Business Finland is a public organization under the Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy that provides funding for innovation and attracts trade, tourism, and foreign investment to Finland. In the space industry, Business Finland funds space research and startups under programs like the New Space Economy program, with the goal of making Finland an attractive environment for space businesses. It coordinates and finances Finnish participation in the European Space Agency (ESA) and aims to increase the use of space technology in other business sectors, fostering collaboration between space and non-space companies. Associated keywords include: space economy, ESA, funding, innovation, and startups.
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Business Finland approved a $33 million grant to Iceye for expanded radar satellite production and research and development into optical and RF monitoring.
ReOrbit’s technology is supported by Business Finland, the European Space Agency, and the European Commission.
Kuva Space has raised $24,000,000 in total funding from Morrow Portfolio, Voima Ventures, Nordic Foodtech VC, Earth VC, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, ESA Philab, and Business Finland.
Kuva Space has raised €6.5M in total funding from Reaktor Ventures, Voima Ventures, Nordic Foodtech VC, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, and public funding from ESA Philab and Business Finland.
Kuva Space has raised 6,500,000 EUR in total funding from Reaktor Ventures, Voima Ventures, Nordic Foodtech VC, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, and public funding from ESA Philab and Business Finland.
Kuva Space has raised €6.5M in total funding from Reaktor Ventures, Voima Ventures, Nordic Foodtech VC, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, and public funding from ESA Philab and Business Finland.
ICEYE counts the 10,000,000 EUR Business Finland grant as part of its Series B, bringing the Series B total above $45,000,000.
Business Finland’s Growth Engine is a fund designed to support cooperative networks capable of generating new activity worth more than one billion Euros.
Business Finland awarded a 10,000,000 EUR grant to ICEYE on 2018-12-14.