Born Local Oy

Our hyperlocal platform brings together everything related to a neighbourhood and offers an unique mobile realtime marketing channel.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Internet / Web Services
  • Location Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
  • Currency EUR
  • Founded June 2012
  • Employees 2
  • Website bornlocal.fi

Company Summary

Our mission is to make local communities flourish. We develope a hyperlocal social media platform called Nearhood and operate online services based on it. Currently we are piloting in selected neighbourhoods in Helsinki under Finnish brand name Sanom.at. The service is free for consumers, but for locally operating businesses our platform offers an unique local and real-time marketing channel.

Team

  • Lari Lohikoski
    CEO

    Previously founder of Huuto.net, the largest online auction site in Finland and one of the top10 best known online brands in the country, currently owned by Sanoma.

    Lari is a multitalented innovator, who has worked in the field in diverse roles since late 1990's. He is the CEO of the company, and has also developed the backend powering Nearhood platform.

  • Miemo Penttinen
    Design Lead

    15 years of digital agency background has built a skill set ranging from strategic thinking to comprehensive design skills and excellent technological understanding

    Most recently worked as Design Director at one of the oldest & largest digital agencies in Finland, Frantic (2007-2012)

    Worked as design lead in major projects for eg. MTV3, Nokia, Helsingin Sanomat

  • Lari Lohikoski
    CEO

Previous Investors

  • None, self-financed (received funding from Tekes & ELY-keskus)
    Unconfirmed

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