News from Aalto founder community | News listing | Aalto University /en/listing/1205699/feed News listing en Aalto University to host INNOVA Europe 2026 Grand Final in Espoo /en/news/aalto-university-to-host-innova-europe-2026-grand-final-in-espoo Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:50:15 +0000 Kristaps Kovalonoks 1354181 at /en Aalto University will host the INNOVA Europe 2026 Grand Final in Espoo, bringing together leading student-led startups from European universities. Collaboration Entrepreneurship Sustainability University competition entrepreneurship innovation competitions start-ups Cooperation Press releases University Two people presenting data on Nordic markets. One holds a microphone, the other gestures towards a screen. Call for Applications: Aalto Creatives Pre-incubator Programme Spring 2026 /en/news/call-for-applications-aalto-creatives-pre-incubator-programme-spring-2026 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:47:19 +0000 Heidi Rintala 1346491 at /en Join the Aalto Creatives afterwork and info session on 20.1.2026 to find out more about the open call and meet the Aalto Creatives team. Innovations Art and Creative Practices Arts and design Careers Entrepreneurship Aalto Creatives Aalto Digital Creatives Aalto Studios Startup Center start-ups Campus Cooperation Press releases Aalto Creatives pre-incubator visual Startup Spotlight: Aalto Creatives Demo Day Celebrates New Innovations /en/news/startup-spotlight-aalto-creatives-demo-day-celebrates-new-innovations Fri, 04 Jul 2025 13:12:25 +0000 Heidi Rintala 1323911 at /en Aalto Creatives pre-incubator programme hosted a Demo Day event at Marsio’s Living Room Stage in the end of May. The event featured eight pre-incubator participants showcasing their early-stage companies and a panel discussion about investing in the creative industries. Careers Entrepreneurship Innovations Aalto Creatives Aalto Digital Creatives Aalto Studios Startup Center innovations start-ups Campus Cooperation Aalto Creatives Demo Day photo Call for Applications: Aalto Creatives pre-incubator programme starts in September /en/news/call-for-applications-aalto-creatives-pre-incubator-programme-starts-in-september Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:11:40 +0000 Heidi Rintala 1323057 at /en Join the Aalto Creatives afterwork and info session on 27.8.2025 to find out more about the open call and meet the Aalto Creatives team. At this event, alums from the pre-incubator will talk about their entrepreneurial journeys and share their experiences from participating in the AC programme. Innovations Art and Creative Practices Arts and design Careers Entrepreneurship Aalto Creatives Aalto Digital Creatives Aalto Studios Startup Center start-ups Campus Cooperation Aalto Creatives Call for Applications image autumn 2025 ESA funding for the space business /en/news/esa-funding-for-the-space-business Fri, 16 May 2025 09:54:19 +0000 Paula Haikarainen 1314647 at /en The European Space Agency’s new innovation programme in Otaniemi helps Finnish companies commercialise inventions, leverage satellite data and strengthen their position in the industry. Collaboration Entrepreneurship Innovations Aalto University Magazine Startup Center entrepreneurship innovations satellites space research start-ups Aalto Magazine Cooperation Värikäs maaston kartta interferometrisestä vaiheesta 19.–20. tammikuuta 2025, eri sävyjä. Fostering creative industry innovation: Fourteen new teams onboard the Aalto Creatives pre-incubator programme /en/news/fostering-creative-industry-innovation-fourteen-new-teams-onboard-the-aalto-creatives-pre-incubator Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:27:47 +0000 Heidi Rintala 1306110 at /en Aalto Creatives, the creative industry pre-incubator programme, welcomed fourteen innovative teams at a kickoff event on March 11, 2025. Innovations Entrepreneurship Aalto Creatives Aalto Digital Creatives Aalto Studios start-ups Startup Center Campus Cooperation A group photo of Aalto Creatives pre-incubator participants from spring 2025. Aalto Creative Demo Day: Inspiring Pitches and the Future of Creative Industry Incubation /en/news/aalto-creative-demo-day-inspiring-pitches-and-the-future-of-creative-industry-incubation Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:12:44 +0000 Heidi Rintala 1268641 at /en Pre-incubator participants from Aalto Digital Creatives pitched their startup ideas on Marsio Stage. Aalto Digital Creatives will continue as the Aalto Creatives program in 2025. Entrepreneurship Innovations Aalto Creatives Aalto Digital Creatives Aalto Studios Marsio Startup Center Startup Center content radical creativity start-ups Campus Cooperation Research & Art A group photo of pre-incubator teams on Marsio Stage at the Aalto Creative Demo Day event. A journey from Aalto to leadership and entrepreneurship /en/news/a-journey-from-aalto-to-leadership-and-entrepreneurship Wed, 11 Dec 2024 07:49:16 +0000 Saghar Sedighi Khavidak 1267661 at /en Anastasiia Glebova, Co-Founder of Datu and Analytics Product Owner at Konecranes, discusses how her education in the Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) program at Aalto University provided her with the necessary tools to excel in leadership roles and launch her own startup. Aalto stories Careers Entrepreneurship Studies industrial engineering and management leadership start-ups University Anastasiia Glebova, jolla on tummat hiukset sidottu taakse, päällään tumma bleiseri, seisoo geometrisen seinäkuvion edessä. Empowering creative innovations: Twelve new teams onboard the Aalto Digital Creatives pre-incubator program /en/news/empowering-creative-innovations-twelve-new-teams-onboard-the-aalto-digital-creatives-pre-incubator Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:16:05 +0000 Heidi Rintala 1218511 at /en This autumn’s creative industry pre-incubator program began on the 1st of October. Twelve new teams started developing their business ideas with Aalto Startup Center’s business advisors and Aalto Studios’ creative industry experts. Entrepreneurship Innovations Aalto Digital Creatives Aalto Studios Startup Center radical creativity start-ups Campus Cooperation Aalto Digital Creatives participants 2024 Call for applications: Aalto University’s next creative industry pre-incubator programme starts in October 2024 /en/news/call-for-applications-aalto-universitys-next-creative-industry-pre-incubator-programme-starts-in Fri, 07 Jun 2024 10:35:58 +0000 Heidi Rintala 1102476 at /en The application period for the Aalto Digital Creatives pre-incubator program is open until 16.9.2024 Entrepreneurship Innovations ARTS, Doctoral programmes Aalto Digital Creatives Aalto Studios Startup Center radical creativity start-ups Cooperation Aalto Digital Creatives visual image Creative Demo Day event brought together arts and creative technologies from Aalto and Uniarts in Otaniemi /en/news/creative-demo-day-event-brought-together-arts-and-creative-technologies-from-aalto-and-uniarts-in Fri, 08 Dec 2023 06:35:43 +0000 Sakari Heiskanen 978566 at /en This Fall's creative industry pre-incubator participants from Aalto Digital Creatives and Uniarts Hub took the stage at the pitch event to present their business ideas to the public. Innovations Services Entrepreneurship Aalto Digital Creatives Aalto Studios Startup Center start-ups radical creativity Campus Cooperation Creative Demo Day 29.11.2024 Aicha Manai, Kim-Niklas Antin. Sakari Heiskanen / Aalto 2024. Creative Demo Day event at Musiikkitalo highlighted new creative industry business ideas /en/news/creative-demo-day-event-at-musiikkitalo-highlighted-new-creative-industry-business-ideas Wed, 07 Jun 2023 12:09:49 +0000 Heidi Rintala 917501 at /en This spring’s creative industry pre-incubator participants from Aalto Digital Creatives and Uniarts Hub took the stage at the pitch event to present their business ideas to the public. Entrepreneurship Innovations Services Aalto Digital Creatives Aalto Studios Startup Center radical creativity start-ups Campus Cooperation Creative Demo Day presenters on stage EIT Start-up stories: The expansion of Finnish start-up to France /en/news/eit-start-up-stories-the-expansion-of-finnish-start-up-to-france Mon, 20 Mar 2023 11:38:20 +0000 Zoltan Javor 896151 at /en A Finnish start-up specialising in nautical mobility, Bout settles in Paris to take in the French market Entrepreneurship A Grid Aaltoes Design Factory EIT EIT Urban Mobility Startup Center Startup Sauna start-ups Press releases Aalto EIT Services - Javor Fourteen new teams onboard the Aalto Digital Creatives pre-incubator program /en/news/fourteen-new-teams-onboard-the-aalto-digital-creatives-pre-incubator-program Thu, 16 Mar 2023 16:59:03 +0000 Heidi Rintala 896006 at /en The springs semester's creative industry pre-incubator program started on the 14th of March. Fourteen new teams are taking the next steps with their creative industry business ideas in the 13-week program. Entrepreneurship Innovations Aalto Digital Creatives Aalto Studios Startup Center radical creativity start-ups Campus Cooperation Group photo of the Aalto Digital Creatives batch 3 participants Aalto University’s creative industry pre-incubator program is calling for applications /en/news/aalto-universitys-creative-industry-pre-incubator-program-is-calling-for-applications Wed, 04 Jan 2023 11:40:57 +0000 Heidi Rintala 884911 at /en The application period for the Aalto Digital Creatives pre-incubator program is open until 14.2.2023. To apply you need an idea for a business and a background in the creative industries. Entrepreneurship Innovations Aalto Digital Creatives Aalto Studios Startup Center radical creativity start-ups Campus Cooperation Aalto Digital Creatives main title and background Aalto Digital Creatives pre-incubator program helped eight teams in taking their business ideas to the next stage /en/news/aalto-digital-creatives-pre-incubator-program-helped-eight-teams-in-taking-their-business-ideas-to Thu, 15 Dec 2022 14:55:02 +0000 Heidi Rintala 882931 at /en Application period for the next creative industry pre-incubator program is open from the 1st of January until the 14th of February 2023. Innovations Entrepreneurship Aalto Studios Startup Center start-ups radical creativity Cooperation University Aalto Digital Creatives batch 2 kick off event Entrepreneurship programme brought sustainability alongside productivity /en/news/entrepreneurship-programme-brought-sustainability-alongside-productivity Mon, 07 Nov 2022 13:01:58 +0000 Annika Linna 847621 at /en Aalto Ventures Program aims to teach every university student entrepreneurship skills and funnel the skills toward sustainable development objectives. Collaboration Entrepreneurship Sustainability Entrepreneurial mindset start-ups students University Students studying together. Deep technology solves global challenges - Aalto University is a great growth platform for deep tech companies /en/news/deep-technology-solves-global-challenges-aalto-university-is-a-great-growth-platform-for-deep Fri, 07 Oct 2022 10:07:39 +0000 Annika Linna 812091 at /en Deep tech companies that got their start at Aalto University include IQM, ICEYE, Ioncell and Mustekala. Collaboration Entrepreneurship Innovations Research InstituteQ Research and innovation services entrepreneurship innovations newsletter research start-ups Cooperation Research & Art Centimeter-sized silicon chip, which has two parallel superconducting oscillators and the quantum-circuit refrigerators connected to them. Credit: Kuan Yen Tan. Thirteen new teams onboard the Aalto Digital Creatives pre-incubator program /en/news/thirteen-new-teams-onboard-the-aalto-digital-creatives-pre-incubator-program Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:32:05 +0000 Katja Reinikka 807581 at /en This autumn’s creative industry pre-incubation started on the 27th of September. Innovations Entrepreneurship Aalto Studios Startup Center radical creativity start-ups Cooperation Aalto Digital Creatives ryhmäkuva Eight teams have completed the first round of Aalto Digital Creatives pre-incubator program /en/news/eight-teams-have-completed-the-first-round-of-aalto-digital-creatives-pre-incubator-program Wed, 22 Jun 2022 11:41:44 +0000 Katja Reinikka 662391 at /en Application period for the second round of the program is open until 11.9.2022. Entrepreneurship Innovations Aalto Studios Startup Center radical creativity start-ups Campus Cooperation A person with VR glasses on at Media Lab Demo Day.