What is the BlueInvest Project Pipeline?
See our showcase of innovative projects and entrepreneurs who are shaping the Blue Economy.
Projects consist of innovative, scalable and sustainable business ventures from traditional and emerging sectors of the maritime economy.
The graphs below provide an overview of the country distribution, sector, and TRL of projects currently listed in the BlueInvest Project Pipeline.
Selection Criteria:
Your company is EU-based or from an eligible sea basin region (Georgia, Turkey, Ukraine, Moldova, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, Mauritania, United Kingdom, or Norway)
Your project TRL is 4 or higher
Your project sector is in one of the 10 blue economy sectors identified for this initiative
Your solution has a clear sustainable impact on the blue economy
Your project is looking for investment
Project Country
Country in which the project is being developed and / or implemented.
Project Sector
Main blue economy sector the project relates to.
Project TRL
Current technology readiness level of the project.
APL Systems Oy
Antti R. Leskinen: Committed CEO and Co-owner with background in renewables industry as well as in VC in family office investing in Cleantech companies.
Education:
University
Bachelor of Science: Economics, Production economics University of Eastern Finland, Lappeenranta University of Technology.
ASID: European Economics and Law, English and French, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
High School
Lappeenrannan lyseon lukio, Finland
East Hampton High School, N.Y. USA
Work Experience: CEO APL Systems Oy 09/2005 – CEO with broad experience in all aspects of developing growth companies, sales and technology in the field of big data, IoT, acoustic signal analysis, operational excellence, industrial predictive maintenance, environmental technology, manufacturing industry process control. CEO with experience and interest to co-create digital joint projects with industry leaders.
Proventia / Head Group 2001 -2005 Working as Vice President for Family Office VC working to help out companies invested in various roles including sales, management.Neova Group (former Vapo Group) 1993-2001 Sales Manager, Cleantech service - waste management
University Of Helsinki 1992-1993, Course Director
Kemira Biotech / Hiljo B.V. The Netherlands, 1991-1992 International Sales
Tero Korhonen: A telecommunications engineer expert with over 14 years of experience in project management, on-site instrumentation installations, electronics design, IT management, server implementations. Excellent skills acoustic software and hardware applications development as well as in troubleshooting and customer service. Lots of experience in traveling. Father of two. Hobbies include playing bass and Finnish Baseball.
Education:
Aug 2001 - May 2005 Bachelor of Engineering, Savonia Polytechnic, Kuopio, Finland.
Work Experience:
Dec 2016 - Present Chief Technology Officer, APL Systems Oy, Kuopio, Finland.
Nov 2016 -Dec 2016 System Specialist, Puumit Oy
Aug 2012 - Nov 2016 Project Manager, Rocsole Oy, Kuopio, Finland.
Aug 2008 - Aug 2012 Technology Manager, APL Systems Oy, Kuopio, Finland.
Sep 2010 - Dec 2010 Part-time Teacher, Savonia Polytechnic, Kuopio, Finland.
Nov 2005 - Aug 2008 FPGA Designer, DA-Design Oy, Forssa/Jokioinen, Finland.
Key Career Milestones Achieved:
Designing and building AuresSound hardware
Tarja Mylläri
Title / Position CFO
Tarja Mylläri has been as CFO for APL Systems Oy since the beginning.
Tarja Mylläri has extensive career in international banking business at foreign exchange business for 15 years including currency options and other fx derivatives, spot market and sales operations among others.
Education:
Malmi business college 8/1985-5/1989 Vocational Qualification in accounting
Work Experience:
9/2005- Kuopio APL Systems CFO
Directs the corporation's finance.
6/2006-8/2007 Kuopio, Finland Mides Consulting Oy
2006 Chief Financial Officer Responsible of accounting 11/1995-12/2004 Helsinki, Finland
Postipankki/Sampo Oyj Senior FX-Options dealer
Responsible of Sampobanks fx options trading and fx-options books. Responsible of pricing and supporting the sales of fx options to customers.
5/1989-11/1995 Helsinki, Finland Merita, KOP Customer dealer Responsible of selling various money market and fx products to named customers.
Roy Hjort
Title / Position: Head of Reporting and Analysis
Dedicated and hard-working professional with a wide experience in applying various acoustical analysis methods in demanding industrial applications. Has also extensive experience in designing acoustical algorithms for industrial acoustic monitoring solutions.
Education:
Savonia University of applied sciences Bachelor of Engineering – Automation 2008
Work Experience:
APL Systems Aug 2008 - present
Key Career Milestones Achieved:
Designing AuresSound user interface.Designing AuresReporting – automated reporting tool.
Sound is transmitted very efficiently through water, with sound often being detectable underwater at distances; so sound is very useful tool for detecting machine failure (underwater located machinery and structures)
Underwater noise caused by underwater machinery gives predictive information on machinery condition, structural integrity and impact to marine species.
Examining, characterizing, and monitoring the underwater sound radiated from a ship, windpower is important to many oceanic applications: ship health monitoring for prevention of shipboard machinery and structural failures, underwater environmental noise mitigation from man-made vessels. Underwater sound radiated by a ship is a complex superimposition of both broadband noise, mainly due to cavitation and the flow around the hull, and tonal components with specific frequencies due to the periodicity of on-board machinery and the propulsion system. Consequently, different techniques can be used to highlight different characteristics of the sound emitted by a ship.