Sep 18, 2018
SPARK Finland, SPARK Global, Teemu Heinonen, Waltteri Sorvisto, health tech, life science, report, industry, business schools
During the summer 2018 SPARK Finland conducted a review on the discussions and ecosystems of Finnish health tech and life science development and how it is associated with business schools. Project…
Sep 11, 2018
SPARK Finland, Australia, Germany, Norway, roundtable, health tech, life science, MEAE, FVCA, Israel, EIB
SPARK program has been proven to be once again a platform for building strategic level collaboration in many levels. On September 6-7 SPARK Finland co-hosted with the Ministry of Economic…
Jul 3, 2018
SPARK Finland, University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku University Hospital/The Hospital District of Southwest Finland, Health Campus Turku
Many believe that summer time in Finland is just for vacation. But it is not in SPARK. SPARK Finland lives active times not only through our projects and teams, but…
Jun 15, 2018
Business Finland, Biomarkkerit, Maculaser, FastEV, TUTL, Newcast, Team Parikka
SPARK Finland has been active in supporting SPARKees both in increasing the maturity of their solutions and also becoming fundable projects and companies. Support is provided by the community of…
Jun 13, 2018
trainees, Teemu Heinonen, Waltteri Sorvisto
SPARK Finland has two trainees during the summer 2018. Teemu Heinonen and Waltteri Sorvisto are business school students that will be help us identify opportunities to integrate business school students…
May 27, 2018
Surgify, Business Finland, SPARK, TUTL, call
Call for TUTL funding by Business Finland (former Tekes) is now open. Business Finland will announce a bit later more detailed information on deadlines. TUTL funding is aimed at research…
Apr 6, 2018
LASU, MOMIC, SCELLOMICS, Parikka, Scheperjans, Maculaser, Heart4Oxygen, FastEV, iCombine, HemoCure
A month ago started a new patch of SPARK projects at SPARK Finland. Projects represents nicely the wide spectrum of competencies and strengths that Finland has in health tech and…
Mar 1, 2018
University of Helsinki, HiLIFE, HiPOC, HIS
The HiPOC Proof of Concept Grants may be for you if you have been in touch with Helsinki Innovation Services Ltd (HIS) or involved in matters relating to invention disclosures, patenting issues…
Jan 11, 2018
SPARK Finland, courses, workshops, R&D, UTa, TUT
SPARK Finland has started it’s spring season 2018. During the spring we offer – in collaboration with University of Tampere (UTa)/Biomeditech Institute – a course on how to develop a…
Dec 14, 2017
Surgify, MIT Technology Review, SPARK Finland, seed stage VC, graduate
SPARKee Surgify Medical is the first official graduate from SPARK Finland program. And the way how they have come to this point has been amazing. They have achieved their goals…