Aalto Creatives: Call For Applications

Are you the next creative industry founder? Aalto Creatives pre-incubator programme helps creative industry startups flourish from idea stage to a company.
Aalto Creatives Call - Aalto Startup Center

The pre-incubator is the perfect place to build your business plan, gain a clear vision of your goals, get help with setting up your company, and learn to deliver a compelling pitch. Each pre-incubator round ends in a Demo Day event where participants take the stage to introduce their companies.

To apply you can be a student, researcher or practitioner with a relevant creative industry background. The selection criteria focus on the business idea’s potential for further development, the solution it provides, and how it shapes a sustainable future.

Your business idea can be in one of the following fields (but not limited to):

  • Architecture
  • AR/VR
  • Arts
  • Design
  • Fashion
  • Film and television
  • Gaming
  • Media
  • Music


Read more about the pre-incubator: https://www.aalto.fi/en/aalto-creatives

The next Aalto Creatives programme starts in September. Call for applications closes on 8.9.2025. ➡️ Apply now HERE.

Aalto Creatives is Aalto University's creative industry pre-incubator. Supported by Business Helsinki, coordinated by Aalto Startup Center and Aalto Studios

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