Mika Ruokonen

AI Industry Professor | Board Member | Senior Advisor | Author

📍 Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2024
VC🌍 Finland
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Board Member
Aug 2024
We help companies to embed Al into their business and create new value. While keeping it humane.
Board Member
May 2021
Hansdotter on mainostoimisto, joka on olemassa paremman elämän takia. Sinulle se näkyy mielenrauhana siitä, että työt tulevat tehtyä ja laatu on korkea. Tämän tästä saamme asiakkailta kehuja, miten ihania me olemme. Ja tietty taitavia. Haluamme pitää ihmisistä huolta. Hyvinvoiva ihminen ajattelee vapaammin ja tekee parempaa jälkeä. Tämä sitten näkyy sinulle parempana lopputuloksena niin luovan kuin taloudellisen tuloksen kannalta. Yksinkertaista, mutta ei aina kovin helppoa. Lapsi on terve kun se leikkii, luova ihminen on parhaimmillaan pikkaisen kurittomana. Pätee pöydän kummallekin puolelle. Vain kurittomasti toimien voidaan nähdä isompia kokonaisuuksia ja sitä kautta luoda puheenaiheita perusmainossuoritteiden tuottamisen sijaan. Oletko ylpeä palvelustanne, tuotteestanne tai ideastanne? Onko ajattelunne tai keksintönne mullistavaa, mutta kukaan muu ei tajua sitä? Rakastatko työtäsi? Jos vastasit yhteenkin kysymykseen kyllä, niin meillä on jotakin yhteistä. Se on työ, jolla on merkitys
Board Member
Apr 2020
Epic Autokoulu Oy, the largest finnish owned driving school, promotes traffic safety and offers high quality driver training and education across the country. Annually we serve 20 000 customers in 130 locations with our dedicated staff of over 200 persons. Customer experience and the quality of service are of utmost importance to us. Together with our Group Companies Autokoulu Safiiri Oy and Liikenneterveys Oy, we aim at improving and modernizing the driving school industry and defining the gold standard in traffic safety. Korona Invest, a Finnish private equity firm is the majority shareholder of the group.
Board Member
Mar 2018
Ropo Capital is a leading Finnish provider of invoice management services, covering the whole value chain of the receivables lifecycle, from invoice delivery to payment monitoring and receivables management. We compete on the Nordic markets as a technological forerunner – our operating model is based on the advantages of digitalisation and advanced automation. Headquartered in Kuopio, Finland, the company employs approximately 400 financial specialists in Finland, Sweden and Norway and serves more than 10,000 customers, from SMEs to the largest corporations. In total, Ropo Capital delivers over 170 million invoices and other documents annually. Our mission is to make invoicing the foundation for success. #yourvoiceininvoice For more information, visit our website at www.ropocapital.fi.
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2024
Board Member
Aug 2024
We help companies to embed Al into their business and create new value. While keeping it humane.
2022
Board Member
Apr 2022
HAUS Finnish Institute of Public Management Ltd trains civil servants and improves their skills. It also participates in different ways in developing state administration organisations. HAUS is a Finnish state-owned company which reports to the Ministry of Finance. HAUS is a stakeholder unit within the public administration. HAUS and its previous incarnations have gone through many stages of development – from state budget-funded agency to state-owned limited company to in-house actor – since it was originally established over 40 years ago. HAUS offers diverse open training, tailor-made courses and other projects targeted at specific state agencies. HAUS College organises professional and expert studies for apprenticeship training. Training and consultation areas: Customer service Cyber security EU know-how Public administration Public law Public procurement HR management, development, and wellbeing at work Leadership and management Coaching and personal assessment Projects and processes Financial administration Information administration and archiving Secretarial and administrative work Safety Introduction to public administration Communications HAUS actively participates in several international development projects, especially through EU Twinning. HAUS also cooperates closely with the Finnish MFA regarding the implementation of development policy. HAUS International’s pool of experts is comprised of professionals from all around the world who are experts in their respective fields. HAUS represents Finland in the EU’s DISPA (Directors of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration) network. HAUS is also an associate member of NISPAcee (Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe), and a member of both IIAS (International Institute of Administrative Sciences) and IASIA (International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration).
2021
Board Member
May 2021
Hansdotter on mainostoimisto, joka on olemassa paremman elämän takia. Sinulle se näkyy mielenrauhana siitä, että työt tulevat tehtyä ja laatu on korkea. Tämän tästä saamme asiakkailta kehuja, miten ihania me olemme. Ja tietty taitavia. Haluamme pitää ihmisistä huolta. Hyvinvoiva ihminen ajattelee vapaammin ja tekee parempaa jälkeä. Tämä sitten näkyy sinulle parempana lopputuloksena niin luovan kuin taloudellisen tuloksen kannalta. Yksinkertaista, mutta ei aina kovin helppoa. Lapsi on terve kun se leikkii, luova ihminen on parhaimmillaan pikkaisen kurittomana. Pätee pöydän kummallekin puolelle. Vain kurittomasti toimien voidaan nähdä isompia kokonaisuuksia ja sitä kautta luoda puheenaiheita perusmainossuoritteiden tuottamisen sijaan. Oletko ylpeä palvelustanne, tuotteestanne tai ideastanne? Onko ajattelunne tai keksintönne mullistavaa, mutta kukaan muu ei tajua sitä? Rakastatko työtäsi? Jos vastasit yhteenkin kysymykseen kyllä, niin meillä on jotakin yhteistä. Se on työ, jolla on merkitys
2020
Member of Advisory Board
Sep 2020
Korona Invest is a Finnish private equity firm specialized in growth and buyout investments in Finnish small and medium sized enterprises. Since its founding in 2006, Korona has raised four funds, Terveysrahasto Oy (Fund I), Palvelurahasto I Ky (Fund II), Korona Fund III Ky (Fund III) and Korona Fund Iv Ky (Fund IV), with a total raised capital of over EUR 235 million. Korona Invest’s goal is to secure sustainable growth in all investments together with the executive management. Our investment strategy and approach seeks to produce profitable growth and long-term success. Korona Invest’s team has been successful in growing a number of companies which represent the best practices in their industry. In addition to building market leading companies, we have know-how and experience of spin-offs, ownership changes, and managing challenging change and development programs. Regardless of the industry, Korona Invest can invest in companies with the ability and urge to grow. Korona Invest has a strong track record that includes many industries e.g. Business Services, Circular Economy, Educational Services, Housing Services, Daycare and Health and Social Service sectors.
Board Member
Apr 2020
Epic Autokoulu Oy, the largest finnish owned driving school, promotes traffic safety and offers high quality driver training and education across the country. Annually we serve 20 000 customers in 130 locations with our dedicated staff of over 200 persons. Customer experience and the quality of service are of utmost importance to us. Together with our Group Companies Autokoulu Safiiri Oy and Liikenneterveys Oy, we aim at improving and modernizing the driving school industry and defining the gold standard in traffic safety. Korona Invest, a Finnish private equity firm is the majority shareholder of the group.
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