Vertical
Christian Lindholm is an accomplished entrepreneur and executive with extensive experience in the tech industry and startup ecosystem. Currently serving as an Executive in Residence at Aalto University since January 2025, Lindholm is also a Founder in the byFounders Collective, a venture fund focused on investing in early-stage tech startups in the Nordics and Baltics. As Chairman and Co-Founder of Vertical, Lindholm facilitates corporate innovation through collaborations with startups. Prior roles include Director of Product Management for WearOS at Google, CEO and Co-founder of KoruLab, and Co-Founder of Upgraded, a health startup association in Finland. Educational qualifications include an M.Sc. in Economics from Hanken School of Economics and a research stint at London Business School.
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Vertical
We stimulate growth through collaborative, strategic and transactional services. Our key expertise are: Market Intelligence, Transaction Advisory, Service Design, Innovation Strategy, Collaboration Projects and venture Building. In the early days of Vertical, we supported startups to become the best versions of themselves. We were great at what we did, yet along the way we noticed the changing needs of the market, and realised we could offer something even better. We adapted and grew into a new space, to focus on strategic development and using collaboration as a tool. When it comes to growth, strategy and collaboration, we don’t just talk the talk: we walk the walk too.