Ari Korhonen Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 24

  • Portfolio
  • 6

  • Exits
  • 18

Exits

Ari Korhonen General Information

Description

Mr. Ari Korhonen is the Founder of Lagoon Capital. He also serves as a Growth Partner at Evli Growth Partners. He serves as a Senior Advisor at Spintop Ventures. He serves as Vice Chairman at DealDash. He serves as Chairman at VERSO. He serves as a Investor and Partner at True Global Ventures. He serves as an Advisory Board Member at Finnish Industry Investment. He is an Angel Investor. He served as Chairman at Klevu. He served as a Board Member at Helpten. He also served as Chairman at Miradore. He Co-Owned XMLdation.com and served as its Board Member. He co-owned and served as a Board Member at Sympa. He is a Co-Owner of Citysocialising. He also co-owned Twid and served as Chairman. He is the Owner and serves as the Chairman of the Board at Paytrail. He holds an MS (Master of Science) in Engineering from the Lappeenranta University of Technology. Within the last 10 years, he has made Angel investments in 29 companies, with 86 investment rounds in total. These include MariaDB, DealDash, Surveypal, Miradore, In4mo, FlashNode, Thirdpresence, and 360 Cities. From these, he has had three successful exits; Severa, Paytrail, and The Switch. He is also an investor in venture capital funds that include Seedcamp, 500 Start-ups, and True Global Ventures. In Spintop he is also Senior Advisor and Investment Committee member. He is also a member of the Seedcamp Investment Committee. He is an Investment council member of Finnish Industry Investments. He was nominated by EBAN as European Business Angel of the Year in 2009 and elected by FiBAN as Business Angel of the Year in Finland in 2014. He is a co-founder of FiBAN and was Vice Chairman of the Board from 2010 to 2012. He has been an EBAN board member and Vice-President since 2012. He is also a member of EstBAN. He has been featured in several business magazines and blogs. He holds a Master of Science degree in engineering from Lappeenranta University of Technology.

Business Details

Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • Lappeenranta
  • Finland
+358 040

Ari Korhonen Investments (24)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
Videobot 31-Jul-2023 Seed Round Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Klevu 22-Nov-2019 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Flashnode 28-Jun-2017 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Flashnode 17-Nov-2015 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Sympa 01-Nov-2015 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
SafelyLocked 01-May-2015 Business/Productivity Software Out of Business
Surveypal 12-Mar-2015 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Enbritely 28-Nov-2014 Consulting Services (B2B) Generating Revenue
InsightsAtlas 20-Nov-2014 Seed Round Media and Information Services (B2B) Out of Business
Twid (Media and Information Services) 31-Oct-2014 Early Stage VC Media and Information Services (B2B) Generating Revenue

Ari Korhonen Exits (18)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Klevu 09-Jan-2025 Buyout/LBO
Enbritely 01-Dec-2024
InsightsAtlas 21-Jun-2024
Miradore 06-Jul-2022
DealDash 01-Mar-2022
MariaDB 02-Feb-2022
360Cities 01-Oct-2021
Strossle 07-Jul-2021
Helpten 01-Jul-2021 Buyout/LBO
Twid (Media and Information Services) 01-Jul-2021 Merger/Acquisition

Ari Korhonen Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

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Ari Korhonen Co-Investors (4)

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Ari Korhonen FAQs

  • Who is Ari Korhonen?

    Ari Korhonen is an angel Investor who has made 24 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Ari Korhonen?

    Ari Korhonen is an angel investor.

  • What does Ari Korhonen do?

    As an angel investor, Ari Korhonen invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • How many board seats does Ari Korhonen hold?

    Ari Korhonen holds a board seat in DealDash.

  • What has Ari Korhonen invested in?

    Ari Korhonen has made numerous investments in companies like Videobot, Klevu, and Flashnode within the Business/Productivity Software industry.

  • What has Ari Korhonen invested in recently?

    Ari Korhonen's latest investment was on 31-Jul-2023 in Videobot, a company within the Business/Productivity Software industry.

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