Juha Matti Vapaavuori

Private Equity Investor at Sitra Management Oy

72 year

Health Technology

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Juha Matti Vapaavuori currently works at Sitra Management Oy, as Senior Lead from 1999.
Mr. Vapaavuori also formerly worked at FIT Biotech Oy, as Chairman, Karyon Oy, as Chairman, KC-Holding 3 Oy, as Chairman, Galilaeus Oy, as Director, Pharmatory Oy, as Director, Vivoxid Oy, as Director from 2009 to 2014, Nexstim Oyj, as Director, GeneOS Oy, as Director, Orion Group Ltd., as Principal, National Technology Agency, as Research Manager-Technology Development Centre from 1986 to 1999, and the University of Helsinki, as Medical Scientist.
Mr. Vapaavuori received his graduate degree in 1978 from the University of Helsinki.

Juha Matti Vapaavuori active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Sitra Management Oy Sitra Management Oy Investment ManagersFinance Sitra Management Oy (Sitra) is a venture capital subsidiary of the Government of Finland founded in 1967. The firm is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.	Private Equity Investor	1999-09-30

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Former positions of Juha Matti Vapaavuori

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Vivoxid Oy Vivoxid Oy BiotechnologyHealth Technology Vivoxid Oy develops, manufactures and markets biomaterial products and production services within the medical device sector. The company was founded on January 14, 2002 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.	Chairman	2009-09-29
Karyon Oy Karyon Oy Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Karyon Oy used to develop oral cancer targeted diagnostics and therapeutics. It was developing tissue specific targeting compounds for use in early diagnosis and therapy. The company was founded in 2001 and was located in Helsinki, Finland	Chairman	2009-02-10
National Technology Agency	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	1998-12-31
Pharmatory Oy Pharmatory Oy Medical DistributorsDistribution Services Pharmatory Oy provides pharmaceutical ingredients and related services. It specializes in route scouting, process research and development, scale-up and cGMP manufacturing of key intermediates and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) with focus on quality operation and timely delivery. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Oulu, Finland.	Director/Board Member	-
KC-Holding 3 Oy KC-Holding 3 Oy MiscellaneousMiscellaneous KC-Holding 3 Oy provides financial management services. The company was founded on March 26, 2007 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.	Chairman	-

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Listed companies	1
NEXSTIM PLC	Health Technology

Private companies	10
Orion Group Ltd. Orion Group Ltd. Electronics/Appliance StoresRetail Trade Orion Group Ltd. distributes and supplies computer accessories. Its products include storage media and printers. The company is headquartered in Brentford, UK.	Retail Trade
FIT Biotech Oy FIT Biotech Oy BiotechnologyHealth Technology FIT Biotech Oy engages in the business of researching, developing, and manufacturing diagnostic laboratory tests and pharmaceutical products. The firm is also involved in marketing gene transport unit vector technology to be used as a gene transport mechanism in gene therapeutic applications. The company was founded on May 17, 1995 and is headquartered in Tampere, Finland.	Health Technology
National Technology Agency
Galilaeus Oy Galilaeus Oy Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Galilaeus Oy is a holding company that offers contract manufacturing of microbial fermented products for enzyme, nutrition, industrial biotech, and pharmaceutical industries. It is a contract manufacturer in the biotech field. It establishes, enhances, and utilizes bacterial cultures for industrial production of active pharmaceutical ingredients. It offers production of a range of compounds, such as antibiotics, cytotoxics, and immunosuppressant. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Raisio, Finland.	Health Technology
Pharmatory Oy Pharmatory Oy Medical DistributorsDistribution Services Pharmatory Oy provides pharmaceutical ingredients and related services. It specializes in route scouting, process research and development, scale-up and cGMP manufacturing of key intermediates and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) with focus on quality operation and timely delivery. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Oulu, Finland.	Distribution Services
Karyon Oy Karyon Oy Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Karyon Oy used to develop oral cancer targeted diagnostics and therapeutics. It was developing tissue specific targeting compounds for use in early diagnosis and therapy. The company was founded in 2001 and was located in Helsinki, Finland	Health Technology
Vivoxid Oy Vivoxid Oy BiotechnologyHealth Technology Vivoxid Oy develops, manufactures and markets biomaterial products and production services within the medical device sector. The company was founded on January 14, 2002 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.	Health Technology
GeneOS Oy GeneOS Oy Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services GeneOS Oy provides research and development services to the health care sector. It offers health outcome analysis based on patient data and medically intelligent software systems. The company also offers patient care protocol designs, feasibility testing, diagnosis, clinical trials, and therapeutic analysis, and identification services. GeneOS was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland	Commercial Services
Sitra Management Oy Sitra Management Oy Investment ManagersFinance Sitra Management Oy (Sitra) is a venture capital subsidiary of the Government of Finland founded in 1967. The firm is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.	Finance
KC-Holding 3 Oy KC-Holding 3 Oy MiscellaneousMiscellaneous KC-Holding 3 Oy provides financial management services. The company was founded on March 26, 2007 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.	Miscellaneous

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