{"id":505,"date":"2024-01-09T00:51:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T00:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephenindustries.com\/?page_id=505"},"modified":"2024-10-30T10:26:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T08:26:14","slug":"company","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stephenindustries.com\/en\/company\/","title":{"rendered":"We fund the future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We fund the future<\/h1>\n\n\n
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Our vision has been simple since day one: to be the best in the world in what we do. The drive for excellence is deep in the nanofibers of our company. Read our story to learn more about our background.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our ESG Plan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Our story<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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For the first 30 years, Stephen Industries operated as an industrial holding company founded by serial entrepreneur Kustaa Poutiainen. Journey towards global success started in 2004 with subsidiary Picosun \u2013 a deep tech company that specializes in atomic layer deposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the years, Kustaa raised several rounds of growth capital, growing Picosun to over 50 million euros in annual revenues. In June 2022, Picosun\u2019s stock was sold to US-based technology giant Applied Materials Inc. The sale of Picosun catalysed a change of Stephen Industries\u2019 operations, transforming Stephen Industries into an ambitious and experienced investment company in late 2022. Besides Picosun, we\u2019re currently best known for the central vacuum cleaner manufacturer Puzer and tech ventures such as Hycamite, TILT, Sooma, Fiberwood and Stemsight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Meet Kustaa Poutiainen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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International success stories such as Kustaa\u2019s are rarities. Acclaimed visionary and serial entrepreneur Kustaa understands how to both think differently and make the vision into reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt Stephen Industries, I\u2019d love to guarantee that big Finnish success stories \u2013 such as Picosun \u2013 could remain Finnish success stories: that our most innovative companies don’t have to be sold out too early. This is made possible with more investment cooperation and an in-depth understanding about the obstacles to such growth. What\u2019s uniting our portfolio companies are our shared, strict ESG values \u2013 that run deep in our company\u2019s nanofibers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Dive deeper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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See our investment strategy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Study our portfolio<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Meet Henna Pihlman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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