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Alumni annual turnover
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Event calendar

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

networking lunch
Public Events, Aalto Creatives, Business Generator, ESA BIC Finland, Research to Business, Urban Tech Helsinki, Seeds of Bravery, D2XCEL

Urban Tech Helsinki Networking Lunch

Free networking event held by Urban Tech Helsinki on the first Friday of every month.
A Grid Speed-Match Event Poster
Public Events

A Grid Speed-Match

Join us to connect with startups and companies at A Grid and Aalto Startup Center, meet innvators in the building, and kickstart new collaborations!
networking lunch
Public Events, Aalto Creatives, Business Generator, ESA BIC Finland, Research to Business, Urban Tech Helsinki, Seeds of Bravery, D2XCEL

Urban Tech Helsinki Networking Lunch

Free networking event held by Urban Tech Helsinki on the first Friday of every month.
Deep Tech Investor Day's poster.
Networking, Public Events

Deep Tech Investor Day 2025 -- Critical Tech Opportunities & Investment

BSV Ventures invites LPs, VCs, and key ecosystem members in leadership positions to an exclusive discussion on Critical Tech opportunities and investments, featuring prominent LP and VC panels, with NIF as a special guest, alongside keynote speeches, startup pitches, and networking opportunities.

This is an Invite-Only and Investor-Focused event. Only a selected startups will be invited, check the separate application form below.

Incubator and Accelerator Programs

Business Generator 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.

aalto booth at slush

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

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

UTH banner

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.

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

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 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.

Kids playing in the fields

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.

 Time varying interface and light

Solar Foods

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

solein protein

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Investors - Aalto Startup Center

Investors

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

Our Services
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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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