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What Aalto Startup Center can offer to investors.
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Aalto Startup Center is a hybrid accelerator offering its own incubator and accelerator services, as well as several partnership programs. Its focus is on sustainable research-based and innovative deep-tech startups.
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Event calendar
Most of our events are related to our programs. Public events are listed here.
From Lab to Market
Minimal Viable Product? Ugh, what is that?
Startup Founders' Town
Each year 80 startup companies are founded on the Aalto University campus in Espoo and 50% of Finland’s hitech patents are filed in this relatively small area. It's a large number, so why and how is this happening? What’s the secret?
Community Meetup
This bi-weekly meetup is for startups from A Grid and Aalto Startup Center.
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Join and learn all about it!Incubator and Accelerator Programs
Business Generator
Business Generator is Aalto Startup Center's flagship startup accelerator program. Learn more about how we foster the growth of Finland's most promising deep tech and sustainability-focused startups.
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.
Urban Tech Helsinki (external link)
Urban Tech Helsinki is an incubator dedicated to cultivating clean and sustainable urban solutions. Our mission is to empower visionary entrepreneurs like you to transform your ideas into thriving startups, with a keen focus on addressing the pressing issues faced by today’s cities.
Aalto Digital Creatives preincubator
Aalto Digital Creatives is a pre-incubator program supporting students, researchers, and creative industry professionals who have a creative startup concept. The 12-week program fosters the rapid development of ideas into viable startup companies.
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.
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.
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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Business Mentors
Join the pool of business mentors as part of our acceleration programs. We are looking for industrial experts from different fields.
Latest news
Meet Nikita Akmaikin, D2XCEL's project coordinator
Read this 10-question interview to get to know one of the newest additions to the Aalto Startup Center team
Ekotekt awarded at the PropTech Startup Realty Awards 2024
This startup, a member of our Urban Tech Helsinki program, has been recognized as one of the top 13 category winners at the prestigious PropTech Startup Europe Realty Awards 2024
Aalto Startup Center is going to NORDEEP Summit 2024
20 startups and Research to Business cases from our community will be at NORDEEP Espoo showcasing their solution.