Iiro Auvinen

Iiro Auvinen is an investment professional in Helsinki. As of Mela’s 2026 investment page, he is listed as Sijoituspäällikkö (Investment Manager) and a contact person for Mela’s investment activity. Mela reported EUR 430.8 million of financial assets at the end of 2025, invested across equities, fixed income, real estate, and other investments.

Before Mela, Auvinen worked at Bocap Investment Oy. MarketScreener lists him as having started at Bocap in 2019 and describes him as an Investment Manager / Private Equity Analyst. Bocap is a Finnish private equity firm founded in 2012 that backs established, entrepreneur-led Finnish SMEs, especially technology- and software-driven companies, with growth capital and operational support.

Auvinen’s education is listed by MarketScreener as an undergraduate degree from the University of Vaasa in 2018 and a graduate degree from the University of Vaasa in 2020. Public scout-sector sources also show he was active in Finnish scouting leadership: in 2019, he was recognized as one of the year’s “Toimiva partiojohtaja” recipients and described as a long-time leader of Inkoon Samoilijat.

• At Mela, Auvinen’s role is in institutional investment management rather than startup financing. Mela says its investment objective is long-term return comparable with the Finnish earnings-related pension sector, constrained by its liability profile and risk limits.
• Mela invests mainly through fund structures and outsourced mandates: its investment page says assets are diversified across asset classes, geographies, currencies, sectors, and asset managers.
• At Bocap, the relevant thesis was growth private equity for Finnish SMEs. Bocap states its mission is to accelerate the internationalization of competitive Finnish technology- and software-driven growth companies.
• Bocap’s target profile: privately owned, entrepreneur-led, established, technology- or software-driven companies headquartered in Finland, with significant growth over the prior two years and potential to grow revenue several-fold through M&A and organic expansion.
• Bocap emphasizes active value creation, stating: “Value creation in our portfolio companies is based on strong strategic and business development support.”