About
Otto Soderlund previously founded and grew a digital management consultancy in the Nordic region, which he later sold to a global management consultancy. He has background in programming and AI-related work.
Founder at SpeechlyYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Otto went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Otto can intro founders to Speechly's investors below.
Speechly's investors · 5
Co-founders at Speechly
HH
Hannes HeikinheimoFounder
Experience
- SupercellAI leadcurrent2024 — presentHelsinki Metropolitan Area
- Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2024 — present
- Various StartupsStartup investor & advisorcurrent2018 — present
- Nokia Bell LabsEntrepreneur in Residence2023 — 2024Helsinki Metropolitan Area
- Aalto Entrepreneurship SocietyHead Coach2024
- Speechly (acquired by Roblox)CEO, co-founder2018 — 2023Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
- BearingPointAssociate Partner Digital & Strategy2015 — 2018Finland
- Magenta Advisory by BearingPointAssociate Partner2015 — 2018Finland
- Magenta Advisory by BearingPointPartner, co-founder2010 — 2015
- Magenta Digital TalentPartner, co-founder2013 — 2015Finland
- Capgemini ConsultingManagement Consultant2007 — 2010
- Simlab, Helsinki University of TechnologyResearcher & Project Manager2006 — 2007
- DemosceneProgrammer, Organizer1993 — 2007Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
- ValuatumSoftware Engineer & Owner2003 — 2005
- Promotion Factory (part of Leo Burnett)Marketing Person2000 — 2002
- TURP BBS (The UnReachable Paradise BBS)SysOp1993 — 2000Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Skills & more
Strategy69Management12Management Consulting54Business Modeling16Digital Strategy13Online Advertising5Online Marketing13E-commerce11CRM16Business Transformation11Digital Innovation4Change Management7
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TelecommunicationsMulti-channel MarketingDigital MarketingMobile TechnologyProject ManagementBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentBusiness ProcessE-businessSoftware DevelopmentLanguages English · Finnish · French · German · Spanish · Swedish
- Lean Startup training — Eric Ries' Lean Startup Co
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Otto Soderlund?
- Otto Soderlund previously founded and grew a digital management consultancy in the Nordic region, which he later sold to a global management consultancy. He has background in programming and AI-related work.
- Where does Otto Soderlund work?
- Otto Soderlund is Founder of Speechly.
- What companies did Otto Soderlund found?
- Otto Soderlund founded Speechly.
- Where did Otto Soderlund go to school?
- Otto Soderlund studied at Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan (M.Sc., Information Networks); Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Artificial Intelligence); Harvard Business School Online (Certificate in Disruptive Strategy with Clayton Christensen).
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