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Finland National Finalists

Best Accelerator or Incubator Program

xEdu

Finland

Description

xEdu is the leading European accelerator that works with EdTech startups. Based in Finland, we maximize upon the expertise of our nations educational system and pioneering tech scene and combine it with our dynamic global network of innovators, educators, and investors.

Terkko Health X

Finland

Description

Terkko Health X is an ambitious pre-incubator for health tech and life science teams with the aim to support Finland-based entrepreneurship. Terkko Health X is aimed toward early-stage teams with the ambition to create impactful solutions that solve real problems. You’ve got an idea – Terkko Health X provides you with the right skills and services to take that concept into the market.

Kiuas

Finland

Description

Kiuas is Finland’s #1 startup accelerator that help early-stage startups by top-level support, including connections to investors, software tools and coaching.

Best GreenTech Startup

Geyser Batteries

Finland

Description

Geyser Batteries offers high-power heavy-duty energy storage solutions based on novel proprietary water-based electrolyte and unique engineering and manufacturing know-how. Geyser Batteries is setting up the production line in Finland.

Soletair Power

Finland

Description

Soletair Power is a company capturing CO2 from building ventilation to make people to have better performance and wellbeinbg indoors. Captured CO2 can be combined with hydrogen to create renewable fuels.

Kamupak

Finland

Description

Kamupak is a deposit system for reusable take away packages as well as a platform enabling reuse and recycling of other products.

Best Coworking Space

Terkko Health Hub

Finland

Description

We are a startup community, a co-working space and event venue focusing on health and life sciences entrepreneurship. We provide various support services and events for our community with the help of our wide network and corporate partners.

Helsinki Think Company

Finland

Description

Helsinki Think Company is the entrepreneurship society of the University of Helsinki. Were a community, a co-working space and an event hub focused on taking academics to action. We provide you with tools for making an impact with your entrepreneurial journey.

Maria 01

Finland

Description

Maria 01 is the leading startup campus in the Nordics, based in Helsinki, Finland. We provide the most thriving environment for ambitious tech startups, venture capitalists, and large enterprises in the tech community to connect and help each other succeed.

Best HealthTech Startup

Phonolyser Oy

Finland

Description

Phonolyser is an AI-based screening tool that detects heart structure abnormalities in children to empower pediatricians, midwives and less experienced doctors to differentiate innocent murmurs from pathologic ones so called Congenital Heart Disease.

Nukute

Finland

Description

Nukute provides technology for the diagnosis and monitoring of respiratory and pulmonary diseases. Our products provide doctors with an opportunity to diagnose sleep apnea as well as monitor the well-being of patients with respiratory and pulmonary diseases as well as ARDS.

Dermeco Oy

Finland

Description

Dermeco Oy is a Finnish startup offering sustainable material solutions for the wound care market. We specialize in developing ecological material innovations for hydrocolloid skin adhesive products in order to lower the environmental impact of the wound care industry.

Best Newcomer

DroppX

Finland

Description

DroppX connects the dots between brands and consumers by offering the best post-purchase experience to online shoppers.

StepOut

Finland

Description

StepOut is a SAAS tool assisting freelancers in the field of fitness, well-being and recreation to streamline their business and marketing processes with an all-in-one tool.

Droppe

Finland

Description

One-stop shop for all your wholesale Connecting Nordic businesses to the Europes top equipment manufacturers via an online wholesale marketplace. Find all your favourite production, construction and wholesale brands online.

Ecosystem Hero of the Year

Kristina Sweet

Finland

Description

A single mom of three boys (all born in different countries) – grew up on a large cattle farm in rural Alberta – have lived and worked in 4 countries – half of my career was in large multinationals; Canada’s largest oil and gas, national railway and KONE – almost all of my career has been working in traditionally male dominated fields – have worked in multiple NGOs, mainly in international trade – spent the last 5 years as an founder and CEO of my own company in Finland – CEO of The Shortcut – I am the President of the Finnish Canadian Chamber of Commerce

 

Alexandra Santos

Finland

Description

Alexandra is the COO of Platform6 – recently opened 4000m2 startup house in the heart of Tampere, and co-founder of Stream Startup Festival – a not-for-profit startup event in Tampere, Finland empowering local startup scene by bringing practical support and tools of growth for early stage startups. Over the last 3 years Alexandra has also been working in various roles in the local startup community Tribe Tampere pushing its startup scene forward!

Mikko Pohjola

Finland

Description

Mikko Pohjola, PhD, divides his time between two of his passions. 1) Helping researchers commercialize their inventions and early-stage startups and university spinoffs in his role as the collaboration manager in the Tech transfer office of University of Turku. 2) Building a better way of coping stress for the knowledge worker in Korpi ForRest the startup he co-founded with his brother. Mikko holds a PhD in economics from Utrecht University, in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship. Previously he has co-founded two start-ups and and also the first of it’s kind alumni investment and development company Monttu Ventures where he also previously lead the team as the CEO.

Founder of the Year

Jan Goetz

Finland

Description

Jan is a quantum physicist and co-founding CEO of IQM, building next-generation quantum computers. IQM has assembled an exceptional team of international quantum experts developing co-design quantum computers to tackle the hardest challenges of modern society. IQM has raised more than EUR 71 million in funding, including the largest seed investment round in Finnish history. Jan did his doctorate on superconducting quantum circuits at the Technical University of Munich and worked as a Marie Curie Fellow in Helsinki at Aalto University, where he holds the title of docent. Capital magazine selected him as one of the 40 under 40 in Germany and he received the prestigious entrepreneurship award from the KAUTE Foundation.

Karoliina Kauhanen

Finland

Description

I have been sick most of my life, with epilepsy and back issues. For two years my spinal problems were treated as psychological issues of a 15-year old. I remember sitting at the psychologist, talking about my feelings, when I could barely sit due to my broken back. I didn’t understand why no one believed me. I just wanted to talk to someone who would believe me, someone who has felt the same way. I have tried to find a way to make helping and finding peer-to-peer support easier through working in the events industry, various startups, marketing companies and as a support person for children. I couldn’t find a way, so I made one, Commu!

Rudi Skogman

Finland

Description

Rudi is the CEO & Co-founder of Blok, the largest digital real estate agency in the Nordics. Before founding Blok he spent 2011-2015 as a core team member at Slush where he was a part of building the event up from 1000 visitors to 17,000 visitors. After Slush he spent a year on the dark side as a venture capitalist. He’s been an active member of the Finnish startup scene for over 10 years and is very well connected to the scene both in Finland and Europe.

Best VC

Nordic Ninja VC

Finland

Description

NordicNinja is the biggest Japanese deeptech fund in Europe.

Sparkmind.vc

Finland

Description

Sparkmind.vc is the first Nordic venture capital company focused on the learning sector. Our geographical home field is Europe, while we can also selectively do investments outside the region. We invest from seed to international growth phase with single investments up to 5m.

Maki.vc

Finland

Description

Maki.vc is an early-stage VC firm in Helsinki, Finland, that invests in deep tech and brand-driven companies across consumer and enterprise spaces.

Startup of the Year

Blok Enterprises

Finland

Description

Blok is the largest digital real estate agency in the Nordics.

3DBear

Finland

Description

We seize a $1 BN business opportunity based on a much-needed breakthrough solution in remote learning with augmented reality. Our World Class team makes 3DBear an international success with focus on US and in India

IQM

Finland

Description

IQM is the European leader in superconducting quantum computers. In two years, we have grown to 100+ employees. We build quantum computers for supercomputing centers and industrial customers. We deliver quantum advantage through our unique application-specific co-design approach..

Best AI/Machine Learning Startup

IPRally

Finland

Description

Technologies come in all shapes and sizes, but all inventions have a common logic that can be represented in a graph. With this insight, IPRally has made patent data both searchable and understandable.

Blok Enterprises

Finland

Description

Blok is the largest digital real estate agency in the Nordics.

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