Isona company

The story behind Σ

The company’s name (Isona) is a finnish word meaning ”as grown-up” referring to kids wondering what they will do when they are grown-ups. Isona is Ville’s and Pekka’s (and later also Alex’s) outlook on the question: At what kind of company and with whom we would like to work?

The sigma replacing ”s” in Isona’s logo comes from Pekka’s love for the Greek islands and his experience in physics and maths, where Greek letters are frequently used. The whole name was actually meant to be written with Greek letters (ΙΣΩΝΑ or ισωνα). The Σ means a sum in maths, and Isona is simply a sum of Alex, Ville and Pekka. The sizing of Σ is also intentional, referring to ”grown-up”.

Isona’s background

Isona was founded in 2021 because Ville and Pekka wanted to start a company together where they could work as ¨grown-ups¨. The first idea quickly collapsed and Isona was left waiting for better times and circumstances.

In 2024, Ville and Alex met in the hustle and bustle of a start-up company. After Alex left the company, they talked about their backgrounds and they noticed they have common knowledge and interests in biogas plants. Alex thought that expert services should be offered to biogas plants to improve the operation of the reactors. In Ville's opinion, an expert company that relies on external laboratories is too dependent on others, so the idea of combining expert and analytical services was born. In Ville's opinion, one more element was missing to complete the puzzle, so Pekka was asked to join in.