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BioMush's culinary innovation available on Japan Airlines flights — collaboration facilitated by Enter Espoo

BioMush and Japan Airlines have started a collaboration to create a sustainable, one-of-a-kind culinary innovation, a soyless and all-natural Umami Sauce-based yuzu dressing, for Japan Airlines' inflight menu.

Circular economy

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Finland is the world's happiest country for the seventh time in a row — World Happiness Report 2024

Finland is ranked the happiest country in the world for the seventh consecutive time in the World Happiness Report. Unlike in previous editions, the residents of each country were able to influence the happiness scores.

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Infinited Fiber Company closes a €40 million development financing round

Infinited Fiber Company, the sustainable fashion tech startup, completed a two-part €40 million development financing round. The new investors include Inditex Group, TTY Management, Youngone, and Goldwin.

Circular economy

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Women-founded Startups in Espoo's innovation community

Espoo is the beating heart of Finland's startup ecosystem, and many of the Espoo-based startups that are lighting up the nation's startup scene are founded by women. Here, you'll find the women-founded startups in Espoo.

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Aalto University recognised as a leading global business school in sustainability education — Financial Times

The Aalto School of Business is among the five business schools globally to get the Financial Times Responsible Business Education Award 2024. (Image: Unto Rautio, Aalto University)

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Marubeni and Nordic Bioproducts Group sign a MoU to collaborate on sustainable biomass utilisation

Marubeni Corporation and Nordic Bioproducts Group Oy (NBG) have signed a MoU. Through the collaboration, the companies aim to establish a biorefinery business utilising NBG's AaltoCellTM technology, focusing on processing woody bioass from Marubeni's plantations in South Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Enifer is set to take the production of PEKILO mycoprotein to a commercial level

Enifer is set to construct its first commercial-scale factory dedicated to producing PEKILO® mycoprotein ingredient after securing a EUR 12 million recycling and reuse investment grant from Business Finland.

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Knights of Nordics matches Espoo's rising stars of deep tech with investors

Enter Espoo organised its annual event, Knights of Nordics, at the Nokia Executive Experience Center, Castrén & Snellman, and House of Nobility on 28–29 November 2023. Knights of Nordics is about matching startups with the right investors while building trust and friendships.

Innovation ecosystem

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Best-kept secret in deep tech

Want to know the best-kept secret in European deep tech? Espoo is one of the leading deep tech ecosystems in Europe and offers you mix of easily accessible opportunities to collaborate, find tech and startups, and investment opportunities.

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Meet us at Web Summit 2023

We're at Web Summit 2023 and delighted to offer you easy access to the leading innovation ecosystem in the Nordics and the world-leading deep tech and sustainable solutions that Finland and Espoo offer.

Circular economy

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Hyperspectral imagery startup Kuva Space raises €16.6 million in funding

Kuva Space raises a €16.6 million funding round. The hyperspectral imagery startup's microsatellites can determine the spectral signature of the molecular composition of any material on Earth — helping to monitor, for example, crops, biodiversity, and much more.

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Interview of Niclas Carlsson, Founder and CEO of Founders Alliance

In this interview, Niclas Carlsson the founder, CEO and owner of the Swedish Founders Alliance, shares his admiration for Espoo's innovation community and its startups.