Aalto Startup Center (Aalto University)
THE OPPORTUNITY
Aalto Startup Center is a hybrid accelerator with roots in the year 1997, based in Otaniemi on the Aalto University campus. The hybrid accelerator offers client startups both business incubation and business acceleration services. The purpose of Aalto Startup Center is to foster entrepreneurship and startups which is part of the strategy of Aalto University. It works with both external startups and new businesses set up as part of Aalto University’s commercial research projects (Innovation Services). This unique path is in practice From Ideas To Impact ™, it’s connecting research and business.
WHY TO JOIN
Our customers benefit from the expertise of our staff advisors, who have dozens of years of experience in startup, corporate, and academic world. Advisors also act as a link between parties that can benefit from each other, including mentors, investors and corporate world as well as university itself.
We also run the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre (ESA BIC) in Finland. If you have an innovative idea how to use space technologies on Earth, develop new products and services in a non-space environment or you have invented something new and innovative for the space industry, please visit esabic.fi for more information!
REQUIREMENTS
Our university-led services facilitate and help startups to utilize university’s knowledge and talent base, startup community and Aalto campus resources. Our business generator customers are Finnish startups, with or without background from Aalto University whose scalable business area is
- based on strong technology and/or
- seeking to leverage Aalto University’s knowledge, network and connections
MORE INFORMATION FROM
Marika Paakkala, Head of Aalto Startup Center
WHY TO JOIN
Our customers benefit from the expertise of our staff advisors, who have dozens of years of experience in startup, corporate, and academic world. Advisors also act as a link between parties that can benefit from each other, including mentors, investors and corporate world as well as university itself.
We also run the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre (ESA BIC) in Finland. If you have an innovative idea how to use space technologies on Earth, develop new products and services in a non-space environment or you have invented something new and innovative for the space industry, please visit esabic.fi for more information!
