Program | Espoo 2025
Day 1
09:30
Opening Ceremony
Opening Words
Vedat Öndas — CEO, Arcticstartup
09:35
Partner Welcome
Aalto University
Tomi Erho — Head of Innovation Ecosystem Services, Aalto University
09:40
Partner Welcome
Espoo
Mervi Heinaro — Deputy Mayor, Economic Development, Sports and Culture, Espoo
09:45
Special Welcome
Video message from Henna Virkkunen
Henna Virkkunen — Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy
09:55
Opening Keynote
Marko Lehtimäki — Co-Founder & CEO, Donut Lab; Also Co-Founder, Verge Motorcycle
10:10
Building a Business
Panel
The New Deep Tech Thesis – What LPs & GPs Expect in 2025
Reetta Heiskanen – Head of Comms & Community, Sandwater VC
Patrik Louko – Chief Investment Officer, University of Jyväskylä
Marcin Hejka – Co-Founder & GP, OTB Ventures
Julien Fredonie – Head of Strategic Partnerships and Corporate Venturing Europe & Africa, Honda Innovations
10:40
Keynote
Crafting the Deep Tech Equity Story
Yann Fiebig – Partner, HTGF
10:55
Keynote
How Not To Waste €5m On Patents: Insider Secrets From A Serial Entrepreneur
Ola Wassvik – Chief Commercial Officer & Co-Founder, Lightbringer
11:15
Fireside Chat
Lessons from a Second-Time Deep Tech Founder
Bikash Gurung – Event Director, ArcticStartup
Urho Konttori – CEO, Distance Technologies; Founder, Varjo
11:35
Keynote
0-1 – How do you Build the Team to First Customer
Raman Ramalingam – Startup Operator, TalentX
11:50
Panel
Scaling with Talent – 1 to a 100
Raman Ramalingam – Startup Operator, TalentX
Janne Lehtinen – Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder, SemiQon
Caritta Seppä – Investment Manager, Spintop Ventures
Axel Ahlström – Partner and Co-founder, Kvanted
Galina Leväsluoto – Head of Talent Acquisition, IQM
12:20
Keynote
Collaborate To Innovate
Amy Chen – Chief Innovation Officer, KONE
12:35
Q&A
Q&A with Marko Lehtimäki
Marko Lehtimäki – Co-Founder & CEO, Donut Lab; Also Co-Founder, Verge Motorcycle
Moderator: Jan Ameri – ArcticStartup
13:05
Defence
Panel
Investing into Defence – New Opportunities
Teemu Seppälä – Technology and Innovation Director, City of Riihimäki
Nicholas Nelson – General Partner, Archangel Ventures
Inka Mero – Founder & Managing Partner, Voima Ventures
Filip Kocian – Investor, Expansion Ventures
13:35
R2B Projects
Deep Tech Demo Case
GIONIZE
CarboTwins
IMEN
Cornea Sense
Granarium
Juries:
Lyydia Lappi — Investor Manager, Kvanted
Soo Min Hong — Associate, node.vc
14:25
Health, Food & Bio
Deep Tech Demo Case
Sonai
GOVA
Arivin Therapeutics
LifeGlue
AlignedBio
Aircohol
Jury:
Prateek Singh — Serial founder, Ex founder & CEO of Finnadvance
15:25
Fireside Chat
Scaling Europe’s Quantum Future
Renita Kalhorn – Executive Performance coach, The high-EQ Founder
Juha Vartiainen – Co-Founder & Chief Global Affairs Officer, IQM Quantum Computers
15:45
Panel
From Academia to Orbit
James Garcia – Associate, Speedinvest
Jaan Praks – Associate Professor, Aalto University
Perttu Yli-Opas – CTO, Aurora Propulsion Technologies
Petr Sima – Founder & Partner, DEPO Ventures
16:15
Panel
Climate, Energy, and AI – Investing Across Systems
Max Werny – Venture Associate, Zero Capital
Valentine Veillon – Investor, Wind Capital
Adele Unneberg – Investment Manager, Sandwater
Mårten Skogö – Partner, Node.vc
Day 2
10:00
Opening Ceremony
Opening
Opening Words
Jakub Florczak — Event Manager, Arcticstartup
10:05
Opening Keynote
Industrialization Quantum
Erja Turunen — Executive Vice President, Digital technologies, VTT
10:15
Fireside Chat
Building Climate Tech with Industrial Ambition
Sarah Fleischer — Co-Founder & CEO, tozero
Moderator: Taiga Ueta — Principle, NordicNinja
10:35
Climate & Energy
Keynote
European Innovation Council (EIC): Elementic – the next step in construction material sustainability – gives insight into how to achieve and grow with EU support.
Ville Hulkko — CEO, Elementic
10:45
Deep Tech Demo Case
Terrabarrier
Smart+Ions
Amertate
BroadBit Batteries
Litech
NPHarvest
Juries:
Niko Elers — Investment Director at Voima Ventures
Claes Mikko Nilsen — Principal, NordicNinja vc
11:45
Keynote
Memetics: Beyond Large Language Models
Reidar Wasenius — AI Researcher, Aalto University
11:55
AI & Quantum
Deep Tech Demo Case
Scailab
Doublepoint
Twinverse
Sensible4
Juries:
Lyydia Lappi — Investment Manager, Kvanted
Kadi Ingrid-Lilles — Partner , Iron Wolf Capital
12:35
Keynote
Blockchain Based green H2 – market (BBH2) „made in“ Blockchain & AI Showcase Region Mittweida for Europe
Dr. Volker Wannack — Managing Partner & Head and Business Development Leader, Blockchain Competence Center Mittweida (BCCM) Inkubator GmbH
12:50
Defence
Panel
Defence is Deep Tech – What Comes Next?
Colin Brown — Founder, Capability Brown
Keith Bonnici — Investment Director, Tesi
Kasparas Jurgelionis — Managing Partner, Iron Wolf Capital
13:20
Panel
Building the Future: Funding Capital-Intensive Physical Projects
Pontus Stråhlman — Partner, Voima Ventures
Pia Erkinheimo — Partner, Investor Relations and ESG
Simo Ellilä — CEO & Co-founder, Enifer
Moderator: Alisa Mick — CEO & Founder, MiXi
13:50
Advanced Hardware & Defence
Deep Tech Demo Case
EXALOCUS
Marv2ex
Vegvisir
MyVox
Aavuus
Juries:
Prateek Singh — Serial founder, Ex founder & CEO of Finnadvance
Claes Mikko Nilsen — Principal, NordicNinja vc
14:40
Wildcards
Deep Tech Demo Case
snowLEX
Hovi ID
Roam Network
Juries:
Niko Elers — Investment Director, Voima Ventures
Soo Min Hong — Associate at node.vc
15:20
Closing
Closing Words
Vedat Öndas — CEO, Arcticstartup
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