Funding

Good News! from Finland article that tells Vivago’s success story in the eHealth Solutions competition, organized by the European Union (published 17 May 2013). Sitra is one of Vivago’s investors.

1 day ago from site www.goodnewsfinland.com

Sitra is backing three Finnish venture capital funds, two of which operate overseas, to the tune of almost 10 million euros...

2 months ago by Saara Lehtonen

Active owners take responsibility, exercise their influence and create added value by contributing their extensive resources.

6 months ago

Sitra puts more of its weight behind efforts to encourage and sustain entrepreneurship in Finland, by backing a new Startup Foundation...

7 months ago

Many company employees use it on a daily basis for their own needs and wishes. So how can a firm exploit all the benefits of various social media for its own success?

7 months ago by Pauliina Mäkelä

Sitra's fund invetments - International funds

11 months ago

Sitra's fund invetments - Finnish funds

11 months ago

This information is updated 30.4.2012.

12 months ago

Sitra's role in 2012 is very clear. Our mission statement sets out our goals for building the Finland of tomorrow. But our history dates back to 1967 and has seen many investments and much research in numerous different areas of life. For example, in the early years, Sitra funded several innovation projects involved in technology and the natural sciences.

1 year ago

The Finnish Venture Capital Association was established in 1990. The actual members of the association are entities acting in the Finnish private equity and venture capital markets. FVCA accepts as its associate members communities or private individuals who play a part in the development of the industry in Finland. The number of members at the moment is 40 full and 48 associate members.

1 year ago from site www.fvca.fi

Steve Blank, a professor at Stanford University, and a retired serial entrepreneur, visited Finland in early September. Thousands of people attended Blank's talks, boosting the civic movement of growth entrepreneurship that has been gaining momentum in the decision-making process for a couple of years now.

1 year ago

In creating growth companies, Finland cannot rely solely on slow incubation processes. Better identification of the most promising business ideas calls for faster progression and a larger number of ideas. Currently, only a few growth companies emerge in Finland each year. Because of Protomo, a next-generation business incubator, this number is expected to rise to dozens a year within the next decade.

1 year ago

The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA)

1 year ago from site www.evca.eu

Last summer, Sitra published a proposal for a healthcare funding and steering system, which the editorial of Helsingin Sanomat on 5 June 2010 described as the most realistic utopia for a long time. We, the authors, were happy with that description. Real change cannot be achieved without radical proposals.

2 years ago

For a long time, there has been talk of public procurement as a driver of innovation activities. Now or never, it is the time to cash in on all the talk and get cracking.

2 years ago

What is a user orientation? What does integrating a user orientation as part of the innovation policy mean in concrete terms? These questions will be examined in the innovation strategy’s implementation stage that is underway.

3 years ago

A predictive approach gives companies time and room to manoeuvre to take advantage of and even direct the changes taking place in the markets.

4 years ago

International markets are always a challenge for actors coming from small countries. For Finland, its greatest challenges are focused on Russia. The key to success in the market is reaching consumers, which continually creates new challenges.

4 years ago

"Several OECD countries have in recent years witnessed lively debate on taxation, its grounds and what makes a tax system a “good” system. Many countries have also enacted both general reforms in company taxation and reforms that create particular incentives for innovation activities and entrepreneurship."

6 years ago

Public-sector organisations offer a wide range of services for enterprises, but their benefits are under debate. The role of public-sector actors raises strong opinions for and against. Can they bring added value to private enterprises and contribute to their growth? “Yes, they can,” says Risto Kalske, Director of Sitra’s PreSeed service.

7 years ago

Early stage companies usually have plenty of technological competence and promising business ideas, but what they often lack is the final key to success – sales and marketing skills. Sitra’s DIILI service offers new entrepreneurs the help of senior sales professionals in international trade to provide know-how and to share some of the risks of entrepreneurship.

8 years ago