Join us for a casual and engaging afternoon at Hangout with Startups and Experts, where international founders from the Experience Tampere programme will present their startups and connect with the local community.

Experience Tampere is an initiative by International House Tampere designed to help international founders explore Tampere as a potential home for their business. Over the course of one week, selected entrepreneurs dive into the local startup ecosystem, meet key stakeholders, and get hands-on guidance on relocating and scaling their companies in Finland.

At this event, five founders from Brazil, Turkey, and Lithuania will pitch their startups—ranging from aerospace solutions and sustainable materials to remote industrial collaboration tools and founder mentorship. They're here to share what they're building and why Tampere might be the next step in their journey.

The event will also feature a panel of local investors and advisors, followed by an open networking session hosted by Platform6. If you're curious about international founders in Tampere, want to support new ideas, or just want to meet others in the scene, this is the place to be.

Office Hours with Business Finland

09:00 - 15:00 Free 1-on-1 consultations with Business Finland - Sign up here! (6 slots left)

Programme

15:00 - 15:05 Welcome words by the organisers - Margarita Khartanovich (Head of Startup Services at Platform6 / Startup.Tampere), Murat Demirez (Business Coordinator at International House of Tampere)

15:05 - 16:00 Startup pitches + Q&A with the jury

Startups:

Tiago Giglio Rodrigues and Daniel Franzeri, founders of AERO.ID (Brazil)
Betül Karaca, founder of Factory Of Us (Turkey)
Emre Tekeli, founder of LeanEcoCell (Turkey)
Ozan Sönmez, founder of The Brutally Honest Mentor (Turkey)
Ismet Ozmen, VSight (Lithuania)

Jury:

Wilson Tukiainen, VC at Maki VC,
Marko Kotonen, Senior Business Advisor at Business Finland
Roman Shamray, Founder of GC Club, ex-Swappie
More TBA

16:00 - 17:00 Networking session facilitated by Platform6

NOTE: on June 12th you are also welcome to join our last webinar with Hubspot - "How busy founders create content that converts". You will learn now to define your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) and create content pillars, build a repeatable content workflow so you never start from scratch again, create a content system that can run (mostly) on it's own, turn one idea into multiple posts, write effective prompts so you can use AI tools. Register here!

Hangout with startups feat. Experience Tampere program

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