We're an intelligent bunch
We provide a comprehensive market competitive intelligence solution. Our platform combines cutting-edge genAI technology with expert analyst insights, primary research, and custom market research services.

Why Valona?
As a Forrester Wave Leader, more Fortune 500 companies trust Valona’s competitive intelligence platform to turn market insights into strategic advantage. Here’s why:
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Enterprise-level strategic foresight
Your entire organization moves as one when markets shift. Valona’s real-time analysis from hard-to-access sources ensures everyone—from C-suite to frontline—operates with the same strategic intelligence for confident decisions.
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Predictive analysis from hard-to-access sources
Access premium, hard-to-access content that delivers market analysis and ‘what if’ scenarios rather than yesterday’s insights. See patterns before they reach mainstream awareness to anticipate shifts and position strategically.
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Industry-specific competitive analysis
Access specialized sources and tailored analysis for your sector. Whether tracking competitors, monitoring regulatory changes, or identifying market opportunities, you work from verified, actionable insights aligned with your industry’s unique challenges.
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AI-enhanced market intelligence
Since 2007, we’ve applied 30+ specialized AI models to intelligence challenges—long before it became trendy. We combine automated pattern recognition with human context, delivering trusted market intelligence that drives strategic action, not just analysis.
Here's our brag sheet…
Cutting-edge AI with decades of human expertise
Delivering unbeatable market and competitive insights to more than 500 organizations across the globe, empowering businesses to make insight-driven decisions and act on emerging trends, before they even break the news.
7 offices and 200 employees, worldwide
Valona pulls from more than two decades of experience and millions of human written business summaries, based on hundreds of thousands of trusted industry-specific sources, from global to local levels across markets worldwide in over 115 languages. All seamlessly translated into English in crystal clear formats, easily applied in winning strategy and decision-making.
A market and competitive intelligence leader since 1999
Formerly known as M-Brain, we’ve been dedicated to serving over 350,000 business users and Fortune 500 companies like Goodyear, Bosch, Philips, and Henkel. Valona was acknowledged by Forrester in 2024 as the premier global platform for market and competitive intelligence.
Meet the management team
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Kimmo Havu
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Henna Pellonmaa
Chief Financial Officer -
Eetu Laaksonen
Chief Technology Officer -
Stuart Reynish
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Kati Tammisto
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Eric Lau
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Mikko Katila
Chief Sales Officer