EIT DIGITAL -INNOVATION FACTORY &ENTREPRENEURIAL ACADEMY Marko TurpeinenNode Director

@mturpeinen

April 4, 2019

Pan-European Ecosystem

200 major corporates, SMEs, cities, researchinstitutes and universities

universities

research

industry

cities

EIT PARTNERS IN FINLAND

EIT Digital is about Entrepreneurial Education

Partners Co-location centers Online learning

Doctoral school Master School Professional School

Summer School

Blended education

1600 Master students160 PhDs in 5 countries20 courses for professionals70,000+ learners 18 MOOCS

EIT Digital is about Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Bring EuropeanDeepTech lab resultsto the marketAccelerate growthof Europeanscaleups

New products & servicesNew startups

Scaling up: customeracquisition, fundraising

Digital Industry

Digital Wellbeing

Digital Infrastructure

Digital Finance

Digital Cities

SELECT GROW SUCCEED

Innovation Action Lines

from our ecosystemand beyond

through our ecosystem in world markets

Innovationactivities

Scaleups

Innovation Activity Examples

Just Launched: Last Mile Autonomous Delivery

- transparent and customized delivery experience- faster and more reliable deliveries in a novel way

Consumers

- less congestion and pollution, resulting in more livable environment for citizens

Cities

- savings on last-mile deliveries of up to 40% (*)

Retailers & Logistics

Access to Ecosystem Services

Access to Market (A2M) Access to Finance (A2F)

Raise FundsSecure Customers

Knowledge, Talent, Space, Projects, etc..

And/or

EIT Digital Accelerator

• Over 90 primarily research-to-innovation startups have been based at the CLC• Startups spark up the innovation spirit in the CLC• EIT Digital students are linked with startups• Startups interact with EIT Digital partners, also from other nodes• Startups have participated in innovation activities as subgrantees • Startups inspire the community by sharing their stories and achievements

Resident early-stage startups as local ingredients of a lively European innovation ecosystem

• Open Information page• https://www.eitdigital.eu/eitdigital2020

EIT Digital 2020

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