ABOUT
ALWAYS FUN, ALWAYS GAMES
Aim on Game!
Koukoi Games is a mobile game company located in Oulu, Finland. Koukoi was founded by and with people who share a vision of what good games are and how to create together the ultimate game studio that lasts for decades – the ultimate games powerhouse. Excellence at all ends ensures that the focus and vision is targeted far into the future.
Everything at Koukoi serves the purpose of creating lifelong experiences and surpassing the increasing needs of ever more demanding players. Mobile games that stand out from the crowd and offer unique lifelong experiences – games you love to play and get back to playing.
Koukoi develops wide-appeal hybrid & mash up games that offer a lot to play around with and grab the player into their world. The courage to renew, mash up genres and just purely stand out uniquely from the crowd with polished games separates Koukoi from other players on the mobile game market.
Koukoi was founded by and with people who share a vision of what good games are and how they should be developed. Breaking the presumptions and preconceptions of the industry with our team is possible due to strong commitment and passion for games. The Koukoi team consists of talents with experience of game development and publishing, entrepreneurship & engineering from major companies in the field. Koukoi believes in raising the common standards of mobile gaming.
At Koukoi, trust and flexibility go hand in hand. Taking one for the team enables you to pursue the dream together. Working for a common cause sets off an epic endeavor that just cannot be curbed. One of the best attributes of our team is the amazing creativity combined with the ability to kill our darlings (whenever necessary) early on, if the games are not meeting our standards, and then starting over on something even better.
Because we aim together for excellence, there is enough space, time and dedication for mobile game development – a formula that Koukoi believes yields the best results. Independency and functional assignment of roles with decision-making capability ensures that everyone can focus and put their full effort into the things they do best – making games with passion. In the end, it is seeing our mark on the products and watching our visions come to life that thrills us – which we’ll be supporting for years.
Successful execution and business development from the get-go tells its own story. Investors, VCs and strong partners have been eager to get involved in creating a dream game company with our founders and making the best possible games together. As a result, Koukoi has built strong networks around its business – from Finland to global markets to Asia to Hollywood and other markets.
Thanks to the trust that we have earned from our supporters and partners, the control over everyday work remains in the hands of our founders and the Koukoi team, who possess the know-how and talent to run the business – with independent and focused game teams. Our focus on getting things done and going after our mission and vision is realized in our everyday work. We keep this clear in our mind in everything we do, which enables us to achieve sustainable base for growth.
With solid experience and professional guidance in the background, we can compete with global giants with our feet firmly on the ground but our heads way up in the clouds.
THE WINNING TEAM OF KOUKOI
Koukoi Team is built around experienced & talented members who share a vision of creating a dream game company together.

Antti Kananen
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
- Aimbot 87%
- Passion 100%
- Business Hustling 79%

Jani Pohtila
Technical Director
- Fatherhood 85%
- Civilization IV 75%
- Holding the Coffee Cup 10%

Oskari Hyvönen
Art Director
- A Bit of Everything 72%
- Crafting 80%
- Sisu 91%

Markus Tuppurainen
Creative Director
- Storytelling 83%
- Finding The Fun 76%
- Dropping Features 18%

Sami Koski
Production & UA Director
Bachelor of Computer science from Raahe institute of computer engineering back in the days. Coding own game projects since early Commodore 64 days. Seasoned Nokia Product Manager for over 12 years. Previously founder and CEO of Meizi Games Ltd. for 6 years. Passion to create fun & profitable mobile games. Ambition to keep people motivated on their work. Aiming to reach maximum potential what I can give to people & society.
- User Acquisition 90%
- People Management 85%
- Gym & TRYING to Eat Healthy 100%

Anssi Paaso
Game Artist
- Table Drumming 65%
- Nanomachines 100%
- These go to 11 50%

Niko Tauriainen
Lead Programmer
- Music enthusiast 75%
- Extroversion 80%
- Counter-Strike 100%

Jani Alatyppö
Lead Programmer
- StepMania 100%
- Short-spoken 60%
- Chill 70%

Antti Katajamäki
Lead 3D Artist
- Night Stalk 78%
- Zero Gesture Perform 65%
- Support 97%

Mira Maijala
Lead 2D Artist
- Treats 97%
- Spam 100%
- Snooping 57%

Martti Similä
Lead Artist
- Fire Magic 91%
- Creativity 100%
- Losing his keys 55%

Matti Luonua
Product Manager
- Proofreading 88%
- Pedantry 76%
- Heavy Metal 69%

Teemu Kettunen
Lead Technical Artist
- Baking 99%
- Covered in Cat Hair 75%
- Blood-to-Coffee Ratio 50%

Henri Vesterinen
Game Designer
A software development engineer with a creative fit. Approaches game design from logic oriented and calculating perspective without losing the sight of the fun. Over the years endless gaming hours and curiosity turned into understanding of gaming mechanics, which in turn turned into career in game design. Is a game jam enthusiast and always hyped to bounce off new game ideas or build prototypes from scratch. Enjoys a wide variety of games from hardcore esports to tabletop roleplaying.
- Dota 2 99.5%
- Theorycrafting 95%
- Sleep 13%

Ilpo Alatalo
Game Programmer
- Jack of All Traders 80%
- Dungeon Master 75%
- A Man of Culture as Well 90%
Invest in Koukoi
The Ultimate Mobile Games Powerhouse
Koukoi Games creates original and entertainment & game IP based F2P mobile games that stand out from the crowd and renews the mobile games market through unique hybrid & mash up approach – while the company does business with Hollywood studios, TV-networks, known game studios, games publishers, global entertainment companies and successful IP owners. This is a proven scalable approach that makes Koukoi unique player in the mobile games market – unicorn to invest in.
Koukoi is backed by private investors and a VC fund investing in games, media and entertainment. We’re continuously looking for opportunities to work with best investors and funds in the world, in order to build a massively successful mobile games powerhouse together – through hard work and with notable resources and backing behind all operations. Building great things requires working with the best, diversity and networks, which we’re looking for to get from our investors. We’re looking to work with gaming VCs and investors, and we do also accept sector agnostic, generalist and traditional funds and investors, as we believe that diversified backing would enable creating future powerhouses in games more effectively, especially if there is a combination of tech., media, fintech, adtech, e-commerce, platform and other type of complementary companies in our investors’ portfolios – as we believe the next step for games studios is to integrate the best of other industries together for creating the next category-winning games and ultimate experiences for evermore demanding players around the world. This is what we’re after at Koukoi – building a powerhouse that disrupts the current and future dynamics in the market. Interested? Take in touch with us & let’s get doing – we’re always in the lookout to speed up & scale the business.
Koukoi aims becoming the next powerhouse in the games industry – through an epic journey. Are you looking for the next power player in games to invest in and eager to learn more? Let’s discuss about investment and partnership with Koukoi Games. Contact us now for more info!


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