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We are Zefort

Zefort is dedicated to making contract management as easy as possible. We’re a team of business, development, design, and customer success professionals, eager to make your work more efficient.

Origin story

How it all began

Our story began in 2015 when three friends, Jussi Karttila, Juhani Heikkilä and Ville Laurikari, decided to team up and build a world-class product based on Artificial Intelligence. Building on the team’s experience, we started developing a contract management solution — one that would stand out from the competition for its efficiency and ease of use.

The result was Zefort, a zero-effort contract management solution, launched in 2017. We developed (and continue to develop) our product in close cooperation with our customers. By understanding our customers, we can best solve the challenges they face in their everyday work.

Today, Zefort’s international team has grown, the product continues to evolve, and we have reached a point where we are expanding into new markets. We warmly welcome you to join us on our journey!

Zefort CEO Jussi Karttila

Zefort in numbers

10,000+ Zefort users
200+ Customers
2M+ Managed contracts
€3M+ Turnover
30+ Team size
30+ Countries

“From first glance, Zefort felt like a flexible and easy-to-use solution that is clearly designed with the user in mind.”

Terhi Kauppi
CFO, Remedy Entertainment

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Careers

We’re constantly expanding our team. Check out our open positions, employee perks, and get to know our amazing people.

Contact us

Interested in Zefort? Wait no more, give us a call and let’s start talking! We’re happy to help you any way we can.

Press

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Management

Jussi Karttila
Jussi Karttila
CEO & Co-Founder

Jussi Karttila has an extensive track record from various management positions in high technology companies. Before Zefort, Jussi worked for five years as a country manager for a Nordic SaaS business. Jussi is known as an innovative person who gets things done.

Ville Laurikari
Ville Laurikari
Co-Founder, CTO

Ville Laurikari has founded and built multiple software products, businesses and teams from the ground up to profitable business. Following director-level positions at Tectia Corporation and SSH Communications Security, Ville is today an entrepreneur with in-depth expertise in both secure software development and customer success management.

Juhani Heikkilä
Juhani Heikkilä
Co-Founder, COO

Juhani Heikkilä has a proven track record in operations management, quality, ERP systems and master data management. With a M.Sc. in Finance and Accounting, Juhani brings unique financial and accounting management insight to developing contract management solutions. Juhani’s previous positions include management and advisor roles for software industry leaders.

Jasse Kivinen
Jasse Kivinen
Chief Revenue Officer

Jasse Kivinen is an experienced SaaS revenue leader with over a decade of expertise in scaling software businesses across Europe. As Chief Revenue Officer at Zefort, he focuses on driving sustainable growth through strong go-to-market execution and international expansion. With a sharp commercial mindset and hands-on leadership style, Jasse plays a key role in accelerating Zefort’s growth journey.

Heikki Sivonen
Heikki Sivonen
Chief Marketing Officer

Heikki Sivonen is a versatile SaaS marketing leader with 20 years of experience across multiple marketing disciplines, including advertising, content marketing, MarTech, brand design, and business strategy. Having worked in both agencies and in-house marketing teams, he has played a key role in shaping the success of numerous companies across various industries.

Niklas Hakalax
Niklas Hakalax
Partner, Chief Partnership Officer

Niklas Hakalax manages and develops Zefort's network of customers and partners globally. With an M.Sc. in Business and Management, Niklas has a strong customer and sales management background in international SaaS companies. As an innovative team player, Niklas strives for the Zefort network to make the most of our zero effort contract management platform.

Board of Directors

Jussi Karttila
Jussi Karttila
CEO & Co-Founder
Ville Laurikari
Ville Laurikari
Co-Founder, CTO
Juhani Heikkilä
Juhani Heikkilä
Co-Founder, COO
Timo Larjomaa
Timo Larjomaa
Board Member
Asko Schrey
Asko Schrey
Board Member

Advisory Board

Paula Aura Director of Knowledge Management & Innovation at Castrén & Snellman Attorneys Ltd.
Rami Alanko Serial Entrepreneur
Henrik Rak Corporate Governance and Compliance Officer at Vivicta
Ossi Marko Board Professional, Advisor and Investor
Teemu Birkstedt Professor of Practice at Turku University
Erkki Hyvärinen Partner at Laissa Ltd.