In this course, you will learn about managing your investment portfolio, as well as growing it. It is targeted towards new business angels, but it is also suitable for experienced business angels who are looking to refresh their knowledge.

The course includes interviews with the speakers who are both experienced angel investors and FiBAN's partners who are experts in their fields, presentations and lectures by the speakers, and a Q&A session after their lectures. The course is in a video format, and the course will track your completion progress automatically so you can get back to where you stopped easily at any time.

After purchase, the course will be available for you for 365 days.

You can choose to participate in just one track or the entire program. All presentations and materials are in English.

 

What you'll learn

  • Steps you can take to build a successful angel investment portfolio

  • Strategies and tools that help you to support portfolio startups’ growth

  • Some of the most common mistakes in international expansion

  • How is angel investing scene different in Finland compared to the US

  • How to make an impact by incorporating ESG actions into your portfolio startups

  • The most effective startup coaching techniques

  • Key things to remember when it comes to option models

  • How to build and sustain value-creating boards

  • And a lot more

What will I get out of the course?

  • Over 7 comprehensive video lectures and interviews with valuable insights and tools on how to manage your portfolio

  • Real-life experiences from experienced business angels who have years of experience in angel

  • Best practices on how to from FiBAN’s partner organizations who are experts in their fields

  • 1 whole year access to the course

Course curriculum

  • 01

    Lets get started!

    • Introduction to the course
  • 02

    Building your portfolio & maintaining growth (~60min)

    • Introduction to the chapter

    • Interview with Fabian Sepulveda, experienced business angel

    • Presentation slides

    • Introduction

    • Angel investing basics

    • Investment preferences and strategies

    • Building your portfolio

    • Driving growth

    • Q&A with Fabian

    • Chapter 1 survey
  • 03

    Supporting portfolio startups' international expansion (~25min)

    • Introduction to the chapter

    • Interview with Petri Rinne, CEO, Rinne & Partners

    • Presentation slides

    • Introduction

    • International readiness

    • Go-to-market strategy and planning

    • Building your international sales team

    • Hybrid sales model for internationalization

    • Building a channel

    • Funding to support your expansion

    • Q&A

    • Chapter 2 survey
  • 04

    Responsibility in portfolio startups (~30min)

    • Introduction to the chapter

    • Interview with Noora Fagerström, experienced business angel

    • Presentation slides

    • More sales through responsible actions

    • ESG in Jungle Juice Bar - environmental risks

    • ESG in Jungle Juice Bar - social risks

    • ESG in Jungle Juice Bar - corporate governance risks

    • Recommendations

    • Q&A

    • Chapter 3 survey
  • 05

    Option Models (~20min)

    • Introduction to the chapter

    • Introduction by Kimmo Reina, Partner at Bird&Bird

    • Presentation slides

    • Statutory provisions related to options part 1

    • Statutory provisions related to options part 2

    • Statutory provisions related to options part 3

    • FiBAN option models

    • Chapter 4 survey
  • 06

    Board's liability and insurance (~20min)

    • Introduction to the chapter

    • Introduction to Riikka Akselinmäki, Head of Department at Fennia

    • Presentation slides

    • General liability of the company management

    • Directors' and officers' liability insurance

    • Case Sunny Car Center

    • Facts about D&O insurance

    • Risk management

    • Q&A

    • Chapter 5 survey
  • 07

    Building and sustaining value creating boards (~35min)

    • Introduction to the chapter

    • Interview with Ainomaija Haarla, experienced business angel

    • Presentation slides

    • The role of the board of directors

    • How to build a value-adding board in a startup

    • How the board of directors can create value for a startup

    • An example on a good board and its work in a startup

    • An example on a poor board and its work in a startup

    • Key takeaways

    • Q&A with Ainomaija

    • Chapter 6 survey
  • 08

    Startup coaching techniques (~35min)

    • Introduction to the chapter

    • Interview with Torsti Tenhunen, experienced business angel

    • Presentation slides

    • Introduction and agenda

    • Match made in heaven

    • Coaching roles and phases

    • Lifecycles of angels and coaches

    • Positions to coach and influence & balancing the skills and experiences with others

    • Key planning components

    • Concept of coachability

    • Q&A with Torsti

    • Chapter 7 survey
  • 09

    Cash flow as an enabler of growth: cash flow management and forecasting (~30min)

    • Introduction to the chapter

    • Interview with Hanna Henell, Advisory at KPMG

    • Presentation slides

    • Cash flow as an enabler of growth

    • Key cash flow items

    • Cash flow forecasting is a key part of business planning

    • Common growth metrics

    • Q&A with Hanna

    • Chapter 8 survey
  • 10

    Building the team - Diversity means better business (~45min)

    • Introduction to the chapter

    • Interview with Pia Erkinheimo, business angel

    • Presentation slides

    • Introduction & agenda

    • The people behind the startup

    • Hiring the right people

    • Motivation & Startup compensation

    • Back to basics: Decision making

    • Q&A with Pia

    • Overall Survey

    • Chapter 9 survey

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Meet the lecturers

Fabian Sepulveda

Business Angel

For the past 12 years, Fabian has been actively involved in Finland’s entrepreneurial ecosystem as an entrepreneur, startup coach, Lean Launchpad® trainer, Business Angel and Venture Capitalist. He has co-founded three companies: eyescubed, (automotive technology); Courage Ventures Consulting (Entrepreneurial Training); and Courage Ventures Funds, a Venture Capital firm investing in Health, Education, and Environment verticals.  With over 20+ years of experience in Engineering, Management Consulting and Investment Banking, Fabian also helps corporates adopt Lean Startup practices as a Senior Advisor at Aalto Executive Education. Fabian has a BSc in Electrical Engineering, an MSc. in Finance and a PhD in International Business (Entrepreneurship).



Petri Rinne

CEO at Rinne & Partners

Petri Rinne is an entrepreneur, business angel, and advisor to technology companies. He is a partner and board member of several Finnish software companies and also helps companies with internationalization strategies, international sales, and partnerships through Rinne & Partners. Petri is an internationally operating and networked expert in international sales and channel strategies, whose expertise has been utilized by several international companies. Petri has e.g. assisted dozens of Finnish companies in opening new markets and acted as an advisor to several technology companies. Petri has trained companies on the challenges of international sales and the importance of partnerships. Petri has also trained numerous sales professionals, e.g. solution sales. Petri is a member of FiBAN, Guidepoint Global, and Gerson Lehman Group Council.


Noora Fagerström

Business Angel

Noora is the co-founder of Jungle Juice Bar. After being an entrepreneur and a business angel for quite some time, she has now taken the role of being in the FiBAN board. Noora was awarded as The Growth Company Leader of the Year in 2019, and she has received the Veuve Clicquot New Generation award in 2016 for being a successful female leader. Her motto is “if you don’t take risks, you won’t achieve anything”.


Kimmo Reina

Partner at Bird&Bird

Kimmo Reina, Attorney-at-law, works as a partner in the Helsinki office of an international law firm, Bird & Bird Attorneys. Kimmo has a special focus on startup and growth companies, as well as VC and other investors investing in such companies. Kimmo has more than 17 years' experience in advising his clients on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters, including financing rounds, exit transactions, and equity-based incentives. In addition to his Finnish law degree and bar admission, Kimmo has also an LL.M. degree from Columbia University and is a member of the New York State Bar.



Riikka Akselinmäki

Head of Department at Fennia

I’m an expert in corporate insurances and the closest to my heart are liability risks and proactive risk management. I have worked with insurances for the past 15 years and during that time I have acted as legal counsel and manager for multiple lines of insurances. At the moment I’m Head of Department at Fennias Corporate Insurances, Product & Price department, where we focus on managing and developing insurance products for companies to match our customers’ needs in the constantly changing operational environment.


Ainomaija Haarla

Business Angel

Dr.Sc.(Tech.), MBA                                           Chair&Member of the Board, Advisor, Investor     

- Chairs family office (investments); serves HAVU Cosmetics Oy as its Board Member; Evli Growth Partners as its industrial partner; Korona Invest Oy, Formal Friday Oy and Musopia Oy as an advisor

- Bio-products expert (i.e. UPM/pulp&paper&packaging materials, Neste/biofuels, Altia/alchoholic beverages, Biohit/equipment&medicines, Gold&Green Foods/plant-based food); involved in 20 M&As (incl. cross-border); part-time Professor, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Aalto University (retired)

- Worked in 15 Boards Of Directors - large, medium &small cap, listed & unlisted, privately owned - Personal&Remuneration and Audit Committee; in several Advisory Boards; and in 17 startups as of 2013, in different roles

- 14 years experience on private equity, 8 years as the Chair of Korona Invest Oy

- EXIT of the Year 2016 Prize by FiBAN

Torsti Tenhunen

Business Angel

Torsti has 20 years of entrepreneur, corporate leadership and investor experience in digital service business, marketing communication and corporate strategy. Currently Torsti is a shareholder in 24 startups and growth companies. He is also a corporate coach and chairman or member of various boards and few startups and growth companies. He is known as an unaffected impact seeker, service innovator and brand strategist. He has an Internationalisation Award of the President of the Republic 2017.


Hanna Henell

Senior Manager at KPMG

Hanna works at KPMG Advisory services concentrating on Turnaround and Startup Services. She has long and extensive experience in turning an unprofitable business into profitable and enabling growth from a finance and operative point of view. Cash-flow is one of her favorite topics! She has experience from both local and global companies prior to joining KPMG. She works on both projects and Interim roles supporting finance function and change management.



Pia Erkinheimo

Business Angel

Pia Erkinheimo joined FiBAN +7 years ago when less than 3% of angels were female. Besides this role, she has been working for innovation in different setups, from startups to large multinational companies. bPia describes herself as Jacqueline of all trades in innovation and is an experienced board member in several startups. Her background is at Nokia, Capgemini, Nordea, and DIGILE, the Finnish Strategic Centre for Science, Technology, and Innovation in Internet Economy. She has done RDI work for the European Commission, and she is often invited to juries of innovation competitions and startup pitch events in Finland and in the EU. Pia is a founding member of Women in Tech Finland and MyData Global. In August 2019, Pia started as a Director, managing deal-flow, at the Finnish Climate Fund, which got its investment mandate recently. The state-owned special-assignment company focuses on combating climate change, boosting the low-carbon industry, and promoting digitalisation.