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Turku-based Faron Pharmaceuticals receives major funding for cancer drug development
Biopharmaceutical company Faron Pharmaceuticals has received a five-million-euro investment, reports Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). The company recently announced particularly interesting research results on the efficacy of its immunological drug bexmarilimab in cancer treatments. In a somewhat unusual directed share issue, the company’s board of directors directed the issue to the company itself and the company……
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Circular economy company CH-Bioforce receives rare EU funding of up to €15 million
Raisio-based CH-Bioforce aims to build its own biomass processing plant in Raisio in 2024. The company’s business idea is based on the use of industrial and especially agricultural side streams. The regional development company Turku Science Park Ltd. has been involved in the company’s journey since 2015. CH-Bioforce Oy, based in Raisio’s Smart Chemistry Park,……
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At the forefront of smart shipping
Smart technology solutions for global problems of navigation are being developed in the Turku region. The key to success lies in strong co-operation. How can seafaring, waterways and port operations be made environmentally sounder, safer and more efficient using smart technology solutions and shared data? These questions are studied in a number of companies and……
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Startup Call Invites New Businesses to Turku
Turku Science Park Ltd is organising a programme that invites international startups to develop their businesses in Southwest Finland. In the Startup Call competition, innovative teams participate in an intensive three-month programme that highlights the advantages provided by the startup ecosystem in Turku and Finland. Applying for the Startup Call programme is now open to……
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Robocoast to boost digitalisation of manufacturing industry
Turku Science Park Ltd is part of an innovation cluster, which was awarded funding by the European Commission. It is a Robocoast EDIH consortium focusing on the digitalisation of manufacturing industry. Turku Science Park Ltd is responsible for digital maturity and investment issues in the consortium. The activities will help companies to find investors at……
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New business opportunities for SMEs from health data
Major EU funding boosts digitalisation of Finnish SMEs. HealthHub Finland brings together top experts from across the country to help companies to lower the threshold for creating new health data-driven innovations. Coordinated by Turku Science Park Ltd, HealthHub Finland’s idea is simple. It is a consortium that helps SMEs to digitalise and develop new……
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The StartingUp workshops are here
Are you considering on starting up your own business or have you recently done just that? Is your idea scalable, and are you possibly interested in international growth? The StartingUp workshop, aimed at aspiring startup entrepreneurs, will take your idea forward. We find out e.g. what your client base is, and what kind of value……
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Two-day Northbound Startups Sails with Å Pitch event concluded a two-year project by looking into the future
Everyone rejoiced when the implementing partners of the two-year Northbound Startups project from Turku, Tallinn and Västerås and the startups and investors involved got to meet each other face to face. The services directed at startups and investors were reborn during the coronavirus pandemic, and there was no attempt to hide the feelings of success….…
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Smart Port as a Service™ – Awake.AI launches platform based on Intel technology
With productivity, environmental, and economic pressures mounting, ports around the world are turning to the Internet of Things (IoT), advanced analytics and machine learning to boost operational efficiencies. Working together to mesh edge, AI and 5G technologies, Awake.AI and Intel are leading port operations to the computer vision era. The solution uses machine-learning models to……
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Estonian startup wins Å Pitch competition
Held in an unusual setting on the deck of a river raft on the Aura River, the international Å Pitch startup event attracted almost a hundred enthusiastic participants. 12 companies from Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Germany and Sweden participated in the pitching competition. The Pitch was organised for the third time under the theme Do Good,……
