Kari Vierimaa

Principal SoC Architect at Nokia | 6G SoC Architecture | AI in System Engineering

📍 Finland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2021
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Start-up Investor
Feb 2021
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.
Advisor Investor
Feb 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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2023
Principal SoC Architect
Feb 2023
Nokia is a global leader in connectivity for the AI era. With expertise across fixed, mobile, and transport networks, powered by the innovation of Nokia Bell Labs, we’re advancing connectivity to secure a brighter world. Advanced connectivity is key to enable the opportunities of AI – opening new doors for us and our customers. Once known for connecting people, our technology is now essential to connecting intelligence. Our priority is to deliver superior performance with the trust and security our customers need and we’re a committed innovation partner, shaping the future of connectivity. For our latest updates, please visit us online www.nokia.com To view open positions and to apply, please visit: www.nokia.com/careers
2021
Start-up Investor
Feb 2021
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.
2020
Advisor Investor
Feb 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/
2013
Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder
Apr 2013
5G Fronthaul Testers - Acquired by Mentor Graphics / Siemens 2018