Riku SeppäläinicebreakervcGetting to your seed fundraise with momentumWhen you start a company, a natural tendency is to keep options open in terms of which types of customers you will be serving —…Jun 16, 2022Jun 16, 2022
Riku SeppäläinicebreakervcThrilled to announce our Spaceit investment to create the mission control center for SpaceWe are beyond excited to welcome Spaceit to the Icebreaker family!Aug 16, 2021Aug 16, 2021
Riku SeppäläinicebreakervcLearnings from the Tesseract journey from an idea to a $25M investment roundTesseract announced their $25M round last week. The Tesseract journey has not been a straight line since the founding in 2018 like startup…Jun 29, 2021Jun 29, 2021
Riku SeppäläinicebreakervcSupported by the great performance of Icebreaker 1 teams, we have raised €120M more to continue…We completed the final closing of our second fund at €100M and also raised a separate €20M Opportunity Fund that we will use to continue…Apr 20, 2021Apr 20, 2021
Riku SeppäläinicebreakervcSellforte raises €4 million to bring science to marketingWe are thrilled to announce our continued investment in Sellforte alongside Bonnier Ventures and the leading investor Sonae IM!Apr 6, 2021Apr 6, 2021
Riku SeppäläinOpenOceanThe robot has taken over the lighthouse. Who’s next?This is the Kallbådan lighthouse outside of Porkkala (on a map). It was finished in 1920 and was the last lighthouse in Finland that was…Sep 29, 2016Sep 29, 2016
Riku SeppäläCharacteristics of B2B unicorn ideasWhether or not you agree that unicorns exist, they are fascinating.Apr 10, 20153Apr 10, 20153
Riku SeppäläAutomate your tasks with Google sheets — example: sending multiple emails with different attachmentsNever do anything twice. Learn a bit of code to make Google Sheets do your work for you. Here’s and example of a mail merge with attachmentsDec 16, 20141Dec 16, 20141
Riku SeppäläMethod for Startup Valuations DCF (Discounted Cash Flow)I was asked about startup valuations with DCF.Aug 12, 20141Aug 12, 20141
Riku SeppäläForget lean for startupsDo everything you can to make your startup workSep 17, 2013Sep 17, 2013