Ventures
Aikoa is a peer-to-peer lending platform, where users can get loans directly from other users who act as lenders on the platform. It follows popular services such as Prosper and Zopa bringing disintermediation in banking to Finland. We believe this kind of new financial intermediation is actually going back to the traditional form of financing. Our aim with Aikoa is to facilitate re-birth of digital co-operatives. Aikoa project is well under way. The service will enter beta phase in Winter 2008/2009.
Dalali is a social real-estate platform in the United Arab Emirates. It aims to be a focal point in the industry connecting real-estate buyers, seller, brokers and developers together. Community tools like wiki, blogging and discussion forum are available for users. The service will enter beta phase in Fall 2008.
Mobilicons is an application that facilitates communication by icons. Icons are used to signal your presence for communication via mobile phone. It is also a tool for quick communication and making calls in a predefined reference group. Typical reference groups are professional, friends and family. The application is web-based but runs as an application in the mobile device. The service will enter beta phase in Fall 2008.
Our first social application was a wishlist which aimed to collect good wishes and generate funds for charity. That application opened our eyes to see the potential of social applications in fundraising for charities. We started to develop an application for digital fundraising - VirtueGifts. In Virtuegifts charity organizations publish virtual presents of digital content like pictures, music, videos for sale. Users who want to give a gift with a purpose to their friend are able to purchase these gifts of which the amount is given to specified charity. The service will enter beta phase in Fall 2008.