Marko Lehtimaki

Marko Lehtimaki is the CEO and Co-Founder of AppGyver, the provider of a rapid mobile app development platform. Lehtimaki dropped out of University of Helsinki in 2001 to found his first company with a focus on international trade. As a serial entrepreneur and software developer, Marko has founded and led several disruptive software companies, such as Venture Bonsai, one of the world’s first equity based crowd-funding platforms. In the recent years, Marko has been heavily involved in mobile app development business from various angles. Prior to founding AppGyver, Marko was the CTO of FansMagnet, a self-service mobile app building platform for artists and venues. FansMagnet provided apps to major artists of labels such as Warner Music, as well as indie bands. Lehtimaki has also been part of various iOS and Android app development projects, with major brands as customers. Marko is an HTML5 advocate and a firm believer in hybrid app technologies with an exceptional skill to bridge real-world business requirements with the capabilities of the latest technology. The developer-turned-entrepreneur also has considerable international business insight, having lived and built businesses in Asia, Europe and the USA. Marko's current company, AppGyver, provides a next-generation mobile app development platform with a vision to revolutionize the HTML5 hybrid apps space. Lehtimaki hopes that AppGyver will change the way apps are developed by making HTML5 hybrid apps indistinguishable from native apps. AppGyver also provides next generation rapid mobile app development tools to increase developer productivity and minimize waste in software development. Marko lives currently in San Francisco, and enjoys working with a small team of like-minded visionaries and entrepreneurs. Lehtimaki loves to travel and discuss the latest cutting-edge technologies with software developers and business people alike.