News and events

AMPlify supports Finnish healthcare companies in entering the U.S. market through expert-led workshops, mentorship, and collaboration with Mayo Clinic.

Japan–Singapore Digital Health & AgeTech Mission 2026 connects Finnish companies with stakeholders in Japan and Singapore to explore market opportunities and foster collaboration.

Join Business Finland and Cambridge Wireless at CWIC 2026 in Cambridge, UK, on April 29-30 for insights into connectivity and emerging technologies.

Kimmo Kanto, who works at Business Finland, has been appointed as Vice-Chair of the Council of the European Space Agency in Interlaken, Switzerland, on March 19, 2026.  Kanto will begin his term on July 1. The ESA Council is the organization’s highest strategic decision-making body, and Kanto is the first Finnish representative to hold the position.  At Business Finland, Kanto is the Director of the Space, Defence and Connectivity unit.  

Advanced Finnish communications and cybersecurity solutions, as well as the latest space technologies, have created numerous opportunities for cooperation between Finland and Japan.

The President of the Republic has granted the annual internationalisation awards to three companies and one community. Orion Corporation won the 2025 Growth Company Award. The Newcomer Company Award went to Sensofusion, and Sandvik Mining and Construction was recognised as the Long-term International Investor. The year’s Community Award was granted to the Finnish Startup Community.

Business Finland will award record level funding to new leading company projects and to expansion of existing projects. The first funding decisions of the year were made on April 20, 2026. Expansions of leading company projects are included for the first time.

The preparation of biotechnology-related IPCEI projects is progressing to accelerate European investments and innovations in biotechnology.

In 2025, Business Finland granted a total of EUR 785 million in funding to more than 2,500 Finnish companies, of which over EUR 65 million was allocated to health-related projects.