For Accelerators
Over 30 years of entrepreneurial and investment experience as an angel and VC — I convert abstract challenges into practical strategies, fast.
My broad expertise lets me quickly grasp diverse business models and industries, giving startups clear, executable guidance that bridges visionary ideas with executable plans.
Strategy – Processes – People always go together. For some reason this is rarely noticed. In my work as an advisor and mentor it's exactly the sync between these three that has delivered the most impactful results.
And you're right — team is everything! But the truth is, we actually don't know much about the team. Eeeeee… I do. I now have a tool sparkly.hr that answers the questions: Why do we have this problem? Why is there a conflicting person on the team? How do we solve it?
To provide rapid impact for those who have lost the sight. To craft visions and technically doable new approaches that solve challenges. To identify bottlenecks that squeeze growth in future.
My main criterion is providing value to recipients — it has to make sense within their needs or educational programme. My expenses should be covered, but my primary agenda is not selling hours — it's delivering the impact.
ECONIC Accelerator
Budapest, Hungary
ECONIC accelerator offers company-building expertise and guidance through a 9-month long program. Three stages with capital and services along the way. My role was to support and challenge fantastic founders at various stages. High-quality selection of companies. One of the best-led events during my mentoring career.
Red Brick Accelerator
Tampere, Finland
Sessions rated 9.5/10. Helped most with clarity into the GTM next steps, challenging the approach, asking lots of questions and giving homework. Among the top 3 mentors for the day.
European Innovation Academy
Porto, Portugal
Over three weeks 50+ mentors supported 500+ students forming 100+ startups from scratch. As a Business and Tech mentor I worked with ~20 teams, transforming early ideas into solid concepts in just 24 hours.
KIUAS accelerator
Espoo, Finland
Finnish accelerator formed by Aalto University. By far the strongest pre-seed selection. Mentee: 'Mikk gave bold ideas that helped us see our product services differently and the potential of current features with AI.'
Nordic Startup Ventures
Tampere, Finland
Structured programs, intensive mentoring and funding. Their Head of Mentors shadows mentors at first meetings to measure and improve quality — unexpected, but converted into much better trust and growth. Proud to belong.
Enterprise Estonia
Tallinn, Estonia
Multiple acceleration programmes — first as mentee, later as mentor with SME scale-ups, startups and the local Shark Tank programme Ajujaht. EAS gave me the opportunity to master coaching, leading to an executive business coach certificate.
Power HUB accelerator
Prague, Czechia
Technology transfer organisation focused on innovation and research. They create sustainable ecosystems using innovative digital technologies — a hub where actors across industries work together to effect change.
BDA Consulting
Tallinn, Estonia
Together with BDA Consulting I mentored Estonian tourism-sector enterprises to improve their businesses following Business Canvas methodology. Interesting and at times challenging projects to grow and learn about myself.
Agentuur Velström Vallner Tohver
Tallinn, Estonia
VVT hired me to mentor a business unit in Estonian Aviation Network Service. This 6-month mentoring programme showed me how much I had learnt over 20 years as a business owner, board member, strategy designer and coach.
Startup Reaktor
Go-To-Market Accelerator, Romania
Startup Reaktor is a Go-To-Market accelerator in Romania creating sustainable ecosystems using innovative digital technologies — a hub where actors across various industries work together to effect change.
Forwarded by Mirza Sadgati, CEO of RedBrick Accelerator (Tampere, Finland)
Sessions rated
8.5/10
Helped most with
Business unit economics and how critical it can be to make a scalable business; exploring business models for the case; value proposition to customer groups (landlords and tenants); ideas on selling and targeting different customer groups; feedback on the pitch and connections with potential partners.
Mirza Sadgati
RedBrick Accelerator · CEO
Sessions rated
9/10
Helped most with
Feedback on how to take this to the market, challenging the value proposition and tips on what investors might be looking for when presenting the case.
Mirza Sadgati
RedBrick Accelerator · CEO
Sessions rated
9.4/10
Helped most with
Investment-related questions and connections; de-risking the case and finding the right investor persona; good ideas on how to move forward and what to do next.
Mirza Sadgati
RedBrick Accelerator · CEO
Sessions rated
10/10
Helped most with
Appreciated straight talk and honest feedback from Mikk. Most of the time was spent on business model validation and customer profiling.
Mirza Sadgati
RedBrick Accelerator · CEO
Sessions rated
8.5/10
Helped most with
Direct and honest feedback; real insights into the train traffic industry — very valuable and a strong reality check on certain aspects of startup development; suggestions on what is business-critical focus to start expanding in the Finnish market.
Mirza Sadgati
RedBrick Accelerator · CEO
Sessions rated
9.5/10
Helped most with
Good ideas on the business model and next steps; reality check and challenging — is the problem we're solving big and urgent enough? Good tips on how to identify the problem better.
Mirza Sadgati
RedBrick Accelerator · CEO
Sessions rated
8/10
Helped most with
Challenging the business model; possibilities on increasing profits on the platform; important questions on ICPs; how to sell to investors and the importance of an exit strategy.
Mirza Sadgati
RedBrick Accelerator · CEO
Sessions rated
9.5/10
Helped most with
Clarity into the next steps of the GTM; challenging the approach and asking a lot of questions; giving homework to better prepare for the next meetings.
Mirza Sadgati
RedBrick Accelerator · CEO
"It fried our brains, it was intensive but worth it." — Weivi (day after the meeting)
Convince yourself with testimonials or reach out to Mikk directly on LinkedIn.