Karoliina Kauhanen
Moimoi! I’m Karoliina Kauhanen, Founder and Chair of the Board at Commu App, “Tinder for Good Deeds”, the largest app for helping others in the Nordics.
My background spans startups, angel investor collaboration, and digital marketing. At Commu, I lead marketing, investor relations, and our growing user community.
With over 100,000 users across several countries, thousands of acts of help exchanged, and recognition from the UN and international media such as Forbes, I’m focused on scaling Commu into a globally impactful platform for human connection and local trust.
Why is Commu important for me? I have experienced severe loneliness many times during my life, due to epilepsy and do not wish it on anyone. If every second adult experiences loneliness in their daily lives, we need to take action. I believe helping as an action is one of the best ways to meet new people and build support networks as well as reach maximum social impact.
Explosive growth & international awards
Commu was founded in 2022 by three young entrepreneurs, Sami Ekmark, Ronnie Nygren and me, Karoliina. Our mission is to make asking for help and giving help easy. Why? We believe helping and Commu is the solution to the biggest social issues of our lifetime. We’re in the forefront of social innovation and our traction shows the need and that timing is right.
Commu is a Scalable Community Platform Driving Social Impact & SDG11
Smart Cities
Smart City Platform market reached €33.61 billion in 2024, with expectations to surge to €1,230.26 billion by 2034, growing at a CAGR of 49.2%
B2G
Focusing on the B2G segment within the Smart City Platform market, the global smart city platform market size was valued at €160.2 billion in 2021, with projections to reach €708.8 billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 16.2%
- Circular Economy Innovation of the Year Award 2022
- Finland’s Digital Act of the Year 2022
- Winner of Oslo Innovation Week 100PITCHES 2023, the largest innovation competition in the Nordic countries
- Winner of the Silicon Vikings pitching competition 2023
- United Nations Recognition for Peace and Civil Peacebuilding 2023
- Commu’s founder Karoliina was the only Finnish woman on the Forbes 30under30 list in 2024
- Best Sustainable City Solution 2025 (Nordic ProptechAwards)
- Finland’s National Women in Tech -award (April 2025)
Commu received a 20,000€ investment from Shark Tank, onboarding Kim Väisänen, one of the few superangels in Scandinavia.
Commu won Norway’s largest startup competition and 200,000 NOK, with a unanimous decision from Atomico and DNB, as the first ever company from Finland.
Commu receives an award from United Nations for our work in helping tens of thousands of Ukrainians in Finland.
“The Commu App has facilitated efficient and large-scale matchmaking between Ukrainians and locals in Finland.”
Check out Commu's seed -pitch deck
We’re looking for platform, B2B SaaS and social impact investors and family offices to join our investment family from Finland, Sweden, Norway and Luxembourg.
