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13.11. 16-20.00 at Parkki Business Park

A Gettogether for startup founders, angels, students and wannabes in the Hämeenlinna region.

A glorious evening of networking and relevant startup topics at Parkki Business Park coming up.

We’ll be lining up pitches along with stories from founders, investors, and enablers in the startup world.

Be a part of the action, and reserve your seat at the second ever Hämeenlinna Startup Meetup. Space is limited, so sign up right away.

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Meet the enablers:

Meet the speakers

  • Ville Vesterinen - Slush/Swappie

    The Full Perspective

    Ville Vesterinen
    Founder/Investor – Slush/Swappie et al.

    With experience as a founder, an angel, a board member, and a fund investor, Ville will share thoughts on founding, building and investing in startups.

  • Heikki Tunkelo

    The Cloud Architect

    Heikki Tunkelo
    Amazon Web Service – Head of Startup Solution Architecture, Europe-North

    Having scaled Unity Ads from 5 engineers to $500M ARR, Heikki will share the cloud wisdom that separates the unicorns from the... well, regular horses.

  • Kassu La Habana Reyes – Kide.app

    The Founder's Tale

    Kassu La Habana Reyes
    Founder – Kide.app

    Every students favourite ticket platform Kide.app has already been used by every fifth Finnish working adult. Founder Kassu will share his startup story.

  • Jukka Planman

    Deep in the tech

    Jukka Planman
    Founder – AlionLife

    Real-life experiences on how to succeed in commercializing unchartered demanding technology from idea to market.

  • Jasmin Heikkilä

    The Product Market Fit

    Jasmin Heikkilä
    Founder – CodeAnanas

    From BtoBtoC searching for the right product-market fit can be a hazardous task, but not as hazardous as the wasted food Jasmin is turning into WOW.

  • Lari Lehto / Offerswap

    The Go To Market

    Lari Lehto
    Founder – Offerswap

    From the midst of globally disrupting the traditional BtoB-services -sales model, Lari will share how to think big from day one.

  • Matti Saarinen

    The Founders Way

    Matti Saarinen
    Founder –     DashDocs.ai

    Matti will talk about his fresh start revolutionizing accounting with a whole new view on how books are kept, and a whole new way of changing a stillstanding market.

  • HAMK ES

    Students's turn

    HAMK ES
    Entrepreneurship society

    HAMK Entrepreneurship society was founded earlier this year, and will share how their early stage bootstrapping is going and what is up next!

  • Kirsi Vesterinen

    Entrepreneurship and innovation

    Kirsi Vesterinen
    Senior Specialist - HAMK

    What is the new HAMK Innovation Unit and Living Lab, and what do they have for store in 2026. Here to spill the details, Kirsi Vesterinen

  • The Accounts

    Jukka Mäkelä
    Founder – Angelma-Mäkelä

    One of Finland’s leading pioneers in electronic financial management is here to share how startups should approach the financials.

  • Ville Koiste

    The local pulse

    Ville Koiste
    Head of Service Development
    Linna Business Development

    Ville will share the latest insights from Hämeenlinna. How bold collaboration and experimentation are shaping the region’s next chapter of growth.

  • Juho Jokinen

    Your host

    Juho Jokinen
    Angel – Advisor

    Juho is an angel investor in a number startups, and has raised funds and/or crashed 3/4 startup-ideas of his own.

  • Janne Maksimainen

    Your host

    Janne Maksimainen
    Enabler – Advisor

    Janne is a post-exit CEO of a 10-million euro business, and is currently the Chief Development Officer in DA Group (defence industry)

Agenda

The Vitals

16.00 Juho Jokinen & Janne Maksimainen: Opening words
16.10 Ville Vesterinen: The full perspective
16.40 Heikki Tunkelo: The Cloud Architect

Break

The Founders

17.15 Matti Saarinen / DashDocs.ai: The founder’s way
17.35 Lari Lehto / Offerswap: The GoToMarket
17.55 Kassu la Habana Reyes / Kide.app: The founder’s tale
18.15 Jukka Planman: Deep in the tech

Break

The Network

18.50 Kirsi Vesterinen / HAMK: Entrepreneurship and innovation
19.10 Jukka Mäkelä / Angelma&Mäkelä: The Accounts
19.20 HAMK ES: The Students’ turn
19.40 Ville Koiste / Linnan Kehitys: The local pulse

Please let us know you are coming.

Please sign up for the event by filling the form below. Signing up is mandatory to attend, as space is limited.