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Manufacturing customised photodetectors with unmatched sensitivity in Espoo, Finland

Interview with ElFys CEO Mikko Juntunen, who talks about the benefits of being in Espoo's innovation community and Defence Tech Hub. ElFys makes photodetectors with market-leading sensitivity for light detection applications in space, defence, and health monitoring.

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Meet Defence Tech Hub at Web Summit

Connect with Finland's leading defence and dual-use ecosystem at Web Summit 2025. Espoo has become Finland's defence tech and dual-use epicentre due to the local world-class deep tech community and Defence Tech Hub.

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Espoo and Riihimäki sign collaboration agreement between defence ecosystems

Enter Espoo and the City of Riihimäki have signed a collaboration agreement aimed at strengthening innovation between Espoo's Defence Tech Hub and Riihimäki's DEFINE ecosystem.

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Defence Tech Hub seizing the dual-use business momentum in Espoo, Finland

Defence Tech Hub has seized the defence tech business momentum by creating a dynamic network of about 50 dual-use companies in Espoo, Finland. With the network offered by Defence Tech Hub, Espoo has become the go-to Finnish dual-use business ecosystem.

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ICEYE's fourth-generation Gen4 satellites are now commercially available

ICEYE's fourth-generation Gen4 satellites are now commercially available. The Gen4 satellites deliver the world's highest-fidelity commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery.

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10 takeaways on how to enter the US defence tech market

Are you interested in entering the USA defence tech market? This article gives you 10 takeaways about how companies can succeed in the US defence market.

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How companies can succeed in the US defence market

Which non-traditional technologies are in demand in the US defence market? Who are the potential customers there, and how can you reach them? In this article, you'll learn what companies should know about entering the USA.

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Innovation ecosystem

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Defence Tech Hub

Defence Tech Hub boosts defence innovation, business, and know-how in Finland and increases cooperation by strengthening Espoo's position as a world-class centre of defence tech, open to domestic and foreign players.

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ICEYE to lead a space tech consortium for the Finnish Ministry of Defense F-35 programme

ICEYE is heading a space tech consortium to deliver advanced technologies and analytics to the Finnish Government's F-35 Industrial Participation programme.

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Espoo-based space technology on a mission to test ways to protect Earth from asteroids

Espoo-based space technology and expertise are deployed on the European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera mission to test ways to deflect potentially dangerous asteroids from impacting Earth. VTT, Aalto University, and Kuva Space are participating in the mission.

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ICEYE wins a $93 million growth funding round

ICEYE secured a $93 million growth funding round in April 2024, which will boost investment in the largest constellation of SAR satellites in the world.

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Top 50 startups to watch in Espoo, Finland in 2024 — Q2 list by Dealroom

Every quarter, we'll release a list of the top 50 Espoo-based startups to watch in 2024 — provided to us by Dealroom.