Partnership Announcement
We’re happy to announce that we have 2 new people joining the Applehead team as advisors. We combine our forces to push innovation forward in the Finest Bay Area.
They’re well-known and respected guys from the tech world.
Kustaa Valtonen is an experienced sales and investment professional. He has more than 13 years of experience at HP and Microsoft where he worked in sales with some of the largest corporate customers. Last 11 years, he has worked as a business angel, helping many startups get funding and grow their businesses internationally.
Peter Vesterbacka is an entrepreneur from the Finest Bay Area at the Heart of Eurasia, Helsinki, Finland. Branded communities co-created and initiated by Peter include the HP Bazaar, Mobile Monday, Slush, and Startup Sauna to name a few. He was CMO, the Mighty Eagle, at Angry Birds for many years taking that brand to unprecedented heights. Peter is also currently an adjunct professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Tongji University, one of the leading universities in China. In 2011 Time Magazine named Peter one of the 100 most influential people on the planet.
Random Ventures is an investment company that focuses on growing and funding early-stage companies. Its founding partners are business angels Kustaa Valtonen and Peter Vesterbacka (both Crazy Town members). Random Ventures is also active in business development for education services.
