EventsRecap2012

TULOSSA / RECAP 2013 – KANSI SLOGAN: MATCHING CUSTOMERS, PARTNERS, FINANCIERS AND TALENT

Customers presenting their business and

why they chose Technopolis Pulkovo to

the EBRD Board of Directors, July 2012.

The 5th TalentTalks recruitment & matchmaking event was held at Technopolis

Innopoli in Espoo in November 2012.

Michael Pogrebnyak, CEO of Kuznech company from St. Petersburg

was awarded a prize for his financier pitch at MoneyTalks Forum in

Lappeenranta in June 2012.

Technopolis CEO Keith Silverang and Jari Sarasvuo from

Trainers’ House debated on growth entrepreneurship in

Finland. Technopolis Espoo, Innopoli, December 2012.

Former Astronaut Dr. Dave Williams with Technopolis Tampere Director Satu Eskelinen

and Events Manager Minna Käenniemi after his keynote speech at Technopolis Business

Breakfast in September 2012.

Kristiina Kruus, leader of the SEPA Standardization Working Group at

Estonian Banking Association discussing the topic with an event

participant at Technopolis Business Breakfast Tallinn in October 2012.

Hannu Kapanen sharing his views on the Winning

Spirit at Kuopio Technopolis Business Breakfast

in November 2012.

Table of Contents

18 19

Enterprise

Europe Network

Success Stories

Case | Translatum

14 15

Highlights from

Russia

Highlights from

Estonia

10 11

Technopolis

Meet Your

Neighbors

Technopolis

Business

Breakfast

12 13

MoneyTalks®

Featuring

Russian Cases

Technopolis

MoneyTalks®

8 9

”Future Nursing Homes are Built Today”

”Know your Campus”

”Looking for Energy

Efficient Solutions for

our Buildings!”

Matchmaking Powered by

Technopolis

”From Nokia into

Entrepreneurship”

6 7

Case | Nixu Oy

Talentmatch.fi

and

TalentTalks®

16 17

Enterprise

Finland

Venture Forum

VC Zone

MoneyTalks®

Dinner

5

Matchmaking Team

At Your Service

4

It is All About

Growth and

Success

20 21

Events

Calendar

2013

Events

Calendar

2012

Table of contents

With another eventful year behind us, we are

delighted to present the Technopolis Events

Recap 2012. Published for the second time,

the recap provides highlights of our almost

one hundred events, shares some special

moments and hopefully gives a flavor of the

networking and matchmaking opportunities

accessible to our customers in eight cities in

Finland, in Tallinn, Estonia and St.

Petersburg, Russia.

TalentTalks® and Technopolis

Matchmaking Mornings

complemented our family of targeted events. Naapurit

tutuiksi – Meet your Neighbors events expanded to several

new sites and Technopolis Movie Club was piloted.

Technopolis Matchmaking Mornings, events tailored to the

specific needs of the customer, generated business

opportunities and deals, provided insights and new

contacts and networks; for more, see pages 8 and 9.

The concept of the new TalentMatch proved to be

extremely powerful. The service combines an online social

media platform and live pitching and recruitment events to

match international talent

with growth companies and

other knowledge-intensive

firms and organizations.

Five hugely popular and

successful TalentTalks

events attracted a

growing number of

recruiting companies

and international

talent and matches happened! The concept and events also

attracted a lot of interest among various stakeholders and

media: finally something concrete, positive and encouraging at

the time of huge challenges in the economy. Read more on

pages 6 and 7.

There is plenty of

untapped potential for

matchmaking among

the over 1400

Technopolis customer

companies in Finland, Russia and Estonia. This community

forms a platform on which we can develop services and events

to help companies in finding customers, partners, financiers,

talent and other resources. In 2013, a completely new event

will be launched to bring together our customers from all

Technopolis sites. Interesting topics, exciting speakers,

efficient business matchmaking and fun – stories will be born.

Stay tuned!

Finally, I would encourage everyone

to join and actively participate in the

events and take advantage of the

matchmaking services and networking opportunities. This is all

about the success and growth of our customers.

I would also like to thank all those who joined our events in

2012. The contribution of our partners, sponsors and speakers

has been vital in making all these great events happen. Thank

you!

Last but not least, big thanks to the Technopolis Events team

for their dedication and passion for high-quality networking and

matchmaking events where business opportunities are

generated and deals happen. I’m so proud of you.

Karita Huotari

Head of Strategic Matchmaking Services

FROM LOCAL

TO NATIONAL AND

INTERNATIONAL

FIND AND

BE FOUND

NEW IN 2012

It is All About Growth and Success

Technopolis Matchmaking Team

An entire team is ready to assist you

Are you seeking new clients, financiers, partners or talent

for your company? As a Technopolis customer, you can

multiply your existing networks easily and effectively!

With Technopolis extensive national and international

networks are within your reach. Our high-quality

matchmaking events attract hundreds of companies and

thousands of participants each year, resulting in profitable

co-operation and successful deals at home and abroad.

Satu Eskelinen, Director of Technopolis Tampere,

shares her thoughts on the events: ”Supporting

entrepreneurship is important for Technopolis and the

surroundings. I believe that matchmaking events are an

extremely efficient way of distributing knowledge and

broadening of networks”.

Our focused and perfectly organized matchmaking events

offer an excellent setting for making and maintaining useful

contacts. Give us a call, contact info can be found at:

www.technopolis.fi/matchmaking

At Your Service

Over 4400 participants in 94

Technopolis and Technopolis co-organized

events

Events in 5 countries and 12 cities:

Oulu, Lappeenranta, Tampere, Jyväskylä,

Kuopio, Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Tallinn,

St. Petersburg, London, Barcelona

4,2 average of participant overall ratings,

on the scale 1- 5 (poor - excellent)

It is All About Growth and Success

5 events, 750+ participants, 150+ pre-

booked face-to-face meetings, 270+ follow-up

meetings, 10+ signed work contracts

80+ companies registered and 1100+ talent

profiles available at talentmatch.fi

In less than a year, a pilot project by Technopolis and

Otaniemi Marketing developed into a scalable and

efficient recruitment platform serving the need for

talents in fast-growing SME’s as well as big

corporations.

Characterized by Helsinki Times (15.11.2012) as a project

of “national importance”, TalentMatch brings together

employers and internationally qualified, experienced

talents at the social career web site www.talentmatch.fi

and at TalentTalks® recruitment and matchmaking events.

Talents looking for new opportunities can engage with

potential employers online, pitch live their own

qualifications and even pre-book face-to-face meetings

with potential employers at TalentTalks events.

Hiring companies can pre-screen talents with the help of

the online matching tool, JobGo, before booking meetings

with them or engaging into communication. That makes

TalentMatch platform most efficient for SME’s limited in

time and HRM resources.

As for big corporations, they can effectively develop

Employer branding and gain wide visibility during and

between TalentTalks events, not to forget that the events

are perfect occasions for establishing new contacts,

finding partners and networking with professionals.

Despite the rough situation especially in the ICT industry,

there are still plenty of opportunities for professionals to

find new and exciting jobs in the growing Finnish

companies targeting international markets, as YLE News

stated in their report after visiting the 5th TalentTalks®

event on November 15th.

One of the regular participants is Timo Valtonen, Head of

Services of Kiosked: “At TalentTalks matchmaking

events we have been able to expand our international

talent pool – an integral building block for the growth of

Kiosked. TalentMatch is a cost-efficient way for a growth

company to gain employer visibility and connect with

international candidates”.

“Our company has participated in two TalentTalks

matchmaking events so far and obtained leads to

international talents whose experience can add real

value to our business. We have strong intent to

participate in the upcoming events as well.”

Kim Väisänen

CEO, Blancco

Partners

Founding Partners

AN EFFICIENT RECRUITMENT

PLATFORM

“We have participated

as a hiring company in

two Talent Talks events

held at Technopolis

Innopoli in Espoo. I’d

like to state that I was

very impressed how well organized the events were

and that we got a lot of interesting leads from

there! A really great event!”

Jan Sandbacka

RD Manager, Supponor

5 events, 750+ participants, 150+ pre-

booked face-to-face meetings, 270+ follow-up

meetings, 10+ signed work contracts

80+ companies registered and 1100+ talent

profiles available at talentmatch.fi

As featured in Länsiväylä

newspaper on 20.11.2012,

there are already several

success stories from Talent

Talks® events and the

TalentMatch service.

Engineer Jukka Ronkainen,

34, a former NSN employee,

met with his current

employer, Nixu, an IT

Security specialized

company, at the TalentTalks

in May. TalentMatch online

platform allows to create a live professional profile

together with the behavioural profile, giving a potential

employer a wider picture of a talent compared to a

traditional CV. During the TalentTalks event,

Ronkainen says, there was a great possibility to talk to

a few hiring companies, tell briefly about himself in a

short pitch, and listen to what hiring companies have

got to offer. Nixu had just the position Ronkainen

wanted the most and after his negotiation with the

company’s representative, a perfect match was found.

“This is an effective way to screen several

companies during a short time. I am very glad

to deliver the message about TalentMatch to a

wider audience.”

Jukka Ronkainen

Engineer, Nixu

ENGINEER

RONKAINEN

MET HIS

CURRENT

BOSS AT A

TALENT

TALKS®

EVENT

Case | Nixu

John Simon, writer and Board Member at KONE Corporation

Centennial Foundation, gave an inspiring keynote speech at

TalentTalks in Otaniemi in November 2012.

Photo by

Klaus Nurmi/ Länsiväylä

Two events were organized together with Tampere Nokia

Bridge, a program for employees exiting Nokia. The Bridge

program offers an entrepreneurship path for those with a

new business idea. The programme can lead to start-up

funding and exposure to angel investors, venture capitalists

and other entrepreneurs.

In August, the full-day event gave a broad introduction into

entrepreneurship and networks available. The speeches

covered topics from setting up a business to marketing and

sales, IPR to accounting. “Been there. Done that” was told

by Varaani Works, Team Action Zone and HitSeed. These

three companies presented their case studies and told about

their path from Nokia into a start-up.

In December, the theme was “More is More” and the main

target was to introduce start-ups to entrepreneurs and bring

them together to form larger units. Fascinating case studies

were presented by five companies: Vincit, Retrail, TreLab,

Advant Games and PragmatIQ.

Juha Latvala from Nokia was happy after the events: “We

had two extremely successful entrepreneurial events during

autumn 2012. I’m looking forward to see the type of

companies emerging from the start-ups and I’m confident

that we are going to see new success stories for the people

themselves and also the local region.”

Entrepreneurship is

like a ride on a

rollercoaster,

sometimes very

exciting but always

rewarding, said Harri

Länsipuro of

Technopolis.

Antti Eskelinen, CEO

of Tampere Chamber

of Commerce and

Industry spoke about

the Pirkanmaa

Business Climate and

business interests of

the community.

Matchmaking Powered by Technopolis

”From Nokia into Entrepreneurship”

In 2012, we launched a new event type,

Technopolis Matchmaking Morning. These

turnkey events are precisely tailored

according to the customer’s targets and

needs. In addition to physical on-site

events, it is also possible to organize an

event over video connecting all ten

Technopolis sites.

This year, five tailored matchmaking events

were organized where the program

consisted of keynote speeches, case

studies, workshops, mini-fairs, networking

breaks and pre-booked one-to-one

meetings.

Juha Latvala from Nokia emphasized the

importance for start-ups to join forces and to

form larger business entities.

“Future Nursing Homes

are Built Today”

The event was held in May 2012 in Technopolis Innopoli,

Espoo, attracting 60 participants interested in the future of

elderly care and nursing homes. Networking breakfast and

the keynote presentations by Fira, Attendo and the city of

Vantaa were followed by pre-arranged one-to-one meetings.

”Organizing the event together with Technopolis was easy

and convenient. The event also opened doors to an

audience that we had not reached before”, says Fira’s Head

of Administration, Annabella Haavisto.

“Kampus tutuksi”

Kampus tutuksi - Get to Know your Campus, held for the

first time in 2011 and now again in November 2012 in

Technopolis Yliopistonrinne, Tampere, gathered some 90

participants from Tampere University, Tampere Business

Campus and companies from Technopolis.

A most interesting keynote on wellbeing at work was given

by Professor Marja-Liisa Manka from Tampere University.

Pirjo Järvinen from Tampere Business Campus presented a

case study on knowledge networking, experience-based

knowledge sharing with a colleague or a fellow worker. The

mini-fair and three parallel workshops received excellent

feedback and high ratings from the participants. As

described by Jukka Mäkinen, Development Director at

Tampere University: “Collaboration between the University

and companies is essential today. We are very happy with

what we achieved with the event.”

Professor Marja-Liisa Manka, Tampere University,

talking about the importance of wellbeing at work.

“Looking for Energy

Efficient Solutions for our

Buildings!”

In January 2012, about 60 participants joined the event

which was organized in 8 cities linked together via video.

The program included a networking breakfast and keynotes

about energy & eco-efficiency in Technopolis’ and Fira’s

building concepts. The speeches were followed by pre-

arranged one-to-one video meetings.

“We wanted to try something new in order to reach

more companies operating in the energy effieciency

business in Finland and Estonia. A video-event was

an excellent and timesaving tool.”

Anni Rouvinen, Head of Sales and Marketing, Fira

Kari Kokkonen, Technopolis and Miska Ericsson,

Fira, hosted the first ever Technopolis

Matchmaking Morning over video.

Anni Rouvinen from Fira in one-to-one discussion

with one of the event participants.

Close to 400 participants

3 events in Tampere and 1 in Espoo

1 event over video, held simultaneously

in 8 cities

4,2 average of participant overall

ratings, on the scale 1-5

(poor-excellent)

Not always a standard speech! The Auditorium at Technopolis Hermia was turned

into a “jungle” when Ideascout presented the possibilities of co-creation. Jan

Kolkkinen from Technopolis moderating the event in Tampere in August 2012.

Technopolis Business Breakfast™ is the

early-morning networking event with

interesting and current topics. The

presentations covered a wide range of

current business topics; from CRM and sales

to social media, from project management to

communication skills, from eco-efficiency to

funding and leadership and more.

“Giving a presentation at

Tamp ere and He l s i nk i

Technopolis Business Breakfast

events clearly increased the

visibility of Fondon in target

groups important for us. We

got at least one customer

immediately in the event.”

Tommi Järvinen CEO, Fondon

Over 2100 participants in 50

Technopolis Business Breakfast events

Events in 3 countries and 10 cities:

Oulu, Lappeenranta, Tampere, Jyväskylä,

Kuopio, Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Tallinn,

and St. Petersburg


on the scale 1- 5 (poor - excellent)

An incredibly fascinating keynote speech about the

importance of collaboration and building public, private and

academic partnerships was given by the former Astronaut

Dr. Dave Williams. Technopolis Business Breakfast in

Tampere in September 2012.

Carol Hibbard from Boeing Corporation shared her

experiences as a woman leader in the aerospace industry.

Espoo, September 2012.

Networking for Early Birds

“This was needed. Technopolis is

a good business environment, our

company ha s l oca t ed in

Technopolis premises already since

beginnings in 1983. A joint

networking event with the

neighborhood is a very welcome

addition to the service concept.”

Harri Antila

European Patent

Attorney, Kolster

Naapurit Tutuiksi - Meet Your Neighbors events are tar-

geted at the companies in the same Technopolis building

or campus, with the purpose of facilitating introductions

and helping people to get to know each other. After all,

the atmosphere at the campus is made by the companies

and persons working daily next to each other. And you

never know: maybe the needed business partner or a

new client is located closer than you think!

The very first Meet Your Neighbors event in Oulu was held

in Technopolis Smarthouse on April 17 and it was a great

success. Targeted at all companies in Technopolis Linnan-

maa, the event attracted some 60 participants from over

25 businesses. During the afternoon, a dozen neighbors

gave short, one-minute introductions on themselves. LM

Ericsson gave an insight into their expectations regarding

Oulu’s ICT ecosystem and R&D network. Above all, the

focus of the afternoon was on informal networking – what a

lively buzz took over the Smarthouse lobby!

Case | Oulu

Over 260 participants in 8 events

Meet your Neighbor Events were held in 5

cities: Oulu, Lappeenranta, Kuopio,

Helsinki and Vantaa


on the scale 1-5 (poor - excellent)

Meet Your Neighbors in Technopolis

Ruoholahti, Helsinki, was moderated

by Technopolis CEO Keith Silverang.

Meet Your Neighbors events also provide an opportunity for Technopolis staff to meet

customers in a relaxed setting. Helena Lundmark-Lahti, Technopolis and Kalle Siik

from Swiss Post International at the Vantaa event, in May 2012.

Meet Your Neighbors

“We’ve worked with Technopolis on many projects,

from research, events, networking and deals. It’s a

great brand name and team

and facilities are very useful to

our activities in the Baltic

region.”

Paul Murray Managing Partner

DFJ Esprit

The Catchbox microphone in active use at

MoneyTalks in Espoo.

MoneyTalks® event series was started in November 2006

to create a platform where financiers and entrepreneurs

seeking funding could meet and network on a regular

basis. With more than 4200 participants so far, some 200

presenting companies – and triple that with one-minute

and two-minute power pitches included – and the

geographical expansion from Helsinki region to cities

such as Oulu, Tampere, Lappeenranta, St. Petersburg

and Tallinn, the event has established its position as a

top entrepreneur-to-financier event.

In 2012, six half-day MoneyTalks events were arranged in

Espoo, Helsinki, Tampere, Oulu and Tallinn. In May, the first

MoneyTalks event which only featured Russian cases, was

arranged.

The 11th full-day

MoneyTalks Forum

was held in June in

the beautiful summer

city of Lappeenranta

in Southeast Finland. This

was the second time the Forum event was

organized outside the Helsinki metropolitan area. The event

was organized in association with the EU Russia Innovation

Forum and as such collected interesting cases from Estonia,

Russia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Finland.

The 12th MoneyTalks Forum took place in October in Espoo,

featuring Innovation Mill® spin-offs. The most anticipated

presentation was given by international investor Paul Murray,

Managing Partner at DFJ Esprit, on their views on the Finnish

market and early stage companies.

“Having participated in several

MoneyTalks events, I am happy to

recommend the series both to entrepreneurs and

investors. The organizers have created an

international platform for meeting the right people.

Awaiting the next event.”

Andrus Oks, Investment manager, AS SmartCap

Arengufond, Estonian Development Fund

"MoneyTalks Tampere on February 9,

2012 in Technopolis Yliopistonrinne

provided an efficient platform for networking - great

venue, service, food and atmosphere."

Tiina Rinkinen Community Manager, Uusi Tehdas

”

”

“I enjoyed the MoneyTalks Forum as a smoothly organized

event. You could recognize from the pitches as well as the

subsequent Q&A round, that the companies had been well

prepared for their investor pitch and also analyzed their

solution from the investors´ point of view. Technopolis team

organized the preparations and the event in a very professional

manner.”

Jaakko Ollila VP of Sales & Operations Booxmedia

7 MoneyTalks® events

2 bi-annual Forum events

90+ companies presented

600+ participants

500+ pre-booked one-to-one

meetings

100+ of participating

companies received

financing since 2006

Case | MoneyTalks® Featuring Russian Cases

MONEYTALKS®

FEATURING RUSSIAN

CASES ATTRACTED A

LARGE NUMBER OF

COMPANIES AND

INVESTORS

In May, Technopolis Innopoli 2 in Otaniemi

served as the venue for the first ever

MoneyTalks® featuring Russian cases. Finnode,

Greater Helsinki Promotion, Wirma and

International VC Zone partnered with

Technopolis to enable this exclusive event. In

addition to several international Venture Capital

firms, nearly all of Finland’s VC’s attended the

event. Other institutional actors and angel

investors also took part, as the scalable

business opportunities for and from the

immense and unified Russian market are

getting more interesting all the time. Many of

the participants, investors and companies alike,

utilized the opportunity to pre-book meetings

with their desired partners. In total, over 100 pre

-booked meetings took place during the event.

Greater Helsinki Promotion is the investment

promotion agency in the Helsinki metropolitan

region. One of its activities is to offer Russian

companies easy access to Finland and EU.

Funding is many times seen as the bottleneck

for the Russian companies, and MoneyTalks

featuring Russian cases was organized to

matchmake Russian companies and potential

investors. ”Located in the heart of the Baltic Sea

Region, Helsinki is a natural gateway between

Russia and Europe. Helsinki's expertise in

innovation and the experience we have in doing

business with Russians make Helsinki really

attractive for Russian companies” Olivier Bonfils

states.

“Technopolis played an essential role in

organizing this event. They have excellent

contacts to public and VC funding

organizations” says Olivier Bonfils, Greater

Helsinki Promotion’s Senior Business Advisor.

“I liked the concept of MoneyTalks

Oulu - it was really effective.

Especially the one-to-one meetings

were well organized and the

timetables were precisely kept.

Efficient day!”

Sami V. Juola CEO, Earth House at MoneyTalks Oulu September, 2012

EzyInsights, a Social Media Analytics firm selected by Startup Sauna, visited from

Finland to meet with potential international investors: “The event was helpful and

brought EzyInsights new contacts to continue negotiations with”. In the photo,

Duane Atkins and William Scharf at MoneyTalks Tallinn in November 2012.

XML migration is about to start in Estonia,

thus it was the topic of the Technopolis

Business Breakfast™ held in October

2012. This very current topic was introduced by Kristiina Kruus,

leader of the SEPA Standardization Working Group at Estonian

Banking Association, and Juha Keski-Nisula from XMLdation.com.

XMLdation.com is a company based in Technopolis Yliopistonrinne,

Tampere, Finland.

“Preparing for XML Migration in Estonia” covered issues such as XML

payments utilization and electronic invoicing replacing direct debiting.

The speeches also gave good tips on how to help customers start

using new payment, electronic invoice and account reporting services.

” It was a pleasure to visit Technopolis

Ulemiste, our Technopolis Business

Breakfast was a success. We received

good feedback and found new

important partners from Estonia.”

Juha Keski-Nisula

CEO, XMLdation.com

TECHNOPOLIS

PLATFORM FOR

NETWORKING ABROAD

Events familiar from our sites in Finland are

also found in Tallinn, Estonia and St.

Petersburg, Russia, including MoneyTalks in

Tallinn and Technopolis Business Breakfast

events in both cities.

A wide variety of other interesting events are

also hosted by the two sites annually. In

addition to providing great opportunities for

domestic and international networking, they

also serve as a gateway for a company to enter

a new market.

Case | XMLdation.com

TALLINN, ESTONIA AND ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA Highlights from events in

NEW PARTNERS

FROM ABROAD

Jukka Rauhala and Jukka Jokinen from Technopolis are waiting for their turn at MoneyTalks Tallinn in November 2012.

Technopolis Pulkovo, St Petersburg, organized eleven

events during 2012. Among these were Technopolis

Business Breakfasts for Pulkovo residents and guests on hot

topics for high-tech companies: IT labor market in St.

Petersburg, new project management methods, emotional

leadership in organizations and so on.

”The difference between Technopolis Russian and Finnish

style Business Breakfasts is that due to the size of the city

and the heavy traffic, we start later (9:30) and stay longer (up

to 1 pm), giving time and space to 3 - 4 speakers and two

coffee breaks”, says Olga Andreeva, responsible for

Technopolis events in St. Petersburg.

”As a part of our corporate project on well-being, we at

Pulkovo introduced a “Healthy Business Breakfast” together

with a healthcare company, one of our customers. In

addition to offering a healthy breakfast and oxygenated

Healthy Technopolis Business Breakfast,

in Pulkovo, November 2012.

Olga Andreeva presents

Technopolis Events at the

“Event Marketing” conference.

Technopolis Business Breakfast on labor market with

ANCOR, Russia’s leading recruiting agency.

cocktails, recommendations on how to stay fit even when

working in an office were provided. At the end, we all took

part in a short work-out for “the computer-addicted”, Olga

continues.

In February 2012, Technopolis Pulkovo hosted a full-scale

conference ”Event Marketing” in cooperation with Vedomosti/

St. Petersburg Times, the leading newspaper by Sanoma

Independent Media. Technopolis Events as a marketing tool

and matchmaking service were introduced at the conference

to an audience of 70 people.

In March 2012, Technopolis Pulkovo was home to the

international conference “Retrofit and maintenance of

buildings: information technology, energy and eco-

efficiency.” Finnish experts from the cities of Kuopio and

Helsinki shared their knowledge in the conference. The

event was co-organized with the Centre for Entrepreneurship

USA - Russia, and it was the first event in Pulkovo where

professional simultaneous translation was used.

Other events included an open competition for business

school students “What should Technopolis Pulkovo, Stage 2,

offer its customers to make them feel better”. The best

projects, such as a meeting room decorated as a Winter

garden, were presented to the Technopolis Pulkovo team.

Most inspiring ideas!

Pulkovo also hosted a VIP event for the European Bank for

Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), where our

customers presented their businesses in front of International

Board of Directors.

”The MoneyTalks® event featuring Russian cases was a

great example on how we can join forces and link our

customers in the two countries efficiently. We look forward to

having more international events in the future”, Olga

concludes.

TALLINN, ESTONIA AND ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA Highlights from events in

hi-tech, hi-growth and hi-ambition

companies from the Baltic Sea Region

www.vczone.fi

International VC Zone seeks to lower the

barriers to screening, analyzing, executing

and managing deals. The purpose is to

increase the activity of international risk

capital investors in Finland and in the Baltic

Sea Region. The increased activity fosters

awareness and competitiveness of local

companies necessary to provide new jobs,

attract skilled employees and become global

leaders.

VC Zone services, provided by a team of private and public

players dedicated to Entrepreneurship, facilitate entry to the

Baltic Sea Region by increasing visibility among local

companies and making reaching them as easy as possible.

The service package includes physical office space and

conferencing facilities in all Technopolis premises in Finland,

Estonia and St. Petersburg area. The package also includes

value-added tools and various support services. Most

importantly, the services help financiers to find interesting

opportunities, organize meetings and visits, and network with

local financiers and other players. And not surprisingly,

events play an important role also in this context!

In 2012, VC Zone service connected over 80 international

VCs with companies from the region in several local events

such as MoneyTalks. In London we organized an event for

international financiers with the Finnish Embassy. In

Barcelona during the Mobile World Congress, the fourth

annual MoneyTalks Dinner gathered a group of mobile

companies, international financiers and global corporations.

Pitching, networking, great Catalonian food and cava in great

company in an informal setting - a perfect end for the busy

week!

Janina Salo, the VC Zone Liaison Officer, coordinates the

activities for of the VCs so that they can optimize their time

when visiting the region. Business Intelligence is provided via

access to Technopolis Online, the most comprehensive

investment database covering the region. In addition, it offers

regular updates on upcoming events and market reports.

www.technopolisonline.com

“We are stepping up our focus on Finland and the

Baltics, and VC Zone has been an indispensable

and responsive resource

supporting our efforts.”

Chris Barchack,

Partner,

Fidelity Growth Partners

56 international VCs visited the region

350+ meetings organized for VCs with

companies and other players

International VCs invested €68 million

into Finnish hi-tech companies

International financiers were involved in

27 cross border investments

VC Zone Members

5

10

VC Zone Partners

Access to

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hi-tech, hi-growth and hi-ambition

companies from the Baltic Sea Region

56 international VCs visited the region

350+ meetings organized for VCs with

companies and other players

International VCs invested €68 million

into Finnish hi-tech companies

International financiers were involved in

27 cross border investments

At THE growth company event

Finnish companies meet with

international venture capitalists

“Enterprise Finland Venture Forum was

a VERY good event. I would love to

participate to future events like this.”

Cédric Latessa, Aster Capital

Finnish mobile companies and international

financiers met at the traditional MoneyTalks Dinner

during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The Finnish Ambassador Pekka Huhtaniemi talking at the Finnish startup evening in the Ambassador´s Residence in Kensington, London. The seminar was followed by buffet dinner.

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Following to the successful landing of a new growth

company matchmaking event, the second Enterprise

Finland Venture Forum was held on January 26, 2012.

Organized by Technopolis Matchmaking Services as a

turnkey service to the TEM group (Finnish Industry

Investment, Tekes and Finnvera), the event brought

together 30 of the most promising Finnish technology

companies with national and European venture capital

investors.

The event was opened by Jyrki Häkämies, Minister for

Economic Affairs, and was followed by the individual

multicontributor, business angel Anssi Vanjoki. Vanjoki

discussed in his keynote speech how idea, energy and

capital are not enough for creating new start-up success

stories. As a third presentation, Kristian Ranta from Mendor

gave an insight into the company’s growth story before and

after closing the VC investment. After opening and keynote

speeches, the event continued with company presentations,

a great amount of one-to-one meetings and an informal

networking over cocktails at the end of the day. And of

course, the best company presentations were awarded!

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”Idea, energy and capital are not enough?"

was the topic of Anssi Vanjoki’s keynote

speech at the Enterprise Finland Venture

Forum in January 2012.

Dan Colliander of Epicrystals and Jani Hursti of Asema

Electronics won Awards in the two EFVF prize categories,

Venture capital attractiveness and Presentation content and style.

Milja Rautiainen of Technopolis on the left and Petri Laine of

Finnvera on the right.

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http://www.efvf.fi

Translatum is one of the largest language service providers in

Finland, with head office in Tampere. The company employs

some 25 translation industry professionals, in addition to

which it has an extensive network of long-term co-operation

partners composed of more than 400 language solution

professionals. The company provides high-quality translations

in almost any language. The focus is on technical and

commercial translations, but translations in many other fields

are available as well, such as translations of software,

medical, marketing, contract and legal texts. Proofreading,

language training, terminology and DTP services are also part

of the company’s offering.

Translatum joined Technopolis Preferred Partner Program in

2011 and has actively taken advantage of Technopolis events

at various sites. Risto Kuosmanen, CEO of Translatum, in

the picture, and other members of the team have joined many

events as participants, Risto also as a presenter in Tallinn.

Translatum’s keynote presentation at the Tallinn Technopolis

Business Breakfast covered the meaning and relevance of

correct localization. Risto Kuosmanen spoke about the key

roles of language and culture in the internationalization

process: "The image of the company strongly drives its

success. Among other things, the image consists of the

message and how it is communicated domestically and

internationally. A message which is grammatically correct and

adapted to the target culture communicates expertise and

reliability. Knowledge of the language and culture in localizing

the message is vital.”

”We presented at the Technopolis Business Breakfast

in Tallinn. We got new customers, which was one of

the factors encouraging us to expand our Tallinn

operations and also move in to Technopolis

Ulemiste.”

Risto Kuosmanen, CEO, Translatum

NEW

CUSTOMERS

FROM A NEW

COUNTRY

Case | Translatum

“Technopolis Business

Breakfast offered a

possibility to pre-book

meetings with the

other participants. I

had two meetings, one

of which resulted into an offer and another

one to establishing a cooperation model.”

Jorma Schukoff

CEO, Yrityskehitys Schukoff

”Ideascout organised

an express workshop

on co-creation at

Tampere Technopolis

Business Breakfast,

using rain forest theme. The event was a great

success and we got several new customers.”

Petri Pitkänen

CTO, Ideascout

” I h a d s e v e r a l

discussions with other

participants at the

Lappeenranta Technopolis Business

Breakfast. We found at least one new

customer.”

Pasi Waris

Partner, PWC

Success Stories

“By attending this Mission and

MoneyTalks® Tallinn we got

great business contacts and

found potential partners. We

will attend the upcoming events also.”

Markus Mäkelä, CEO, Q-Factory

Matchmaking

events are an

essential part of the

Enterprise Europe Network

services. Two Oulu-based

companies, Simplofon and WhileOnTheMove

(WOM), participated in the Mobile World Congress (MWC) exhibition

and the brokerage event organised by Enterprise Europe Network

(EEN) in February 2012 with good results.

For start-up companies looking for international partners, it is crucial to be

present at events such as MWC. “The matchmaking event and the

exhibition were both very important and enabled us to go forward with our

international clients on a concrete level”, states Pirkko Taskinen from

Simplofon.

Kari Kivistö from WOM is already an experienced visitor to different

matchmaking events. In his opinion, the mobile industry event in Barcelona

is the best in this field. “We are participating in the EEN matchmaking event

that is arranged in connection to the MWC exhibition every year. Finding

the right partners for your business is an essential part of the matchmaking

events.” Mobile World Congress Brokerage Event in Barcelona will be

organised again in 2013.

Kari Kivistö is actively

looking for new collaboration

partners for his company.

Event: Time & city: Focus:

Mobile World

Congress 2012

27.-29.2.2012

Barcelona

Mobile technologies

Company Mission 7.-9.5.2012

Berlin

LED and Energy technology

Company Mission 30.-31.8.2012

Berlin

Social innovations and service

design in living environments

Connecting Railways 18.-21.9.2012

Berlin

Railway technologies,

transport, logistics & mobility

Nanotechnology Business

Matchmaking

10.-11.10.2012

Jyväskylä

Nanotechnologies and

business opportunities

Company Mission 29.11.2012

Tallinn

Focus on ICT sector services

Our customers participated the following Enterprise Europe Network’s

matchmaking events during 2012:

“Thanks to the Enterprise

Europe Network, we found

a technology development partner

abroad. This partnership provides us

with the state-of-the-art testing facilities

and know-how which shortens our

technology’s time-to-market period

significantly providing a competitive

edge for our novel LED technology.”

Risto Koponen, LED Suutari

Brokerage Events and Company Missions are an important part of

Enterprise Europe Network activities, providing companies a cost

efficient way to find international partners for technology transfer and

business operations.

Kuvaaja

Ma

rjo U

otila

International

Matchmaking

Visit to Vattenfall Berlin

switching station.

”

”

Date Events Calendar 2013 Location Remarks, theme, topic

9.1.2013 Naapurit Tutuiksi Espoo Also Technopolis Movie Club

10.1.2013 Technopolis Business Breakfast Oulu Work welfare

17.1.2013 Technopolis Business Breakfast Jyväskylä ICT for Executives

24.1.2013 Enterprise Finland Venture Forum Espoo

25.1.2013 Technopolis Business Breakfast Vantaa Access Russia

30.1.2013 Technopolis Business Breakfast Lappeenranta Work welfare

01.2013 / TBC Technopolis Business Breakfast St. Petersburg

8.2.2013 Technopolis Business Breakfast Tampere

12.2.2013 TalentTalks® Espoo

14.2.2013 MoneyTalks® Tampere

14.2.2013 Technopolis Business Breakfast Espoo

21.2.2013 Technopolis Business Breakfast Tallinn

25.-27.2.2013 Enterprise Europe Network Event Barcelona Mobile World Congress Brokerage Event

28.2.2013 MoneyTalks® Dinner Barcelona

28.2.2013 Technopolis Business Breakfast Kuopio

02.2013 / TBC Open Conference St. Petersburg Special Economic Zone Neudorf

5.3.2013 Enterprise Europe Network Roadshow Tampere

6.3.2013 Enterprise Europe Network Roadshow Jyväskylä

7.3.2013 Enterprise Europe Network Roadshow Kuopio

8.3.2013 Enterprise Europe Network Roadshow Lappeenranta

13.3.2013 Enterprise Europe Network Roadshow Espoo

13.3.2013 Enterprise Europe Network Roadshow Oulu

14.3.2013 Enterprise Europe Network Roadshow Oulu

14.3.2013 Enterprise Europe Network Roadshow Vantaa

15.3.2013 Naapurit Tutuiksi Helsinki

19.3.2013 Enterprise Europe Network Roadshow Helsinki

20.3.2013 Naapurit Tutuiksi Kuopio

20.3.2013 Technopolis Business Breakfast Oulu





11-12.4.2013 Enterprise Europe Network Event St. Petersburg Company Mission & Partner Matchmaking Event

11.4.2013 Naapurit Tutuiksi Oulu

12.4.2013 Technopolis Business Breakfast Jyväskylä


24.4.2013 Technopolis Business Breakfast Helsinki



14.5.2013 Naapurit Tutuiksi Lappeenranta




23.5.2013 Naapurit Tutuiksi Vantaa

6.6.2013 MoneyTalks® Game Industry & Digital Media Tampere EEN Company Mission and Brokerage Event 06.2013 / TBC Technopolis Business Breakfast St. Petersburg


22.8.2013 Technopolis Business Breakfast Lappeenranta




5.9.2013 MoneyTalks® Helsinki Metropolitan Area


6.9.2013 Technopolis Business Breakfast Vantaa


13.9.2013 Naapurit Tutuiksi Espoo



25.9.2013 Naapurit Tutuiksi Kuopio

26.9.2013 MoneyTalks® Oulu

27.9.2013 Technopolis Business Breakfast Helsinki


3.10.2013 Naapurit Tutuiksi Vantaa


10.10.2013 Technopolis Customer Summit Tampere



24.10.2013 Technopolis Business Breakfast Lappeenranta

30.10.2013 Naapurit Tutuiksi Helsinki

30.10.2013 Naapurit Tutuiksi Oulu

10.2013 / TBC Conference St. Petersburg







28.11.2013 MoneyTalks® Tallinn



12.2013 / TBC Technopolis Business Breakfast Tampere


Check updates and

sign up to events at

www.technopolisevents.com

Over 4400 participants in 94 Technopolis and

Technopolis co-organized events

Events in 5 countries and 12 cities: Oulu,

Lappeenranta, Tampere, Jyväskylä, Kuopio,

Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Tallinn, St.

Petersburg, London, Barcelona


on the scale 1-5 (poor-excellent)

Happy winner – Best pitch at MoneyTalks Forum in October by Lauri Salovaara from FilmMe Group.

Five of Technopolis customers presented their company at Kampus Tutuksi event.

From left to right: Optinet, Magic Cloud, Fondia, ECAM Consulting and Tampere

Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Tampere, November 2012.

In addition to well-equipped conference facilities, restaurants

in Technopolis’ buildings are important partners for creating

successful events: www.technopolis.fi/conference.

Active networking at Tallinn

Technopolis Business Breakfast.

http://www.technopolis.fi/conference

Documents

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