Pitching event for startups in Turku, Tampere and Pori regions will take place in May A total of nine startups will be chosen to pitch, apply by 18 April at latest New investors are also welcome With its regional operations FiBAN brings together investors, founders and startup ecosystem players based around Finland. The next regional……

The Finnish health sector is uniquely enabled by cooperation between the corporate, the academic and the public sector The HealthTurku cluster is the largest, oldest and most impactful concentration of health sector expertise in Finland Globally and locally, the lack of skilled employees hinders health sector growth, but internationalisation is a potential solution Health and……

Awake.AI is a Turku based software platform company building an ecosystem for smart ports and shipping Frost & Sullivan recognizes Awake.AI with the 2021 European Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award Awake.AI’s multimodal platform enables real-time collaboration, planning and optimisation for sea-port-land actors Based on its recent analysis of the European maritime logistics market, Frost……

In the Fast Track recruitment campaign, a company will receive help in finding the right talent, and the work permits of the experts will be processed within two weeks’ time The campaign is open to ICT and game industry companies all around Finland Turku Science Park Ltd.’s specialists are there to help companies in the……

ArcDia Ltd and Abacus Diagnostica Ltd bring to market improved COVID-19 tests Radiometer Turku Ltd is investing in a production line and hiring new personnel Medicortex Ltd has received funding from Business Finland HealthTurku, Finland’s leading expertise centre for pharma, diagnostics and health technology, continues to grow strongly. There has been many good news from……

New personnel is needed both in vehicle and battery manufacturing In Uusikaupunki site the need is 700 and for the Salo site 300 people All positions are permanent and the company will provide training to all employees in their tasks Valmet Automotive has started a recruitment campaign for 1,000 production and salaried employees in Finland. New……

PRIVASA project led by the University of Turku develops artificial intelligence methods for the safe utilization of sensitive data in the health sector The project promotes the growth of Finnish health technology businesses in the global data market The consortium includes 3 research institutes and 12 corporate partners Business Finland has granted EUR 3 million……

This year, the visitors of SHIFT Business Festival can spend the night at the venue, Hotel Kakola The concept provides an engaging and experience-full event while respecting the COVID-19 preventative measures Themes this year are circular economy, AI & digital trust and food tech Gathering restrictions have hit the event industry hard, and there’s no……

Montinutra Oy, utilizing the side streams of the forest industry as a raw material, has received a capital investment of one million euros The company’s focus is currently on the development of spruce extract The raw material for spruce extract is spruce sawdust Metsä Group’s innovation company Metsä Spring Ltd has made an equity investment……

The growth programme supporting innovation in the maritime industry continues after COVID-19 lets up Despite COVID-19, growth companies in particular are eagerly anticipating the programme’s next round All the rest of Turku Science Park Ltd.’s services are continuously available for businesses, organisations and other groups in the industry The next round of the Maritime Growth……