Markku Virta

Growth leader & advisor⚡️Leading scale-ups to exit ⚡️ HHJ PJ, HAB

📍 Finland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 16 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2021
VC🌍 Finland
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16y
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Growth gardener and Investor for growth ventures
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 and Investor
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.
Advisor and Investor
Jul 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 and Investor
Jan 2011
Cajo Technologies provides manufacturers with the best and most sustainable product marking solutions on the planet. Cajos intelligent laser marking systems are designed to improve all possible production processes, replacing outdated and wasteful marking methods globally. Our remarkably cost-efficient lasers and flexible software solutions are available for all industrial marking purposes, covering the needs for traceability, identification, and product markings, with an extremely short payback time. We offer several types of laser marking systems that can be integrated smoothly into high-speed production lines or used as stand-alone workstations for manually loaded parts. Superior Cajo lasers ensure fast marking on the fly with precise and permanent markings made possible also for challenging materials. Request a free consultation and choose Cajo for intelligent product marking.
Advisor and Investor
Jan 2011
Ledistys Oy develops, manufactures and sells very cost efficient, high quality and maintenance free modular led luminaires. Thousands of Ledistys luminaires are lighting various industrial, warehouses, retail, offices, hotels and agriculture sites. The new Moduled Ledistys light fixtures are designed and manufactured in Finland, and have been entitled to use key flag ”Made in Finland”.
Experience · 8 entries
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Founder (2)
Board (1)
2021
Growth gardener and Investor for growth ventures
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 and Investor
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.
2019
Advisor and Investor
Jul 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
2018
Strategic Sourcing, Co-Founder
Oct 2018
Optomed is a Finnish medical technology company and a leading manufacturer of handheld fundus cameras and screening software. Optomed combines handheld fundus cameras with software and artificial intelligence with the aim to transform the diagnostic process of blinding eye diseases, such as rapidly increasing diabetic retinopathy. Optomed has offices in Finland, the US and China and the company’s products are sold via various sales channels in over 60 countries globally. The company has an extensive portfolio of over 50 international patents protecting the technology. The products have medical approvals in all key markets, including CE (Europe) and FDA (USA), and CFDA (China).
2011
Board Member and Investor
Jan 2011
Cajo Technologies provides manufacturers with the best and most sustainable product marking solutions on the planet. Cajos intelligent laser marking systems are designed to improve all possible production processes, replacing outdated and wasteful marking methods globally. Our remarkably cost-efficient lasers and flexible software solutions are available for all industrial marking purposes, covering the needs for traceability, identification, and product markings, with an extremely short payback time. We offer several types of laser marking systems that can be integrated smoothly into high-speed production lines or used as stand-alone workstations for manually loaded parts. Superior Cajo lasers ensure fast marking on the fly with precise and permanent markings made possible also for challenging materials. Request a free consultation and choose Cajo for intelligent product marking.
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