ScaleAble Matchday
Program
Wednesday, September 18
13:00 Registration & Coffee
14:00 Introduction to the event
14:10 Corporate and Startup Collaboration Learning Workshop
This learning workshop focuses on how these collaborations create unique strengths to drive innovation and achieve market success, with insights gathered from Ignite matchmaking meetings and the opportunity to practice value co-creation principles.
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Corporate-Startup Success Stories
Listen to the corporate Liebherr and the startup iPercept as they share their stories and success factors in partnering with startups and corporates, respectively.
16:30 Reversed Pitch Competition
The participating corporates will take the stage to pitch to a panel of startup and scaleup representatives, showcasing why their company is an ideal partner for startups and how they approach startup collaborations.
17:30 Mingle and Casual Networking Dinner
21:00 End of First Day
Thursday, September 19
7:30 Registration and Coffee
8:00 Introduction to the Matchmaking
8:30-13:00 Matchmaking meetings
Please refer to the meeting map displayed on the walls to locate your table.
14:00 End of Matchday
Participants
Corporates
A2A: An Italian Life Company that deals with the environment, water and energy, the necessary conditions for life.
Eesti Energia: Estonian company that provides customers with useful and footprint-reducing energy solutions from electricity to the internet.
Elisa: As a pioneer in telecommunications, digital services, and 5G, Elisa delivers sustainable solutions to over 2.8 million customers, ranging from consumers to corporations and public administrations.
EnBW: A German energy producer and supplier providing electricity, gas, and water to millions of customers. The company also focuses on building smart electricity grids, developing CO₂-free energy sources, and advancing e-mobility.
Fortum: Fortum is a Nordic energy company providing CO2-free power generation and electricity, while helping industries decarbonise and grow. Its core operations include clean energy supply and district heating for private and business customers.
Forus Group: The Estonian company is focused on creating a safe and sustainable environment by offering a full range of services for real estate maintenance, security, safety, and energy efficiency.
Meyer Turku: The Finnish company is one of the largest and most modern shipyards in the world, building cruise ships for international shipping companies for decades.
Royal Caribbean Group: With industry-leading global brands, an innovative fleet, exclusive private destinations, and a dedicated team, the group focuses on delivering exceptional vacation experiences and creating priceless memories for guests.
Siemens Energy: A global leader in energy technology, supporting companies and countries to reduce emissions across the energy landscape – for a more reliable, affordable and sustainable energy system.
STMicroelectronics: Swedish manufacturer of conductive and semi-insulating silicon carbide wafers and SiC single-crystal 4H epitaxial layers deposited by CVD epitaxy.
Stockholm Exergi: The company provides electricity, heating, cooling, and waste services to the growing Stockholm region.
Sunly: The company produces and supplies renewable energy, powering a sustainable future in the Baltics and Poland.
Valmet Automotive: Finnish vehicle contract manufacturer and supplier of battery, roof, and kinematic systems.
Startups
Againity: ORC turbines generating electricity from hot water.
Solask Energi: Selling and building an energy storage system (Norrsken) for efficient and sustainable renewable energy management.
Battery Intelligence: Software and hardware solutions to improve the lifespan and sustainability of li-ion, lead-acid, and ni-cd batteries.
Bidrento: All-in-one rental property management system with a tenant app.
Bisly: Building automation company using patented digital twin technology for easy, cost-effective, and code-free solutions.
BLIXT TECH: Software-controllable technology for switching, storing, and converting currents and voltages, with a focus on speed, efficiency, and sustainability.
Calidity: Cloud-based Building Energy Monitoring System (BEMS) for commercial and industrial real estate.
Caplyzer: Unique electrolyzer technology reducing green hydrogen production costs and optimizing production in grids with renewable energy.
Cellfion: Tailored cellulose-based membrane solutions for the electrochemical energy sector.
DeepGrd: Energy storage and grid support services.
Energy Director: SaaS service using AI to optimize the management of produced or stored energy.
Enerpoly: Sustainable battery technology enabling renewable energy.
Enion: Automation to optimize energy consumption in households and small businesses for greater resource efficiency.
ENVISTA: Digital methodology for energy management in real estate and district heating sectors.
Fusebox: Virtual Power Plant (VPP) and Energy Management Software (EMS) solutions for energy companies.
Futugrid Technologies: Dynamic, just-in-time power grid solutions.
H2Hive: Cost-effective and flexible energy storage solutions.
Hepta Airborne: Automated airborne inspection and analysis for power lines.
IPercept Technology: AI-powered fitness tracker for industrial machines.
Lex Energy North: LexHub offers EV charging in areas with power constraints, smart grid services, and arbitrage trading to reduce price fluctuations.
Ligna Energy: Green supercapacitors for self-powered IoT solutions.
LINKAI Technologies: B2B privacy-preserving edge AI solutions for inspecting and improving critical systems across industries.
Metabar® Technology: Industrial processing technology reducing water usage by up to 95%, with 3D-printed nozzles and smart sensors for diverse applications.
Mimbly: Add-on water recycling technology for professional laundry that saves water, energy, and captures microplastics.
Nibela: Energy cost tracker using AI to promote sustainability while maintaining quality of life.
nollaE: AI-based software for simulating and identifying optimal energy solutions for individual buildings.
NxNANO: Nano technology for HVAC systems reducing energy consumption by up to 40%.
Plexigrid: AI-driven software optimizing electricity distribution capacity, solving bottlenecks, and reducing consumer costs.
Pure Recycle: Compact, mobile recycling device for PET bottles and cans.
Q Power: Technology for producing eMethane from CO2 and H2.
Rebaba: Repurposes spent EV batteries into high-quality, cost-effective Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).
rebase.energy: Open energy data science and analytics platform.
Rester: Textile recycling for B2B and sales of recycled textile fiber for various industries.
Sol Navitas: Solar air ventilation and heating solutions.
SustainLab: SaaS platform automating sustainability data collection, processing, and visualization.
Themo: Algorithm optimizing electricity price and consumption.
UP Catalyst: Technology using CO2 electrolysis to produce sustainable carbon nanomaterials for energy storage applications.
Urban Miners: Recycling valuable equipment for CO2, traceability, and payment.
Vialumina: Connecting and optimizing vehicle fleets to support electrification.
Woola: Sustainable packaging made from sheep wool.
Zero Terrain: Advanced underground pumped-hydro energy storage solution.
Project Partners
Business Turku: A non-profit development company for the Turku subregion, working with local, national, and international partners to promote business and economic growth. Its mission is to provide services that support company formation, growth, development, and internationalization.
Ignite Sweden: Non-profit initiative whose primary goal is to catalyze commercial partnerships among startups and scaleups, large companies, and the public sector. Since 2017, it has facilitated over 7000 tailored matchmaking meetings, resulting in more than 600 commercial collaborations.
Norrköping Science Park: Norrköping municipality’s own innovation office, working in three different profile areas; visualization, printed and organic electronics and efficient logistics. They connect companies, the public sector and academia with the aim of creating social benefit and a sustainable future.
SISP – Swedish Incubators and Science Parks: With over 60 members across Sweden, the industry association for incubators and science parks is dedicated to fostering the world’s most effective innovation ecosystem and addressing today’s most significant challenges.
Tehnopol Science and Business Park: It aims to support state-of-art technology entrepreneurship in Estonia and help it expand to the world. Their vision is to make the Estonian economy more sustainable by helping startups and SMEs to grow more quickly.