Mikko Silventola is a venture capital investor at Superangel who was among the first investors in Bolt and Latin American super-app Hugo, focusing specifically on everyday-life services like ride-hailing and delivery in emerging markets where infrastructure is still developing. He writes meaningful early-stage checks to a small number of founders he knows well and often backs the same entrepreneurs across multiple ventures, building long-term relationships rather than making one-off deals.

• Focusing heavily on the growth and global expansion of the ride sharing company Bolt. Updates frequently highlight the firm capturing market dominance in countries like Nigeria and launching new operations across Canadian and Asian markets. The timeline also closely tracks their financial journey, noting significant credit raises and preparations for an initial public offering on a European exchange.
• Tracking the rapid advancement and commercialization of autonomous vehicles and driverless transit. Attention is given to major industry milestones, such as autonomous fleets completing millions of miles and hundreds of thousands of weekly passenger trips. The interest also spans strategic partnerships where traditional automakers team up with tech platforms to run driverless robotaxi trials in major European cities.
• Championing the unification of the European startup ecosystem and the importance of borderless hiring. Strong support is shown for initiatives that make it easier to run cross border businesses, such as promoting petitions to create a single corporate entity structure across the continent. This aligns with a core belief that founders who master global talent acquisition will secure a long term competitive advantage, which directly drives investment decisions into platforms that facilitate international recruiting.