Advisory services and networks for growth companies

The growth services team serves as a ‘door opener’ to the local startup ecosystem, combining your company’s needs with our extensive network. We will help you in finding the networks and information you need in Helsinki and elsewhere.

Meet our growth services team

We organise events with the goal of supporting startups and the ecosystem. You might find a prospective business partner or gain in-depth expertise on funding, contracts, and many other things. View our upcoming events here.

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:

• Looks for startups for investors and important startup events by commission.
• Organises networking events, where major local and foreign players meet and forge valuable relationships both in the private and public sector.
• Works in close cooperation with international ecosystem actors.
• Runs  Health Incubator Helsinki(Link leads to external service) (Link leads to external service) and  Helsinki Education Hub(Link leads to external service) (Link leads to external service) .

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) (Link opens default mail program) .