Finland startup ecosystem
Finland's startup ecosystem punches above its weight thanks to a culture of technical excellence, high trust, and Nokia's legacy of engineering talent. Helsinki hosts Slush, one of Europe's premier startup conferences, and the country is a leader in gaming, cleantech, and health tech. Public funding agencies like Business Finland provide strong non-dilutive support. The directory currently lists 64 organisations across 8 cities.
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Aibidia
Aibidia (Aibidia Oy) is a Helsinki-based transfer pricing software company that automates the full transfer pricing lifecycle for multinational enterprises. Its platform connects teams, tools, and territories in a single data hub, covering TP compliance, operational transfer pricing, local file generation, P&L segmentation, Pillar Two preparation, benchmarking studies, and an AI research assistant called TP Aurora. Customers referenced on its site include Fujifilm, Phoenix Group, Symrise, Valeo, Nokia, and HMD.
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Aiven
Aiven is a Helsinki-based cloud data platform founded in 2016 that provides fully managed open-source data infrastructure services including PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka, Redis, Elasticsearch, and ClickHouse across all major cloud providers. The company raised over $270 million including a $210 million Series D in 2022 at a $3 billion valuation, making it Finland's most valuable startup at the time. Aiven serves thousands of customers globally and employs over 500 people. By abstracting the operational complexity of open-source data tools, Aiven enables engineering teams to focus on building rather than managing infrastructure.
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Arctic15 2026
Nordic startup and investor matchmaking conference in Helsinki with a focus on curated 1:1 meetings between founders, VCs, and corporate partners. Known for its high meeting-to-attendee ratio and strong Nordic/Baltic deal flow.
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Arctic15 2027
Arctic15 Helsinki's next edition is confirmed for 16-17 June 2027, in-person. The Nordic startup and investor matchmaking conference is known for curated 1:1 meetings between founders, VCs, and corporate partners, and a high meeting-to-attendee ratio for Nordic/Baltic deal flow.
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ArcticStartup
ArcticStartup is a Helsinki-based media and events organization covering the Nordic and Baltic startup ecosystem since 2007. It produces NORDEEP, positioning it as Northern Europe's first and only deep tech conference with a business focus, with the mission to unlock deep tech potential by connecting startups, researchers, investors, and corporations. The organization runs the annual NORDEEP Nordic Deep Tech Business Summit in Espoo, Finland, expecting 750+ attendees and 200+ startups at each edition.
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Assembly Organizing Oy
Assembly Organizing Oy is the company behind Assembly, Finland's largest digital festival, held twice a year for more than 30 years and drawing nearly 30,000 attendees to Messukeskus Helsinki, with over 4,000 simultaneous computer and console seats. The company produces the Assembly events and the Assembly.org platform, plus esports and other digital content, most notably the Telia Esports Series, for clients ranging from major global brands running their own esports programs to those seeking to reach gaming audiences through relevant content and channels.
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Assembly Summer 2026
Finland's legendary demoscene and gaming festival, running since 1992, now combines its traditional demo competitions with esports tournaments, indie-game showcases, and creative-coding workshops. 5,000+ attendees bring their computers for a LAN party atmosphere. Relevant to gaming, creative-coding, and entertainment-tech startups as both a community event and a recruiting ground for engine and graphics talent.
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Assembly Winter 2027
Assembly Winter 2027 runs 25-28 February at Messukeskus in Helsinki, the winter edition of Finland's largest digital art and gaming festival. Over four days the event combines gaming, esports, demoscene art and digital culture, with ticket sales already open for the Helsinki gathering.
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Business Finland
Business Finland is the Finnish government agency for innovation funding and trade, investment, and travel promotion, formed in 2018 from the merger of Finpro and Tekes. It is one of the most significant public funding sources for startups in Europe, distributing hundreds of millions of euros annually in grants, loans, and R&D funding to Finnish companies at all stages. For startups, Business Finland offers the Tempo funding program (up to EUR 50,000 for early validation), NIY (up to EUR 1.25M for scaling), and various R&D project grants for deep tech and industrial innovation. The agency also operates a global network of offices helping Finnish startups enter international markets, and runs targeted programs for sectors including cleantech, health, gaming, and AI. Business Finland plays a foundational role in Finland's innovation system and is a key reason Helsinki has become one of Europe's leading startup cities.
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Cordulus
Cordulus is a weather-intelligence company combining AI with weather sensor networks (weather stations, rain gauges, soil-temperature and wind sensors) to deliver hyperlocal forecasts for agriculture, winter road maintenance, construction and motorsports. Its platform serves customers across many European markets, offering rain and wind forecasting alongside an AI weather model.
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CurifyLabs
CurifyLabs is a Helsinki-based HealthTech company automating the production of personalised medicines. Its Compounding System Solution combines proprietary software, GMP-manufactured excipient bases, and 3D-printing hardware (including the PharmaPrinter Aurum) to let pharmacies compound and dispense custom-dosed medications up to nine times faster than manual methods. Founded in 2021 by Charlotta Topelius and Niklas Sandler — a professor of pharmaceutical technology at Åbo Akademi University with over a decade researching automated compounding — the company's technology is already in use across pharmacies in 21 U.S. states and multiple European countries. In July 2026, CurifyLabs closed a $14 million Series A, co-led by Sandwater and HealthCap with participation from Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd.) and existing investor Lifeline Ventures, to expand its compounding platform.
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David Sonnek
David Sonnek is the CEO of Navigare Ventures, a Nordic venture capital and ecosystem development organization focused on supporting deep tech startups across Scandinavia and Finland. He has played a significant role in building cross-border collaboration between Nordic startups, investors, and research institutions, and is a regular participant in the Nordic technology conference circuit. Sonnek is a confirmed speaker at NORDEEP 2026.
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Enfuce
Enfuce is a cloud-native card issuing and payment processing platform that enables banks, fintechs and brands to launch and scale payment programmes across Europe. Founded in 2016 and holding EMI licences from both the Finnish FSA and the UK FCA, the company raised €45 million in a Series C round led by Vitruvian Partners with participation from Visa and Maki.vc. With 280 employees and ambitions to 10x revenue by 2030, Enfuce became Finland's largest fintech startup. In March 2026, co-founder Denise Johansson took sole CEO responsibility as the company accelerates European expansion.
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Fingersoft
Fingersoft is an independent mobile game studio headquartered in Oulu, 170 km south of the Arctic Circle. It is best known for Hill Climb Racing and Hill Climb Racing 2, which together surpassed 2.5 billion installs, with Hill Climb Racing alone crossing 2 billion downloads in January 2026. Founded in 2012 by Toni Fingerroos, the company remains bootstrapped and profitable, making it one of Finland's most commercially successful independent game studios. In 2026 it launched an open beta for Hill Climb Racing 3 across Finland, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the UK.
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Finnish Quantum Days 2026
The annual flagship event of Finland's quantum ecosystem, organised by InstituteQ, with keynotes, policy discussion, and a quantum pitching competition. Relevant for quantum and deep-tech founders and researchers.
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Framery
Framery is a Finnish hardware manufacturer that designs and produces soundproof office pods and phone booths for open-plan workplaces. The company was founded in 2010 in Tampere, Finland by Samu Hällfors and Vesa-Matti Marjamäki after they were unable to find a ready-made solution for noise in their own open-plan office. Its product range includes the Framery One, Four and Six pods plus the newer Gradus line, along with workplace technology such as occupancy sensors, room displays and a management platform called Framery Connect. The company is headquartered and manufactures in Tampere, and in 2018 private equity firm Vaaka Partners became the majority owner.
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FutureTech Oulu 2026
One of Oulu's biggest autumn tech events, free and in English, gathering professionals, researchers, and entrepreneurs around AI, human-machine collaboration, and dual-use and cybersecurity themes.
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HappySignals
HappySignals is the leading SaaS platform for IT Experience Management (ITXM), measuring how employees perceive IT services and translating that data into productivity and service quality improvements. Founded in Helsinki in 2014, the platform covers over one million employees across 130 countries and integrates with major ITSM tools. In 2024 the company raised €12 million led by Mandatum Asset Management to fund global expansion. Customers using the platform report an average 26% increase in end-user productivity, and the company hosted the inaugural ITXM Summit in London in May 2026.
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Helsinki Design Week 2026
The Nordics' largest design festival, running for 10+ days across Helsinki with 200,000+ visitors, 250+ events, and a dedicated design-business program for creative startups, service designers, and UX studios. Features exhibitions, pop-ups, talks, and the Design Forum pitching event. Most events free. Useful for creative-tech, UX tooling, and design-software founders looking to connect with Nordic design buyers.
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Hoxhunt
Hoxhunt is a Helsinki-based security behavior change platform that runs phishing simulations and personalised security awareness training to reduce human cyber risk inside organisations. Its product suite covers security operations support alongside behavior change and security culture programmes, gamifying employee training to drive engagement. The company is headquartered in Helsinki with an additional office in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
