Tellybean Ltd
Tellybean - life-sized video calling on TV
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Internet / Web Services
- Location Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
- Currency EUR
- Founded April 2011
- Employees 6
- Incorporation Type LLC
- Website tellybean.com
Company Summary
Modern life separates families - Tellybean brings them back together in the living room through life-sized video calls on TV. Award-winning Tellybean is the leading video call service for Smart TVs and set-top boxes in the world.
Team
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CEO, Co-founderCami co-founded Tellybean in 2011. Cami spent 11 years as an investment banker (in London, Helsinki and Frankfurt) advising on successful transactions with a value of more than 5bn€. While in banking, Cami also made his first two successful exits. After banking, Cami has focused on angel investments and board work until he took over as CEO of Tellybean in 2015. Cami brings perseverance, good networking skills and an ability to close deals.
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Co-founder, Partnerships & TechDamien co-founded Tellybean in 2011 and has been actively involved in the business and product development, partner management and strategy planning. Before Tellybean, Damien spent 17 years in telecoms and digital services, incl. 15 years at Nokia (networks, devices and services), last as a go-to-market expert for Nokia's email service globally. Damien has skills and knowledge in business development, sales, networking and technical services.
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Co-founder, Operations & MarketingJakob, M.Sc (Econ), joined Tellybean early on. Before joining Tellybean Jakob was the Managing Director of GoExcellent Finland, a market leader in outsourced contact center services. Jakob managed to grow GoExcellent's turnover from 4m€ to 40m€ in five years. Jakob is a market focused and strategic team worker who has experience from building successful growth businesses.
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ChairmanAndrew, based in London, is e.g. Chairman of Paywizard, Crisp Thinking and Simple Matters. Previously, he was CEO of AIM-listed set-top box provider Amino. Earlier Andrew was CEO of BT Entertainment (incl. TV-over-Broadband initiative & Digital Media Services). Before that he worked as a venture capitalist. To Tellybean Andrew brings years of experience in building successful businesses and acts as a great sounding board for the management team.
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Member of the Board (new)Helen joined Tellybean after spending 10 years at Skype in London. As Director of Product Management - Living Room and Consumer Electronics she was in charge of building the Skype-on-TV service. She has relationships at VP and SVP level with key OEMs and operators. To Tellybean Helen brings product management expertise, intimate in-depth knowledge of the video calling on TV market as well as contacts to key partners.
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Johanna JouhkiMember of the BoardJohanna has a long background in asset management and private equity/VC investments. She is also Vice Chairman in the Finnish Family Firms' Association. As one of Tellybean's larger investors, Johanna brings with her expertise and vast experience in supporting her target companies.
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