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Lauri Kokkila
Partner at Inventure
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Lauri Kokkila
Partner at Inventure
Helsinki, Uusimaa
Overview
Lauri Kokkila is a Partner at Inventure, with a background in investment management and a focus on start-ups in sectors like Real Estate/PropTech and AI. He has held various leadership roles and board positions in companies such as Swappie Oy, Material Exchange, and Umbra, and has made successful investments in companies like Starcart and Algorithmiq.
Kokkila's career highlights include serving as the VP of Growth & Expansion at Material Exchange and making strategic investments in early-stage companies like Starcart and Finch, showcasing his expertise in business analysis and entrepreneurship within the start-up ecosystem.
Work Experience
Partner
2022 - Current
The Nordic & Baltic early-stage VC. 150m€ generalist fund. 300-3M€ initial investments.
Investment Director
2020 - 2022
Secondment
2020 - 2021
Investment Manager
2017 - 2020
Dealflow Manager
2015 - 2017
Investment Intern
2015 - 2015
Board Member
2019
05/2019: Inventure lead 5M€ funding round 05/2020: 36M€ round 02/2022: 108M€ round lead by Verdane Capital Revenue 8M€ in 2018 Revenue 31M€ in 2019 Revenue 97M€ in 2020 Revenue 197M€ in 2021
Board Observer
2022
10/2019: 2M€ seed round led by Inventure 10/2020: 5M€ round led by Partech & Norrsken 02/2022: 25M€ Series A led by Molten Ventures
VP of Growth & Expansion (secondment from Inventure)
2020 - 2021
Board Member
2019 - 2020
Board Member
2020
Chairperson
2022
Board Member
2022
Investing in music - made easy 06/2022: Inventure lead $2,5m round 05/2023: Stride.vc raised 4m€ round
Board Member
2022
Board Member
2023
Board Member
2020
Chairman Of The Board
2019 - 2021
01/2021: Acquired by Amazon Inc.
Board Member
2017 - 2019
Education
Master of Science (M.Sc.) with honours
2011 - 2017
Ylioppilas
2008 - 2011