By Hanna Nylund
Are you tired of endless searches for the perfect financial match, long and tedious pitching processes and yet another rejection email when trying to squeeze in a meeting with a potential investor who you know already has their calendar filled to the max?
By Hanna Nylund
Finding the right investor can be the foundation of your startup’s success. But how do you navigate the VC jungle and choose the suitable investor for your growth strategy? Here are some of the best insider tips shared by Maria 01’s seasoned Investor Members.
By Hanna Nylund
Maria 01 is happy to announce the appointment of a new Board of Directors. The new members were elected in Maria 01’s additional Annual Meeting on the 10th of November 2022, bringing the total number of board members to six.
By Hanna Nylund
It’s November, the slushiest time of the year in Finland, and we all know what that means. Helsinki is once again welcoming thousands of founders from all over the globe to the world’s leading startup event – Slush.
By Hanna Nylund
What happens when you run the Nordics’ leading startup campus, serving as the home to 180+ tech startups, and get the spontaneous idea of bringing everyone together to celebrate the diverse representation of teams and solutions building the future of tomorrow?
The biggest pitching event in Maria 01’s history takes place on the 22nd of September.
By Hanna Nylund
Data, AI and IoT are buzzwords that have been thrown around in several industries for a while already. However, even in low-key businesses, such as facilities services, collecting data and benefitting from it is something facility services providers have seemed to be struggling with. Facilities present service providers with tons of interesting data, that we … Continued
By Hanna Nylund
Matchmaking and connecting startups with larger corporations are at the core of what we here at Maria 01 do. In recent years we’ve seen both the number, and the importance of these collaborations grow, and result in new innovative projects. We’ve even witnessed quite a few within our Community.
It’s quite easy to see why corporate-startup partnerships make sense: startups benefit from additional resources, funding, and potential new customers, while corporations can get access to new, disrupting technology and a foot into the innovative startup ecosystem. However, while working with over 20 larger corporate partners, we’ve found the above-mentioned things not to be the only reasons corporations seek to offer their expertise and resources to startups – it’s also about giving back to the community.
By Hanna Nylund
This is a blog series on startup financing options written in collaboration with members of the Maria 01 Community. This is the second blog of the series, brought to you by our experts from Danske Bank Growth.
By Hanna Nylund
This is a blog series on startup financing options written in collaboration with members of the Maria 01 Community. This is the first blog of the series, brought to you by our startup member Trail Systems.
By Hanna Nylund
The net impact report of Maria 01 startups, conducted by Upright, shows that Maria 01 has been consistently net positive. Now, the hub wants to increase its net positive impact by implementing new impact-driven initiatives and strategies.
