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274 people in our graph share verified history with Urho — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Roni HiranandunlockedUrho: together at Distance Technologies (2024–2026)
×6Urho: together at Nokia
×3Urho: together at University of Helsinki
×2Urho: together at Varjo
About
Urho Konttori is the CEO of Distance Technologies, a company he founded. He previously co-founded Varjo, where he served as CEO during its early stages. His work focuses on VR/AR/XR products spanning both software and hardware.
Founder at Varjo
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Varjo's investors · 9
AtomicoLondon · since 2026EQT VenturesLuxembourg · $2M – $50M checks · since 2026Lifeline VenturesHelsinki · since 2017Next47Palo AltoNordicNinjaLondonPresence CapitalSan Francisco · $25K – $100K checksSisu Game VenturesOsloThe Venture Reality FundRedwood City · $100K – $500K checksVillage GlobalCovina · $100K – $500K checks
Experience
- Distance TechnologiesCEO at Distancecurrent2024 — presentHelsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
- VarjoFoundercurrent2016 — present
- VarjoCEO2016 — 2018Helsinki Area, Finland
- MicrosoftForward Program Manager2015 — 2016
- MicrosoftConcepting Product Manager2014 — 2015
- NokiaProduct Manager in Smart Devices Product Forward Center2011 — 2014
- NokiaCoach2010 — 2011
- NokiaProject Manager2008 — 2010
- AbsolutionsDeveloper / team lead1999 — 2006
Skills & more
Mobile Devices99Scrum75Virtual Teams19Agile Project Management62Agile Methodologies98Mobile Applications79Software Project Management23Mobile Technology45Qt9Software Engineering22User Experience9Usability Testing3
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Software DevelopmentCertified Scrum Master CSMSmartphonesLine ManagementSoftware DesignRelease ManagementArchitectureSystem ArchitectureOpen SourceLinuxEmbedded SoftwarePerlFrom Urho's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Urho Konttori?
- Urho Konttori is the CEO of Distance Technologies, a company he founded. He previously co-founded Varjo, where he served as CEO during its early stages. His work focuses on VR/AR/XR products spanning both software and hardware.
- Where does Urho Konttori work?
- Urho Konttori is Founder of Varjo.
- What companies did Urho Konttori found?
- Urho Konttori founded Varjo.
- Where did Urho Konttori go to school?
- Urho Konttori studied at University of Helsinki; University of Helsinki (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Major in Algorithms).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Distance Technologies1
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Petteri KoponenFounding Partner at Lifeline VenturesTed PerssonInvestor at EQT VenturesShinichi NikkuniManaging Partner at NordicNinjaTomosaku SoharaGeneral Partner at NordicNinjaRainer SternfeldGeneral Partner at NordicNinjaKeith BonniciInvestment Director at Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd)
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Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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