Stay tuned for more information about the guest speaker!
- October 8, 10-11 CET
- Online webinar
What you will take away from this webinar:
A deeper understanding of the key metrics for collaborating with new players in the tech and innovation scene.
Best practices to measure the key metrics when choosing a company to partner with, invest in or acquire.
Applying these metrics into a successful partnership or M&A with growth companies, innovations and startups.
Ok, so you have all of the metrics written down when looking for companies to collaborate with.
But are you sure you know the best way to apply the metrics to generate the optimal outcome for your business?

Mirva Nevalainen
Mirva Nevalainen
The guest speaker
Partner and mentor at Nordic Startup School
Former head of partner innovation operations at KONE
Mirva Nevalainen is a highly experienced startup mentor.
On top of her role at Nordic Startup School, Mirva has run the partner innovation operations at KONE. Mirva has been wearing many hats during her years at KONE, with the latest role as leading the team to formalise the partner ecosystem and practicalities for the company. The main focus being on facilitating and structuring the collaboration between corporations and SME’s/startups and spreading out the acknowledgement of the value of partnering and ecosystems.
On top of this she is an entrepreneur, a consultant on partner ecosystems and a facilitator of new rising entrepreneurs and ideators in starting a business. We mean it when we say: you wouldn’t find a better fit for a speaker on this topic.
About the speaker
Learnings from both worlds: the corporate kingdom and the startup hustle.
Paavo Beckman is an internationally recognised serial entrepreneur, business executive consultant, public speaker and a startup coach. In the past 20 years, Paavo has been building and leading tech companies in Europe and Silicon Valley.
On a mission to help large companies undergo digital transformation and develop internal innovation culture, Paavo has coached business executives and collaborated with 300+ industry-leading corporates across Europe.
Nowadays, Paavo Beckman is a CDO at Catapult – #1 partner for corporate venture teams to find the best tech companies, innovations and startups as well as understand the market trends and fastest growing verticals.
Paavo believes that it’s “survive, die or thrive” momentum for most corporates across the globe as we are stepping onto the era of rapid technological shift and the rise of new industry front-runners.
Paavo Beckman
A serial entrepreneur
