Deadline: 28-Feb-22
Applications are now open for the Urban Tech Helsinki Incubator Programme for clean and sustainable urban solutions.
They help you turn your business idea into a growth-oriented startup that focuses on solving the challenges of modern cities. Together with their partners, they help you to turn fresh innovations into successful, international business.
Their goal is to turn fresh innovations into successful, international business. They are a part of the vibrant Helsinki startup ecosystem, with corporate and investor partners in search of sustainable urban solutions. Solving global challenges is a business opportunity worth billions of euros – and it’s well worth taking.
Benefits
- Free-of-charge. No equity taken.
- Flex desk membership at Maria 01
- 1+1+1 year Aalto Startup Center Business Generator program based on your needs and progress
- A comprehensive 8-week onboarding period with events twice a week
- An in-debt incubation program with 1-to-1 coaching, mentoring, and training
- Access to piloting with Testbed. Helsinki and other city platforms
- Networking with city of Helsinki, universities, and partners
- Connections to +100 business mentors of their partners
- Access to startup tools, innovation development tools and methods
- Marketing and PR support with professional help in your startup’s communications and showcasing their startups during Slush, Arctic15 and other major startup events.
- Visibility in Helsinki’s startup ecosystem and the program’s international collaboration network of cities, universities, and corporates
What do they offer?
- Contribute to smart, clean and sustainable city challenges
- Connect to Aalto University, University of Helsinki and Metropolia UAS research, networks and infrastructure
- Test your product in real environments on platforms and testbeds in Helsinki and beyond
- Participate in matchmaking with RDI organizations, relevant corporations and other startups
- Explore funding opportunities with their advisors and specific tools
Application Criteria
- You have an established company under 3 years of age with at least two founders working full-time
- Your company is based on strong technology with a scalable business model
- You have an MVP, proof-of-concept or a validated concept
- You can commit to the incubation process in Helsinki, Finland, organised in a hybrid model online and onsite in 2022. They start with an 8-week onboarding period for each batch.
For more information, visit https://urbantechhelsinki.fi/