Spintop Ventures’ portfolio company Cambri has announced the appointment of Ben Harknett as its new Chief Executive Officer, following an extensive search. Ben Harknett replaces Dr Heli Holttinen who has moved to Chief Product Officer to fully focus her efforts on the company’s product development.

Spintop partner Sami Niemi comments:

– From an investor’s perspective we’re thrilled about the recruitment of Ben Harknett as CEO and we’re excited to follow Cambri’s journey in the coming years.  With this recruitment Cambri is set to leap to the next level.

Ben Harknett brings a wealth of go-to-market experience having successfully scaled several SaaS companies through to acquisition, most notably Wildfire’s acquisition by Google and RiskIQ’s acquisition by Microsoft.

– It’s an honour to be approached to chair a thriving startup like Cambri,” Ben Harknett said. Based on the strong foundations that exist within the company today, I expect Cambri will be a unicorn in the next 5 years.

Cambri has spent the past 4 years developing a market leading product that empowers product teams to innovate in a test-and-learn manner.

– I’ve been really impressed by how Heli and the team think about the vision for the product and how we intend to disrupt the market,” Ben added. “The focus now will be building a world-class go-to-market team that can scale Cambri internationally.

About Cambri
Cambri is a global res-tech growth company born in 2018, with headquarters in Helsinki and Stockholm, and offices across Europe. Cambri provides teams with an agile approach to product development, resulting in more successful launches to bring only purposeful and long-lasting products and services to market.

To learn more about Cambri, please visit cambri.io