Business & innovation Archives

Ideas and money flow at Slush Helsinki

Our reporter sends an update from among the throngs of investors and startup entrepreneurs at Slush Helsinki.

Blueprint Genetics, a startup that attended Slush Helsinki in 2013, may revolutionise testing for inheritable diseases.

Venture capitalists from around the world come to Slush Helsinki every November to find the best young companies in Northern Europe.

Kilometre-high skyscrapers or wooden buildings: Finnish companies are at the forefront of new construction technology.

Thanks to events like Midnight Pitch Fest, Finland’s northern city of Oulu is becoming known as the city of startups.

Companies in Finland, the land of Angry Birds and Clash of Clans, are making apps for young kids and their parents.

Rails Girls, a worldwide movement encouraging women to try app building and programming, began with one event in Finland.

The new cruise ship Viking Grace is the most efficient ship in the thriving Baltic Sea cruise industry. We find out why.