Upcoming Events
Summer Of Startups Kickoff featuring Sami Inkinen and Caterina Fake
OutlookEvent date
Fri, Jun 8. 2012 - Fri, Jun 8. 2012
Event time
Fri, 12:00 - Fri, 14:30
Place
Aalto Venture Garage
Betonimiehenkuja 3, 02150 Espoo
Organizers
- Aalto Venture Garage
- Aalto ES
Event description
As a part of the Founders' Week, Aaltoes will be kicking off the summer's entrepreneurship program, Summer of Startups!
Summer of Startups is a program dedicated to activating the entrepreneurs within us. Instead of a regular summer job, participants get to give it a go on their own beloved idea, and try out just how far they can run with it.
The teams will be taken through a fast paced learning experience, consisting of weekly workshops, lectures, keynotes, but most of all tons of hands-on working.
The coaches giving their advice during the program are the finest Finnish and international serial entrepreneurs and VC's. Though the program is generally aimed at students and researchers the level of the teams this year is brilliant!
Come and see for yourself! The program starts with a keynote given by the Finnish star of Founders' Week: Sami Inkinen, the co-founder of Trulia, one of the largest real-estate sites in the US serving over 20 million unique monthly visitors. Program goes on with a fireside chat with Caterina Fake, founder and CEO of Pinwheel and co-founder of Hunch and Flickr. Then it's time for the teams to pitch their products and services.
Here's a sneak preview on what to expect.
Groundup
A platform for NGOs to direct work into right places. It bridges the gap between a NGO's operations and the actual projects going on in the different sites - a solution to track results from projects (evidence) and prove the fundraising.
Health Puzzle
A tool providing proactive healthcare based on a person’s genome, lifestyle and environmental factors. The system has a patent granted and several pending.
Arency
Effective augmented reality marketing applications for companies.
Breakit
A platform for people to easily share (and for media to buy) images concentrated around news and current events.
Burt Troop Pack
Experience Designing holistic package solutions with appealing visual and superior structural design for small companies (restaurants, cafes, food markets etc)
FifScan
Developing an imaging technology for taking cross-sectional images of a desired part of the body. Applications range from sport-metrics to medical imaging.
korja.us
A platform for citizens to report non-critical civic issues (such as ‘missing a sign in the street’ or ‘broken sandbox in the park’). Open311 API. Social toolset for engaging citizens. Provides effective analytics for cities.
netMedi
A communication tool linking the doctor, the patient and an online personal health database. Enhancing the doctor patient relationship.
Qaicu
A platform skimming through todays news overflow in a personalized, user-friendly way.
Trick Technologies
Designing a new kind of microphone for mass events. A delightful, throwable, safe quality microphone to increase interaction and simply give a twist to seminars/gatherings of all sorts.