Finnish innovation consultancy Spinverse strengthens its service portfolio by acquiring Open Innovation Management Oy. By acquisition Spinverse begins operating the Innovation Mill-accelerator, which commercializes large corporations’ unused ideas and innovations. The accelerator started as cooperation between Nokia, Tekes and Technopolis and during the four years of operation it has created 70 new companies and 650 new jobs.
There is a feeling of unease about the coming winter among the Finnish construction industry. Real estate market outlook is murky and the start of new projects is being delayed. Exports to Russia are booming, but should one venture even further out to the East? More than a third of the global construction activity takes place in China. With the current pace China is constructing the equivalent of the entire building stock of Germany in less than two years.
Spinverse signed a collaboration agreement with Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Green Building Industry Cluster Demonstration Zone in Wujin district of Changzhou city in Jiangsu province, China on September 10th 2013 in Beijing.
Rules of Innovation Will Change in Moscow in October
The Edge, real name David Howell Evans, known as the U2 guitarist, was one of the highlights at EuroNanoForum 2013. Instead of great guitar solos, he encouraged the global research and industry community to continue living dreams and reaching for the future: to continue the safe commercialisation of nanotechnology for improving people’s lives. His video greeting was in line with his activities in supporting public philanthropy and more specifically the fight against the cancer disease in the world.
Startup entrepreneurship has became lately a super sexy trend in Finland. Some 400 new companies have been established by former Nokia employees, accelerated by for instance Innovation Mill – program (Kauppalehti Optio 11.4.). However, our boom is starting to be overshadowed by our eastern neighbor.
Spinverse participated at the Skolkovo Village Start-Up event May 26-28th as an official Conference Sponsor
European partnership focusing on nanoelectronics ENIAC Joint Undertaking has granted funding for a project coordinated by Okmetic Oyj. The total budget of the “Processes for MEMS by Inkjet Enhanced Technologies,” or PROMINENT project is 9.4 M€, and the coordination is managed by Spinverse Oy.
Sustainable Bioenergy Solutions for Tomorrow (BEST) is a new research programme launched by two SHOK companies, CLEEN and FIBIC. BEST is the first extensively cross-SHOK and genuinely joint research programme, managed by Spinverse. Tekes has agreed to provide 55% of the programme funding.
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 the structures and competences for commercialization – as well as attitudes – have developed substantially during the last 10 years. While this competence-building phase was necessary, it is now time to move on to the next level where success is measured by commercial results.