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VTT's spin-offs raise close to 10% of all capital funding invested in Finnish startup ecosystem

Spin-off companies from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland raise a significant portion of capital funding invested in the Finnish startup ecosystem. Startups created at VTT and Aalto University form the core of Finland's deep tech startup scene.

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Food tech startup eniferBio gets €11M in funding to produce sustainable fungal protein

Espoo-based food tech startup eniferBio secures €11 million in funding to produce environmentally-friendly fungal protein derived from food and agricultural by-products.

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Aalto Startup Center is ranked among world's three best university business accelerators

Aalto Startup Center is among the top three best university business accelerators in UBI Global's new ranking. Aalto Startup Center repeated its top three finish in the ranking.

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Origin by Ocean wins €7.5M investment to develop algae refining technology

The biotech startup, Origin by Ocean has won €7.5 million in investments to take its algae refining technology closer to industrial-scale production.

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Espoo ranks 6th in patent application among European cities

European Patent Office (EPO) ranks Espoo 6th in patent applications in its Patent Index 2022. Espoo's innovation players filed 58.4% of all patent applications in Finland.

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Contact our Business Advisors

Connect with Enter Espoo's Senior Business Advisors and discover what Finland's leading deep tech ecosystem offers you. Espoo's innovation ecosystem provides a platform for research-intensive development of new technologies.

Deep Tech Innovation Search

Dive deep into the Finnish deep tech ecosystem. In the Deep Tech Innovation Search matchmaking program, corporations, VCs, and CVCs work with Finland's best deep tech players.

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Finland is the world's happiest country for the sixth time in a row — World Happiness Report 2023

Finland is the world's happiest country, again! For the sixth consecutive time, World Happiness Report ranks Finland at the top of its country happiness ranking.

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Connecting with Espoo, Finland, a leading innovation ecosystem city in the Nordic region — City of Yokohama

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Open job: Director, Invest In & Growth Services, Enter Espoo

Are you interested in working in Finland's leading innovation ecosystem? We're looking for Director and Team Leader for our Invest In & Growth Services to lead our team's proactive sales and business attraction work. Apply now!

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Get to know Mayumi Shimizu

Meet Mayumi Shimizu at City-Tech Tokyo 2023 and discover what Finland's leading deep tech community offers you. At Enter Espoo's booth (Hall E2 (B2F), booth #C78), you can also connect with VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, the startups ICEYE and Navigil, and Smart City Innovation Cluster.

Circular economy

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Meet us at City-Tech Tokyo 2023

Espoo is Finland's leading deep tech community offering world-class test beds, collaboration and innovation development opportunities, technologies, and startups. Welcome to Enter Espoo's booth (Hall E2 (B2F), booth #C78) at City-Tech Tokyo on 27-28 February!