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I invest as a business angel and "sweat equity investor" through my own company. I want to give you a rundown of my ownerships and involvements here for two reasons: 1) disclosure, 2) giving you a chance to check those companies out.

Plus all ownership information regarding corporations is public in Finland anyways ;-)

The list includes current and recent ownerships.

Here's the list:

Wisdom Like Silence, Ltd. Ownership: 100%
Muxlim Inc Ownership: "angel's share".
RunToShop, Ltd. Ownership: minor.
Sulake Corporation Ownership: 13th largest out of 64 private owners
Capital Idea, Ltd. (vakuutuskone.com) Ownership: "Co-Founder's share".
Dopplr Ownership: "Executive's share".
Aula. Ownership: the largest owner.. joke!: it's a cooperative, so all owners are equal in share.
Transfluent Ownership: minor.
13 Holding, Ltd. (www.enca.fi) Ownership: small angel investment.
Meet Me, Ltd. Ownership: minor.
Netcycler, Ltd. Ownership: minor.
Applifier. Ownership: minor.
MySites.com. Ownership: minor.
Sulava. Ownership: minor.
Web of Trust. Ownership: minor.
TLD Registry, Ltd (Irish company). Ownerhsip: co-founder's share.

In addition to these there are some stuff that's not really that relevant (even from the viewpoint of disclosure) so I don't put it here.

What do I invest in besides startups? I believe that the government regulation of endless fiat-money and blind backing of low interest rates etc is pretty much destroying currencies such as the USD, GBP or the EUR. Thus I tend to invest a fair bit in growth company stocks, in gold, silver, oil, bitcoin etc. Think of "the MadMax investment strategy" and you'll probably be well off. How's my portfolio doing then? Despite of the financial turmoil in the markets, I'm about +20-30% in the positive and yielding more profits all the time - which is a natural consequence of the brainless ongoing government policy. Since 2007 my investment strategy has consistently beat the markets and yielded more annual profits.