“It doesn’t matter how old you are”
At 27, Finnish Erika Poussa has already a long career as bakery owner, recipe developer, and producer of baked good for the retail market. Meet the entrepreneur behind Bakerika.
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Entrepreneurship plays an important role in the Nordic economies in terms of driving innovation and creating jobs. Nordea Startup & Growth specialises in serving high-growth companies and companies in their early stages looking for fast growth.
Entrepreneurship
The Superfinns award brought QOCO visibility and confidence to build an international success story
QOCO is one of the internationally growing Finnish companies that has taken part in Nordea's development programmes for growth companies. This year, they won the Superfinns programme organised by Nordea and Kasvu Open. Next, QOCO will participate in Slush to find more potential partners.
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Entrepreneurship
Maximising your Slush experience: Essential tips for founders
With Slush just around the corner, it is time to prepare yourself to get the most out of the exciting event. Whether you are a seasoned attendee or a first-timer, these tips will help you elevate your networking experience and refine your approach.
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Sustainability
New life for 20,000 pieces of returned furniture
Secundo aims to double its turnover two years after its start-up. The money is earned on furniture that was previously thrown away.
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Diversity & inclusion
Awarding life-impacting ideas
We’ve now found the winners of our special innovation contest for entrepreneurs that make a real difference in people's lives with the their products or services. Congratulations to Anatomic Studios, Pull & GO and Riesa Consultative!
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Entrepreneurship
Angels, dragons, unicorns? A brief guide to start-up terminology
This brief guide to start-up lingo contains the most commonly used start-up terminology, which is often rather cryptical and not very intuitive.
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Entrepreneurship
“It doesn’t matter how old you are”
At 27, Finnish Erika Poussa has already a long career as bakery owner, recipe developer, and producer of baked good for the retail market. Meet the entrepreneur behind Bakerika.
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Diversity & inclusion
Promoting innovation for life impact
In Sweden we have for several years run a special innovation contest to put spotlight on entrepreneurs that make a real difference in people's lives. The concept has since expanded to Denmark and Finland and application is now open for 2024.
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Entrepreneurship
Signs of positive trends in somewhat gloomy startup market
A rather gloomy funding year for startup and growth companies is coming to an end. Have we hit rock bottom and where should we look for bright spots? Our Startup & Growth team share their latest insights.
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Entrepreneurship
Everybody should have equal access to an active life
Lasse W. Madsen, who was last year's winner of our Danish Handipreneur prize, insists that all amputees should be able to afford a prosthetic leg. That has given both himself and other leg amputees all over the world their future back.
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Entrepreneurship
Nordea partners with University of Warsaw Incubator to support entrepreneurs
Nordea is now a proud and active partner with BraveCamp – an event organised by the University of Warsaw Incubator to support young people who want to enter the business world.
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Entrepreneurship
Young minds and creative solutions: Nordea partners with University of Łódź for Ideathon
The external environment is constantly changing and consequently we need events that allow current as well as future employees to provide input and initiate changes. At Nordea we’re aware of the valuable input that students can bring to the discussion. That’s why we’re excited to be partnering with Ideathon.
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Entrepreneurship
Finnish startup gets a boost from mentoring programme and is now looking for the right partner for its next steps
Oulu-based QuietOn is one of several Finnish health tech startups looking to grow internationally. Along its journey, the company has sought support from the various programmes Nordea offers to growth companies.
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