Annika oversees NGP Capital’s brand, communications, events and content strategy across the US, Europe, India, and China. She comes with eight years of prior experience in marketing, from working in finance and from working within the academic field. Before NGP Capital, Annika spent three years with WPP’s Wunderman, managing the European digital marketing activities spanning 26 markets on the global Nokia account.
Annika has lived and worked abroad on several occasions including in China, Taiwan, Belgium, and Mozambique. She completed the International Design Business Management program at Aalto University in 2008 and holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Hanken School of Economics since 2009. Annika is based in Helsinki.
With AI and the increased availability of global data relevant to Venture Capitalists, the VC industry is increasingly adopting data-driven strategies to ramp up deal sourcing and gain market intelligence. Here, data scientist Atte Honkasalo, NGP Capital’s new Head of Data & Analytics, shares his view on the role of data throughout the whole investment process.
Moovit has more than 550 million users and is adding 1.1 million new users per day. The company's size has quintupled in just two years and covers multi-modal transit in more than 3,000 cities in more than 90 countries. How did Moovit enable this kind of growth?
Ben Jacobs, co-founder and former CEO of Whistle, now Head of Ventures at Mars Petcare, has been on both sides of the M&A negotiation table. Here he shares the story behind Whistle, his pet activity company (acquired by Mars Petcare), along with his best advice for both potential buyers and potential acquisition targets.
How a virus-infected video game in the 80s led to a Ph.D. in cryptography from Yale University, a cybersecurity moon-shot, and a new universal language for cybersecurity.
Babbel recently turned ten years old. We sat down with co-founders Markus Witte and Thomas Holl in Berlin to talk about Babbel ten years from now, what being a learning company means and why building a diverse team is top of mind for the founders.
The story about how Rajeev Goel, co-founder and CEO of PubMatic, built a successful global business while maintaining the execution speed of a small startup.
Pranay Chulet has built a billion-dollar business by enabling consumer-to-consumer transactions in the local Indian market. Here, he discusses India's circular economy and how to build a business for the masses in such a colossal country.
With investments in Babbel, Clue, Fyber and MAG Interactive, as well as a number of other deals across Europe and Israel, Walter has been promoted to Partner at NGP Capital. Here he shares his passion-points, what he thinks it takes to be a good venture investor, and a few fun trips down memory lane.
April 28th, 2016 – Drivy, Europe’s largest car rental marketplace, with 850,000 users across France, Germany and Spain, has just closed a new €31m investment round
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