Riku Asikainen

I am an entrepreneur, angel investor and growth hacker. I started my first company while in high school, and sold it as Finland´s leading internet
bookstore fifteen years later. Since then I have been a founder, active investor and board member in more than 35 companies. I have had several nice upswings, ten exits and one IPO, but I am still looking for my first billion dollars.As I saw need for more hands on collaboration for angel investments in Finland, I was one of the Co-founders and chairman of FiBAN (Finnish Business Angel network). FiBAN has more than 500 investor members, which do more than 200 investments every year. FiBAN has been awarded by EBAN as Europe´s best business angel network in 2013 and 2015.I am proud co-founders of Startup-foundation, behind both phenomenal SLUSH,Europe´s biggest tech conference and Startup sauna, a leading incubator program for the region. I have served as Head Coach for Startup Sauna for two years.We have 193 graduate companies, which have raised more than 100 million euros of funding since graduation.I have studied in and graduated from Aalto University School of Business(M.Sc, Helsinki) and I was nominated as the Alumni of the year 2014.