Helsinki Business Hub

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HELSINKI BUSINESS HUBWE MAKE HELSINKI THE BEST PLACE TO ACCELERATE YOUR BUSINESS

We enable foreign companies to establish their businesses and

innovation-driven companies to grow and develop in Helsinki.

Our focus is on

ICT SMART & CLEAN

HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES

We work with foreign and local companies, investors, public sector

and academia.

OUR SERVICES ARE FREE OF CHARGE

DEAL FLOWfrom Finland

Location forR&D ACTIVITIES

EXPANDINGBUSINESS

to Nordics, Baltic Sea Region or Europe

Grow your INNOVATION-DRIVEN

BUSINESS in Helsinki

Business opportunity information

Matchmaking

Market informationAccess to deal flow

Soft landing services

Access to financing

Access to reference markets

Export boosting

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HBH PARTNER NETWORKOur NETWORK OF TRUSTED SERVICE PROVIDERS is at your service;they help international companies entering the Helsinki region

partners.helsinkibusinesshub.fi

Our work results in new jobs and investments in the region.

Helsinki Business Hub receives its funding from public sources – from the cities of

Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen as well as the Uusimaa Regional Council.

WHY HELSINKI?

THE HELSINKI REGION OUTNUMBERS OTHER NORDIC CAPITALS IN TOTAL AMOUNT OF FDI PROJECTS & CROSS-BORDER VENTURE AND M&A DEALS

69

89 93 9078

96

130145 140

163

5662

106

81 76

9387 92

112106

3730 30

43

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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Copenhagen Helsinki Oslo Stockholm Tallinn

FDI source: FT fDi Markets / Venture and M&A data source: Bureau van Dijk Zephyr

WHY HELSINKI?Greater Helsinki, the capital region of Finland, is a dynamic world-class center for business and innovation. The region is HOME TO 1.6 MILLIONpeople and a WORKFORCE OF 860,000 talented people.

GREATERHELSINKI:HELSINKIESPOOVANTAA

WHY HELSINKI?Situated at the heart of the Baltic Sea Region, Helsinki offers access to a MARKET OF 100 MILLION people. International companies highly appreciate the highly skilled workforce available in Helsinki region, as well as its prime location, ease of doing business, culture of fresh thinking and real quality of life.


WHY HELSINKI?Foreign companies are increasingly attracted to Helsinki. There areOVER 2,000 FOREIGN OWNED ENTERPRISES employing 172,000 staff and accounting for 30% of the region’s corporate R&D spend.


WHY HELSINKI?

INTERNATIONAL ACCESSIBILITY.

THE QUICKESTROUTE BETWEEN EUROPE & ASIA

RIGHT IN

THE MIDDLEOF THE BALTIC SEA REGION

HELSINKI AIRPORT

VOTED THE 2NDBEST AIRPORT IN EUROPE

WHY HELSINKI?

LEADING TECH STARTUP HUB.

206 M€IN VENTURE CAPITAL TO FINNISHHIGH-TECH COMPANIES (2014)

HOME TO STARTUP EVENTS SUCH AS

SLUSH & ARCTIC15

3RDIN WORLD CITIES’ INITIATIVES TO SUPPORTINNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

WHY HELSINKI?

SKILLED WORKFORCE.

1ST IN WORLD ECONOMICFORUM’S HUMANCAPITAL INDEX(2015)

50% OF 25-64 YEAR-OLDS HAVE TERTIARY EDUCATION (EUROSTAT 2014)

78 000EMPLOYED IN HIGH-TECH SERVICES & MANUFACTURING( 2ND IN EUROPE)

WHY HELSINKI?

EASY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.

71% OF FINNS SPEAK ENGLISH,

48% SPEAKTHREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

5TH IN WORLD ECONOMICFORUM’SENABLING TRADE INDEX (2014)

2NDLEAST CORRUPT COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

WHY HELSINKI?

QUALITY OF LIFE.

FINNS ARE THE

6TH

HAPPIESTNATION INTHE WORLD (2015)

1ST IN EQUAL TREATMENT OF WOMEN AT WORK (ECONOMIST'S GLASS CEILING INDEX 2015)

HELSINKI RANKS

8TH IN THE MONOCLEQUALITY OF LIFE SURVEY 2015

ICTECOSYSTEM IN

HELSINKI

ICT STRENGTHS IN THE HELSINKI REGION

A world class ICT location made famous because of its Nokia heritage, with a new generation of tech startups like Supercell. Helsinki has a lot to offer across the ICT field with key strengths in

INDUSTRIAL INTERNETNETWORKSGAMINGCYBER

SECURITYSMART

MARITIME

ICT FACTS & FIGURES

TALENT POOL OF116 000 SKILLEDENGLISH-SPEAKING TECHNICAL IT PROFESSIONALS

HELSINKI HAS 2ND

HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONOF COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFULAPP DEVELOPERS IN THEWORLD (SILICON VALLEY 1ST)

87 000 ICT PROFESSIONALSHAVE ADVANCED PROGRAMMINGSKILLS

FINLAND HASMOSTADVANCED5G TEST NETWORKIN THE WORLD

4TH IN EUROPEANCOMMISSION’SDIGITAL ECONOMYAND SOCIETY INDEXIN 2016

MOST CITEDRESEARCH DOCUMENTS IN COMPUTER NETWORKS & COMMUNICATIONS,2ND MOST CITED IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

3RD IN COMBINED RANKING LIST OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS, EASE OF DOING BUSINESS, GLOBAL INNOVATION, CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY(THE ECONOMIST 2013)

SMART & CLEANTECH

ECOSYSTEM IN HELSINKI

SMART & CLEANTECH STRENGTHS IN THE HELSINKI REGION

Helsinki is indeed both smart and clean. It hosts 300 core smart & cleantech companies and 20 relevant R&D centres while its entire smart & cleantech ecosystem comprises of 1,660 firms, 12,500 professionals and revenues of €5.3 billion. Helsinki has five world-class strongholds:

Helsinki is a hotspot for integrating smart and clean solutions into the city structure and to the everyday lives of people living here.

WASTE& WATER

BUILT ENVIRONMENTENERGYMOBILITY CONSUMER

CLEANTECH

SMART & CLEANTECH FACTS & FIGURES

HELSINKI HAS ACLEANTECH TALENTPOOL OF 25 000,76% HAVE AT LEASTBACHELOR’S DEGREE

ANNUAL REVENUES OF€5.3 BILLION INSMART & CLEANTECHIN HELSINKI: 38% OFFINLAND’S TOTAL

FINLAND 2ND

IN GLOBALCLEANTECH INNOVATIONINDEX 2014

40% OF FINNISHPUBLIC R&DFUNDING TOENERGY ANDENVIRONMENT SECTOR

1 660 COMPANIESIN HELSINKI ACTIVE INSMART & CLEANTECH, (ACCOUNTING FOR23% OF FINLAND)

MORE THAN 1/3 OF PUBLIC R&D INVESTMENTSIN FINLAND ARE MADEIN CLEANTECH

HELSINKI IS OVERALL THE 8TH SMARTEST CITY AND 1ST IN THE ENVIRONMENT DIVISION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION IN IESE’S CITIES IN MOTION INDEX 2015

HELSINKI RANKED 7TH IN EUROPEIN THE SIEMENSGREEN CITYINDEX 2012

THE HELSINKIREGION HAS ABOUT20 RELEVANTR&D CENTRES INSMART & CLEANTECH

HEALTH TECH & LIFE SCIENCES ECOSYSTEM IN

HELSINKI

HEALTH TECH & LIFE SCIENCES STRENGTHS IN THE HELSINKI REGION

Helsinki has an excellent environment for new product development and testing. There are 29,000 technical life-sciences professionals in Helsinki; 75% work in public research institutes, academia or healthcare. The corporate sector includes 330 companies (medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology & medical R&D), 5,200 professionals, €2.1 billion revenues. Strongholds include

Life-sciences multinationals with R&D in Helsinki include: Bayer, GE Healthcare, GlaxoSmithKline, MSD, Philips and ThermoFisher Scientific.

genomics Precision medicine

Cancer treatmentMed tech Digital

health

HEALTH TECH & LIFE SCIENCES FACTS & FIGURES

HELSINKI HAS ALIFE SCIENCESTALENT POOLOF AROUND29 000 PEOPLE

EXPORTS OF FINNISHHEALTH TECHNOLOGYGREW 8.3% TO A NEW RECORD OF €1.8BILLION IN 2014

A TOP-10 RESEARCHLOCATION GLOBALLY IN 34 OUT OF 39 FIELDS OF MEDICINE

AMONG THE 1ST

CHOICE COUNTRIESFOR STARTINGmHEALTH BUSINESSIN EUROPE

HELSINKI IS HOME TO TWO WORLD-CLASSUNIVERSITIES:UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND AALTO UNIVERSITY

FINLAND HASOVER 300COMPANIESOPERATING INHEALTH TECH

THE LEADING AREAS OF FINNISH EXPERTISE IN HEALTH TECH & LIFE SCIENCES INCLUDE ONCOLOGY, CLINICAL NEUROLOGY, GASTROENTEROLOGY, CARDIOLOGY, EMBRYOLOGY AND NUTRITION AND DIETETICS

FINLAND HAS MOST PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN R&DINTHE WORLD PER 1M POPULATION (7482)

FINLANDIS RANKED3RD IN GLOBAL INNOVATIONIN 2015

THE CORPORATE LIFE SCIENCES SECTORIN THE HELSINKI REGION HAS PERSONNELOF 21 000 AND REVENUES OF€8.5 BILLION (2014).

Contact us:

Helsinki Business HubMechelininkatu 1a, 00180 Helsinki, Finland

www.helsinkibusinesshub.fi

WE MAKE HELSINKI THE BEST PLACE TO ACCELERATE YOUR BUSINESS.

Picture © Jussi Hellsten / Visit Helsinki

HELSINKI BUSINESS HUB RECEIVES ITS FUNDING FROM PUBLIC SOURCES – FROM THE CITIES OFHELSINKI, ESPOO, VANTAA AND KAUNIAINEN AS WELL AS THE UUSIMAA REGIONAL COUNCIL. READ MORE FROM www.helsinkibusinesshub.fi

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INNOVATION-DRIVENCOMPANIES TO GROWAND DEVELOP IN HELSINKI

FOREIGN COMPANIESTO ESTABLISH THEIRBUSINESSES IN HELSINKI

WEWORKWITH

FOREIGN & LOCALCOMPANIES

INVESTORS

PUBLIC SECTOR

ACADEMIA

OURFOCUS

IS ON

ICT

SMART &CLEANTECH

HEALTH TECH &LIFE SCIENCES

OURWORK

RESULTSIN

NEW JOBS INTHE REGION

NEW INVESTMENTSIN THE REGION