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Aalto Founder Sprint (Applications for Fall 2026)

Aalto Founder Sprint (Fall 2026) applications are open. This is a highly selective, highly rated 3-month sandbox where Aalto students learn to build like true founders - trusted by students, founders, and VCs.
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Aalto Founder Sprint (Fall 2026) applications are open. This is a highly selective, highly rated 3-month sandbox where Aalto students learn to build like true founders - trusted by students, founders, and VCs.

Why you shouldn鈥檛 join Aalto Founder Sprint:

  1. You鈥檒l stop hiding behind complexity. The program forces clarity: what are you building, for whom, and why now?
  2. You鈥檒l have to get comfortable being uncomfortable: uncertainty, decisions, pitching, and investor conversations.
  3. You鈥檒l be trained to move fast: validate first, ship fast - even when the tech is hard.
  4. You鈥檒l go abroad for 1 week to validate your insights with people outside Finland.
     

Highly selective 鈥 Intense 3 months 鈥 9 ECTS

Program: Sep 8 - Dec 9, 2026

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During the program, you鈥檒l be mentored by founders and operators who have built companies themselves - people who鈥檝e shipped, hired, raised, and scaled. They鈥檒l give you direct, practical feedback and help you make better decisions faster, because they know the game from the inside. 

Chief mentors: 
M氓rten Mickos
CEO in The Service of Startup CEOs | ex-MySQL, HackerOne, Eucalyptus, Nokia

  • Johannes Korpela 
    Investor at Wave Ventures
  • Kristo Ovaska
    Founder & CEO of Taito.ai
    Founder & Board Member of Smartly.io
  • Mikko M盲ntyl盲
    Co-founder & CEO of Realm
  • Sami Inkinen
    Co-founder of Trulia and Virta Health
  • Ilkka Kivim盲ki
    Founder & Partner Maki.vc, Entrepreneur
  • Niko Eiden
    Co-founder & CEO of IXI
  • Jyri Engestr枚m & Teemu Mattila & Timo Ahopelto
    Partners at Lifeline Ventures
  • Bastian Hasslinger
    Partner at Index Ventures
  • Juha Vartiainen
    Co-founder of IQM
  • Marianne Vikkula 
    CEO at Wolt
  • Monika Liikamaa 
    Co-founder at Enfuce
  • Noora Saksa 
    CEO at Slush
  • Peter Sarlin
    Founder & CDEO at Silo AI
  • and more...
     
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Founder Sprint

Founder Sprint is an intensive program crafted to help student bring out their best founder potential.

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Tai Tran

Tai Tran

Founder Sprint Coordinator
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