ABOUT US
We are a growth accelerator consisting of an experienced team of professionals in international business growth and development. We work hands-on with growth-oriented companies, whether they are just starting out or already running a 100 million euro business.
Are your needs in any of the following areas?
Company financing
Growth in the domestic or foreign market
Business arrangements
If the answer is yes, then our packaged services comprehensively cover these activities.
Our services
#FINANCING
Preparing the company for external financing
Financial planning, pitching material, sparring
Equity financing rounds, Venture Capital and angel financing
Debt arrangements
Public grants, Business Finland and ELY projects and applications on a turnkey basis
#SALES & MARKETING
Applying AI to sales and marketing
Building effective sales processes, target groups and metrics
Sales execution
Marketing development, brand building, content and messages
Social-selling and growth hacking
#INTERNATIONAL GROWTH
Market- and customer analysis for new export markets
Go-to-market planning
Go-to-market execution and local resourcing
#ACCELERATING GROWTH
Digital prototyping
Planning and implementation of digital development projects
Business plans, models and strategies
Business M&A
Exit preparations and support
Let's talk!
We help you find solutions to your needs.
Customer stories
“From the beginning, Accelerando was making financial arrangements for the different growth stages of our company. Capitalization, support financing, and especially NIY financing supported our company’s growth right up to a successful exit.”
“Accelerando has helped with financing and other business development needs. Even in challenging situations requiring problem solving, we have always been able to rely on Accelerando’s help.”
“The cooperation with Accelerando has been very smooth. Things are done quickly and results are achieved. We have a good long-term partnership that I can recommend to others.”
“ONEiO Cloud offers ITSM integrations with a web-based service model. We have been working with Accelerando for years, ever since the idea phase of our company’s beginning. Thanks to them, we have been able to avoid typical mistakes in the company’s development path and our growth has been fast. In our international expansion, we have relied heavily on Accelerando’s support.”
“Let Lempo ring! As new entrepreneurs in the game industry, we found relaxed, reliable and encouraging professionals in the Accelerando group, who helped us significantly in getting the initial critical funding. Referring to the Steam game store review, our experience has been: Overwhelmingly positive.”
“Without Accelerando, we would still be stagnating in terms of growth.”
“We have had close cooperation with Accelerando. They rolled up their sleeves and helped us get into Business Finland’s NIY program, which was significant for WordDive’s growth.”
“Accelerando had a relevant role in helping us out in structuring our early stage product development and business plans for SkySQL/MariaDB. Thank you for that.”
“Accelerando has been involved in our company’s growth since the beginning, and has brought us both versatile financial expertise and business expertise, with which we are now in a strong growth phase.”
The Team
Aleksi Aaltonen
Partner, Senior AdvisoBoard memver
Aleksi has more than 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, which includes both successes and failures. His core competences are the organization of financing, extensive international networks and the startup’s journey from innovation to profitable business and international growth.
Kari Hartikainen
Partner, Senior Advisor
Kari is a versatile advisor in the development of growth-oriented branding, marketing, sales and customer management. Kari’s core competence is to formulate a distinctive customer promise for the company based on segment analysis and to clarify segment-specific sales arguments.
Jussi Heinilä
Partner, Senior Advisor
Jussi has more than 25 years of experience in the ICT world. He has helped numerous companies with internationalization in Europe, Asia and the USA. Jussi is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and grown several companies. Jussi specializes in financing arrangements to support the growth of companies.
Jouko Lintunen
Partner, Senior Advisor
Jouko’s specialty is the growth of technology and service companies: the right customers, a competitive product or service offering, and growth financing. Jouko has significant experience in both drawing up growth strategies and their implementation. Based on his experience, he has a practical approach to what is most essential in terms of sustainable growth.
Kyösti Melametsä
Partner, Senior Advisor, Board member
Kyösti’s home turf is the commercialization of innovations with a focus on the added value produced for customers. Internationalization projects that genuinely take business outside of Finland while minimizing the risks and cost level of the initial stage are also Köpä’s daily activities.
Peter Ollikainen
Partner, Senior Advisor, Chairman of the Board
Peter is an all-rounder in business growth, but his special areas are opening new markets, developing disciplined sales and acquiring financing to support growth. He has first-hand experience in startup entrepreneurship, operating a large corporate machine and business accelerator activities.
Tomi Rauste
Senior Advisor
Tomi is an experienced all-rounder in the growth and internationalization of companies. He has solid expertise in the creation and practical implementation of company growth strategies, internationalization and successful entry into the market – especially the US market. Agile methods are at the core of what Tom does and guarantees a tight focus on the opportunity at hand, open communication and innovation, maximum learning and transparent cost control.
Petri Rinne
Senior Advisor
Petri is an experienced business builder and advisor who specializes in planning and implementing the growth and internationalization of B2B companies with 30 years of experience and more than 100 projects. Petri has solid expertise in technology companies’ growth strategies, international sales, partner programs and go-to-market projects. In addition, Petri has successfully built numerous sales teams in the target market.
Mikko Seppäläinen
Partner, Senior Advisor
Mikko has long experience in start-up entrepreneurship and working in a large company on the international market. Business development, starting with strategy and covering internationalization, financing and growth, are Miko’s areas of strength. In addition, Mikko is a management and organizational development professional.
Magnus Silen
Partner, Senior Advisor
Magnus is an experienced business growth facilitator who combines physics with analytical thinking and hands-in-clay experience from numerous management positions in various growth companies. Magnus’ specialty is systematic fact-based problem solving, process development and the utilization of technology, analytics and artificial intelligence in business growth.
Anssi Varesmaa
Partner, Senior Advisor
Anssi assists companies at different stages and their owners to prepare and implement business sales, acquisitions, ownership and financing arrangements. He has experience in e.g. of industry, capital investment, corporate finance and he is a certified board professional and chairman.
Sam Weintraub
Grey eminence
Sam is a very experienced sales professional. He has built extensive sales and distribution organizations for international business, and worked in e.g. As F-Secure’s international sales director.
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