Building Finland's Future
Connecting international talent with opportunities to preserve and enhance Finland's unique way of life.
Our Impact
Building Finland's future with international talent
Impact metrics updated on April 2025 | View impact dashboard
Our Mission
Herizon is a nonprofit connecting international talent already in the region with career opportunities.
Connect
Linking international talent with growth-driven companies across the Nordics.
Innovate
Unlocking new potential through diversity, ambition, and global perspectives.
Build
Strengthening Finland's future with sustainable, inclusive, and impactful employment.
Herizon Manifesto
Building Finland's future with international talent
Finland needs 44,000+ international talents to secure its future
Every day we miss out on growth and innovation.
At Herizon, we connect global talent with companies shaping the Nordic economy - because filling roles isn't enough. We're here to build a thriving, inclusive Finland.
We're tackling the big challenges: declining birth rates, the need for global ambition, and the untapped potential of international professionals who share our values of equality and well-being.
Founded by Finnish growth company builders (Freska, Supermetrics, Yousician, Slush), Herizon is a nonprofit on a mission to employ international talent in the most impactful, cost-efficient, and sustainable way.
The Herizon Story
Building a future for growth makers.
While working at an early-stage VC, Mari Luukkainen launched a rapid upskilling program to help B2B startups scale internationally. One of the first participants, a U.S. teacher unemployed in Finland for two years, led a Finnish edtech startup's U.S. expansion, boosting MRR from €100K+ to €400K+ and securing €10M+ in Series A funding.
This proved the untapped potential of international talent as growth makers.
Herizon has since grown from a VC side project into Finland's most cost-efficient nonprofit for international employment. We now help over hundreds of people get hired annually and aim to scale that impact to 100,000.
Our Team's Experience
Our team members have worked with some of Finland's most innovative companies
Herizon team
We're building impact as we built our startups.
Viivi Marttinen
Head of Community & Talent
As the first People Ops of Supermetrics, Viivi experienced scaling the headcount from 10 to 300 taking care of HR, hiring, and office management.
Sini Ågrén
COO
As Growth Manager at Flowhaven, Sini drove strategic OKRs, securing $16M in Series A funding. Previously, she excelled as a Team Lead at Slush.
Martti Laine
CTO
Formerly a SaaS founder and freelance engineer/software consultant who worked with some of the largest and industry-leading companies in the world.
Daria Galina
Talent & Community Coordinator
With 12+ years in executive operations, people operations, and project management, Daria has excelled in high-pressure environments and driving operational excellence.
Elina Seppälä
Growth & Product
Elli has extensive experience scaling businesses across diverse industries, from heavy industry to early-stage startups. She has achieved double-digit performance improvements through technology, while maintaining high staff performance and rapid transformation. Her background includes founding startups, enhancing scale-ups, and assisting publicly listed companies in boosting performance.
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