One day before the Slush conference, over 100 entrepreneurs and investors gathered for the launch of the first Nordic-China startup accelerator. The event was organized by Beijing-based COMB+ and Helsinki-based Pivot5 , and featured pitches from ten pre-selected companies. The winner, Jakamo from Finland, managed to convince the jury with their collaboration platform which allows transparent...
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Inka Mero and Pekka Lettijeff join Jakamo as Angel Investors
Media release | 18 October 2016 | Jakamo Jakamo, a startup providing the global collaboration platform for manufacturing companies – welcomes startup investor Inka Mero and SCM executive Pekka Lettijeff into the team. Mero joins Jakamo as an investor and advisor and Lettijeff as an investor and member...
YourStory: From a Yacht Party to a Global Social Network for the Manufacturing Industry
Author: Francesca Ferrario. Jakamo’s founders are the classic example of how, when opportunity comes knocking, one needs to be ready. The Finnish entrepreneurs Jarl Matti Anttila and Anssi Uitto used to work as consultants to develop customer-supplier relationships in manufacturing industries. One day, their customers asked them to suggest...
Talouselämä TOP20 Recognition for Jakamo
Talouselämä Business Magazine has awarded Jakamo with a place on the list of 20 most promising Finnish startups. We are proud to receive this recognition for the second year in a row. An independent jury of experts assigned by Talouselämä selected the list of 20 most promising companies...
A Festival Called Slush
At the end of the hectic Slush week the Provinssi music festival published an after movie of the summer party in Törnävä in 2015. The post-festival movie brought back many feelings and memories of what an amazing event can offer to its customers. I started to wonder – what kind...
Business Collaboration in the Networked Economy
We live in a digital age where the nature of work is radically changing. What humans were mechanically doing is now being automated by software. Tasks that used to require advance planning and a long execution time can now be done immediately with the help of online resources. Orchestration...
Seinäjoki Technology Award to Jakamo
Seinäjoki Technology Award for the year 2014 has been handed to Jakamo Limited, a company focusing on cross-company information sharing. Seinäjoki Fund of Alfred Kordelin Foundation has handed out the Technology Award today. The selection criteria for the EUR 5 000 Prize include the following statement. – Jakamo Limited...
Jakamo – One of the Most Promising Startups in Finland
Great news! Jakamo has been awarded with a place on the list of 20 most promising Finnish startups by Talouselämä. We’re really thankful for this recognition. An expert jury assigned by Talouselämä newpaper selected a list of 20 most promising startup companies in Finland for the fourth time. The jury...
Jakamo on the List of the Hottest Startups
Encouraging news! We are on the list of the hottest startups from Finland. Awesome! http://startup100.net
Startups and Investors
The startup world is in constant buzz on both sides of the coin. And with the coin I mean the one in investors pocket for entrepreneurs to pitch for. New exciting startups are born every day bringing new possibilities for the investors and vice versa, new venture capitalists and...