Juha Ristolainen

Juha Ristolainen is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Upvest, a FinTech company in Berlin specializing in an Investment API Platform for accessing stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies, and tokenized assets. Juha also operates a holding company, Ristolainen OÜ, and serves as an advisor for Greencode Ventures and HashLeap, a web3/blockchain payment platform. Additional roles include being an angel investor for Kodarit, advising Push That Button®, and serving as a partner and startup mentor at Nordic Startup School. Juha holds membership in the Finnish Business Angels Network and was previously a member of the advisory board for the Blockchain & Climate Institute and Sanako. Educational qualifications include two MSc degrees in software development, signal processing, and hypermedia from Tampere University of Technology.