• National Entrepreneur Days in Turku 19-20 October 2018

    National Entrepreneur Days in Turku 19-20 October 2018

    The theme of the Entrepreneur Days, which will be held at the Turku Fair Center, is “Step Forward” Over 2000 Finnish and foreign entrepreneurs are expected The meeting belongs to the series of celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the Association of Southwest Finland Enterprises The Entrepreneur Days is organized by the Federation of Finnish……


  • Maritime Accelerator programme promotes innovation in maritime industry

    Maritime Accelerator programme promotes innovation in maritime industry

    Six globally operating maritime industry companies seek among start-ups and growth companies for partnerships The goal is to strengthen the innovativeness of the industry The programme is implemented by the regional development company Turku Science Park Ltd with partner Avanto Ventures Oy In Maritime Accelerator, traditional maritime industry players operating on global markets, such as……


  • Meet the partners of Maritime Accelerator

    Meet the partners of Maritime Accelerator

    Maritime Accelerator is already sailing in full speed towards the first bootcamp in October. The corporate partners Wärtsilä, Royal Caribbean, Meyer Turku, Foreship, NAPA Group and Cadmatic have kicked off their work and started clearing their scopes with the experts from Turku Business Region and Avanto Ventures. Marjo Keiramo, Senior Program Manager from Royal Caribbean,……


  • Vaadin 10 modernizes Java development

    Vaadin 10 modernizes Java development

    Vaadin’s technologies are today used by 100 million end-users The new Vaadin 10 gives developers direct access from the JVM to the browser The company’s 150 staff is located in Finland, Northern California, and Germany Vaadin has released Vaadin 10, its largest overhaul of a development platform for the 9 million Java developer community. Vaadin……


  • Finland to host international Life Science Live event

    Finland to host international Life Science Live event

    Life Science Live is a new international event for professionals in the fields of pharmaceuticals and healthcare. The event will take place at the Turku Fair and Congress Center on May 15–16, 2019. The science content at Life Science Live will be coordinated by the University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University, Turku University of Applied……


  • Revolutionising the maritime industry through Maritime Accelerator

    Revolutionising the maritime industry through Maritime Accelerator

    Maritime Accelerator is an accelerator program bringing together the leading players in maritime industry and the most innovative startups globally. The goal of the accelerator is to strengthen the Finnish maritime cluster to become the leading maritime ecosystem in Europe. Together with the partner corporations and global growth companies we are building a fertile ecosystem……


  • ReBio Technologies will join Smart Chemistry Park

    ReBio Technologies will join Smart Chemistry Park

    ReBio Technologies, a company developing long-acting injections for chronic diseases started operating from the Smart Chemistry Park at the beginning of May The company rented a large laboratory for product development Synergies in Smart Chemistry Park played a notable role in ReBio’s decision Smart Chemistry Park has been abuzz since the park’s newest inhabitant, ReBio……


  • Keensight Capital invests in biopharmaceutical company Biovian

    Keensight Capital invests in biopharmaceutical company Biovian

    Keensight Capital has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Turku-based Biovian Biovian is a one-stop-shop of biopharmaceuticals providing manufacturing and development services This acquisition supports Biovian to increase capacities, expand and further internationalize its current client base and further extend the one-stop-shop concept and reinforce its services portfolio Keensight Capital, one of the……


  • Medicortex Finland Announces Agreement with Pro-Lab

    Medicortex Finland Announces Agreement with Pro-Lab

    The Medicortex has found a partner for regulatory process in Canada and UK Pro-Lab will be responsible for the clinical validation In addition the parties intend to initiate a development collaboration Medicortex Finland Oy has announced that it has entered into an agreement with a Canadian company Pro-Lab Diagnostics Inc. Pro-Lab will be responsible for……


  • Maritime Accelerator supports the growth of maritime industry companies

    Maritime Accelerator supports the growth of maritime industry companies

    The goal of Maritime Accelerator is to make Finland the leading region of maritime in Europe The first partners are Meyer, Royal Caribbean International, Wärtsilä and Avanto Ventures Maritime Accelerator seeks companies with new ideas in different branches Turku Science Park Ltd, which is responsible for the business and innovation services in the Turku region,……