Ekokamu Oy

Ekokamu is biowaste's best friend. It helps households to recycle in style.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Consumer Products
  • Location Hämeenlinna, Finland
  • Currency EUR
  • Founded August 2017
  • Employees 2
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website ekokamu.com

Company Summary

Ekokamu is a vacuum-enabled biowaste bin. Without oxygen the natural decomposition slows down significantly maintaining your biowaste fresh for longer. Ekokamu helps households collect biowaste without nasty smells or liquids. As a Nordic design product, Ekokamu sits comfortably in any modern kitchen and is easy to maintain and use. Watch a short introduction video how simple it is to use your Ekokamu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7ydHeZn8Bo

Team

  • CEO, co-founder

    Ms Voutilainen has M.Sc. in engineering, and has been previously working in organizations like Finnish Defense Forces (aircraft structural and mechanical systems life cycle management), Kone Ltd (R&D project manager), consulting company Spinverse, and a consulting company of her own. Ms Voutilainen is responsible for everyday planning and management, and getting things done in Ekokamu Oy

  • Head of Innovation, co-founder

    Mrs. Pakarinen has Ph.D. in biotechnology, and has more than 20 years of experience in biotechnology and food industry. She is also the innovator behind the whole story. She is currently working as principal teacher in Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK). In Ekokamu Oy, Mrs Pakarinen is responsible for product portfolio management and R&D.

  • Head of Marketing, partner

    Mrs. Krenn is professional in areas of PR, communications, brand building, social media, and content creation. Extensive international experience in Germany & Switzerland (lived in Germany 10 years, fluent German). Start up experience from Finnish Rantapallo.fi, as Editor-of-Chief and business Director, growing it from a blog to Finnish most popular traveling media. She is currently running a company of her own, Koralli Communications Oy.

  • CTO, partner

    Mr. Ansaharju has M.Sc. in electrical engineering. He has 20 years of experience in prototypes, testing and R&D from e.g. Kemppi and Easy-CAD. He is responsible for prototypes and component sourcing.

  • Head of New Business, partner

    Juha-Matti Saario is a strategist and change leader, living in Switzerland and working for F.Hoffmann-La Roche. He does not participate to everyday work, but is important advisor in terms of market analysis, market needs, and impact of Ekokamu.

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