Startup Founders' Town

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There are three reasons as to why this is occurring:

1. High density of entrepreneur-minded people from students, researchers and entrepreneurs.
2. World-class infrastructure, such as labs, accelerator/incubator programs and graduate courses.
3. …and probably the most important, SHARING & NETWORKING CULTURE through low hierarchy structures!

Sign up today and find “the others” at Founders Town event at A Grid!

Throughout the event, from 13:00 to 16:00, there will be an exhibition featuring startups (1st floor) and service providers (2nd floor), where attendees can visit booths at their convenience. This exhibition runs continuously, so participants are free to explore it at any time, even if they don't wish to attend the workshops or keynotes happening in the Jeti Room.

As for the Jeti Room agenda:

• 13:00 - 13:40: Jazz performance by artists from the Sibelius Academy (Filemon Von Numers)
• 13:40 - 13:45: Welcoming words by Marika Paakkala
• 13:50 - 14:20: Presentation on services and support for startups and founders offered by Business Espoo
• 14:25 - 14:55: Workshop: "Unlocking scalable B2B startup growth" led by Joonas Kylliäinen, CEO & Co-founder of Norders
• 15:00 - 15:20: Keynote: "How enterprises are adopting Gen AI services" by Markus Melin, Co-founder & COO of NROC Security

Attendees are encouraged to either attend the sessions in the Jeti Room or explore the exhibition at any time during the event.

Here is the list of startups and service providers that will have a booth during the event:

STARTUPS:

• Natal Mind: Natal Mind is your AI-powered support for better birth. It is a combination of doula, midwife and a psychotherapist available 24/7 on your phone. This approach not only improves the birth experience and outcomes, but also enhances overall perinatal mental well-being of both parents.
• Zero Gravity: We build data fusion based on earth observation data to provide environmental, vegetation, energy/traffic state of cities as well as find optimal locations for renewable energy facilities placement based on our analytics algorithms.
• Codemenders: We are creating digital tools that help consumers secure their spot in a queue or pre-order services from businesses and utilize their waiting time however they want to. This way, we are able to transform the consumer's waiting time into new sales opportunities for businesses that are nearby; also generating data driven insights for streamlined operations and cost effective marketing campaigns.
• Commercial Sense.
• Amertate: Amertat is unlocking the wind's true potential to deliver more affordable and sustainable energy. We are developing a cutting-edge hybrid wind turbine that operates safely and quietly in residential areas, adapts to any climate, and is built with fully recyclable materials.
• AfriPay: AfriPay is an educational one-stop-stop cross-border payment platform for African students looking to study abroad.  AfriPay aims to create equal opportunities by offering financial educational solutions that enable African students to access high-quality education on a global scale.
• Digitune: Digitune is a digital marketing agency offering a comprehensive range of services, including marketing , design, and web development.
• Lensor Oy: 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 help farmers reduce resource use.
• Mimiqit: We are making the best dance teaching app in the world
• Sellforte: Sellforte Marketing Mix Modeling platform helps marketers measure online & offline marketing ROI and optimize media investments.
• Rolly: Rollyy develops autonomous charging robots for EVs, providing flexible, on-demand charging solutions powered by 5G and real-time network integration. By optimizing EV charging infrastructure, Rollyy enhances mobility, reduces congestion, and delivers efficient energy solutions for everyday users and businesses.
• Retake: Connecting online shoppers to their local secondhand stores, one community at a time towards a zero-waste fashion future. Done via a 'snap and search' AI-powered platform.
• Nite Labs: Our company translates sound into visual art, empowering artists with real-time visual creativity. We develop an innovative, all-in-one device that offer an intuitive and accessible.
• Thinnan: thinnan is a community-driven platform that connects people through shared cooking experiences, fostering cultural exchange and social connections around meals. It offers a unique way for hosts to share their culinary traditions while guests enjoy cooking together in both public and private cookouts across various cities.
• NROC: NROC Security helps enterprises protect GenAI powered digital workspace. Our service helps set guardrails, provides visibility and authorization for business users.
• NOCFO: We are making and already operating a modern AI-powered accounting software that would be a great solution for startups and other small businesses.
• MobileKey.IO: Universal Biometric Offline Access Service
• Norders Agency: Norders is a Demand System as a Service for B2B Startups. We help startups execute ABM level international multichannel campaigns, get from 10 to 40 new quality leads per month, become the thought leader, and close more pipeline with faster sales cycles.
• Iprefab: A platflorm to make dream house building dream come true. Matmaking of Plots and ready to movein houses of whole Finland
• See Through Solutions: We commercialize a unique THz camera product for security screening applications such as detection of concealed weapons.
• Mind Unity (MU): Platform for creating/fine-tuning large language models. Based on decentralized private hosting, with a focus on providing computational resources for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tasks.

Service Providers:

• EIT Digital: is a leading European digital innovation and entrepreneurial education organisation driving Europe’s digital transformation. EIT Digital is focused on entrepreneurship and is at the forefront of integrating education, research and business together. This is done in our pan-European network of co-location centres in Berlin, Eindhoven, Helsinki, London, Paris, Stockholm, Trento, Budapest, Madrid, and Silicon Valley.
• EIT Raw Material: Boosting the competitiveness of the European raw materials sector via radical innovation!
• Omnia: Omnia Makerspacen is a collaborative space focused on digital design, physical prototyping, and experimentation. It fosters work-based learning, particularly for secondary VET students, and is part of the A Grid startup community.
• SILTA: SILTA is a program that takes top founders from Finland to the SF Bay Area for three months to immerse them into the vibrant, lively culture of the SF Bay Area.
• Wednesday: Wednesday is a student-driven community that empowers, inspires, and unites women who are interested or involved in entrepreneurship. We create opportunities to learn and get inspired by amplifying the voices of entrepreneurial-minded women, organizing community events, excursions, and get-togethers
• Aalto Startup Center: Aalto Startup Center is a hybrid accelerator offering its own incubation and accelerator services, as well as several partnership programs. Its focus is on sustainable research-based and innovative deep-tech startups
• Business Espoo: Business Espoo supports the vitality of businesses by offering the best, continuously developing services in one place. Come to their booth to learn about City of Espoo, Enter Espoo, Sisu Factory, GameLab, Fair EDIH, Talent Hub, AI Hautomo.

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