Wicket Gaming appoints the Rovio legend and business angel Peter Vesterbacka and business angel Kustaa Valtonen as strategic advisors
Wicket Gaming AB has today appointed Peter Vesterbacka and Kustaa Valtonen as strategic advisors. Peter and Kustaa, who are both well-known business angels, will contribute important skills and experience in strategic decisions regarding business development and marketing / brand building. In addition, they have large international business networks that will be important to Wicket Gaming's expansion plans. Via their joint company Random Ventures OY, Peter and Kustaa are already shareholders in Wicket Gaming.
About the advisors:
Peter Vesterbacka is an entrepreneur working on developing the Finest Bay Area by creating gravity to attract talent and skills to the region. Branded communities co-created and initiated by Peter include the HP Bazaar, Mobile Monday, Slush and Startup Sauna to name a few. He was the Mighty Eagle at Rovio, the Angry Birds company, for many years taking the brand to unprecedented heights. Peter is currently adjunct professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Tongji University, one of the leading universities in China. In 2011 Time Magazine named Peter one of the 100 most influential people on the planet.
Kustaa Valtonen has his background in the IT industry at companies like HP and Microsoft. He has been an active angel investor the last 15 years, investing in more than tens of companies across industries like gaming, SaaS and real estate business. He works actively within global investor and business networks. Kustaa's major focus is on getting the Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel constructed.
In a comment, Peter Vesterbacka says:
"Cricket is a huge sport and I expect Wicket Gaming to make cricket games even bigger. Wicket Gaming has managed to pull together amazing talent."
For further information, please contact:
Eric de Basso, CEO, Wicket Gaming AB
E-mail: eric@wicketgaming.com
Phone: +46 70 780 52 00
About Wicket Gaming
Wicket Gaming is a Swedish game development company founded in 2015. The company's business concept is based on developing and distributing so-called free-to-play games in the sports genre based on proprietary brands. Since its inception, the Company has worked to develop its first title, Cricket Manager, which is a manager game in cricket for mobile devices that aims to create and own its own cricket club and compete against other players around the world. The goal is to create one of the world's most popular cricket manager games for mobile devices and to use a technical platform to broaden the game portfolio to include other sports manager games.
For more information, see Wicket Gaming's website www.wicketgaming.com