Valto Loikkanen

Current

• interim Chairman at Startup Commons Association
• Founder & CEO at Grow VC International Limited
• Founder at Rate Cards International Inc.

• Business Advisor at Enterprise Helsinki
• Owner at Coxion Oy

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Past

• CEO & Owner at SkyWeb Oy
• CEO, Member of the Board at Newolution Oy
• CEO, Owner at VTG Worldwide Group

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Valto Loikkanen’s Summary

As an entrepreneur, I'm always building something from nothing - now growvc.com & startupcommons.org.

Besides my own businesses, I have great passion to work with start-up's that have innovative/crazy ideas and passionate & entrepreneurial people with potential to change the world, specially in web & mobile stuff.

Have a graphics designer background and about 15 years of experience in entrepreneurship and general business management, with a good track record for identifying new business opportunities.

My first start-up business VTG, was specialized in mobile phone design covers IE. personalization. Established in 1995 and quickly grew up, to 100 employees with offices in US. Australia and Finland.

After that, have started few other startups. Some have been successful while some have not. For the past 10 years, I have focused to mobile & web businesses.

I like to push good plans into action to get results. Plans are like great ideas, there can be many good ones, but without result oriented execution, those rarely generate any real value.

Experienced in creating and executing new business concepts, developing and managing sales, marketing, operations and teams. International work experience in Europe and USA.

Valto Loikkanen’s Specialties:

• Start-up Consulting • Start- up Funding • Web Solutions • Business Planning & development • Pricing Guru •

Valto Loikkanen’s Experience

• interim Chairman

  Startup Commons Association

  (Capital Markets industry)

  September 2009 — Present (4 months)

  Startup Commons is a nonprofit association dedicated to making startup funding more understandable and cost effective and to make closing deals easier for entrepreneurs and investors alike, consistent with the rules of investing, in global scale.
  
  Our Board of Directors is an interim board. While we are working hard to see that the board will have a community voice, we think one of the board's primary missions will be to act as a search committee to find a permanent board of directors that brings representation from startup companies and investor communities such that all parties feel confident the board can fairly represent their views.

• Founder & CEO

  Grow VC International Limited

  (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Grow VC is Venture Capital 2.0, bringing the first truly transparent, international, community-based approach to early stage funding. Grow VC can help mobile and web 2.0 startup stars secure initial funding for their businesses ranging from $10,000 to 1m USD. Grow VC will not only connect startup entrepreneurs with ‘funders’ (investors) to help them discover their common interests, but also provide tools for the process and new transparent ways of doing things. Grow VC international headquarters is located in Hong Kong.
  
  We love the idea that next Google, Facebook or Apple, would become a reality because of you..

• Founder

  Rate Cards International Inc.

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  March 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

  New Business Venture development.
  
  RateCards.net service is a new tool developed specifically for advertisers and media publishers to use internet and print advertising more efficiently. The Rate Cards service will also help interested parties find more targeted media channels by bringing together advertisers, media publishers, and media service providers in a new way, using the power of internet.

• Business Advisor

  Enterprise Helsinki

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  December 2004 — Present (5 years 1 month)

  Business Advisor, Business development. Enterprise Helsinki, Helsingin Uusyrityskeskus ry 2004 –
  
  • Startup consulting for new entrepreneurs. Business plans, profitability calculations, financing solutions, partner agreements etc.
  • Business plan analysis
  • Integrating CRM systems
  • Developing consulting procedures and tools

• Owner

  Coxion Oy

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  2003 — Present (6 years )

  Creating & maintaining Business Plan.
  
  Hiring management and developing marketing strategy for Mobile computing products UMPC under and WebBook brand.
  
  Key account management with local and international customers, distributors and mobile operators.

Additional Information

Valto Loikkanen’s Interests:

• Entrepreneurship • Web stuff • Mobile • Supercross

Valto Loikkanen’s Groups:

• Startup Commons
• Magazine Publishing Group

•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Venture Capital Syndicate
•    Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
•    Venture Capital Cafe (+5000 Members)
•    Venture Capital
•    Angel Investor Group
•    Startup Specialists
•    Europe 2.0 - web 2.0, startups, funding, & entrepreneurship in Europe
•    TechStars
•    FOLIO: MediaPRO -- Magazine & eMedia Publishing Professionals
•    Finnish Hi-tech Start-up Community
•    Magazine
•    Social Media Marketing Intelligence
•    INVENTURE Network
•    Grow VC - Venture Capital 2.0 - Member Group
•    Grow VC - Venture Capital 2.0 - Supporter Group
•    TechStars Community
•    The Venture Phenome Project
•    Grow VC - Venture Capital 2.0 - Partner Group
•    Grow VC - Startups Group
•    European Entrepreneurship & Innovation @ Silicon Valley
•    Professional Sales Reps
•    Startup Commons
•    Web 3.0 advertising

Valto Loikkanen’s Honors:

• Young Business Achiever of the year, Finland
• Young Business Achiever of the year Finalist, representing Scandinavia, at International event held in Sintra, Portugal
• Golden Key achievement for innovative business strategy, Suomalaisen Työn Liitto, Finland
• Personal recognition letter from the President of Finland Matti Ahtisaari. From the fund rising efforts done jointly with Finnish Red Cross, for the victims of Kosovo war in 1999
• Articles in various business magazines and newspapers

Valto Loikkanen’s Contact Settings

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• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
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