Looking for expert support on funding and growth?
We’re excited to launch free bi‑weekly 1:1 Office Hours with Marko Kotonen from Business Finland, hosted at Platform6.
Who it is for?
For startups that are from the Tampere region, early stage companies that are building an innovative solution with the ambition to grow, scale, and enter international markets.
How to book: Please reserve your slot (45 minutes) via the registration button.
Innovation funding
Internationalisation
This is part of our ongoing work to support founders and strengthen the Tampere startup ecosystem by connecting startups with the right people, knowledge, and opportunities.
We’ve got your back.
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Do you have a startup idea and ambitious enough to test it? We’re calling on you for a 6-week challenge! The Red Brick Validation Track 2nd cohort is here, an online 6-week sprint designed to help you get an efficient validation with a clear go/no-go decision by the end. 6 weeks. 6 workshops. 10 startup projects working together. We give you the tools & expert support to run real experiments, problem validation, customer discovery, and market testing. And you get to decide to continue, pivot or stop! 12.10. is your starting date, fully online and completely free. Apply with a team of at least two and a startup idea you’re ready to put to the test. Apply before 05.10. by dropping your application.
OWASP Helsinki Chapter meetup #48 We are continuing our meetups! This time we will have an hybrid event and it is possible to attend in-person or watch the stream! For this meetup we have two speakers and the topics are again highly timely. Join us for an evening of talks and networking opportunities. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided. The event will be in Leppävaara at the Laurea University of Applied Sciences campus. There is a limited number of spots for in-person attendance so please cancel your in-person registration in advance if you are not able to join, you can register to watch the stream instead. The stream link will be delivered via email. Registration will open on 21st of September and close on the 5th of October. Arriving With public transport, use the commuter train, bus, or Jokeri light rail. Campus is 750m walk from the Leppävaara train station. With car, use the Leppävaara sports park or sports arena parking areas. More details about arriving and parking here: https://www.laurea.fi/en/about-us/campuses/leppavaara/ The event will be held at the auditorium Timo which is located near to the main entrance of the campus. Accessibility The campus and auditorium are accessible. Read more at: https://www.laurea.fi/en/about-us/campuses/leppavaara/accessibility-at-the-leppavaara-campus/ Agenda 17:30 - Doors open 18:00 - Opening words: OWASP Helsinki Chapter 18:05 - Words from the sponsors: Laurea UAS & TrendAI 18:15 - Session 1: Ismayil Hasanov 19:15 - Break 19:30 - Session 2: Otto Sulin 20:30 - Networking 21:00 - Venue closes The evening can be continued nearby after the venue closes. Renting Brains, Owning the Mistakes: LLMs in Cybersecurity Education Students already use LLMs for almost everything: explaining concepts, writing reports, debugging their labs, and sometimes skipping the hard part of learning altogether. And they will not stop when they graduate: the habits formed in a lecture hall follow them into the SOC and the codebase, whi