Projects

“A really great program that has enabled several important contacts for our company and helped to grow as a entrepreneur.” Harri, Sartar Therapeutics
“Surgify received highly important expert advice and international networks from the SPARK Finland -program. This is the place-to-be for a starting medtech entrepreneur!”

 

SPARKees – our teams

Batch: Spring 2023
Immunoliposomes

Batch: Spring 2023

Immunoliposomes to detect rupture prone intracranial aneurysms

Contact person: Behnam Rezai Jahromi

    Feanalytics

    Batch: Spring 2023

    Non-invasive method to diagnose intestinal diseases

    Contact person: Lauri Polari

      Avec D

      Batch: Spring 2023

      Intra-articular calcipotriol for treatment of (osteo)arthritis

      Contact person: Johanna Huhtakangas

        Daring Birth DTX

        Batch: Spring 2023

        Digital therapeutics treatment for fear of childbirth

        Contact person: Annika Järvelin

          Colorific

          Batch: Spring 2023

          DNA Nanoswitches-enabled Visual Colorimetric Diagnostics

          Contact person: Jacky Loo

            Glue4Life

            Batch: Spring 2023

            Next-generation bioinks for 3D bioprinting living tissues and organs

            Contact person: Anni Mörö

              SanguID

              Batch: Spring 2023

              Improved early-stage cancer detection and sensitive disease monitoring

              Contact person: Pyry Helkkula

                OTOS

                Batch: Spring 2023

                Early intervention for hearing health

                Contact person: Tanja Tervonen

                  INGA

                  Batch: Spring 2023

                  Novel method for optimized and personalized labor induction care

                  Contact person: Hanna Castrén-Niemi

                    Batch: Fall 2022
                    INCIGHT

                    Batch: Fall 2022

                    A smart optical sensor for arthroscopic surgery

                    Contact person: Isaac Afara

                    Mukava

                    Batch: Fall 2022

                    Graphene based dry electrodes for biometric measurements

                    Contact person: Teemu Ruotsalainen

                    Mammal Express

                    Batch: Fall 2022

                    Protein production optimization

                    Contact person: Rashad Ismayilzada

                    R2therapies

                    Batch: Fall 2022

                    Novel biomarker and early drug intervention for Alzheimer's disease

                    Contact person: Ilkka Fagerlund

                      ER4Surgery

                      Batch: Fall 2022

                      Image-guided surgery without Instruments.

                      Contact person: Paavo Vartiainen

                      Batch: Spring 2022
                      Omakuulo

                      Batch: Spring 2022

                      Digital hearing diagnostics

                      Contact person: Aarno Dietz

                        L-Cell

                        Batch: Spring 2022

                        Light- reconfigurable substrate for cell cultures

                        Contact person: Arri Priimägi

                        Brightlife

                        Batch: Spring 2022

                        Mental health services

                        Contact person: Eero Haikonen

                        COMITELL

                        Batch: Spring 2022

                        Delivery of encapsulated mitochondria as novel pharmaceutical solution

                        Contact person: Hongbo Zhang

                        Multivision Diagnostics

                        Batch: Spring 2022

                        Automated and scalable tool for precision diagnosis and personalized treatment

                        Contact person: Karolina Punovuori

                        Batch: Fall 2021
                        AIDHEART

                        Batch: Fall 2021

                        AI for the detection of heart transplant rejection

                        Contact person: Juha Peltonen

                        PAMO

                        Batch: Fall 2021

                        Novel method for diagnosing respiratory suppression

                        Contact person: Antti Vehkaoja

                        hentoTouch

                        Batch: Fall 2021

                        Non-invasive and non-pharmacological solution to support rehabilitation from AUD

                        Contact person: Jukka Planman

                        Urisens

                        Batch: Fall 2021

                        Diaper embedded biosensor platform, that screens abnormal clinical conditions

                        Contact person: Oguz Tanzer

                        Nosore

                        Batch: Fall 2021

                        Prevention of pressure ulcers

                        Contact person: Nuno Nobre

                        OrganAnalytics

                        Batch: Fall 2021

                        Viability analysis of organ transplants, and neuronal and cardiac implants

                        Contact person: Jarno Tanskanen

                        Immunate

                        Batch: Fall 2021

                        In vitro diagnostic test that predicts which patients will benefit from immunotherapy

                        Contact person: Juho Pokki

                          GLOBEVAC

                          Batch: Fall 2021

                          How to make vaccines thermostable

                          Contact person: Manlio Fusciello

                          Batch: Spring 2021
                          Proteabs

                          Batch: Spring 2021

                          Rapid diagnostics of human picornaviruses based on viral proteases

                          Contact person: Petri Susi

                          3DFluoHisto

                          Batch: Spring 2021

                          Novel method for histology

                          Contact person: Ilkka Paatero

                          mTMS

                          Batch: Spring 2021

                          mTMS – multilocus transcranial magnetic stimulation

                          Contact person: Kicic Dubravko

                          Corflux

                          Batch: Spring 2021

                          Mathematic algorithm for personalized prediction of the risk for aortic dilatation and rupture

                          Contact person: Marja Hedman

                          Detecor

                          Batch: Spring 2021

                          Detection of Corrosion from Stainless Steel Implements.

                          Contact person: Juho Lehmusto

                          JasminePro

                          Batch: Spring 2021

                          Poly(jasmine lactone): A Versatile Platform for Drug Delivery

                          Contact person: Kuldeep Bansal

                          Batch: 2020
                          MAIJU

                          Batch: 2020

                          Method for objective assessment of infant motor development.

                          Contact person: Sampsa Vanhatalo

                          DecoDerma

                          Batch: 2020

                          Tissue specific therapy for skin diseases

                          Contact person: Tero Järvinen

                          Integrated Secretion Solutions

                          Batch: 2020

                          Platform for optimized production of biotechnological proteins

                          Contact person: Ville Paavilainen

                          CogSet

                          Batch: 2020

                          Cognitive assessment in virtual reality

                          Contact person: Susanna Stjerna

                          Euphotic

                          Batch: 2020

                          Quantifying Epilepsy

                          Contact person: Veikko Jousmäki

                          MEG-MRI

                          Batch: 2020

                          Functional brain imaging reshaped

                          Contact person: Marko Havu

                          3D CelluGel

                          Batch: 2020

                          A Novel Cell Growth Matrix by 3D Printing of Biopolymers

                          Contact person: Chunlin Xu

                          Moncyte

                          Batch: 2020

                          Functional insight into hypercholesterolemia patients (former HyperFunc project).

                          Contact person: Simon Pfisterer

                          Alumni

                          Alumni: 2018
                          Team Scheperjans

                          Batch: Spring 2018

                          Microbiome based therapy for Parkinson’s disease.
                          IP turned into NeuroBiome Oy that has contract with a large company

                          Contact person: Filip Scheperjans

                          Olfactomics

                          Batch: Fall 2017

                          Tissue analysis for breast cancer surgery.
                          Spin out to Olfactomics Oy

                          Contact person: Antti Roine

                          SEBI-Group

                          Batch: Pilot 2016 / Spring 2017

                          Nano structure for bioimaging.
                          Spin-out to XFold Imaging Oy

                          Contact person: Timo Jäntti

                          iDenta

                          Batch: Pilot 2016 / Spring 2017

                          Caries and infection prevention and treatment.
                          Spin-out to Koite Health Oy

                          Contact person: Tommi Pätilä

                          Surgify

                          Batch: Pilot 2016 / Spring 2017

                          Safety mechanism for surgical drills.
                          Spin-out to Surgify Medical Oy

                          Contact person: Visa Sippola

                          Alumni: 2019
                          Liquid Biopsy Solutions

                          Batch: Fall 2018

                          Laboratory and computational method for liquid biopsies.
                          Spin-out to Genomill Health Oy

                          Contact person: Manu Tamminen

                          PPI Modulators

                          Batch: Fall 2018

                          Rational discovery of protein-protein interaction modulators.

                          Spin-out to Aurlide Oy

                          Contact person: Olli Pentikäinen

                          LightReactor

                          Batch: Spring 2018

                          Light controlled protein production.
                          An alumni due Project Manager got recruited to Bayer.

                          Contact person: Jari Rossi

                          HemoCure

                          Batch: Spring 2018

                          Extra cellular vesicle solution for bleeding disorders.
                          An alumni due Project Manager got recruited to Mayo Clinic (USA).

                          Contact person: Mayank Saraswat

                          SCELLOMICS

                          Batch: Spring 2018

                          Novel single cell omics methods.
                          Spin-out to Scellex Oy

                          Contact person: Päivi Saavalainen

                          EyeLase

                          Batch: Fall 2017

                          Laser solution for eye treatment.

                          Became a development case for industry.

                          Contact person: Jukka Viheriälä

                          Dialysis team

                          Batch: Spring 2017

                          Peritoneal diagnostics for dialysis patients.
                          Spin-out to Smart PD Solutions Oy

                          Contact person: Pirgit Silvast-Äikäs

                          Sartar

                          Batch: Pilot 2016 / Spring 2017

                          Cancer drug for GIST.
                          Spin out to Sartar Therapeutics Oy

                          Contact person: Harri Sihto

                          Alumni: 2020
                          VertiGoggles

                          Batch: 2019

                          High-quality vertigo diagnostics for primary care physicians.
                          Alumni due got a funding for another project.

                          Contact person: Tuomas Hyytiä

                          FastEV

                          Batch: Spring 2018

                          Method for extra-cellular vesicle isolation.
                          Spin-out under establishment

                          Contact person: Maija Puhka

                          Heart4Oxygen

                          Batch: Spring 2018

                          Method to monitor the oxygenation of myocardial tissue.
                          Spin-out to SpectroCor Oy

                          Contact person: Kalle Kotilahti

                          Maculaser

                          Batch: Spring 2018

                          Novel heat treatment for age related macular degeneration.
                          Spin-out to Maculaser Oy

                          Contact person: Jani Tirronen

                          TB Biofilm

                          Batch: Spring 2018

                          Mycobacterial biofilms as anti-tuberculosis drug targets.
                          Became a cornerstone of an extensive multinational research program (FIN, AUS, U.S., ZA...)

                          Contact person: Mataleena Parikka

                          LASU

                          Batch: Spring 2018

                          Light-activated antimicrobial surfaces and materials.
                          IP acquired by Plasmonics Oy

                          Contact person: Alexandre Efimov

                          HuManCardio

                          Batch: Fall 2017

                          Toxicity test for heart cells (FICAM based stem cell model).

                          Became a new solution for toxicity testing for FICAM.

                          Contact person: Tuula Heinonen

                          Ocular Surface Precision Panel

                          Batch: Spring 2017

                          Ocular biomarker panel and analysis.
                          Spin-out under establishment

                          Contact person: Ulla Aapola

                          GreenSeq/ Seqnom

                          Batch: Spring 2017

                          Microbiological Analyses on (Blue) Bio- and Circular Economies.
                          Spin-out to GreenSeq Oy

                          Contact person: Kirsi-Maarit Lehto

                          Alumni: 2021
                          EpiHeart

                          Batch: 2020

                          Cardiac Micrograft Therapy™ for treating Ischhemic Scars and Heart Failure.

                          Spin-out to EpiHeart Oy.

                          Contact person: Kai Kronström

                          Capsamedix

                          Batch: 2020

                          Long-term oral drug delivery.
                          Alumni due Prof. Helder Santos got recruited as Head of Biomedical Engineering at UMCG (Groningen, NED).

                          Contact person:

                          Anison

                          Batch: 2020

                          Natural medication for human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated warts.

                          Spin-out to Anison Therapeutics Oy

                          Contact person: Preethy Paul

                          Algoa Progress

                          Batch: 2020

                          Personalized treatment planning of osteoarthritis.
                          Spin-out to Algoa Progress.

                          Contact person: Joona Kemppainen

                          StemSight

                          Batch: 2019

                          Novel treatment for limbal epithelial stem cell deficiency.

                          Spin-out to StemSight Oy

                          Contact person: Laura Koivusalo

                          TopoCoating

                          Batch: 2019

                          Topographically tuned and sustainable surfaces for biological applications.

                          Alumni due project manager got recruited as Innovation Manager at University of Turku.

                          Contact person: Erik Niemelä

                          Team Scheperjans

                          Batch: Spring 2018

                          Microbiome based diagnostics for Parkinson’s disease.
                          IP turned to NeuroBiome Oy that has joint development and licensing agreement.

                          Contact person: Filip Scheperjans

                          NEXTCAST

                          Batch: Fall 2017

                          AI solution for toxicity testing.
                          Solution in pilot use in industry.

                          Contact person: Dario Greco

                          Alumni: 2022
                          Wittify

                          Batch: 2020

                          Smart heart monitoring.

                          Spin-out to Sonai Health Oy.

                          Contact person: Arto Kotimaa

                          AccuQT

                          Batch: 2020

                          Accurate correction for QT interval ‒ the most important cardiac risk measure.

                          Contact person: Esa Räsänen

                          Solving the Mesh

                          Batch: 2020

                          Implantable mesh to treat pelvic organ prolapse

                          Contact person: Jani Kuula

                          TOXELEGANS

                          Batch: 2020

                          Indoor air diagnostics with fluorescent C. elegans nematodes.
                          Lead to a co-research project.

                          Contact person: Päivi Koskinen

                          VIRI

                          Batch: 2019

                          Therapeutics for antimicrobial resistant bacteria.

                          VIRI became Arivin Therapeutics and was accepted to German/Swiss INCATE Incubator.

                          Contact person: Christopher Jonkergouw

                          FRACTAID

                          Batch: 2019

                          Distal radius fractures artificial intelligence diagnostic tool.
                          Preparations for a startup in progress.

                          Contact person: Jorma Ryhänen

                          AdvaNeedle

                          Batch: 2019

                          Ultrasound solution for cancer biopsies
                          Spin-out/licensing under development.

                          Contact person: Jouni Rantanen

                          DropPen

                          Batch: 2019

                          Simple droplet devices for biomedicine, diagnostics and pharma.
                          Got continuing development funding.

                          Contact person: Päivi Saavalainen

                          NADMed

                          Batch: 2019

                          Diagnostic test for vitamin B3 metabolism deficiency.

                          Spin-out to NADMED Oy

                          Contact person: Liliya Euro

                          PARKS – Parkinson’s Biomarker Test

                          Batch: Fall 2018

                          Parkinson’s signature biomarker assay.
                          Ongoing large validation study, new things emerging with MJFF funding.

                          Contact person: Eleanor Coffey