News from Aalto founder community
Aalto Digital Creatives Art & Tech Open Call 鈥22 received a record number of applications
Art & Tech Open Call 鈥22 winners will be selected聽at the Media Lab Demo Day event on 1.6.2022.
Aalto Startup Center celebrates its 25th anniversary as a pioneer in Finnish startup culture
Aalto Startup Center has played an important role in the construction of the Finnish startup ecosystem.
Aalto University becomes a founding partner in Ioncell Oy
The new company will commercialise and develop ecological textile fibre technologies.
Introducing the university's art collection and the A Grid community - take a tour!
I love campus tours for Aalto community began in May 2022
Call for proposal 2023 / Innovation / EIT Raw Materials - KAVA10
Innovation projects are based on validated technologies (TRL5) and must aim at market introduction.
DRAFT Proposal submission: Tuesday, 31 May 2022 at 13:00 CET
DRAFT Proposal submission: Tuesday, 31 May 2022 at 13:00 CET
How do we make the circular economy a platform?
Innovation and sustainability are inseparable. Their relationship grows stronger through collaboration between universities and companies.
Would you say 鈥榊es鈥 for commercializing your research idea? Aalto's Innovation services are helping researchers applying R2B funding
Business Finland鈥檚 Research to Business funding is intended for projects in which research teams aim to develop their research into new business and to commercialize their research ideas. Funding application period will start soon, and new enthusiastic research teams are wanted.
Aalto Digital Creatives has launched Art & Tech Open Call for a development grant for creative industry projects
Find out more about the open call at the Art & Tech Open Call Demo Day event on Friday 8.4.2022 at Roihupelto Studios.
Aalto Startup Center鈥檚 alumni companies increased their turnover in 2020 despite COVID-19
The turnover of Aalto University's alumni companies has developed in the opposite direction from that of Finnish companies on average.
Aalto Digital Creatives pre-incubator program announces an open call for creative industry projects
Deadline for applications is on 23 March 2022.
Alumnus Atte Hujanen: I have been an entrepreneur all my life
鈥楾o succeed and enjoy being an entrepreneur, you need to enjoy unpredictable situations, reacting to them, and overcoming them. If the image of such an everyday life gets a smile on your face day after day, then entrepreneurship may be for you,鈥 thinks Atte Hujanen, the founder of the karaoke streaming service Singa.
KONE and Aalto University鈥檚 teaching collaboration approaches design as a method, way of thinking and competitive advantage
A key component of the collaboration is study projects, in which student teams work to solve companies鈥 real-life challenges.
Colliding students and startups in A Grid鈥檚 Omnia Makerspace
Omnia Makerspace was launched in startup hub A Grid鈥檚 first floor opposite Restaurant Factory in April 2019. Since then, the space has evolved from an empty basement into a flourishing workspace where students and startups collide.
Aalto University joins the City of Helsinki's new campus incubator programme
Helsinki wants to create a strong network of business incubators in the city in cooperation with higher education institutions.
Russia - not so difficult, not so different?
Seminar 鈥淐areer opportunities with Russia鈥 was held on December 9th at Aalto University鈥檚 Dipoli in Otaniemi, Espoo, as an on-line event.
Towards the next generation of social innovations 鈥 Northern Dimension Future Forum 2021
The annual Northern Dimension Future Forum took place at Aalto University, Finland, and online on December 1, 2021. In the Future Forum, experts and stakeholders discussed the sustainability of social innovations and policy measures induced by the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of Northern Dimension thematic partnerships. From the Aalto University, Professor Riitta Kosonen, Director of CEMAT and Lead coordinator of the Northern Dimension Institute, Professor Otto Toivanen, Aalto School of Economics, and Milja Leinonen, Chair of the Board, Aalto University Student Union, participated in the event.
Entrepreneurial buzz, just a click away 鈥 virtual tour and other top picks from the Aalto startup community
The entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem tour allows users to experience our university's entrepreneurial buzz from anywhere.
Aalto Startup Center receives honorable mention in renowned award ceremony for adapting to the global pandemic
Aalto University Startup Center has received an honorable mention for its success of adapting key operations to be applicable amidst the global pandemic.
A much-smaller Slush reminded of the power of community
The startup event Slush gathered 8,800 participants at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre.
Dragons out! Kari Kakkonen employs fantasy to lead children into the world of software testing
A ground-breaking children鈥檚 book on software testing brought Aalto University alumnus Kari Kakkonen the EuroSTAR Software Testing Excellence Award.
