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to develop your health business in
the Helsinki Metropolitan health ecosystem

Health Capital Helsinki is building the greatest health capital by developing the Helsinki Metropolitan health ecosystem, boosting the growth of innovation-driven startups and helping international investors and corporations find their opportunities and partners in Finland. Health Capital Helsinki is your guide to the capital region and Finland. Our services are free of charge.

We’re a part of Helsinki Partners, a city marketing, investment and talent attraction company owned by the City of Helsinki.

Developing the ecosystem

We increase collaboration within the Helsinki Metropolitan health ecosystem and bring relevant parties together. When we find gaps, we develop services to fill them. In short, our aim is to help the network operate smoothly.

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Supporting organic growth

We connect research projects with investors and companies, and support the formation of innovative health & life science startups and the startup scene in many ways. We work closely with Health Incubator Helsinki, a unique development environment for research-based health startups.

Attracting investments

We help international corporations and investors enter our ecosystem and find valuable opportunities and partnerships. We promote the strengths of Helsinki Metropolitan and Finland with the aim of building strategic investments.

Here are some of the things Health Capital Helsinki can do for you:

Connect potential business partners
Tell us what you expect from a business partnership. We may know someone with similar expectations.
Connect you with testbeds and living labs
Want to take your product to the ultimate test? There are plenty of opportunities and if you don’t know where to start, start from us.
Connect you with world-class research
Helsinki Metropolitan is home to unique clinical research initiatives. There are also thrilling advances in the fields of oncology, immunology, neurology, virology and genetics. Just to name a few of the most obvious ones.

Help investors and startups meet
We’re an active matchmaker that organises meetings and introductions case by case. Get in touch to learn more.
Help research initiatives get commercial
We cooperate with universities that have identified potential scientific spin-offs. Health Capital Helsinki is also an active partner of SPARK Finland.
Spread your news
Want to share your news or events? We’re happy to help. And by ordering our newsletter and following our social media accounts, you can also see what other ecosystem members have going on.

Help startups get started
Health Capital Helsinki is collaborating closely with Health Incubator Helsinki. We mentor, give advice, make introductions and organise trainings when needed.
Help companies grow and get international
Whenever we see a possibility to introduce one of our startups to international contacts, we do that. And we actively seek contact with potential international partners that could be beneficial for companies in the region.
Take things to the next level
We want to boost health and life sciences related R&D and the digitalisation of healthcare. Also, we believe that health outcomes of new technology can and should be measured. No strings attached; we are on a mission to change the world.

Let us help you navigate in the Helsinki Metropolitan health ecosystem.

Alliance partners

Health Capital Helsinki is supported by a public alliance of the largest cities, hospital and educational institutions in Finland.

Steering group

Aalto University
Jouko Lampinen, Dean, School of Science
Deputy: Markus Mäkelä

City of Espoo
Harri Paananen, Director, Economic Development
Deputy: Marika Lostedt

City of Helsinki
Heidi Humala, Head of Unit, Business Environment at Business Helsinki (Chairman of the steering group)

Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
Teemu Moilanen, Research Area Director, Service Business Development & Design
Deputy: Antti Jylhä

HUS Helsinki University Hospital
Taneli Raivio, Research Director, professor
Deputy: Pekka Kahri

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Minna Elomaa-Krapu, Director, Innovations: Customer-oriented Wellbeing and Health Services
Deputy: Anna-Maria Vilkuna

University of Helsinki
Santtu von Bruun, Director, Innovations and innovation ecosystems
Deputy: Risto Renkonen

Helsinki is the capital of Finland, with a vision to be the world’s most functional city.

Espoo is the second largest city and the Finnish capital of innovation.

HUS Helsinki University Hospital is the largest health care provider in Finland and one of the largest in Europe.

The University of Helsinki is Finland’s largest university. The Faculty of Medicine and HiLIFE Helsinki Institute of Life Science conduct and support globally top-level research.

Aalto University is one of the country’s main innovation players with health & well-being as a strategic focus.

Metropolia is the largest University of Applied Sciences. Metropolia, Haaga-Helia and Laurea work in strategic partnership.

Haaga-Helia is a strongly business orientated University of Applied Sciences.

Collaboration partners

Together we are more! Health Capital Helsinki collaborates with various organisations in Finland and internationally. If we cannot provide the service that you need, maybe one of our partners can.

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Developing the ecosystem

Supporting organic growth

Attracting investments

Here are some of the things Health Capital Helsinki can do for you:

Let us help you navigate in the Helsinki Metropolitan health ecosystem.

Alliance partners

Collaboration partners

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