Helsinki-based Verda has appointed Mikko Einiö as Chief Financial Officer as the AI cloud provider accelerates its global expansion. Einiö brings more than two decades of experience across finance, capital markets and corporate development, including nearly 20 years at Morgan Stanley in London and New York, where he advised companies on equity and debt financings, M&A and IPOs, followed by two and a half years as Head of Corporate Development at Nokia. At Verda, he will oversee financial planning, capital raising and capital allocation as the company scales its on-demand, high-performance compute platform for AI workloads across Europe, the US and Asia. The appointment comes after Verda reached an annualised revenue run rate of around $120 million in June, up tenfold in 18 months, and as it plans to hire more than 100 employees in London over the next six months. Einiö is expected to play a key role in securing and deploying the capital needed to expand Verda’s infrastructure and support its ambition to become a global AI infrastructure provider.
Verda is a European AI cloud provider that offers on-demand, high-performance computing infrastructure for AI workloads. The company operates across Europe, the US and Asia, managing infrastructure from data centres and server hardware to its cloud platform.
Einiö brings more than 20 years of experience in finance, capital markets and corporate development. During nearly two decades at Morgan Stanley in London and New York, he advised companies on equity and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, and initial public offerings. Most recently, he served for two and a half years as Head of Corporate Development at Nokia.
He will be based in London, the leading European hub for AI, technology and capital. The city will become one of Verda’s principal global locations, with plans to hire more than 100 employees over the next six months and build a significant local pool of AI and technology talent.
Mikko Einiö comments: “Building AI infrastructure at global scale requires access to significant capital, disciplined capital allocation and flawless operational execution. The coming years represent a critical opportunity for European companies to scale and establish themselves as global leaders in AI infrastructure. Verda stood out to me because Ruben and the team combine bold global ambition with an exceptional pace of execution and a clear understanding of what it takes to succeed in this market. I look forward to helping build the financial and capital platform needed to turn that ambition into sustained global growth.”
Verda’s core product is on-demand access to high-performance compute for AI workloads. Customers can provision compute instantly, scale it according to workload requirements, and stop when it is no longer needed, all without going through a sales process or committing to a long-term contract.
Verda manages the full stack from physical data centres and server hardware through to the cloud platform that gives AI teams access to high compute performance in terms of speed, reliability and cost. Verda is one of a select group of NVIDIA Preferred Partners globally.
“AI is becoming critical infrastructure, and our goal is to build the platform frontier AI teams can depend on as they scale. We are scaling at pace, and Mikko brings more than two decades of experience raising and deploying capital for some of the world’s leading companies. He will be central as we expand our infrastructure to meet the global demand for compute,” said Ruben Bryon, Founder and CEO of Verda.
The appointment follows a period of rapid growth for Verda. The company reached an annualised revenue run rate of approximately $120 million in June 2026, representing tenfold growth over the preceding 18 months. Verda is expanding its infrastructure and operations across Europe, the United States and Asia in response to growing global demand for high-performance AI compute.
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