KK

Kalle Kaivola

CEO at Lightheart Entertainment

Helsinki, Uusimaa

Invests in

Stages:

Sectors:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • CEO

    2019

    CEO and co-founder at Lightheart. Focused on building a self-organizing culture that allows for powerful decision-making and building great games, such as Mr Autofire. Go check it out!

  • Partner

    2018

2015 - 2021

  • Advisor

    2015 - 2021

    Advisor to Kopla Games from the early days of the company. Being a sounding board and sparring partner for product, business and culture.

2018 - 2019

  • Advisor and Board Member

    2018 - 2019

2018 - 2019

  • Independent Game Director and Consultant

    2018 - 2019

    Working with awesome teams to make awesome products!

  • COO

    2017 - 2018

    Looked after the studios and products of Remote Control Productions, Europe's largest family of studios. Champion of the teams and driver of internationalization while keeping an eye on product and business.

  • Chairman Of The Board

    2017 - 2018

2014 - 2017

  • Head of Licensed Games

    2014 - 2017

    Worked on building the licensed games business from the ground up starting with an initial focus on production and creative, and later moving into business development. Projects included The Walking Dead: No Man's Land and the first steps of the upcoming Blade Runner 2049 game.

2012 - 2016

  • Mentor

    2012 - 2016

    Mentoring game development teams at the GameFounders accelerator. Most active during the first three cycles of teams.

  • SVP Product and Publishing

    2013 - 2014

    I led the Product and Publishing team which oversaw the content and monetization of all the game titles produced by Rovio Entertainment. I also launched and ran Rovio Stars, Rovio's third party publishing label.

  • Director of Development

    2011 - 2013

    I shipped Angry Birds Trilogy and Amazing Alex as executive producer. I soon transitioned into overseeing all of the company's external game development.