right solutions for customers. Riihicloud Oy was founded in August 2021. Business related to Riihicloud endpoint management is assigned to Riihicloud Oy as partial division in accordance with the limited liability companies act from 1.1.2022. Due to the new company, Riihisoft’s two distinct business areas were divided to separate companies. The division improves efficiency and clarifies communication as companies get to focus on their own core business. The purpose of the Riihicloud is to focus on improving the efficiency and productivity of the service business of continuous ICT service providers using the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. The vision of the Riihicloud is to become the most recommended supplier of continuous ICT services and tools produced using the Azure cloud platform among service providers. The strategy of the Riihicloud is to develop and produce a SaaS business platform as a turn key service, using Microsoft Azure cloud platform for delivering continuous ICT services and tools with centralized user interface and support for multitenancy. Riihicloud Oy and Riihisoft Oy are companies owned by their personnel and have strong expertise in Azure, Intune, Power Platform and other Microsoft ecosystems and software development. The companies have a FINCSC – Finnish Cyber Security Certificate which is the outcome of a certification mechanism to ensure business continuity and proper data protection against various cyber security threats. In addition to strong expert skills, the operations are based on trust and open and flexible cooperation.
2018
Member of the Board | Partner
Sep 2018
Riihisoft is an industry-independent software service company, whose customers are generally medium-size and large companies. The highly skilled and experienced team members design and implement the most suitable professional software solutions and other ICT services for businesses at a competitive price. Riihisoft is specialized on software development tools based on Microsoft technologies. In web related projects we typically use also CMS products such as Umbraco. Riihisoft develops, maintains and operates Riihicloud service for enterprise endpoint management and analytics based on Microsoft’s cloud technologies (Azure, Intune and Power Platform). Riihicloud value-added service centrally manages and controls all devices (Windows, Android, iOS, macOS), their applications and settings from single and smart portal. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Riihimäki, Finland. Riihisoft is owned by its employees.
2016
Member of the Board
Oct 2016
Mitigram is the leading digital platform in global trade financing. Already used by over 200 multinational corporations, commodity traders and financial institutions, Mitigram enables seamless assessment of real-time pricing, risks and capacity from partner banks, while leveraging SWIFT connectivity, APIs and Artificial Intelligence to deliver the best possible financing access and execution.
MOOR Capital
Advisor
May 2016
Member of the Board
Feb 2016
Boost operational efficiency between your organisation and partner networks in a fast, easy and inspiring way. Wibe Academy is a unique partner collaboration platform that helps you move strategic partnerships forward with real-time data. Until today, over 45000 people reached, 20000 hours of video watched and 3 million video messages sent through Wibe Academy. ▶︎ Contact sales: +358 40 768 2300 ▶︎ Try our app: https://www.wibeacademy.com/en/free-trial/ ▶︎ Learn more at www.wibeacademy.com
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