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Invest in groundbreaking technologies and help shape the future with Aalto Startup Center.

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Join the pool of business mentors as part of our acceleration programs. We are looking for industrial experts from different fields.

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Event calendar

Most of our events are related to our programs. Public events are listed here.

A Grid Impact Series Creative Industries & Digital Media - Aalto Startup Center
Networking, Public Events

A Grid Impact Series: Workplace Wellbeing

Welcome to the second A Grid Impact Series event of the season!
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Public Events, Aalto Creatives

Aalto Creatives Demo Day

Aalto Creatives Demo Day
A Grid Impact Series - Creative Industries & Digital Media - Aalto Startup Center
Public Events

A Grid Impact Series: Creative Industries & Digital Media

Welcome to the third A Grid Impact Series event of the season!

Incubator and Accelerator Programs

Business Generator Accelerator Program

Your success, your profits – Aalto Startup Center takes zero equity. Business Generator Program offers tailored mentoring, investor matchmaking, and an expansive network of entrepreneurs, investors and experts.

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Research to Business pre-incubator

In the Research to Business program researchers are supported in the commercialisation of their inventions to prepare the path for the formation of a new startup company.

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Urban Tech Helsinki

Urban Tech Helsinki is an incubator for clean and sustainable urban solutions.

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Aalto Creatives preincubator

Aalto Creatives is a pre-incubator program supporting students, researchers, and creative industry professionals who have a creative startup concept. The 13-week program fosters the rapid development of ideas into viable startup companies.

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ESA BIC Finland for space-related startups

Space industry is booming! It provides infinite opportunities to startups. European Space Agency’s (ESA) Business Incubation Centre in Finland aims to support aspiring innovative entrepreneurs and ambitious startups financially and technically to reveal their undiscovered space potential.

An astronaut in a space suit standing next to rock faces in a desert.

D2XCEL for deep tech and digital ventures

D2XCEL is a collaborative pan-European scaling programme, bringing together a top-tier industry network of 300+ investors, public and private lead customers, and innovation hubs to support deep tech and digital ventures.

Quantum computer

Seeds of Bravery for Ukrainian tech startups

Seeds of Bravery is a €20 million project funded by the European Union under the European Innovation Council (EIC) to support Ukrainian tech startups bringing them closer to the EU.

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ESA Phi-Lab Finland

Boosting disruptive geospatial innovations for space.

ESA Phi Lab Finland - Aalto Startup Center

Why join us?

Meet some of the companies we are working with and whom we have worked with over the years.

Lensor

Lensor is building an AI-powered platform for green infrastructure and urban biodiversity management.

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Amertat Energy Oy

Empowering a Sustainable Future through Innovation and Integrity

wind turbine

Winse Power

Winse Power offers turnkey solutions for innovative light-based energy systems. Our expertise lies in power by light, space, and novel photovoltaics applications.

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Solar Foods

For the first time in history, humankind can produce food without burdening our home planet.

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Latest news

Dealflowninght 2025 - Aalto Startup Center
Cooperation, Events, Innovation, Press releases Published:

DealFlow Night: Helsinki startup ecosystems collaborate to connect founders with investors

Helsinki’s leading incubators and accelerators joined forces for the second annual DealFlow Night, giving 12 hand-picked startups the opportunity to pitch a select group of investors.
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We are going to NORDEEP 2025!

20 startups and research projects will be present at Aalto Startup Center's booth during NORDEEP, taking place at Dipoli (Otakaari 24, 02150 Espoo), October 2-3.
Unite Alliance - Aalto Startup Center
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Take your startup to Europe with Unite!

Unite! is a European University Alliance funded by the European Commission. Aalto University is a member of Unite! together with eight other high-level European technical universities. Would you like to create and expand your business to new European markets? Or are you on a stay abroad and want to continue advancing your projects at one of our universities?
Cameron Murphy - Aalto Startup Center
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Meet Cameron Murphy, Business Advisor

Get to know Cameron, the newest member to join the Aalto Startup Center team. Check out this interview and get to know him a bit more!