The Rise of the Drone: Using drones for biomass emissions tracing in Finland Bioenergy – a renewable energy derived from biomass – is playing a vital role in many geographical areas. Currently, it is estimated to provide around 10% of the world’s primary energy supply. In acco...
Unique bioeconomy project raises €21 million in funding SWEETWOODS is a 43-million-euro joint pilot project that was recently granted €21 million in funding under the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme’s Bio-based Industries financial instrument. Horizon 2020 is ... Circular Bio-based Europe (CBE) EU project management Funding proposal preparation
U2 guitarist The Edge at EuroNanoForum 2013: “We need to dream up the kind of world we want to live in!” 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 commun...
Two top product developers to receive CTO of the Year 2015 award Helsinki - February the 4th, 2015. Juha Inberg from Ponsse Plc and Jussi Pyörre from Eniram Oy have been chosen as the recipients of the CTO of the Year 2015 award. The award recognises chief technolo...
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...