Mrs. Maria Hartikainen, Senior business advisor, Helsinki Business Hub

1. Picture © Jussi Hellsten / Visit Helsinki
International co-operation in
accelerating business growth in
Helsinki region
Maria Hartikainen

2. Helsinki Business Hub
is the regional development
agency for the Helsinki
metropolitan.

3. WE
help foreign companies to establish their
businesses in Helsinki.
enable innovation-driven companies to grow and
develop in Helsinki.

4. WE HELP COMPANIES TO ACCELERATE
BUSINESS IN THE HELSINKI REGION.
ACCESS TO
FINANCING
MATCHMAKING
TAILORED
FACT-FINDING
TOURS
BUSINESS
INFORMATION
PILOTING
OPPORTUNITIES
SOFT LANDING
SERVICES

5. OUR FOCUS IS ON
ICT
SMART &
CLEAN
HEALTH

6. HELSINKI HAS A
CLEANTECH TALENT
POOL OF 25 000,
76% HAVE AT LEAST
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ANNUAL REVENUES OF
€5.3 BILLION IN
SMART & CLEANTECH
IN HELSINKI: 38% OF
FINLAND’S TOTAL
FINLAND 2ND
IN GLOBAL
CLEANTECH
INNOVATION
INDEX 2017
40% OF FINNISH
PUBLIC R&D
FUNDING TO
ENERGY AND
ENVIRONMENT SECTOR
1 660 COMPANIES
IN HELSINKI ACTIVE IN
SMART & CLEANTECH,
(ACCOUNTING FOR
23% OF FINLAND)
MORE THAN 1/3
OF PUBLIC R&D
INVESTMENTS
IN FINLAND ARE MADE
IN CLEANTECH
HELSINKI AIMS TO BE CARBON NEUTRAL BY
2050.
ESPOO #1 MOST
SUSTAINABLE CITY
IN EUROPE
TELOS 2016
THE HELSINKI
REGION HAS ABOUT
20 RELEVANT
R&D CENTRES IN
SMART & CLEANTECH
FACTS & FIGURES

7. HELSINKI IS AN IDEAL TEST BED FOR
DEVELOPING NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
A hotspot for
INTEGRATING
SMART AND
CLEAN
SOLUTIONS into the
city structure and to
everyday lives of its
people.
UNIVERSITIES,
PUBLIC RESEARCH
INSTITUTES, COMPANIES
AND GOVERNMENT
stakeholders are all highly
engaged and committed to
making Helsinki smarter
and cleaner.

8. PILOTING
OPPORTUNITI
ES

9. PILOTING OPPORTUNITIES – SMART KALASATAMA
THE HELSINKI REGION SMART & CLEAN
• Smart Kalasatama is a Helsinki city innovation platform,
where various Smart City solutions can be tested and
developed in an urban environment
• Model district for intelligent city development
• Smart Kalasatama has a wide scope and concept,
covering a variety of different industries and solutions
ranging from smart grids to eHealth and smart retail
• By the beginning of the 2030s, Kalasatama district will
offer a home for approximately 20,000 residents and jobs
for 8,000 people. Currently, there are 2,000 people living
in the area.

10. THE HELSINKI REGION SMART & CLEAN
• Piloting platform to link to / build on smart urban mobility solutions
• Large volume of smart city & smart mobility state-of-the-art development
activities
• IoT, API ecosystems, MAN trials, energy systems development,
“living labs” with end-users, open data
• Piloting opportunities kicked off in 2016
• Currently open call by Forum Virium for the Last mile project agile experiments
– until May 4th 2018
PILOTING OPPORTUNITIES – SMART JÄTKÄSAARI

11. PILOTING OPPORTUNITIES – SMART OTANIEMI
THE HELSINKI REGION SMART & CLEAN
• Otaniemi Smart Pilot Platform
• Living lab developing the future smart energy system
• Focus - energy data for new applications and services
• Combining pilots for smart energy, buildings, transport,
communication
• Upcoming pilot: smart control of energy at building level (heat,
electricity, storages)
• Upcoming pilot: smart charging of electric vehicles

12. SELECTED
SUCCESS
CASES

13. ENERGY2MARKET
German virtual power plant operator
Energy2Market decided to establish their Nordic
headquarters in Helsinki.
Helsinki Business Hub:
 Organised meetings with relevant
stakeholders, including research
institutions and private companies
 Facilitated meetings with other established
Finnish companies in sector for
Energy2Market to understand better the
market dynamics.
 Will also assist in finding offices or shared
workspaces if needed
“The support we have received from
Invest in Finland and Helsinki Business
Hub has been essential for us. Their
proactivity, efficiency and thorough
knowledge of the market and business
environment has helped us seize a great
opportunity and tap into an extensive
amount of market potential in an
incredibly short time frame.”
- Sevastos Kavanozis, Managing Director, e2m -

14. DRIVERLESS ROBOT BUSES
RUN IN THE STREETS OF HELSINKI.
“SOHJOA” is
A PLATFORM
for any company
interested in testing their
solutions for city traffic, safety
or user experience.
OPEN FOR PILOTING
until the end of 2018.

15. Cheap and environmentally
friendly LAST MILE compact CITY
TRANSPORT SOLUTION.
Stations can be POWERED BY SOLAR
ENERGY.
Digital cloud customer service.
First EU pilot in the Helsinki region in 2017
with the support of
the city of Espoo, Aalto University & TEKES

16. Samocat Sharing
• first automated kick-scooter sharing
system in the world
• From Skolkovo to Otaniemi: pilot
project with 60 scooters & 6 stations
• European head office Samocat
Sharing Oy Ltd in Espoo

17. Samocat Sharing

18. Case Samocat Sharing
• through Espoo to Europe
• Growth plans: 100+ station network
in Helsinki metropolitan region
• piloting in Baltics and Nordic
countries
• further development of station
network in Russia
• R&D to develop new scooter models

19. AT YOUR SERVICE
+358 40 483 9904
@mahartikainen
maria.hartikainen@hbh.fi
Maria Hartikainen
Senior business advisor