Two Finnish SME’s to receive funding from EU SME Instrument The October 2014 round of the SME instrument funding saw two Phase 2 grants being given to Finnish companies. The SME instrument, launched under the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Union, aims ...
Turning Finnish research into commercial success: Evaluation of the Tekes TULI Programme shows need to focus on results Finland has been criticized for its ability to turn R&D investments into commercially successful innovations. The evaluation of the Tekes programme “Creating Business from Research” (TULI) showed that...
Three out of five Finland's winning SMEs secured EU funding with the help of Spinverse 5 small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) from Finland have been selected in the latest round of Horizon2020 SME Instrument Phase 2. Each project receives up to € 2.5 million to finance innovation act...
The Spinverse Managed DEMAPP Program Received 3.9 Me Tekes Funding The five-year DEMAPP program, managed by Spinverse, received a positive funding decision from Tekes in June 2010. Tekes will fund the participating organizations in the program with a maximum of 3.9 M...
The latest success story: Using wind to save fuel in the global maritime industry Shipping companies are actively looking for solutions to reduce fuel consumption and environmental emissions of vessels, particularly due to the recent fuel price instability as well as the forthcomin... H2020
The latest success story: Finnish SME is making indoor worlds discoverable with EU funding Spinverse is delighted to make known yet another customer success story: Finnish company IndoorAtlas secured Horizon2020 SME Instrument financing toscale-upand expand the disruptive geomagnetic indoor...
The Key Success Factors to successful execution of Open Innovation ecosystem projects Open Innovation (OI) ecosystem projects are complicated and demanding. Ecosystem partners have multiple roles and different internal drivers and objectives. Typically innovation projects involve high ...
The growth of CTO investments declines in Finland According to the annual Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Survey by Spinverse , investments in research and development (RD) will increase in 2013 in almost half of the Finnish companies, and almost a th...
The Graphene Flagship will sail to EuroNanoForum 2013 The European Commission has chosen Graphene as one of Europe’s first 10-year, 1,000 million euro FET flagships. The mission of the flagship is to take graphene and related layered materials from acade...
The first Partner Day on the Finnish-Russian Innovation Alliance on Nanotechnology Nanotechnology commercialisation challenges and opportunities arising from cross-border cooperation The Finnish-Russian Innovation Alliance on Nanotechnology Partner Day was held at the Ingria Technop...
The CTO of the Year Europe award promotes the importance of technology and innovation in Europe "All the other decision-makers or members of the executive teams of companies are getting awards --- but nobody awarded the CTO", says Pekka Koponen , CEO of Spinverse on a video interview , recordeda...
The 5+1 unifying characteristics of us Spinversians - Unfolding the Spinverse culture with Niklas Niklas Weckström started working at Spinverse almost three years ago. ”When I first heard about the company, a career at Spinverse sounded interesting and inspirational as I could widely utilise my ba...