Industry — Helsinki

The value of Helsinki's start-up ecosystem tripled in six years  Photo: Jussi Hellsten The Helsinki region is a larger area than its size when comparing European start-up ecosystems. The value of Helsinki's start-up ecosystem has tripled since 2015, and the combined value of start-up companies exceeds EUR 25 billion. This can be seen in a recent report published by NewCo Helsinki, the city of Helsinki's new entrepreneurship centre, and Dealroom, a Dutch start-up. Dealroom is a leading provider of startup data with some of the world's most important cities and investment companies as customers. Attractive Helsinki draws venture capitalists In...

Helsinki’s top-rated startup ecosystem boosted by construction of Maria 01, one of Europe's largest Startup Campuses Photo: AOR Architects Helsinki is developing an internationally significant Startup Campus with around 5,000 jobs and 70,000 square metres in connection to the successful Maria 01 startup hub. The new Maria 01 campus will be looking to attract growth companies, startups, anchor companies, investors, accelerators and representatives of research and development activities. The objective is to get around 650 new actors in addition to the current 130 actors. The global startup community's interest in Helsinki is continuously growing. "During the expansion project, Maria 01 will...