Finnish innovation fund Sitra lists the most important trends of the 2020s
What will the 2020s look like? What trends will have the biggest impact on our future? What tensions exist between the various megatrends of our time?
1987
The year Design Forum Finland started promoting Finnish design
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.
2008
The first time international startup event Slush was held
466 million
euros invested in Finnish startup companies in 2014
Source: Finnish Venture Capital Association