Our Story

From a Founder's Vision to Multidisciplinary Excellence

Founded in the summer of 2024 by Ilkka Tiainen, Ennen Oy has evolved into a powerhouse of six multidisciplinary experts, having collectively over a century of work experience.

120+

years of experience

6

digital health experts

∞

entrepreneurial attitude

Our DNA

Deep expertise across the Finnish health tech spectrum

Our team brings together the visions of an experienced innovation-awarded startup founder, an eHealth company CEO, a deep tech scientist, a clinical cognition expert, a usability specialist and a marketing specialist. We understand the health tech field closely—as practitioners, managers and strategists.

Core Competencies

Health tech AI & machine learning

Brain & cognition

Innovation to implementation

EU funding & digital marketing

Meet Our Founding Team

A diverse group of innovators, engineers, and strategists dedicated to solving one of the world's most complex challenge.

Ilkka Tiainen

CEO

Commercial & Innovation Lead

Mikko Katajamäki

Strategy Lead

Simo Särkkä

Technology Lead

Agnes Derzsenyi

Specialist, UX/UI Design

Arvo Haapanen

Medical Lead

Lari-Antti Hakanen

Specialist, AI Tools, Marketing

Strategic Roadmap

1.

Immediate goal

Gamified Wellness Application

Our first step is to launch a gamified wellness application where we will utilize our UI design and gamification expertise, along with the algorithms we have developed to monitor users' cognitive abilities.

2.

the north star

Medical Device

Our ultimate goal is to develop a medical device that utilizes computer vision and clinical cognition research for early detection of memory disorders from eye movements.

The Ennen service is not yet a medical device and is not intended for clinical use.