Services for Startups

You do not need to master everything (yet); we help startup teams in different phases of their evolution.

Services for startups

The growth services team will:

  • help you in making connections with the most important private funding networks in Finland and as well as Finnish publicly-funded units.
  • offer customised training to support startups in different phases.
  • act as a gateway to City of Helsinki test beds.
  • organise training and networking events in Finland.
  • offer a service package that makes entering the Finnish market as easy as possible for international businesses. Read more about Soft landing.

Services for Involved Entities

The growth services team will:

Our team consists of committed experts from various disciplines, such as health, artificial intelligence, smart & clean, fintech and edutech.

You can reach us also by e-mail: startup@hel.fi(Link opens default mail program) .

Meet our growth services team

Lauri Määttänen

Name
Lauri Määttänen

Title
Program Manager, Growth Services
Jukka Hakola.

Name
Jukka Hakola

Title
Business Helsinki Accelerator
Mia-Stiina Heikkala.

Name
Mia-Stiina Heikkala

Title
Business Helsinki Accelerator
Harri Hoivala.

Name
Harri Hoivala

Title
Business Helsinki Accelerator
Eero Nikula.

Name
Eero Nikula

Title
Business Helsinki Accelerator
Mikko Armila.

Name
Mikko Armila

Title
Soft-Landing Services for Startups
Jochen Faugel.

Name
Jochen Faugel

Title
Soft-Landing Services for Startups
Christian Lardot.

Name
Christian Lardot

Title
Health and Wellbeing, Program Lead, Health Incubator Helsinki