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Event calendar

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

Community Meetup
Public Events

Community Meetup

This bi-weekly meetup is for startups from A Grid and Aalto Startup Center.
Pop up Lawyer - Aalto Startup Center
Public Events, Urban Tech Helsinki
FLTM-2-scaled - Aalto Startup Center
Public Events

From Lab to Market

Minimal Viable Product? Ugh, what is that?
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. Its a large number, so why and how is this happening? What’s the secret?
Public Events

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?

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.

Business Generator Program 2024.

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.

laboratory work

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.

Urban Tech Helsinki logo

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.

students with a painting

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.

Ukraine at community event

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Investors - Aalto Startup Center

Investors

What Aalto Startup Center can offer to investors.

Our Services
Business Mentors - Aalto Startup Center

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

Nikita Akmaikin - Aalto Startup Center
Personnel Published:

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 celebrating their win at the PropTech Startup Europe Realty Awards 2024 - Aalto Startup Center
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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 Pavillion at NORDEEP Espoo 2023
Aalto University, Events, Startups Published:

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.
Seeds of Bravery news - Aalto Startup Center
Aalto University, Cooperation, Innovation, Press releases, Programs Published:

59 Ukrainian startups receive first €2 million funding from the Seeds of Bravery consortium

59 Ukrainian startups have now been awarded grant funding of €2 million from Seeds of Bravery for four different programmes: Innovative Entrepreneurship, Deep Tech Incubators, Rebuild Ukraine and DeepTech Scale-Up & Acceleration.