Hello,

Thousands of international investors, corporates, and ecosystem stakeholders will travel to Helsinki for Slush 2026. We want to help them discover the key industries, innovation ecosystems, and growth-oriented companies in the Helsinki Capital Region before they arrive.

To support these connections, Sisu Factory Global Growth, a joint initiative of the cities of Espoo, Helsinki, and Vantaa co-funded by the European Union, is producing a Digital Showcase of the Helsinki Capital Region Innovation Ecosystem for distribution across our international networks ahead of Slush.

We are now looking for internationalization-ready example companies from different industries to feature in the showcase and encourage you to apply if you meet the following criteria:

• Be based in the capital region
• Have less than 250 employees  and a turnover of max. 50 mil. €/year
• Have a sustainable and scalable product or service
• Have a competent team of at least five members
• Be categorized within one of the focus industries featured in this material

The focus industries we aim to highlight are Health & Life Science, Maritime, Circular Economy in Construction, Food Tech, Creative Industries, Deep Tech, High-Tech, and Quantum Technologies.

Each of the industries can highlight a total of 4 companies in the ecosystem showcase. Due to the limited capacity, the open call is structured as “first come first served” amongst companies who meet the aforementioned criteria and are deemed suitable for the purpose of this ecosystem presentation by our experts.

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The current status:

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Health & Life Science 1/4 spots available

Maritime 4/4 spots available

Circular Economy in Construction 4/4 spots available

FoodTech 4/4 spots available

DeepTech 0/4 spots available - FULL

High-Tech 4/4 spots available

Quantum Technologies 2/4 spots available

If you’re interested in being featured in the material, please fill in the form below and send it together with your company logo to Project Specialist Ville Bengs by e-mail at ville.bengs@hel.fi. The deadline has been extended to Tuesday 13 October, 23:59 PM (EET).

COMPANY INFORMATION

Company:

[Company name] 

Website 

[Company website] 

Founded 

[Year] 

Team size 

[Approx. number of employees, e.g. 5-10] 

One-line pitch 

[One clear sentence explaining what the company does] 

Problem 

[The problem your company solves in 1-2 sentences] 

 Solution 

[Your solution in 1-2 sentences] 

Stage 

MVP /  Commercial / Scaling internationally [Please provide additional numbers  and/or information on e.g. sales and/or active markets if relevant]

Looking  for 

[Investors, pilot customers, distributors, strategic partners, etc.] 

Other key  information 

[Active or pending pilots, permits or patents, key partners and collaborations, or other relevant information] 

Contact 

[Link to the  “Contact” or “Info” section of your webpage] 

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