Takeoff Partners

New eBook: Ready for Takeoff – Grooming your SaaS business to the next level

This eBook offers a complete overview on the topics that should be on the agenda of every B2B SaaS business leaders It is meant to serve as a toolkit that can help identify development needs as well as to offer insight on when an external advisor or consultant could bring in added value

Flying may feel magical, however getting up there is no magic but hard work and careful preparation Similarly, growing a business into an international success is about systematic work rather than magic We have summarized our experiences into a set of best practices for other 'born globals' to take advantage of

Go global with us

Our background:

The GIA story Global Intelligence Alliance Group (GIA) introduced the idea of “market intelligence as a service” to the corporate world During 15 years and with the support of CapMan, 3i Group and private investors, the Finnish startup grew into a 15 MEUR business with 11 offices around the world and 150 professionals as employees M-Brain Group acquired GIA in 2014 Read more

Our background:

The Blancco story Blancco is the world’s leading provider of data erasure software Founded in 1997, Blancco is headquartered in Finland and operates from a network of 17 international offices and partners across Europe, North America, the Middle East, Russia, Asia and Australasia Read more

White Paper:

Success factors of internationalization Taking startups global is a trending topic around the world Yet there is very little publicly available literature on structuring the phases of taking a business overseas This White Paper discusses – through a framework approach - what successful internationalization typically requires from the team, product, business processes, positioning, and customer engagement

Software company Lenio successfully completed a €390k funding round, including investment from Takeoff Partners

With the new funding and a larger network of experts inspired by Lenio’s offering and its potential to create success for SMEs, the company is now well placed to continue growth serving domestic clients and further down the line, setting sights abroad

After surpassing the milestone of 1,000 board meetings, Markko Vaarnas sits down to discuss how growth companies can get the most out of their boards

This fall, Markko Vaarnas surpassed the impressive milestone of having sat in 1,000 board meetings throughout his career With experience from both sides of the table—as the CEO as well as a board member—he shares his thoughts on how board work has change

With an impressive growth trajectory and a new acquisition, Avoset has become a power to behold among Atlassian consultancies

Avoset, one of Takeoff Partners’ portfolio companies, has rapidly expanded its clientele in Finland Now, it has acquired a fellow Atlassian consultancy Polar Shift to further enhance its offering, particularly in cloud migration