Aalto Startup Center Business Generator to have Urban Tech emphasis

The Urban Tech movement is continuing in the autumn as the next Aalto Startup Center Business Generator Programme will have an urban tech emphasis. There will be no new call for the Urban Tech Incubator in the autumn as the project in its current form is ending at the turn of the year. Therefore, urban tech-related companies are recommended to apply for Business Generator.
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“We are looking to take as many of the good practices that we have found during the past five years to the Aalto Business Generator program as we can. These vary from how to integrate sustainability and impact to the program and how to build city-business relationships”, explains Urban Tech Helsinki Project Manager Eetu Helminen.

The Business Generator is Aalto Startup Center’s main accelerator program. It helps startups to turn sustainable high-tech innovation into a thriving business. It offers services from hands-on workshops to 1-to-1 tailored mentoring and for the urban tech startups connections and topic matter expertise collected in the Urban Tech Incubator. 

Next Business Generator batch starts in September 2025. Apply before 17th August. 

Apply now! Everything you need to know and application link here: https://startupcenter.aalto.fi/our-services/business-generator

Submitting the application form is a simple way to start the conversation, it helps Aalto Startup Center advisors to understand if they are the best fit to boost the business.

Urban Tech Helsinki is an incubator for clean and sustainable urban solutions, but also a platform for networking and collaboration between startups, investors, universities, and the whole smart city of Helsinki. The incubator is a collaboration project of the City of Helsinki and Aalto University with Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and Helsinki University as partners. The incubator has helped over 70 companies grow and increase their impact over the past five years.

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