MAKI TEAM At Your Service.

When you work with Maki.vc, you get all of us as your champions and challengers.

A connected core team of serial entrepreneurs, seasoned investors and startup executives inspired by the tech we grew up with and fascinated with creative solutions in product, strategy, operations, and branding.

Maki.vc analyst – Caroline Gattner
Caroline Gattner
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Pauliina Martikainen
Pauliina Martikainen
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Pirkka Palomäki
Pirkka Palomäki
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Maki.vc Business Controller Irina
Irina Miettinen (On Leave)
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 Paavo Räisänen
Paavo Räisänen
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Maki Ilkka 2025
Ilkka Kivimäki
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Tim Bolte
Tim Bolte
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Anette Kinnunen
Anette Kinnunen
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Wilson Tukiainen
Wilson Tukiainen
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Jani Hellström
Jani Hellström
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Jani Hellström

HEAD OF COMMS
JANI@MAKI.VC
+358400272515

Jani works closely with Maki.vc’s portfolio companies on strategic communications, positioning, and growth across markets. Before joining Maki.vc, he spent six years at Wolt, scaling the company’s communications operations across 30+ markets. Earlier in his career, he led communications at Reaktor, working across New Space, robotics, AI, and defense and security, and supporting early-stage companies through Reaktor Ventures.

Jani Hellström

FOUNDERS Hear us Out.

When we invest, you as a founder get the entire Maki team to work with you, side by side.

And we don’t only support founders, we support the early hires, too. We know that building the early processes at a new venture is hard - and it becomes impossible without the right support network. Our community of entrepreneurs and doers at Maki House work side by side with the new entrants to supercharge their growth.

Do you have the next ground-breaking idea? Let us know about it. Reach out to us at lets@maki.vc