Founding team

Built to scale vaccine science with AI and parametric design

A founding team with 3 PhDs and 2 serial entrepreneurs.

Portrait of Suvi Haimi Company building

Suvi Haimi, PhD

Co-founder · CEO

€40M+ raised

Serial entrepreneur. Co-founded Sulapac, taking a new biomaterial from laboratory to global brands including Chanel. Also co-founded Ovido, which has built an AI-capable information system. At Velocin she drives strategy and fundraising.

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Minna Hankaniemi, PhD

Co-founder · CSO · Adjunct Professor

20+ years in vaccine R&D

Established a world-leading research group in enterovirus protein vaccines. €3M+ competitive non-dilutive funding; leads protein vaccine science and preclinical development.

Portrait of Saana Soppela Protein-based vaccine platform

Saana Soppela, PhD

Co-founder · COO

VLP vaccine co-inventor

Vast knowledge of protein vaccine platform development and partnerships. Has built an extensive vaccine development partner network.

Portrait of Mikko Kotila AI engineering

Mikko Kotila

Co-founder · CTO

30 years in technology

Serial entrepreneur who has co-founded several AI-native software startups and built parametric information systems in finance; leads end-to-end in silico development.

Origins

Born in a world-leading VLP research group

Velocin’s protein-based vaccine innovation was born in a world-leading research group of enterovirus virus-like particle vaccines, with over 15 years of research at Tampere University behind it.