Monthly Archives: April 2016

Valkee Ltd, Elisa Oyj and TEKES: Good Old Boys at Work

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Valkee Ltd’s previous CEO Pekka Somerto has a new job, he tells at LinkedIn: Business Development Director at Elisa Oyj, a major finnish operator traded at the Helsinki stock exchange.

I won’t again talk about what I call his competitive relation with the truth, which he has publicly demonstrated at several occasions. I am just wondering how they took into account his performance as CEO of Valkee Ltd. Here the figure for his tenure, quite exactly that specific interval.

Valkee results in Pekka's tenure

Nothing against the new job. He is qualified. But at Elisa’s board of directors is Petteri Koponen. In the specific sub-commitee he is responsible for recruitment to the leading posts in the Corporation.

Koponen is founding partner of LifeLine Ventures, together with Timo Ahopelto, Valkee’s chairman. LifeLine is the lead investor in Valkee.

Ahopelto again is at the board of the tax-funded TEKES agency. And the biggest single Investment of TEKES goes into … LifeLine Ventures. As well as most of it investments. TEKES again has poured millions into Valkee.

Corporate governance, Finland style.

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Personal note: To my knowledge, Valkee’s leaders have told investors and others, that I am a malicious person with an agenda to bring down Valkee. I may advise Elisa Oyj to look rather at the company turned down by a blogger, not at the blogger who turned the company down.

I have no specific hatred towards Somerto.

 

 

Valkee’s chairman joining antivax conspiracists?

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Valkee Ltd’s chairman Timo Ahopelto has often been reluctant to give interviews to critical, or un-bribed reporters. The finnish SEURA magazine tried to get an interview last year, but he refused for many weeks. Finally Ahopelto agreed to answer questions, which he approved beforehand. Here is what he said about the faulty scientific base for Valkee’s claims:

“In Finland, there are also doctors who want everybody to be vaccinated against influenza. Others think nobody should be vaccinated, and then there’s everything in between. In science, it takes time to find the final truth and get it accepted. Things get either rejected or accepted at a certain time. For Valkee, the talk in Finland is not very important. Here’s 5 million people, but the world has 8 billions.”

In Finnish:

”Onhan Suomessa lääkäreitäkin, joiden mielestä kaikkien pitäisi ottaa influenssarokote, toisten mielestä kenenkään ei pitäisi ottaa, ja kaikkea siltä väliltä. Tieteessä lopullisen totuuden löytäminen ja hyväksytyksi saattaminen vie aikaa; asiat joko hylätään tai hyväksytään tietyssä vaiheessa. Valkeen kannalta suomalainen keskustelu ei ole kovin merkityksellinen. Täällä on 5 miljoonaa ihmistä, ja maailmassa on 8 miljardia.”

 

Ahopelto has defended Valkee’s actions with conspiracy theories before. For finnish readers, the SEURA article is worth a read. An important piece about probably corruptive practices in TEKES. — However, stay tuned for Monday, April 4th.

April 1st – with a serious background

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Many thanks to all concerned visitors who wondered about the re-direct to Valkee.com. I had prepared a stricter version with technical details, but I will leave it at that. I accidentally found a new unbelievable piece for the Valkee saga. I am checking this out at the moment and will not waste time.

So stay tuned – this is also meant for the snail media writers who regularly visit me and my twitter account for lame articles of theirs. I am serious about this one.

However, although Valkee Ltd did not seize earlightswindle.com, it still is squatting a large number of such domains, for instance earlightswindle.net and .info. Whois it?

Domain Name: EARLIGHTSWINDLE.INFO
Domain ID: D51708183-LRMS
Referral URL: http://www.joker.com
Updated Date: 2015-01-19T07:15:36Z
Creation Date: 2014-02-17T11:36:28Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2017-02-17T11:36:28Z
Sponsoring Registrar: CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 113
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Registrant ID: CAFI-397749
Registrant Name: - -
Registrant Organization: Valkee Oy
Registrant Street: Elektroniikkatie 5
Registrant City: Oulu
Registrant Postal Code: 90590
Registrant Country: FI
Registrant Phone: +358.404554331
Registrant Email: 
Admin ID: CAFI-397748
Admin Name: Juuso Nissila
Admin Organization: Valkee Oy
Admin Street: Elektroniikkatie 4
Admin City: Oulu
Admin Postal Code: 90590
Admin Country: FI
Admin Phone: +358.407019897
Admin Email: 
Tech ID: CAFI-397748
Tech Name: Juuso Nissila
Tech Organization: Valkee Oy
Tech Street: Elektroniikkatie 4
Tech City: Oulu
Tech Postal Code: 90590
Tech Country: FI
Tech Phone: +358.407019897
Tech Email: 
Billing ID: CAFI-397748
Billing Name: Juuso Nissila
Billing Organization: Valkee Oy
Billing Street: Elektroniikkatie 4
Billing City: Oulu
Billing Postal Code: 90590
Billing Country: FI
Billing Phone: +358.407019897
Billing Email: 
Name Server: B.NS.JOKER.COM
Name Server: C.NS.JOKER.COM
Name Server: A.NS.JOKER.COM

So that’s where the money goes. CU soon!