About ArcticStartup

arcticstartup-logo ArcticStartup, founded in 2007, is the biggest technology website reviewing and reporting on technology startups and growth entrepreneurship from the Nordic and Baltic countries.

We at ArcticStartup aim to encourage entrepreneurship and to help create a radically optimistic entrepreneurial culture here in the Nordics and Baltics by writing about the startups, the stories behind them and the events that influence them. We continuously gather tens of thousands of readers from over 130 countries, giving the region's startups an unrivaled media channel for global recognition.

Read our Editorial Policy.

Said about us:


  • "We got multiple quality leads of potential partners after being featured in ArcticStartup"
    - Stefan Hultberg, CEO and Founder of Accumulate, Sweden.

  • "We received contact requests from four acclaimed European venture capitalists after ArcticStartup featured Relex!”
    - Michael Falck, CFO, Relex, Finland.

  • "For many Finnish growth companies visibility in ArcticStartup is more important than coverage by any other traditional domestic media."
    - Christina Forsgård, Partner, Netprofile (free translation from an article by Kauppalehti, leading Finnish business newspaper, March 24, 2010)

  • "We received half a dozen contacts from European venture capitalists after you featured our company!"
    - Founder, CEO of a startup who has secured 2 large financing rounds after the contacts.


Want to have your news published?
Drop us a line at editor(at)arcticstartup(dot)com (in English only) or use the contact form.

You can also announce your press releases and other news immediately using our Discussions section.

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See our Advertising page.

Interested in contributing?
See the bottom of this page for more!

The ArcticStartup Team


Antti Vilpponen, CEO, Editor-in-Chief, Co-Founder


AnttiAntti Vilpponen has years of experience founding and working in startups. He has strong international experience from both personal and professional life. As the originator of the concept, he works closely with Karri in product development as well as making sure the overall business is healthy and growing.

Antti holds a BSc from the Helsinki School of Economics and an MSc in International High Technology Marketing from the Lappeenranta University of Technology.

E-mail: antti(at)arcticstartup(dot)com
Antti.Vilpponen.net, @vilpponen, LinkedIn

Ville Vesterinen, Chairman, Co-Founder


Ville is a Co-founder and the CEO at Grey Area and sits on Finnish Industry Investment's Investment Council.

Ville holds a BSc from the Helsinki School of Economics and an MSc from the London School of Economics.

E-mail: ville(at)arcticstartup(dot)com
villevesterinen.com, @vesterinen, LinkedIn

Miikka Kukkosuo, Co-Founder


Miikka Kukkosuo has over six years of experience in the mobile, software and social gaming industry in various project management, sales, and strategic business development roles. At ArcticStartup Miikka focuses on events, partnerships and sponsorships.

Miikka holds a M.Sc. (Tech) from Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) in International Business and Strategy, with focus on Software Business.

E-mail:miikka(at)arcticstartup(dot)com
@miikka_k , LinkedIn

Karri Saarinen, Product Manager, Co-Founder


Karri Saarinen has more than six years experience building web products with a strong focus on customer development methods. He oversees the development, design and improvement of all ArcticStartup sites and products.

E-mail: karri(at)arcticstartup(dot)com
karrisaarinen.com, @karrisaarinen, LinkedIn

Greg Anderson, Writer


Greg Anderson is a writer at ArcticStartup and a Master's Student at the University of Oulu where he studies Finance and Economics. Greg is interested in the financing side of startups, and has worked with equity-crowdfunding at Venture Bonsai. Coming from the United States, he received his Bachelor's in Economics from North Carolina State University.

E-mail: greg(at)arctic startup(dot)com
@regandersong, LinkedIn

Mika Aho, Writer


Mika holds a B.Sc. in International Business from the Helsinki School of Economics and an M.Sc. in Internet Marketing from the Hanken School of Economics.

E-mail: mika(at)arcticstartup(dot)com

Want to contribute?


We accept guest blog posts if you have enthusiasm and exceptional industry insight, can write, and think you have something to say that would be of interest to our readers.

If you want to contribute in a more regular way, we are interested in contributors to act as our eyes and ears in all of the Baltic and Nordic countries, as well as in Moscow and St. Petersburg, to help us spot and report on interesting startups and events.

In return we offer link love and visibility on all continents. We will attach your profile to each item published based on your tips. Naturally, you will also get your short bio and links to your blog and LinkedIn profile in our Team listing.

Drop a mail to miikka [at] arcticstartup [com] and we'll set you up to be part of the passionate network.