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Santtu Koivumäki

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Santtu Koivumäki
CEO & Co-Founder of
Zero (2024)
About

Santtu Koivumäki is Co-Founder of Zero, a Helsinki-based AI-native GTM operating system built to replace traditional CRM with zero-click automation and intelligent AI agents.

Before founding

Santtu holds a Master of Engineering in Industrial Management from Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and previously served as go-to-market lead across five international markets at Smartly.io.

Founder Insights

Having lived the pain of fragmented sales stacks firsthand, Santtu brings deep expertise in revenue operations, customer success, and enterprise SaaS go-to-market strategy.

Experience

Santtu and co-founder Tuomo Riekki scaled Smartly.io past $100M ARR before departing in 2022, and went on to build Zero from the ground up, attracting backing from 20VC and Primary Venture Partners.

Scale & Impact

Zero has raised $13M across pre-seed and seed rounds, with the $10.3M seed considered one of the largest in Finnish tech history, and its platform is already serving ambitious B2B companies across San Francisco, New York, Berlin, and London.

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Santtu Koivumäki

Zero
Co-Founder
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Santtu Koivumäki

Company(s)

Zero

Industry

SaaS

Year Founded

2024

Stage/Funding

Seed • $13M

Company Location

fi

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About

Santtu Koivumäki is Co-Founder of Zero, a Helsinki-based AI-native GTM operating system built to replace traditional CRM with zero-click automation and intelligent AI agents.

Before founding

Santtu holds a Master of Engineering in Industrial Management from Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and previously served as go-to-market lead across five international markets at Smartly.io.

Founder Insights

Having lived the pain of fragmented sales stacks firsthand, Santtu brings deep expertise in revenue operations, customer success, and enterprise SaaS go-to-market strategy.

Experience

Santtu and co-founder Tuomo Riekki scaled Smartly.io past $100M ARR before departing in 2022, and went on to build Zero from the ground up, attracting backing from 20VC and Primary Venture Partners.

Scale & Impact

Zero has raised $13M across pre-seed and seed rounds, with the $10.3M seed considered one of the largest in Finnish tech history, and its platform is already serving ambitious B2B companies across San Francisco, New York, Berlin, and London.

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