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North­ern­Stars

1st Novem­ber 2023 at 9–16.15

Restau­rant Nal­likari, Nal­likar­in­ran­ta 15, 90510 Oulu


Wel­come to North­ern­Stars!

Oulu is full of great suc­cess sto­ries, and it is yet again time to show­case what our North­ern­Stars are made of, along with their jour­neys to growth and suc­cess. You will hear the sto­ries of com­pa­nies from start to all the way to fin­ish – to exit. How did all this hap­pen?

Come and find out at North­ern­Stars!

A day full of great keynotes, pan­el dis­cus­sions, and pitch­es. Meet with investors and enjoy a great atmos­phere plus excel­lent talks about invest­ing and growth from both the com­pa­nies’ and investors’ points of view.

That is what North­ern­Stars is made of!

Reg­is­tra­tion

The event is free of charge


Pro­gram

9:00
Reg­is­tra­tion and cof­fee

9:25
Wel­come words
Lau­ra Mer­iläi­nen — Start­up and Investor Rela­tions Man­ag­er, Business­Oulu

9:30
Keynote – From Co-founder to Exit to Start­up Week­end to Co-founder – Sto­ry of Jonos.io
Pee­tu Nuot­ta­järvi – Chief Tech­nol­o­gy Offi­cer, Jonos.io and Co-Founder, Buut­ti

9:50
Com­pa­ny pitch­es

10:00
Keynote – How to find the courage to jump on a start­up roller­coast­er when mar­kets are scream­ing reces­sion?
Juu­so Huusko-Viik­ilä – Co-Founder, Duty

10:20
Keynote – Ten mega­trends that will affect our future and bring new busi­ness oppor­tu­ni­ties
Eli­na Hiltunen – Futur­ist, Keynote speak­er

11:00
Com­pa­ny pitch­es

11.10
Keynote – From Zero to Hero — How pas­sion and per­sis­tence led into suc­cess and growth? Case Ben­jamin
Erno Tau­ri­ainen – CEO & Founder, Ben­jamin

11:30
Lunch

12:30
Keynote – How Fiban strength­ens region­al growth ecosys­tems?
Antti Lehtimä­ki – Fiban Board Mem­ber

12:45
Keynote – Ear­ly launch to engage end users – Steam ear­ly access launch of Great Hous­es of Calde­ria
Anna Salo­maa – CEO & Co-Founder, Resis­tance Games

13:00
Keynote – Hedg­ing your angel invest­ments dur­ing down­turn
Rene Kromhof ‑Angel investor

13:30
Pan­el dis­cus­sion – Founder dynam­ics, Case Buut­ti
Mod­er­a­tor:
Lau­ra Mer­iläi­nen — Start­up and Investor Rela­tions Man­ag­er, Business­Oulu
Mikko Koisti­nen – CEO & Co-Founder, Buut­ti
Pee­tu Nuot­ta­järvi – Co-Founder, Buut­ti

14:00
Cof­fee and net­work­ing

15:00
Pan­el dis­cus­sion – Gain­ing momen­tum by fail­ing
Mod­er­a­tor:
Sami Halo­nen, Chief Gar­den­er and Co-Founder, Kielo Growth
Mart­ta Ter­vo­nen – CEO & Founder
Ykä Mar­ja­nen – CEO & Founder, Man­na Insect
Juu­so Nis­silä – Co-Founder & Chief Sci­en­tif­ic Offi­cer, Sum­ma Labs

15:30
Hunt­ing Scal­a­bil­i­ty – Find­ing the right Prod­uct-Mar­ket-Fit (PMF) – Case Ani­care

Aki Mart­ti­la – CEO & Founder, Ani­care

15:40
Hunt­ing Scal­a­bil­i­ty – Find­ing the right Prod­uct-Mar­ket-Fit (PMF) – reflec­tive pan­el dis­cus­sion
Mod­er­a­tor:
Lau­ra Mer­iläi­nen – Start­up and Investor Rela­tions Man­ag­er, Business­Oulu
Markku Lap­palainen – Angel Investor, Ser­i­al Entre­pre­neur & Men­tor
Hen­ri Heikki­nen – Founder, Val­co
Turo Ter­vo­nen – CEO, Murea

16:10
Wrap up and clos­ing words
Lau­ra Mer­iläi­nen

16:15
Event ends …And After­par­ty starts


After­par­ty

When & Where

1st Novem­ber 2023 18:30 onwards

Mal­laskel­lari, Kirkkokatu 17, 90100 Oulu (See loca­tion on map)

Let’s reach for the North­ern­Stars!


Speak­ers

Peetu Nuottajärven kasvokuva

Pee­tu
Nuot­ta­järvi

Juuso Huusko-Viikilän kasvokuva

Juu­so
Huusko-Viik­ilä

Eli­na
Hiltunen

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Erno
Tau­ri­ainen

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Antti
Lehtimä­ki

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Anna
Salo­maa

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Rene
Kromhof

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Mikko
Koisti­nen

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Sami
Halo­nen

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Mart­ta
Ter­vo­nen

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Ykä
Mar­ja­nen

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Juu­so
Nis­silä

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Aki
Mart­ti­la

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Markku
Lap­palainen

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Hen­ri
Heikki­nen

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Turo
Ter­vo­nen

Infor­ma­tion about the event

Lau­ra Mer­iläi­nen
Start­up and Investor Rela­tions Man­ag­er
040 573 1511
laura.merilainen@businessoulu.com

Orga­niz­er