07/09/2026
Week two of 90 Day Finn moved from bioreactors to supercomputers in five days. 🤩
It opened at VTT Food Technology, home to 200+ biotechnology and food experts and the birthplace of spinouts including Solar Foods and Onego Bio. At Onego Bio, fermented Trichoderma reesei fungus becomes an animal-free egg protein, already backed by €18 million in first investment and a partnership with Sigma Foods. 🍳
→ Tuesday: a networking breakfast at Maria 01 with CEO Sarita Runeberg, followed by a tour of the infrastructure behind Maria 01’s startup community
→ Wednesday: AI day with LUMI AI Factory, ELLIS Institute Finland and FCAI, on how companies can access supercomputing power and applied AI research
→ A look at Finland’s food innovation pipeline, from the University of Helsinki’s grain data ecosystem to accelerator finals held at Slush, and a taste test at Perfat Technologies, whose fat alternatives showed no noticeable difference from the original
→ Friday: a triple visit to Nokia, VTT and Aalto University. Nokia’s 160-year history and €160 billion invested in advanced connectivity, VTT’s 488 patent families in 2025, and Aalto-origin startups collectively valued at over €30 billion
Moreover, on Saturday, our wonderful 90 Day Finn alumni, Colin Brown and Sarah Roseblade, invited this year’s participants to the Helsinki Underground Bunker Tour!
Such an intense week full of connections. Keep following to see what’s coming next. 🧡