Investors
Invest in groundbreaking technologies and help shape the future with Aalto Startup Center.
Startups, Apply Before January 18th!
Join the ranks of trailblazing innovators at Aalto Startup Center, where groundbreaking tech ideas transform into global success stories like Rovio and Futurice. If you have a visionary tech innovation that can shape a sustainable future, we want to hear from you! Become part of our vibrant community, receive invaluable mentorship, and take your startup to new heights. Apply now and make your mark on the world!
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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.
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Event calendar
Most of our events are related to our programs. Public events are listed here.
A Grid Impact Series: Building Impact as a Female Founder
Welcome to the first A Grid Impact Series event of 2026!
Business Espoo info: Services for startups
Local services that speed up your journey.
Tour at Aalto Fablab digital fabrication laboratory
This tour at the Fablab is part of the Aalto Creatives programIncubator 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. Submit your application no later than January 18th.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ESA Phi-Lab Finland
Boosting disruptive geospatial innovations for space.
Why join us?
Meet some of the companies we are working with and whom we have worked with over the years.
Lensor
Lensor is an early-stage Nordic startup building game-changing AI and remote sensing technology to create digital, climate-smart solutions for global farmers. We are on a mission to enhance resilience in agriculture.
Amertat Energy Oy
Empowering a Sustainable Future through Innovation and Integrity
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.
Solar Foods
For the first time in history, humankind can produce food without burdening our home planet.
Latest news
Welcome, TrailRadar team! CASSINI Hackathon Winners in Finland
TrailRadar is the project that won the 10th CASSINI hackathon here in Finland. Check out this interview to know more about them.
Celebrating a Meaningful Contribution to Seeds of Bravery
This week, Aalto Startup Center marks the conclusion of an important chapter within the Seeds of Bravery EU program, as one of our Business Advisors completes his engagement after months of dedicated support to Ukrainian startups.
Meet our startup: KOKO Forest has eyes on the world’s forests
Climate change and extreme weather conditions are threatening the health of forests. The technology developed by KOKO Forest provides fast, nearly real-time information about forest condition, down to the level of individual trees.