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.

Ilkka Paananen

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Advisor at Lifeline Ventures · Founder at Supercell

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

FoundedSupercell

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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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Supercell's investors · 11

AccelPalo Alto · $500K – $100M checks · since 2011 Accel-KKRMenlo Park · since 2011 AtomicoLondon Hundreds CapitalBeijing Initial CapitalLondon IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks Lifeline VenturesHelsinki London Venture PartnersLondon · since 2010 Moonfire VenturesLondon NorthzoneLondon · $1M – $50M checks Proxy VenturesLondon

Co-founders at Supercell

Lassi LeppinenFounder

Mikko KodisojaFounder

Niko DeromeFounder

Petri StyrmanFounder

Visa ForstenFounder

Colleagues at Lifeline Ventures

Elina Holkko

Partner and CFO at Lifeline Ventures

Juha Lindfors

Managing Partner at Lifeline Ventures

Jyri Engeström

Partner at Lifeline Ventures

Kai Backman

Partner at Lifeline Ventures

Laura Hyry

Finance Manager at Lifeline Ventures

Maija Muntila

Talent Lead at Lifeline Ventures

Petteri Koponen

Founding Partner at Lifeline Ventures

Rilla Saukkonen

Fund Analyst 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.

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