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Jyri Engestrom

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General Partner at Yes VC

United States

FoundedYes VC

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About

Jyri Engestrom is a Partner at Lifeline Ventures and is affiliated with Yes VC, with investments in companies including Oura, Iceye, and Steady Energy. He co-founded two companies that were later acquired: Jaiku, a mobile social network purchased by Google, and Ditto, a local recommendations app purchased by Groupon. He has also led product teams at Google, Groupon, and Nokia.

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Caterina FakeFounder

Experience

  1. Lifeline VenturesPartnercurrent2024 — presentHelsinki
  2. Yes VCAdvisorcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. True VenturesSeed Investor2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  4. GrouponDirector of Product Management2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Ditto.meFounder & CEO2010 — 2012San Francisco, CA
  6. GoogleProduct Manager2007 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area
  7. JaikuCo-Founder2006 — 2007Helsinki, Finland
  8. NokiaSenior Product Manager, Internet Handhelds2005 — 2006
  9. Satama InteractiveProduct Manager1998 — 2000
  10. To the PointDesigner1994 — 1998Helsinki, Finland

Skills & more

Mobile1Mobile Applications99Entrepreneur9Blogging10User Experience51Mobile Devices99Entrepreneurship86Start-ups80Product Management43E-commerce23Information Architecture23Interaction Design5
+11 moreDigital MarketingDigital MediaNew MediaDigital StrategySocial MediaSocial NetworkingOnline AdvertisingMobile MarketingStrategyManagementWeb 2.0

Languages English · Finnish · French · Swedish

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Caterina Fake
Investor at Yes VC
Kumar Doraiswami
Investor at Tribeca Early Stage Partners

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Who is Jyri Engestrom?
Jyri Engestrom is a Partner at Lifeline Ventures and is affiliated with Yes VC, with investments in companies including Oura, Iceye, and Steady Energy. He co-founded two companies that were later acquired: Jaiku, a mobile social network purchased by Google, and Ditto, a local recommendations app purchased by Groupon. He has also led product teams at Google, Groupon, and Nokia.
Where does Jyri Engestrom work?
Jyri Engestrom is Founder of Yes VC and General Partner at Yes VC.
What companies did Jyri Engestrom found?
Jyri Engestrom founded Yes VC.
Where did Jyri Engestrom go to school?
Jyri Engestrom studied at Lancaster University (PhD (unfinished), Management); University of Helsinki (MA, Sociology); Université de Montréal (Mineur, Communication).

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