Behind Paradise Tycoon is an Experienced Mainstream Games Development Company founded in 2017. Team members have worked together for many years developing and self-publishing mobile games reaching the top 10 download charts as well as collaborating with some of the greatest games studios.
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70
years of combined game industry experience
2,500,000
Installs on published games (and counting)
Tycoon
& building games are what we do best
A group of characters from our previous games
Team
Harri Karppinen
Co-Founder, CEO
Game industry veteran & developer with 2 decades of experience. Former marketing director at Fingersoft - home of Hill Climb Racing game series with over 2 BILLION downloads.
Niko Alakastari
CTO
Frontend & backend developer with 10 years of games development experience. Former CTO of Frozen Vision Games and GameLab alumni from Oulu University of Applied Sciences
Antti Nousiainen
Game Designer
Sauli Partanen
Developer & Content Creator
Timo Juuti
Co-Founder, COO
Phd. in Science. Data nerd, game & economy designer and former record label boss and musician. Experience in working with media giants like Warner, Sony & Universal.
Veera Penttinen
Lead Game Artist
Art director & lead game artist with previous work experience on Kuuasema and Rovio on the world-famous Angry Birds game series. Highly skilled in creating stunning designs capturing the essence of Paradise Tycoon.
Simo Riikonen
Senior Programmer & Developer
Milla Rosi
3D Artist & Animator
Pekka Alavuotunki
Technical Artist
Tuomas Roininen
CBDO
Game industry veteran with 2 decades of experience, game producer & designer. Coached startups with an accumulated valuation of Eur ~50M with many on the SLUSH 100 list
Marjaana Pasila
Ops & Partnerships Manager
Marjaana is a seasoned gaming industry expert with strong international experience and a diverse skill set. With previous work experience at Star Atlas and PokerStars, she brings a wealth of knowledge to our team.
Sandeep Pariyar
Environment Artist
Miika Koskinen
3D Artist & Animator
Rhenaill Abasolo
Community Manager
Advisors
Mauvis Ledford
Tech Advisor
CEO and principal advisor at BitNinja. Mauvis has been launching tech startups for the past 15 years and is best known for being the former CTO of
CoinMarketCap and advisor for Aavegotchi and Dextools to mention few.
Ville Rauma
Game Advisor
Game industry veteran and Chief Operating Officer of Fingersoft, video game developer best known for the Hill Climb Racing game franchise with over 2 BILLION installs.
Joe Wong
Marketing Advisor
Principal at Fomocraft. 20+ years of integrated marketing experience at multiple award-winning global agencies. Launch CMO for MANTRA DAO and Polkastarter. Advisor for MANTRA DAO, GameStation, Launchpool and Finxflo.
Nicholas Krapels
Strategy Advisor
Principal at Fomocraft. Ex-Wanchain, advisor to MANTRA DAO, Finxflo, Launchpool and Aldrin. Published academician, educator, startup strategy and token economy expert.
David Hong
Legal Advisor
David has been leading the blockchain practice of King & Wood Mallesons Shanghai office, and has advised companies such as Bybit, eToro, Coinbase, Block.one, Crypto.com, and Hedera Hashgraph.