Managing Partner
Evli Growth PartnersCheck size: Approximately €5M-€10M published initial investment range for Series B, with occasional Series A investments.
The official roster identifies Riku Asikainen as Managing Partner. This profile applies Evli Growth Partners's published strategy and does not infer undisclosed personal signing authority or a narrower individual mandate. Relevant founder fit follows the firm's thesis: Partner with rapidly growing European technology companies, especially in the Nordics and Baltics, combining growth capital with firsthand entrepreneurial experience and sustainability support.
At firm level, Evli Growth Partners is aligned with partner with rapidly growing European technology companies, especially in the Nordics and Baltics, combining growth capital with firsthand entrepreneurial experience and sustainability support. This is firm-level guidance, not an invented personal preference.
No personal pass list is public. Opportunities outside Evli Growth Partners's stated stages, sectors, geography or team criteria should be treated as lower fit rather than a confirmed personal rejection rule.
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Riku Asikainen is currently Managing Partner at Evli Growth Partners, as listed on the firm's official roster. Where the roster does not publish a longer biography, this profile avoids inferring prior employers, education, deals or decision authority.