Advancing entrepreneurship and innovations

Aalto University was founded as an innovation university to build a sustainable future. We create growth by generating new startups and renewing existing industries. We are matching Finland’s entrepreneurial ambition with the services, facilities and tools needed for building successful startups around new innovations ─ from inventions to scaleups, from ideas to impact.

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Altogether over

2500

invention disclosures

Nearly

400

technology transfers

Aalto places

5th

in patent applications

Alumni company valuation

over 30 B€

More than

15000

jobs created

Career as a founder?

80%

Aalto-students agree

The inspiring ecosystem metrics are tracked continuously.

Aalto Innovation Services manages the commercialization of inventions at Aalto University.

Advancing entrepreneurship and innovations

Aalto Startup Center is a hybrid accelerator participating and leading international incubator and accelerator programs.

Aalto University has an internationally unique innovation ecosystem.

Advancing entrepreneurship and innovations

Aalto University's vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem has given birth to many new communities and openings over the past decade. There are a variety of incubator and accelerator services for startups. Similar services are also available for students for early-stage teams with a preliminary idea for their growth company.

Meet the players and come change the world with us.

A picture taken at the Arctic15 business summit, where the Aalto startup community is showcasing their innovations to stakeholders

Interested in enterpreneurship, startups and innovations? Welcome to join our community.

Advancing entrepreneurship and innovations

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Aalto Founder School brings entrepreneurship closer to all students at Aalto through monthly Founder Talks, a new minor studies programme, and a tailor-made Founder Sprint for the most driven founders.

Aalto University's innovation ecosystem generates tens of new companies annually, founded by our students and alumni. In this portfolio are presented all our current Research to business -teams (prebusiness) and selected spinouts, startups and alumni companies.

A Grid - Founders Factory at the hear of Aalto University.

The new home for ambitious startups A Grid is the creative community of ambitious startups, companies and entrepreneurs in Aalto Campus.

Advancing entrepreneurship and innovations

The open access online course covers the fundamentals of startup entrepreneurship

Study at Aalto

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Radical creativity is continuous learning: experiments, imagination, and agency.

Radical Creativity

This massive open online course on how to live a good life is lectured by Ph.D., assistant professor Frank Martela. The course is produced by the Oasis of Radical Wellbeing project and it is part of Aalto’s lifewide learning portfolio. The course was launched on May 30th, 2023