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Inventory of Existing Regional Innovation Platforms
W-POWER project
2021
1 Map of existing regional innovation platforms W-POWER Project 2021
2
Innovation platforms or programmes available in partner regions in 2019
Eastern-Finland Lapland, Finland Norrbotten, Scotland, UK New Brunswick, Canada
Sweden
(This list refers to other
regions as well)
Draft program: a micro- Inno Barents Lab Innovation Innovate Your Business PAC – Place aux compétences
funding program aiming to (IBL) aims to Academy http://www.hie.co.uk/busine
PAC focuses on Implementing innovative
support aspiring ss-support/innovation-r-
promote programs and services in our francophone
entrepreneurs from the d/iyb.html
entrepreneurship in the community schools with a focus on the
participating education and https://www.ltu.se
entrepreneurial culture, training & job
research organisations. Barents region by /org/LTU-
placement, /and hosting international students,
Draft Program(r) was developing and Holding/LTU-
in collaboration with various partners.
founded in 2012 by Karelia Business/Vara-
supporting new Co-Innovate programme https://www.pacnb.org/index.php/en/
University of Applied tjanster/For-
Sciences. innovative ideas and
foretag/LTU- http://www.hie.co.uk/busine
business service. Main Business- ss-support/innovation-r- Science East Science East is a registered
http://www.draftprogram. charity that works both inside and outside of the
goal is to offer Innovation- d/co-innovate.html
com/ school system to reach students, teachers,
Academy
creative entrepreneurial families, businesses and communities in every
services for region of the province. We provide quality,
Epic Challenge Joensuu “Can Do” Innovation
Innovation Due inquiry-based learning for students, meaningful
companies and Challenge Fund
http://www.epicchallengej diligence and engaging workshops for teachers and
students.
oensuu.com/fi/epic-info/ http://www.hie.co.uk/busine professionals, as well as fun and educational
http://www.innobarents https://www.ltu.se ss-support/innovation-r- activities for the public. Our mission is to inspire
lab.org/ /org/LTU- d/can-do-innovation- and inform through hands-on science
Holding/LTU- fund.html experiences. https://scienceeast.nb.ca/
Spark Joensuu
Business/Vara-
https://www.sparkjoensuu tjanster/For-
.fi/ foretag/Innovation
-Due-Diligence3
Y-Akatemia® Business Innovaatioassistentti Brilliant Labs Brilliant Labs is a not-for-profit,
Academy Karelia UAS (Innovation Assistant) hands-on technology and experiential learning
‘InUngIn’ Idea
platform based in Atlantic Canada. We support
https://www.y- A training program - contest
the integration of creativity, innovation, coding,
akatemia.fi/en/
innovations and Local idea and an entrepreneurial spirit within classrooms
developing business competition and educational curricula.
(Strukturum) https://www.brilliantlabs.ca/
Ukko, the leading for higher educated
invoicing service persons who are
platform for self- The Hive aims to host immigrant entrepreneurs
seeking for a job. Arctic Innovation by providing them with the services and tools
employed and freelance
Forum they need to speed up the start of their
professionals in Finland. https://www.lapinamk.f
i/fi/Yrityksille-ja- business.
https://www.ukko.fi/ https://www.laruchechaleur.ca/en/home
yhteisoille/Tutkimus,-
kehitys-ja- https://chiefinnova
innovaatiot/Kaupan-ja- tionforum.com/ Planet Hatch opened its doors in the fall of
Kyvykäs, Joensuu
https://kyvykas.fi/ kulttuurin- 2013 with the mission of supporting startup
osaamisala/Lapin- Kiruna entrepreneurs through integrated program
Innovaatioassistentti- Sustainability service delivery and creative physical
Start Me Up, Joensuu 2015---2017 Center infrastructure. Since then, over 200 new
A pitching competition companies have created 400 local jobs.
https://www.kirun Approximately 80% of the 'graduates' are still in
https://www.tiedepuisto.fi/
a.se/ksc/ business and growing today.
startmeup
https://www.lapinamk.f https://www.planethatch.com/
i/fi/Yrityksille-ja- Accelerator
Vuosi Yrittäjänä yhteisoille/Lapin- programme Ignite Fredericton Ignite Fredericton attracts,
(University of Oulu , AMKin- retains, and supports entrepreneurs, business,
hankkeet?RepoProject= https://www.abi.se and economic builders in Greater Fredericton,
University of Arts Helsinki,
323316 /abi-accelerator- New Brunswick.
University of Turku, Åbo
eng https://www.ignitefredericton.com/
Akademi, Centria UAS,
Diakonia UAS, Haaga-Helia
UAS, HUMAK UAS, Kajaani
UAS, Karelia UAS, Lahti
UAS, Laurea UAS, Novia
Propel ICT aims to be a catalyst to establish
UAS, Metropolia UAS,
Atlantic Canada as a nerve centre for
South-Eastern Finland4
UAS, Saimaa UAS, Savonia technology. We help entrepreneurs build high-
UAS, Turku UAS) By far value tech companies through our virtual
the most widely spread accelerator Incite
program formerly known http://www.ponddeshpande.ca/
as NY Start Up, program,
18 universities as its Venn Centre established in 2010, Venn was
members. founded by a group of tech economy
https://nyvuosiyrittajana.fi entrepreneurs and stakeholders to support
/ innovation-based economic development. Venn
helps New Brunswick tech companies get to
market, sustain and grow their business, and
Cambridge Venture scale their operations.
Camp http://www.venninnovation.com/
https://cambridgeventurec
amp.fi/ Innovation Center The Innovation Centre is a
Business Accelerator open to anyone in the
Region who would like to develop and start a
Grow Up Students business. We work together with the Hive and
https://www.seamk.fi/sea the Chaleur Chamber of Commerce to help guide
mk- you towards your goal of opening your own
info__trashed/growupstud business.
ents/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/centreinnovation
centre/about/?ref=page_internal
Turbiini Accelerator Technology Management &
http://turbiini.net/ Entrepreneurship At the J Herbert Smith
Centre for Technology Management &
Entrepreneurship, we cultivate in students’ new
Holvi - Digital banking ideas, creative thinking, and an entrepreneurial
for freelancers spirit for careers in the ever-changing world of
and small business technology. Since 1988, our programs have
owners given students with backgrounds in science,
technology, engineering, and math the skills
https://about.holvi.com/ they need to apply their expertise in a business
environment.5
Mesenaatti - the biggest https://www.unb.ca/fredericton/engineering/dep
Finnish crowdfunding ts/tme/
platform
https://mesenaatti.me/ Startup Canada - entrepreneurs working
together to build a Canada for entrepreneurs
and give a voice to the Canadian startup
Slush- The mission of community. https://www.startupcan.ca/
Slush remains the
same: to create and Canadian Technology Accelerator The CTA
help the next initiative was conceived and piloted in 2009 to
generation of provide innovative Canadian companies with
groundbreaking access to unique resources and contacts, helping
entrepreneurs. participants refine their business models, collect
competitive intelligence, pursue key clients,
https://www.slush.org/ access financing sources and engage strategic
partners to help them grow internationally.
Currently, CTAs are operating in Boston, New
Proakatemia Tampere York, San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Sectors
UAS of focus include clean-tech, digital technologies,
https://proakatemia.fi/en/ and bio-tech, and digital health technologies. A
typical CTA company has annual revenues of
CAD 4.5 million, CAD 1.9 million in capital and
Startup Factory Novia 18 employees.
UAS https://www.international.gc.ca/world-
https://www.novia.fi/om- monde/taiwan/news-nouvelles/2018/2018-27-
oss/campus/raseborg/start cta-launch.aspx?lang=eng
up-factory-2
Startup Fund South- Sustainable Development Technology
Eastern Finland UAS Canada Sustainable Development Technology
https://www.patteries.com Canada (SDTC) is a foundation created by the
/blog/500-1000-grants- Government of Canada to support Canadian
for-developing-ideas companies with the potential to become world6
Startup Journey leaders in their efforts to develop and
University of Turku demonstrate new environmental technologies
https://boostturku.com/st that address climate change, clean air, clean
artup-journey/ water and clean soil
https://www.sdtc.ca/en/apply/eligibility/
Startup School Haaga-
Helia UAS
https://startupschool.fi/
National Research Council of Canada The
National Research Council of Canada/Industrial
Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP)
Supercoach® provides advice, connections, and funding to
Entrepreneurial help Canadian small and medium-sized
Training Jyväskylä UAS businesses increase their innovation capacity
https://www.jamk.fi/en/Se and take ideas to
rvices/Supercoach/ market.https://nrc.canada.ca/fr/soutien-
linnovation-technologique
Team Academy
Jyväskylä UAS
http://www.tiimiakatemia.f
i/en/ Industrial Innovation Venture Fund invests
in companies and entrepreneurs who are
accelerating the transformation of core Canadian
Terkko Health X industries that form the backbone of the national
University of Helsinki, economy, including agriculture and food
Aalto University technologies, resource extraction technologies
http://terkko.fi/x/ and advanced manufacturing.
https://www.bdc.ca/en/bdc-capital/venture-
capital/strategic-approach/pages/industrial-
Terwa Academy Oulu innovation-venture-fund.aspx
UAS, University of Oulu
https://www.businesskitch
en.fi/en/services/learning/t
erwa-akatemia7
Turbiini Accelerator Scale Up Atlantic Canada is a unique program
Metropolia UAS, Laurea that helps companies grow and accelerates the
UAS, Haaga-Helia UAS environment that makes growth a core. -The
http://turbiini.net/?lang=e Three Cs of Growth · CUSTOMER: Igniting your
n sales. · CAPACITY: Building a people platform for
growth. · CASH: Accessing powerful new
resources for growth.
West Coast Startup https://www.scaleupcan.co/
Vaasa UAS, University
of Vaasa Bio NB is the trusted bioscience authority in
http://www.muova.fi/en/y New Brunswick, Canada. We promote a
hteistyo/wcs/ supportive business environment for bioscience
ventures through coaching, community building
and advocacy. http://bionb.org/about-us/
Y-kampus Tampere
UAS, Tampere Bio Refinery Centre The BTSC research team
University working at the Grand Falls site of the CCNB
https://www.y- supports the industry in its bioproduct promotion
kampus.fi/en/ efforts. The team uses microbial fermentation,
enzymatic hydrolysis, bioseparation and
chemical process technologies to produce high
Yrityskiihdyttämö value-added industrial bioproducts (including
Kajaani UAS bioethanol, biogas, biodiesel and alcoholic
https://www.kamk.fi/fi/Opi beverages) from forest, agricultural and marine
skelijalle/Yrityskiihdyttamo biomasses as well as from industrial and
municipal wastes.
https://ccnb.ca/entrepreneurship-et-
Yritystehdas – The innovation/research-and-industrial-
Startup Factory services/centres-and-specialized-
Jyväskylä UAS, services/btsc.aspx
University of Jyväskylä
https://yritystehdas.fi/en/
home/8 Soil Conservation center The Eastern Canada Soil and Water Conservation Center (ECCSB) was established in 1991 by the Government of Canada to address the needs expressed by agribusiness and various affiliated organizations. It is located in the CCNB Center of Excellence for Agricultural and Biotechnological Sciences in Grand Falls. https://ccnb.ca/entrepreneurship- et-innovation/recherches-et-services- industriels/centres-et-services- sp%C3%A9cialis%C3%A9s/ccseec.aspx Northern Hardwoods Research Institute is situated in Edmundston, New Brunswick and was founded in 2012 to conduct applied research in northern hardwoods to provide the forest sector with knowledge that is required to ensure their growth and sustainability. The institute, as a knowledgehub, is now a key player in research transfer among specialists, decision-makers and all the research community. http://www.hardwoodsnb.ca/en/ Springboard Atlantic Springboard provides strategically positioned resources to Atlantic Canadian universities and colleges alike, helping them transfer both knowledge and technology into the private sector. http://springboardatlantic.ca/
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Innovation workshops /business hackatons /etc. available in partner regions in 2019
Eastern-Finland Lapland, Finland Norrbotten, Scotland, UK New Brunswick, Canada
Sweden
https://frush.fi/innovointi/ Business Model Arctic Chain Business Gateway online Mount Allison Hackathon will host its first
Innovation and hackathon guidance includes: How hackathon, where students will pitch and build
Internationalization of to Set up an Innovation projects that focus on technology for
http://kokeiletata.karelia.fi
Process Industry SMEs. Start-up Business environmental sustainability.
/hackathon/
Increase the number of http://www.arcticc https://www.bgateway.com/
SMEs with border- hainhackathon.co resources/how-to-set-up- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-
Pajathon/Joensuu : crossing business model m/sv an-innovation-start-up- brunswick/mounat-allison-university-hackathon-
www.pajathon.fi innovation and business 1.5002953
cooperation. Increase
level of internalization PopUp
Demola https://www.mta.ca/Community/News/2019/Jan
among the region's Innovation Support for Innovation,
uary_2019/Mount_Allison_to_host_first_Hackath
https://www.demola.net/ SMEs Challenge Research and
on/
Development
https://www.lapinamk.fi https://www.ltu.se
/fi/Yrityksille-ja- /org/LTU- https://www.bgateway.com/ 2019 Innovation Fair the 2019 Innovation
yhteisoille/Lapin-AMKin- Holding/LTU- resources/support-for- Fair(s) aim to showcase innovations and
hankkeet?RepoProject= Business/2.63392? innovation-research-and- everyday best practices focused on mindsets
522814 l=en development and behaviors that can help organizations and
employees become more agile, inclusive, and
equipped. Events will be taking place throughout
InnoMaraton Innovation the month of May and June.
(InnoMarathon) is an Factory https://www.canada.ca/en/privy-
event for Innovation. council/campaigns/2019-blueprint-2020-
The teams ideate https://www.ltu.se
innovation-fair.html
products and services /org/LTU-
for companies in Holding/LTU-
Business/Vara- Business Growth Summit 2019 Attendees
Lapland. The students
tjanster/For- learn about the latest tools, opportunities, and
from Lapland UAS and
services available to help their companies grow
the University of
and increase profitability, with a focus on10
Lapland participate and foretag/Innovation business trends and what it takes to succeed in
form multi-field teams. sfabriken?l=en a rapidly changing global economy.
Students do not know https://nbbusinessgrowthsummit.pathable.com/
each other beforehand.
https://www.lapinamk.fi https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/new-brunswick-
Demola - drive
/fi/Yrityksille-ja- business-growth-summit-2019-bathurst-
innovation with
yhteisoille/Kehittamisym registration-
co- creation
paristot/Innomaraton 60827975111?aff=eemailordconf&utm_campaig
n=order_confirm&ref=eemailordconf&utm_medi
https://www.lapinamk.fi https://www.ltu.se um=email&utm_source=eb_email&utm_term=vi
/fi/Yrityksille-ja- /org/LTU- ewevent
yhteisoille/Tutkimus,- Holding/LTU-
kehitys-ja- Business/Vara-
Innovation 101 Workshop In this workshop,
innovaatiot/Kaupan-ja- tjanster/For-
we will be: - exploring the concept of innovation
foretag/Demola/D
Demola LAPLAND in the public sector; - reflecting on existing
emola-Driv-
With Demola, global examples of innovation at the government of
innovation-med-
and local NB; and - networking with innovators outside
samskapande-
organizations government of NB.
1.158993/LTU-
challenge university https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/innovation-101-
Business-Demola-
students to create workshop-tickets-62577133892?aff=erelexpmlt
1.158996?l=en
innovations
https://www.lapinamk.fi Startup Chats Each week, we dive into the top
/fi/Yrityksille-ja- issues and trends for entrepreneurs starting and
yhteisoille/Toimeksianno scaling new businesses. Learn from expert
t-opiskelijoille/Demola advisors and plug into Canada’s most extensive
entrepreneur network.
Demola https://www.startupcan.ca/startupchats/
https://www.demola.net
/
Other related materials:11
Publication from New Brunswick’s Innovation Agenda
Innovation assistent
(Innovaatio- https://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Depart
osaaminen ments/eco-bce/pdf/en/NBInnovationAgenda.pdf
nykypäivän
työelämätaitona)
New Brunswick’s Innovation foundation
https://nbif.ca/en
https://www.theseus.fi/
bitstream/handle/10024
Atlantic Innovation Fund
/143065/Innovaatio-
https://canadabusiness.ca/programs/atlantic-
osaaminen%20nykypaiv
innovation-fund-1/
an%20tyoelamataitona.
pdf?sequence=1&isAllo
wed=y Canadian Innovation Week
https://canadianinnovationspace.ca/events/entr
epreneurial-adventure-fredericton-nb/
Restartup: It helps
entrepreneurs who
are retiring or giving
up the business, to
find one who
continues the
business
https://www.lapinamk.fi
/fi/Yrityksille-ja-
yhteisoille/Lapin-AMKin-
hankkeet?RepoProject=
323328
Young Innovative
Entrepreneurs (YIE).
The Young Innovative
Entrepreneurs project
aims to develop a12 support system for implement innovative business ideas by young innovative entrepreneurs in the Barents region, facilitating cross- border cooperation. http://yieproject.blogsp ot.com/ Lapin korkeakoulukonserni n innovaatio-ohjelma 2014-2020 https://www.luc.fi/fi/Tut kimus-ja-kehittaminen Innovaatioalusta hyvinvoinnin kehittämiseen Lapissa: ”Kemi Kuntoon” – pilottihanke https://www.theseus.fi/ handle/10024/143938
13 Micromatch event 20.-21.9.2019 Workshop/networkin g event for small enterprises. Themes: profitability and financing. https://www.microentre .fi/tapahtumat/mikroyrit tajyyden-pohjoinen- tyopaja-nain-met- kasvama/?fbclid=IwAR2 U49mfTfUvhlndUnbWnN 6fK2AJ16SnqWx2xV9y8 bZrvJjt0VG4K5e7sIo
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