Jan 4, 2021
StemSight, Biofit, Most Innovative Start-up
StemSight, a Finnish SPARKee that is becoming a start-up, is the winner of 2020 edition of the Start-up Slams, from the Ophthalmology and Cell Therapy category. “We are honoured to…
Jan 3, 2021
Maculaser, Aalto University, Innovation of the Year
SPARKees continue their way of being acknowledged for their new cool solutions. Couple of weeks ago Maculaser received the Innovation of the Year Award by Aalto University’s School of Science…
Dec 21, 2020
SPARK Finland, education, SPARK BIH, SPARK FLI, SPARK Poland, SPARK Tel Aviv, Webinar
For the first time, European SPARKs will organize a joint webinar series during spring 2021. The series will cover topics from design thinking to challenges in selling complex high-tech products…
Nov 10, 2020
SPARK Finland, education
During spring 2021 SPARK Finland organizes the traditional course and lecture series on Health Tech and Life Science R&D. This course (5 ECTS) is organized at Tampere University by SPARK…
Oct 20, 2020
Sartar Therapeutics, Springvest, SPARK Finland alumni, Tenacity, Funding
Sartar Therapeutics, a SPARK Finland alumni, closed yesterday a funding campaign organized by Springvest. They reached in few days the maximum targeted amount 2.3 million euro. Over the past three…
Oct 19, 2020
Sartar Therapeutics, Springvest, crowdfunding, SPARK Finland alumni
A pharmaceutical company Sartar Therapeutics, a SPARK Finland alumni, has closed a crowdfunding campaign with great success. Funding round was organized by Springvest and campaign opened in October 14th at…
Oct 18, 2020
Sartar Therapeutics, Springvest, crowdfunding, SPARK Finland alumni
Sartar Therapeutics Oy, a SPARK Finland alumni, has a crowdfunding campaign going on. Funding round is organized by Springvest and by the end of first week Sartar has commitments already…
Sep 25, 2020
SPARK Finland, BIO SPARK Showcase, DecoDerma, Anison, Bio Investor Forum 2020, SPARK Norway
Two Finnish SPARK projects were once again selected to one of the leading biotech and pharma investor event in Silicon Valley. DecoDerma (a tissue specific therapy for skin diseases) and…
Jun 17, 2020
SPARK Finland organizes together with European SPARKs and University Technology Sydney in Australia the 8thAnnual Training Course in Biomedical Innovation and Entrepreneurship. First time in its history, this intensive course…
May 15, 2020
SPARK Finland, University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University, Health Campus Turku, Design thinking, University of Oslo, University of South-Eastern Norway, University of Tartu, NordPlus, Hasso Plattner Institute
The Nordic Council of Ministers has granted 50,000 euros in NordPlus funding for an educational project Design thinking in health technology education – Design Future Health – Great. In collaboration…