Emmi Kavander

Emmi is the founder and CEO of Kavanders & Co. Her company helps start-up founders get their businesses off the ground, with a special focus on investor readiness and pitching. With over 15 years of international experience in sales, strategy and strategic communications, she has worked in various positions, incl. in the senior leadership of a global, stock-listed FinTech as Head of Group Communications and IR.

With her profound experience as a leader, consultant and coach, paired with a strong understanding of cognitive psychology and studies in NLP, she is a trusted advisor to CEOs.  She also mentors founders at start-up accelerators. In 2022, start-up participants of accelerator MassChallenge Switzerland awarded her as a top mentor.

Emmi is an alumnus of IMD and has an MBA from the University of London.

In 2011, Emmi built a company from 0 to 50 employees in under two years. She is a co-founder and first investor in an EdTech start-up, and the founder of Kavanders & Co. She has also served on Boards at start-ups and associations. In 2023, her newest venture is being launched.

She enjoys crafting the story of a business together with founders while ensuring the fundamentals of the story are strongly rooted in its strategy and operations, and seeing that collaboration carries into success in pitching to stakeholders, such as investors.

Investor readiness, investor pitching, strategic communications, strategy (special interest in platform strategies)

Nearly 10 years of experience alongside Founder CEOs, coaching them in business and personally.

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