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In the cover photo from left to right: Timo Jauhiainen CCO, Pirja Piiponniemi Executive assistant and Ilkka Suhonen Marketing Manager. The challenge of feeding the world To meet the needs of the world’s growing… Read more »
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Plastic pollution is present everywhere and increases continuously. Its overall amount represents > 300 Mt/y. Even more dramatic is the poor recyclability of this waste, i.e. more than 90% is not recycled to date. There is therefore… Read more »
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Have you watched the documentary „Seaspiracy” on Netflix? While most people are aware of the negative consequences of meat production, this documentary shines a light on how seafood is produced, and boy, it is not… Read more »
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Cover image starting from left: COO Jarna Hyvönen, CEO Tuure Parviainen and CTO Matti Tähtinen. The demand for protein is going up as the world population grows and nutritional preferences change, yet the current solutions… Read more »
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EIT FAN Nordic Hub established by VTT and its partner University of Helsinki kicked-off on 9.6.2021 with ten startups from mostly Finland and Sweden but also one startup from Belgium and one from Austria. The… Read more »
StartUp
Ten agritech and foodtech startups gathered resources for international success from the first acceleration programme organized by the VTT-led FAN Nordic Hub last summer. Application process for this year’s program is now open. Teams will… Read more »
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Organising EIT FAN programme By Eveliina Voutilainen … Read more »
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Together with our partners at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Finnish Cereal Committee, Food and Beyond has set out to build a shared platform for discussion and development of the plant protein… Read more »
Event
First Meetings, Final Pitches, but certainly not Final Farewells It was an emotional moment last week as the startups, mentors, partners, and organizers of the first EIT FAN Helsinki program met each other for the… Read more »
Event
You’re Invited to EIT FAN Helsinki’s Demo Day It has been an intense 4 months for the 10 startups chosen to join EIT FAN Helsinki 2020, but now the day is finally here.… Read more »