Breaks Finland

What Breaks Finland does

Breaks Finland Oy is a Helsinki-headquartered B2B event marketplace founded in 2017 by Jaana Komscha-Härkönen. The company operates the Ideakatalogi (Idea Catalog), an online marketplace that connects Finnish companies, educational institutions, professional unions, and associations with service providers offering workplace experiences, training, activities, and entertainment for team days, kick-offs, company parties, and well-being events. The platform currently lists over 600 curated experiences and partners with hundreds of vetted service providers; Breaks reports having served more than 100 workplaces over eight years of operating history, with an enterprise customer roster that includes EY, Fortum, Elisa, Intrum, Vincit, Saastopankki, and Avidly.

The core technology is a web-based catalog platform with browse, filter, and digital shopping basket functionality, complemented by a provider-side registration system for activities, performances, and event venues. Breaks monetizes through marketplace commissions on services sold via Ideakatalog and through Happy Agent, a full-service professional offering (starting at 500 EUR plus VAT) in which dedicated coordinators manage vendor selection, contracts, logistics, billing, and feedback collection. Go-to-market combines self-serve marketplace access, named B2B account managers (Ville Rannila, Christian Kviranta), a customer success function led by Susanna Salmelin, and content marketing focused on workplace wellness.

The business is bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding and operates primarily in Finland, with operating geographies listed as including Malaga, Spain and stated intent to expand internationally. Pricing is quote-based by event, with no publicly disclosed pricing tiers. The company is privately held and founder-controlled, with a small named team across sales, customer success, production, and digital tools.

Name

Breaks Finland

Legal name

Breaks Finland Oy

Website

https://breaks.fi

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Breaks Finland operates a B2B online marketplace (Ideakatalogi) that connects Finnish companies, educational institutions, and unions with service providers for workplace events, team days, and well-being activities, complemented by a full-service Happy Agent coordination offering.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Event Services Marketplace

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920), Business Service Centers (56143)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Meeting & Event Program Technology (Registration, Apps, Badging) (THACAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Party Venue Sourcing & Booking Services (HSACACAL), Meeting & Event Space Services (Setup/Teardown) (BPABAFAL)

Keywords

• Corporate event marketplace
• Workplace wellness services
• Event coordination platform
• Team building experiences
• Corporate training marketplace

Headquarters

HQ city

Helsinki

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Marketplace Commission: Breaks charges a commission fee when services are sold through the Ideakatalog marketplace. The platform connects service providers with corporate buyers and handles billing. Commission rates are negotiated on a case-by-case basis.
2. Happy Agent Planning & Coordination Service: Full-service event planning and coordination service where Breaks manages the entire event from planning to execution. Customers can delegate all organizational responsibilities to the Happy Agent team.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Breaks Finland operates the Ideakatalogi (Idea Catalog), a B2B online marketplace connecting corporate buyers with over 600 workplace experiences, training sessions, activities, and entertainment providers across Finland. The platform enables companies to browse, filter, and request event services, and is complemented by the Happy Agent full-service event planning and coordination service that manages events end-to-end on behalf of customers.

Product overview

Breaks Finland operates as a B2B event marketplace platform connecting companies with service providers for workplace events. The core product is the Ideakatalogi (Idea Catalog), a digital catalog featuring over 600 experiences, activities, coaching/training sessions, performances, and event services. The platform is complemented by Happy Agent, a full-service coordination offering (starting at 500 EUR + VAT) that handles complete event planning from vendor selection through execution. Services are organized into four main categories: Activities & Experiences, Coaching & Training, Performances & Entertainment, and Ready-Made Packages & Additional Services. The platform also includes registration systems for service providers and venue owners to join the network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100 workplaces served with experiential events
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Service Provider Network (Peter Nyman, Johanna Huhtamäki, StepUp, Show Bartenders, Jussi Venäläinen, Karoliina Jarenko, Nousussa Oy, Pirjo Suhonen, Marco Bjurström, Reidar Wasenius)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2017Network of hundreds of service providers including trainers, coaches, entertainers, activity providers, and venues who deliver services through Breaks' Ideakatalog. Service providers gain visibility to corporate buyers and receive leads through the platform. The network includes notable Finnish personalities and specialized companies offering workplace wellness, entertainment, and team-building services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Teamland: Teamland is a Finnish team-building and workplace experience provider. It directly competes with Breaks in the Finnish corporate team-day and event experience market, operating in the same geography and customer segment.
• Eventbrite: Eventbrite operates a global online event marketplace connecting event organizers with attendees. Like Breaks, it runs a two-sided marketplace model intermediating between event creators/providers and buyers, with take-rate economics.
• Bizzabo: Bizzabo is an event experience platform serving corporate event organizers with registration, marketing, and analytics. It targets the same B2B corporate events buyer as Breaks, with a SaaS platform model rather than a marketplace.
• Lyyti: Lyyti is a Finnish event management and registration platform. It is the closest geographic peer to Breaks, operating in the same Finnish market with overlapping B2B event functionality (registrations, participant management, communications) for corporate and association events.
• Surprize: Surprize is a corporate team-building and group activities marketplace. It is a direct functional peer to Breaks' workplace events marketplace, connecting corporates with experience providers for team days and group events.

Broad incumbents

• Klook: Klook is a large global experiences and activities marketplace. It is a broader incumbent in the experiences intermediation space, sharing the marketplace/commission model and provider-buyer structure with Breaks but at global consumer-travel scale.
• Cvent: Cvent is a large, established corporate event management platform offering venue sourcing, registration, and event marketing for meetings and conferences. It is a broader incumbent whose corporate meetings technology portfolio overlaps with Breaks' event program management focus.

Emerging players

• Hopin: Hopin is an events platform that started in virtual/hybrid events and expanded into in-person experiences. It overlaps with Breaks' workplace event focus from a tech-platform angle and pursues corporate buyers organizing events.
• Headout: Headout is an experiences marketplace aggregating local activities, tours, and events. While it targets consumers/travelers more than corporates, its two-sided marketplace model intermediating experience providers and buyers is structurally similar to Breaks' Ideakatalog.

Regional players

• Elioplus: Elioplus is a partner relationship management platform, more relevant here as a tangential peer; included for being a small/regional SaaS that competes in adjacent workplace software verticals with Breaks' Ideakatalog platform product.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BreaksFinland
• Facebookfacebook.com/breaksfinland
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/breaksfinland
• Instagraminstagram.com/breaksfinland

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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