Investors
Invest in groundbreaking technologies and help shape the future with Aalto Startup Center.
Join us at Demo Day!
Join us to witness the innovation that can be born in Otaniemi! Demo Day 2026, a day dedicated to groundbreaking innovations, stimulating discussions, and compelling presentations, taking place on March 4th.
Aalto Startup Center is the home of innovation!
We are the home of trailblazing innovators at Otaniemi, where groundbreaking tech ideas transform into global success stories like Rovio and Futurice. If you have a visionary tech innovation that can shape a sustainable future, we want to hear from you! Become part of our vibrant community, receive invaluable mentorship, and take your startup to new heights. Apply now and make your mark on the world!
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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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Event calendar
Most of our events are related to our programs. Public events are listed here.
Incubator and Accelerator Programs
Business Generator Accelerator 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.
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.
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.
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.
ESA Phi-Lab Finland
Boosting disruptive geospatial innovations for space.
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 urban-tech startup building trusted AI-backed data and analytics for nature and biodiversity in the built environment. Our mission is to make high-quality ecological insights accessible, frequent, and reliable so that developers, planners, and land managers can strengthen resilience in urban nature.
Amertat Energy Oy
Empowering a Sustainable Future through Innovation and Integrity
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.
Solar Foods
For the first time in history, humankind can produce food without burdening our home planet.
