Members: Sonja Sirviö, Samuel Sirviö
Ecocan is a green tech startup that offers a digital recycling platform that adapts the proven Finnish deposit system to the East African market. Powered by a mobile app and a deposit-return model, Ecocan rewards users for recycling and combats the region’s counterfeit crisis through secure, scannable product authentication.
Member: Ravi Gurbani
Calmind is working on a wearable device that transforms how we manage anxiety and hypertension by creating an intelligent partnership between your body and cutting-edge technology. Using precise neuromodulation to gently activate users' vagus nerve, it naturally stimulates their parasympathetic nervous system—the body's own calming mechanism. The device continuously learns from users' unique physiological patterns, creating a personalized AI feedback loop that responds in real-time to their needs.
By harnessing the power of people's nervous system's natural healing pathways, Calmind offers a gentle, non-invasive solution that helps users reclaim control over stress and blood pressure, moment by moment, throughout their day.
Member: Sandro Valenzuela
ChronoGen Labs empowers individuals to proactively optimize their health, extend their vitality, and genuinely feel younger. They seek to offer cutting-edge probiotic and anti-aging compounds, scientifically formulated to elevate users' internal systems and support cellular vitality. Beyond their premium compounds, ChronoGen Labs aims to provide personalized nutrition coaching and advanced microbiome profiling, quantifying users' progress and ensuring a data-driven approach tailored to their unique needs. ChronoGen Labs' mission is to equip individuals with the tools to redefine aging, fostering sustained energy, cognitive clarity, and holistic well-being for a thriving, optimized future.
Members: Annamari Kiviaho, Johannes Einolander
Akatemio is building the future of on-demand academic expertise, by helping organizations connect with the right researchers for the right tasks—faster, smarter, and more transparently than ever before. Offering streamlined expert-matching saves valuable time, breaks down institutional silos, and enables more efficient diffusion of cutting-edge research. Akatemio’s mission is to make access to academic expertise more efficient, equitable, and impactful across society.
Members: Jingsi Wu, Xuran Meriläinen Wang
Lokki provides an authentic Finland traveling experience tailored for busy professionals and families. Through 3-5-day travel packages, Lokki invites travelers to immerse themselves in Finland's unique nature, culture, and design — from forest to sauna, from architecture exploration to aurora hunting. Lokki helps visitors connect with the essence of Finland and create unforgettable memories.
Member: Jenni Vapaaoksa
Find & Reuse' focus is on lowering the carbon footprint of construction materials by making it easier to reuse building components. The goal is to develop a comprehensive operating model and supporting tools designed to accelerate the transition to a circular economy in the construction industry.
Members: Joel Sam Johnson, Filip Rásó, Pradham Pepakayala
Syllabuss hopes to build a platform where students can bypass the difficulties of using Sisu, the notoriously complicated Finnish university study information system. They take some of the core functionality that students use Sisu for, and package it into a more intuitive interface. Students could look at the study choices of alumni and incorporate these choices into their own studies. Additionally, students could also explore relevant courses to them and see what previous students have thought about courses, in order to make the most informed decisions while planning their studies.
Member: Roberto Martinez Keisala
Corasol Games are developing video game experiences based on customer research. They are focused on underserved genres, combining thoughtful game design with community feedback in order to produce games that reward problem-solving over repetitive tasks. Their target platforms are personal computers (PCs), and the games are sold through the Steam online marketplace.
Members: Kai Rasi, Sari Vuoskoski
Daha develops data management solutions and a data platform for the real estate and construction industry. It helps with reporting, ensures data quality, and enables smooth data transfer between systems. This opens the door for companies to truly harness their data and embrace data-driven decision-making.
Member: Thomas Jenner
FAIREEC believes that the most powerful innovations in education are not always the most complex, but those that combine timeless linguistic principles, cultural depth, and functional design from the start. Their language acquisition framework draws from foundational texts and enduring pedagogical insights to deliver learning that is both adaptable and complete—resisting change not from rigidity, but from intentional excellence.
Members: Antti Tuovio, Henrik Pajunen, Rebecka Nygård
Abbis is a digital health platform transforming pet care from reactive to preventive, designed for modern pet owners. Abbis helps monitor daily wellbeing and identify early signs of health issues. Through features like "Should I call my Vet”, mood-tracking, and community support, users gain reliable, vet-approved guidance. Premium users benefit from personalized care plans and affordable preventive lab testing. Operating on a freemium model, Abbis aims to reduce care costs while improving pet health outcomes. The scalable, app-based solution helps the growing “Pet Parent” segment across Finland, the Nordics and beyond. Abbis are building a smarter, more accessible way to care for pets, one that fits into budgets and everyday life.
Members: Riku Talvisto
The number of people affected by various mental health issues is sadly on the rise, with stressed and anxious university students being one of the most prominent examples. On top of that, people’s attention span is growing ever shorter. Luckily, there’s a deceptively simple practice that has been proven to help: meditation. Conventional meditation apps have helped a lot of people in building a meditation habit, but the vast majority of people still aren’t meditating. Meditales seeks to offer a unique entryway into the world of meditation by combining traditional practices with interactive elements and storytelling.
Member: Yanan Ouyang
MindPlay Lab is an educational innovation lab dedicated to reimagining how languages taught through the power of music, play, and human connection. It supports parents, educators, and researchers who are eager to explore creative, research-informed approaches to early learning and second language acquisition. Their goal is to design learning experiences that are not only effective but also joyful and emotionally supportive. By combining insights from neuroscience, music education, and pedagogy, MindPlay Lab aims to build tools, activities, and prototypes that empower both children and adults to thrive in multilingual environments.
Members: Gianmarco Crinieri, Giorgia Del Cioppo
Did you know that there are people whose job is to never stop questioning? In an era where scientific discoveries often remain confined within academic circles while popular science content is usually oversimplified, the team aims to bridge the gap between researchers and the public. In their podcast, If You Know You Know, they explore compelling research projects from natural sciences and people that made them possible. Each episode contains technical insights and fact-checking, but also gives space to personal narratives. IYKYK is more than just interviews, it's a behind-the-scenes of everyday life that aims to make science accessible and inspiring, fostering a deeper connection between curiosity and expertise.
Member: Tzu Tai Huang
TerraTaste is a sustainable food-tech platform helping people cook like locals. Whether you're a traveler, digital nomad, or eco-conscious home cook, TerraTaste empowers users to plan meals wisely, discover local recipes in their own language, and reduce food waste. TerraTaste are also supporting small, sustainable food businesses.
The platform combines smart ingredient planning, cultural discovery, and community engagement to turn every meal into a meaningful, low-impact experience. Users can explore recipes based on their current location, available ingredients, or budget, and connect with eco-certified restaurants around them.
Members: Jenni Pedor, Suleman Qasim
EcoPro is focused on optimising protein production methods, aiming to revolutionise the production of these diverse molecules with AI-driven automated tools. Their platform efficiently organises and digests vast amounts of information, providing a resource-efficient guide for their clients. Ultimately, they promote sustainable and cost-effective TechBio solutions.
Member: Tuukka Tuomisto
Brandista is a human-centered, AI-powered marketing platform designed to help small businesses stand out with style and soul. They combine intelligent automation, strategic brand thinking, and beautiful design to create tools that empower founders — not overwhelm them. With Brandista, entrepreneurs can launch compelling digital experiences, from chatbots to branded content, without needing technical skills. Their approach blends emotional insight with modern technology, enabling brands to grow authentically and efficiently. Founded by a global brand strategist with a passion for creative clarity, Brandista makes marketing feel intuitive, effective, and uniquely yours — because great brands don’t shout, they resonate.
Members: Mirza Antunes, Nima Ahmed, Iiman Hussein
BRIDGE empowers non-Finnish/Swedish speaking migrant mothers of children with disabilities by bridging connections to vital services through timely, accessible, and culturally sensitive information and support in multiple languages. Their centralised database provides essential resources on navigating services, disability rights, education, and healthcare, making important information easy to find and use. By fostering a vibrant, peer-led community and offering flexible opportunities for employment, BRIDGE connects families, reduce isolation, and enhance the emotional and social wellbeing of mothers.
Members: Valentin Sergienko, Makar Patapau, Anton Bezruchenkov
sustainStay is a platform designed to connect apartment hotels, their guests, and local businesses into one smart, mutually beneficial ecosystem. They enhance the guest experience through digital onboarding, multilingual support, and a verified local map — while helping hotels reduce staff workload and improve engagement. Local businesses can promote their services via targeted in-app ads, reaching guests with real-time offers and events. sutainStay's mission is to strengthen community connections and support sustainable living. Currently, they're working with pilot partners in Finland and Germany as they scale across Europe.
Member: Aayesha Shagufta
Kitchenkin is a turnkey ghost kitchen solution that empowers migrant and small-scale food entrepreneurs to launch and grow their culinary brands without the heavy overhead. Operating on a flexible, multi-brand model and powered by strategic partnerships, Kitchenkin provides chefs with the space, tools, and shared resources they need, within a supportive, community-driven platform that celebrates inclusion, culture, and entrepreneurship.
Members: Jukka Järvi, Touko Palviainen
Riss0 utilises sidestreams from the wood industry and, through a biorefining process, creates an alternative for rice for people with ketogenic and type 2 diabetes diets. Their product is a zero carb, no-footprint alternative that'll save both your day and a few whales.
Member: Kadri Tolserg
The most important thing affecting the effectiveness of psychotherapy is the patient-therapist relationship. Yet people are currently forced to look for psychotherapists blind, without any information about the therapist or their personality – in the best of cases, clients will see a potential therapist's picture before reaching out to them. The Psychotherapist is aiming to build a platform where therapists can market themselves as both a therapist, but also as themselves as a person. Therapists will be asked to make videos about subjects they know best, allowing potential clients to both learn something about the world, as well as get to know what kind of person the therapist is and what they could expect a client-therapist relationship with them to be like.