Genome research in Finland is cracking the code
Genetics researcher Mark Daly wants to stop cancer in its tracks, and says the best place to do it is Helsinki.
Dogs, bedbugs, games: Helsinki’s Maria 01 houses more than 100 startups
Maria 01, a former hospital recently repurposed as a startup hub, is still growing. We meet three companies: one designs online games specifically for women, another makes an app that trains puppies, and a third is putting bedbugs out of business.
1987
The year Design Forum Finland started promoting Finnish design
2008
The first time international startup event Slush was held
Finnish cybersecurity CEO understands the nuts and bolts of technology
Risto Siilasmaa, founder of F-Secure and chair of Nokia, tells us about how his career began, how to think entrepreneurially and how he got a deeper understanding of AI and machine learning. The latter is “much more fascinating than I had dared hope” and “dangerous to ignore.”
466 million
euros invested in Finnish startup companies in 2014
Source: Finnish Venture Capital Association