Innovation portfolio

Iceye

ICEYE delivers unmatched persistent monitoring capabilities for any location on earth. Owning the world’s largest synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation, we enable objective, data-driven decisions for customers in sectors such as insurance, natural catastrophe response and recovery, security, maritime monitoring and finance. Our data can be collected day or night, and even through cloud cover.
Satellite over Scandinavia

Status:

Unicorns

SDGs:

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Industry:

Engineering technology

Impact:

Efficiency

School:

School of Electrical Engineering

Established:

2014

Looking for:

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Iceye story

Aalto-born ICEYE receives USD 13 million for its radar-based microsatellite imaging service

SAR technology makes imaging possible regardless of the weather conditions or time of day.

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Aalto-born ICEYE receives seven-figure sum in funding for its first satellite

The service developed by the company enables, for example, protection of shipping and monitoring of illegal fishing.

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New business from nanosatellites

Space technology needs top skills and knowledge, and Finland has good possibilities to carve out its own special area in this.

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Aalto University Innovation Services

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

Researchers

Aalto Startup Center’s startups outperform other startups again – their total business is now worth more than EUR 600 million

Report reveals strong growth for businesses from Aalto's accelerator

A Grid

Aalto Ventures Program - Courses for curious minds (external link)

AVP courses are for you, if you’re looking for a deep dive into entrepreneurship, want to work with diverse people and are not afraid of a challenge

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Ammonia – a new green energy solution? Research project receives €2.5 million in funding

Ammonia is a promising alternative fuel for the marine industry and for storing green hydrogen, but there are many question marks over its use.
Aalto Digital Creatives participants 2024
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Empowering creative innovations: Twelve new teams onboard the Aalto Digital Creatives pre-incubator program

This autumn’s creative industry pre-incubator program began on the 1st of October. Twelve new teams started developing their business ideas with Aalto Startup Center’s business advisors and Aalto Studios’ creative industry experts.
Havainnekuva Aalto-1:sta avaruudessa.
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Finland's first satellite Aalto-1 space journey ends

The first Finnish satellite, Aalto-1, which has been orbiting the Earth for seven years, will fly over Finland for the last time on Monday and returns to Earth's atmosphere. Aalto-1, built by students and researchers, started a new space age in Finland, says Professor Jaan Praks, who led the project.
Artistic illustration showing the creation of topological magnets.
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Researchers create entangled quantum magnets with protected quantum excitations

Researchers created a new quantum state of matter, dubbed a high-order topological magnet, that may address key issues in quantum technology.
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