Passionate about more inclusive technology and finance.
Katja is the founder & CEO at Inklusiiv, an organization with a mission to create and share knowledge about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and to support organizations to transform it into action. Katja is also Atomico Angel Program 2020 Alumn selected to continue angel investing as part of the program in 2021-2022. Katja is Member of the University of Eastern Finland's Board and Member of the Sustainability Advisory Board at S-Group (SOK), Finland's largest retailer.
Prior to Inklusiiv, Katja was the Chief Curator in the leadership team at Slush, European startup and tech event. She was in charge of the content curation, program coordination and speaker operations for the event with 20,000+ attendees. In her role she followed closely global startup, technology and venture capital trends across Europe and the US and was active in startup networks in the San Francisco Bay Area, London and in the Nordics. Before Slush, Katja has worked in management consulting and financial services. Katja holds a Master’s Degree from Aalto University School of Business and has also completed studies in the fields of engineering and arts at Aalto University.
Katja has been recognized as one of the 100 most impactful and influential figures in the Nordic startup and technology scene in 2018 by the Nordic Web. In 2019, 2020 and 2021, she was selected as one of the 100 most influential people in IT in Finland by Tivi.
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