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Matti Rönkkö
Experience & background
+15 years of startup and scaleup experience across different roles across multiple countries and continents
Previous experience from eg. Rocket Internet and as CEO of Nosto Solutions
Seen the ups and downs of the startup world
Focus area
Managing Director
Keep building an amazing team who can best support our portfolio companies in developing as well as find the future world class founders & teams
Help our portfolio founders and companies grow
Deliver value to our portfolio founders, our mother company, owners and the whole ecosystem within the sustainable built environment
Christopher Mills
Experience & background
10+ years of hands-on experience inventing and commercializing chemical products and services
Extensive work with industry standards, regulations, and industrial processes
Involved in both greenfield and brownfield factory projects
5+ years of experience in startup investments
Focus area
Responsible for discovery, venture building, and leveraging construction and industry data insights to support new deals
Active in board work and provides ongoing support for portfolio companies
Tanja Huohvanainen
Experience & background
10+ years of experience in financial due diligence, M&A, IPO assessments, and impact investing especially in start-up and scale-up phases
Focus area
At Kiilto Ventures, she works across the full investment funnel, leads portfolio management, and integrates impact thinking into investment strategies
She also serves as Country Lead for Sweden
Passionate about cost-effective innovations with the potential to significantly reduce CO₂e emissions
Anton Piippo
Experience & background
4 years of experience in venture capital and entrepreneurship, with a focus on the built environment
Focus area
At Kiilto Ventures, works across the full investment lifecycle from meeting early-stage founders to supporting their growth journeys
Enjoys learning through collaboration with ambitious teams solving critical problems
Especially interested in solutions that decarbonize and digitize the built environment
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Nobody Engineering
Founders: Ville Ilkkala, Iridian Kiiskinen, Kari Ilkkala
CEO: Ville Ilkkala
Founding year: 2018
Invested: 2024
Description: Nobody Engineering offers a patent-pending IoT device combined with software robotics to connect outdated building automation systems to modern digital services. This plug-and-play solution allows for real-time data collection and control, extending the life of existing HVAC and control systems. It eliminates the need for costly upgrades, enabling scalable deployment of digital solutions across diverse building types.
Impact: Nobody Engineering’s solution connects legacy Building Automation Systems (BAS) to smart services enabling energy and CO2e savings through optimization. This postpones the need for costly BAS upgrades / renovating of building till later.
Founders: Fabian Utigard, Mathias Engevik, Mathias Picker, Thomas Rankin, Henrik Udnes
CEO: Fabian Utigard
Founding year: 2022
Invested: 2024
Description: Kvist Solutions’ software helps real estate and construction companies simplify and streamline green building certifications (e.g. BREEAM and LEED) and sustainability reporting (e.g. Taxonomy, CSRD, internal sustainability management).
Impact: Kvist helps accelerate the construction industry’s transition to sustainability by enabling easier and automated compliance with certificates, EU Taxonomy, CSRD and internal sustainability management, promoting more efficient resource use and lower environmental footprint of buildings.