Where does Ilkka Paananen work?

Ilkka Paananen is Founder of Supercell and Advisor at Lifeline Ventures.

What companies did Ilkka Paananen found?

Ilkka Paananen founded Supercell.

Where did Ilkka Paananen go to school?

Ilkka Paananen studied at Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan (Master of Science, Department of Industrial Management, Majoring in International Business Strategy).

Ilkka Paananen

InvestorFounder

Advisor at Lifeline Ventures · Founder at Supercell

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

FoundedSupercell

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106 people in our graph share verified history with Ilkka — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Steve SchlenkerunlockedIlkka: together at Digital Chocolate (2007–2010)

×2Ilkka: together at Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan

Ilkka: together at Supercell

×8Ilkka: together at Lifeline Ventures

About

CEO of Supercell, a former Lifeline Ventures portfolio company, and a games entrepreneur with over a decade of experience scaling organizations. Before Supercell, he was President at Digital Chocolate, overseeing studios in Helsinki, Barcelona, and Silicon Valley.

Founder at Supercell

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In turn, Ilkka can intro founders to Supercell's investors below.

Supercell's investors · 9

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks AtomicoLondon Hundreds CapitalBeijing Initial CapitalLondon · $25K – $5M checks IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks Lifeline VenturesHelsinki London Venture PartnersLondon Moonfire VenturesLondon NorthzoneLondon · $1M – $50M checks

Experience

mo.coBoard Advisor, Chaos Energy & Growth Riskscurrent2025 — presentParallel Worlds
SupercellCEOcurrent2011 — present
Aalto Venture GarageCoachcurrent2010 — present
Digital ChocolatePresident2010
Digital ChocolatePresident of Studios2006 — 2009
Digital ChocolateManaging Director of Europe2004 — 2006
SumeaCEO & co-founder2000 — 2004

Skills & more

Leadership66Management33Strategy36Mobile Games99Social Games99Start-ups99Entrepreneurship99Online Gaming60Venture Capital99Mobile Devices99Mobile Applications99Modeling10

+12 more

Game DevelopmentMobile MarketingStrategic PartnershipsBusiness StrategyVideo GamesProduct MarketingBusiness DevelopmentUser ExperienceE-commerceMobile InternetMobile TechnologyiPhone

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Partner and CFO at Lifeline Ventures

Gaetan Bouilliez

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Juha Lindfors

Managing Partner at Lifeline Ventures

Jyri Engestrom

Investor at Yes VC

Jyri Engeström

Partner at Lifeline Ventures

Kumar Doraiswami

Investor at Tribeca Early Stage Partners

Laura Hyry

Finance Manager at Lifeline Ventures

Maija Muntila

Talent Lead at Lifeline Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ilkka Paananen?: CEO of Supercell, a former Lifeline Ventures portfolio company, and a games entrepreneur with over a decade of experience scaling organizations. Before Supercell, he was President at Digital Chocolate, overseeing studios in Helsinki, Barcelona, and Silicon Valley.
Where does Ilkka Paananen work?: Ilkka Paananen is Founder of Supercell and Advisor at Lifeline Ventures.
What companies did Ilkka Paananen found?: Ilkka Paananen founded Supercell.
Where did Ilkka Paananen go to school?: Ilkka Paananen studied at Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan (Master of Science, Department of Industrial Management, Majoring in International Business Strategy).