Co-founder
Oskar Kallio
Works across consumer software and business services. Previously built industrial supplier partnerships at Droppe.
Built Luotsi, the marine chart, weather and vessel app for Finnish boaters covered by Yle, HS and HBL.
Automation & practical AI partner
Less manual work.
More room to grow.
A named Velho expert works with your team every month. We find the manual work that slows you down, build the fix and help people actually use it.
Oskar or Patrik, co-founders
100+projects shipped by the team
50,000+people use products our founders built
Founder work covered by
The problem
Temporary fixes have become permanent work
Manual steps often begin as sensible fixes. Then they spread across systems, roles and routines until nobody questions them. The cost is not only wasted hours. It is the capacity and attention growth needs.
Manual steps multiply
A temporary spreadsheet, repeated check or manual handoff becomes part of the role. People keep doing it because the process depends on them.
People fill the gaps
In offices, people carry information between tools. On site, they step away from the real task to feed a system. Either way, software asks too much of them.
The big opportunities stay untouched
The bottlenecks nobody questions anymore, or the ones dismissed as too big to solve, are often where the most growth is hiding.
How we work
Your partner from discovery to adoption
A named Velho expert works with your teams every month. We find the next bottleneck, decide what is worth solving, ship the change and help people adopt it.
- 01
Find
We speak with the people doing the work and trace the real process across roles and systems. The result is a clear list of bottlenecks and opportunities.
- 02
Prioritise
We rank the opportunities by business value, effort and how quickly people can benefit. Together, we choose what to solve now and what can wait.
- 03
Ship
We build the smallest useful version and put it into real work quickly. Depending on the problem, that may be an automation, an internal tool or a specialist-led change.
- 04
Adopt
We help teams change the routine around the new solution, then follow what improves and what still gets in the way. What we learn becomes the starting point for the next cycle.
Who you'll work with
Builders, not slide decks
Velho's founders have spent their careers shipping software that people use every day.
Co-founder
Patrik Holopainen
Works across AI learning and startup growth. Previously led the Kiuas startup accelerator.
Built Opeton, a language-learning app where people speak with an AI teacher.
When the problem needs it
Specialists chosen for the problem
Our network includes dozens of AI professionals, contracted case by case according to the skills each engagement needs. A named Velho lead stays responsible for delivery.
Your first year with Velho
A year of useful work, not one big project
Quick improvements, focused builds and larger initiatives run side by side. We prioritise them together as we learn where the next gains are.
Month010203040506070809101112
Opportunity mapping
Quick improvements
Focused projects
Larger changes
Specialist work
Months 1–3
- Opportunity mappingall year
- Remove a handoffM1
- Simplify the quoting flowM2–4
- Pre-fill a checkM3
Months 4–6
- Domain-specific technologyM4–7
- Connect systemsM5
- Connect operational dataM5–8
Months 7–9
- Draft follow-upsM7
- Automate recurring reportsM7–8
- Route requestsM9
- Replace a brittle internal toolM9–12
- Physical automationM9–12
Months 10–12
- Build a dashboardM11
Runs continuously
Quick improvement
Delivered by Velho
Specialist, managed by Velho
Where we help
Growth opportunities do not follow the org chart
The hardest bottlenecks often sit between teams, systems and vendors. We prioritise across the company, then use the right mix of software, automation, AI and specialist partners to solve them.
Customer follow-up
Bring account history, recent conversations and open questions together, then prepare the next step for a person to review.
- Before
- Follow-ups written from memory, or missed
- After
- A ready draft with full context, waiting for review
Quotes and order intake
Turn an enquiry into a structured draft using your own rules, then send only the unusual cases to the right person.
- Before
- Every enquiry re-keyed into a quote by hand
- After
- Standard quotes drafted automatically, exceptions routed
Field reporting
Turn notes, photos and completed checks into a useful record without pulling people away from the work site.
- Before
- Reports typed up after the shift
- After
- The record is ready when the job ends
Scheduling and dispatch
Bring availability, location and job requirements together so routine coordination can happen with fewer calls and handoffs.
- Before
- Phone calls and a shared spreadsheet
- After
- Routine jobs scheduled, people only handle conflicts
Management reporting
Bring recurring figures together from the systems that own them and highlight the changes that deserve attention.
- Before
- Figures copied from several systems each month
- After
- One current view that flags what changed
Robotics and physical automation
Bring in or integrate robotics, sensors and machine vision when the bottleneck lives in physical work and software alone is not enough.
- Before
- Stoppages found by walking the floor
- After
- Sensors and cameras flag issues as they happen
Contact
Tell us about your company
We want to understand where work gets stuck, what people have stopped questioning and what growth needs next.
30 minutes · online
Talk with Patrik and Oskar, co-foundersLet's find the first opportunity
In 30 minutes, we can map what happens, who is involved, where information gets stuck and what a useful first improvement could be.
- Where does manual work pile up today?
- Which improvement would pay back fastest?
- Is Velho the right fit, or should you do it yourselves?
Or email hello@velho.io