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Ville Vesterinen

Founder of Slush

Finland

Overview 

Ville Vesterinen is an accomplished founder and angel investor based in Finland, known for founding successful ventures like Housecat and serving as a board member, founding investor, and chairman at Swappie. With a Master of Science from The London School of Economics and Political Science, Ville has made strategic investments in companies like Starcart and Kleoverse, focusing on sectors such as Payments, Enterprise Applications, and FinTech. Ville's career highlights include co-founding Slush, one of the world's leading startup events, and his role as a senior advisor at Spintop Ventures, showcasing his expertise in entrepreneurship, business strategy, and venture capital.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder

    2008 - Current

  • Advisor to the CEO

    2023

  • Angel Investor

    2020

    Investor in start-ups including Airship Industries, Astro Mechanica, CHARM Therapeutics, Hermeus, Paebbl, Tromero, Vaire Computing, and many others.

  • Senior Advisor

    2024

    100m€ Nordic early-stage venture fund

  • Board Member

    2022

  • Founding Investor & Chairman

    2016 - 2022

  • Coach

    2024 - 2025

    Creating new deeptech startups from PhD researchers

  • Founder & CEO

    2021 - 2023

  • Scout

    2020 - 2022

  • Board Member

    2018 - 2021

  • Board Member

    2018 - 2021

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