Risto Siilasmaa is a co-founder and special partner at Nexit Ventures. He has also served as an advisor at AlphaSense. He is also a co-founder of First Fellow Partners. He is one of the most respected and successful tech entrepreneurs in the Nordic countries. He is an advisor for HoxHunt. He was a board member of Mendor. Mr. Siilasmaa has been a board member of Nokia since 2008. He is also Chairman of Elisa, Finland's second largest telecom operator, and Founder and Chairman of F-Secure, a highly successful data protection company. He is also an angel investor. He is also a board member of Pixieray. He is an observer on the board of ePassi.