Origin story
The industry
“Nobody can connect to these systems.”
Ville
“Nobody can.”
Finland gave the world Linux, MySQL and SSH: infrastructure built open, so anyone could build on top. Ville, our founder, comes from that tradition. He spent years on open data models, until real estate showed him the wall: data trapped by vendor lock-in, out of reach for any model. He made the answer our name and got to work: connect once, work with any vendor. Today Nobody is unlocking buildings across Europe, with a team in Tampere and Barcelona.
The people behind Nobody
Engineers and operators, united by one belief: the future of buildings is open.
Tom Novotny
CEO
Took a proptech from the EU to the US and to an exit. Now back for round two.
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Founder & CPO
Made unlocking buildings for a better world his life’s mission. One step closer every day.
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Mikko Rantanen
CTO
Backed Nobody as an angel. Not long after, went all in as CTO.
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Kari Ilkkala
Co-founder & CFO
A career spent building companies, keeping their finances sound. Nobody stands on it.
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Milan de Niet
GTM Benelux
From continuous improvement in consulting and the public sector to making radical change happen.
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Carlo Wiede
GTM DACH
Found Nobody during a semester in Helsinki. Couldn’t resist the mission right after graduating.
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Dominika Kupka
CEO Associate
Former athlete, now at ESADE. Brings that drive to everyday operations.
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Jyri Loukola
R&D Engineer
The hardware and protocol-level mind behind every Nobody integration.
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Open application
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Backed by Norrsken, Kiilto Ventures and Icebreaker.
Board
Operators and investors who have built and scaled companies.
Riku Seppälä
Chair of the board, Icebreaker
Ecosystem builder. Co-founded Icebreaker.vc, one of Finland’s most active early-stage funds.
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Timo Hiekkaranta
Board member
A long career in international business, executive roles and M&A. Now supports founders as they scale.
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Christopher Mills
Board member, Kiilto Ventures
Chemist turned investor, backing deep tech for people and the planet as a partner at Kiilto Ventures.
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Ville Ilkkala
Board member, Founder
Founded Nobody to open up an industry. Drives it in that direction every single day.
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Elina Aine-Simonen
Board observer
Knows the industry from the inside out. Understands the change it needs. Ready to drive it.
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Where to find us
From Tampere and Barcelona, for buildings across Europe.
TampereNäsilinnankatu 25 B 50833200 Tampere, Finland
BarcelonaPasseig de GrĂ cia, 19, L'Eixample08007 Barcelona, Spain
Amsterdam, Netherlands