Fundraising Fox

Lotta Lehikoinen

Investor

Venture Creation Manager, Project Manager Chalmers Entrepreneurship at Chalmers Ventures AB

Sweden

About

Lotta Lehikoinen brings 15+ years of experience in coaching and business development focused on early-stage startups and SMEs, alongside parallel experience in organizational development within mixed-revenue organizations combining public funding, donations, and private sales. She currently serves as Venture Creation Manager at Chalmers Ventures and Project Manager at Chalmers Entrepreneurship, with board membership at Gerlesborgsskolan. Her work spans deep technology commercialization, impact-driven ventures, and stakeholder collaboration across business, research, and policy sectors.

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Experience

  1. GerlesborgsskolanBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentVästra Götaland County, Sweden
  2. Chalmers VenturesVenture Creation Manager, Project Manager Chalmers Entrepreneurshipcurrent2024 — presentGothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
  3. Chalmers VenturesBusiness Coach2018 — 2024Greater Gothenburg Metropolitan Area
  4. Lucero BioBoard Member2022 — 2024Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
  5. The Gerlesborg School of Fine Art - GerlesborgsskolanVice Chairman Of The Board2017 — 2024Bohuslän/Stockholm
  6. ANYO LabsBoard Member2022 — 2024Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
  7. ModvionBoard Member2019 — 2020
  8. DrivhusetSenior Process Leader2016 — 2018Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area
  9. DrivhusetBusiness Developer/ Process leader2013 — 2018Göteborg, Sweden
  10. Swedish Red CrossPolicy Group member2012 — 2016Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area
  11. Drivhuset BoråsProject Manager2009 — 2013Sweden
  12. Ministry for Foreign Affairs of FinlandTrainee2006Helsinki, Finland
  13. Silicon Valley Leadership GroupCoordinator2005San Jose CA, USA
  14. Stockmann Oyj AbpDepartment Store Salesperson1996 — 1999Helsinki area, Finland

Education

  1. School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of GothenburgPolitical Science, Environmental Social Science, Economic History2001 — 2006

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship67Policy19Sustainable Development17International Relations11Nonprofits20Project Planning14Sustainability15Business Development20Organizational Development14Volunteer Management9Non-profits7Politics7
+12 moreResearchEvent ManagementFundraisingNGOsNonprofit OrganizationsLecturingChange ManagementBusiness StrategyLeadershipManagementPublic SpeakingStart-ups

Languages English · Finnish · German · Swedish

From Lotta's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg32

Martin Boldt-ChristmasInvestor at Green FlagTherese FromInvestor at IndustrifondenTina SörqvistInvestor at IndustrifondenEmilia CarlqvistAnalyst, Innovestor Life Science at Innovestor VenturesMartin SoderbergPartner at Spear CapitalViking JohanssonHilbert Capital Team at Hilbert Group

+ 26 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Modvion1

Jörgen BodinInvestor at Almi Invest

Also worked at Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland2

Maija MuntilaTalent Lead at Lifeline VenturesAki LuukkainenInvestor at VNT Management

Colleagues at Chalmers Ventures AB

Ana Maria Popescu
Head of Venture Creation, Pre-seed Investment Director at Chalmers Ventures AB
Annica Andersson
CCMO – Chief Communication & Marketing Officer at Chalmers Ventures AB
Björn Westman
Investment Director at Chalmers Ventures AB
David Storek
Venture Creation Manager, Pre-seed Investment Director at Chalmers Ventures AB
Emma Aspholmer
Community and Project Manager at Chalmers Ventures AB
Emma Siljeäng
CFO at Chalmers Ventures AB
Evelina Wängberg
Venture Creation Manager, Pre-seed Investment Manager at Chalmers Ventures AB
Fredrik Örneblad
Seed Investment Manager at Chalmers Ventures AB