In 2025, six VTT-originating startups secured a combined €445 million in equity funding. Notably, each of these funding rounds exceeded €10 million. The Finnish startup sector has grown to over...
Finland is entering a period where demographic pressures and labour shortages are converging into a structural challenge. Economists, research institutions, and business organisations have...
Follow‑up to Forum Nordic’s coverage of Europe’s “drone wall” and the new geometry of lower‑airspace security. DroneFactory as a Capability Europe’s scramble to harden the lowest layer...
Top Defence & Security Innovations Shaping Tomorrow Finland’s defence and aerospace ecosystem, an unusually dense constellation of deep‑tech SMEs, advanced manufacturers, and rapidly scaling...
There’s a particular Davos light, the kind that falls coldly on glass and snow, making even the most utopian talk feel provisional. In that light, Yuval Noah Harari said what many had been...
Varjo’s Sharp End Helsinki-based Varjo has quietly become a linchpin of high‑fidelity virtual and mixed reality (XR) training across NATO, with deployments spanning more than a hundred...
AaltoQ20 and the New Nordic Technology Frontier Finland has taken a decisive leap into the next era of computational capability with the unveiling of AaltoQ20, Aalto University’s newly built...
The Nordics believe in free trade and open markets - we oppose monopolies and quasi monopolies. Thus we support Europe’s challenge to US browser and social‑media dominance centers on...
On 1 October 2025, Norway executed one of the most ambitious research‑infrastructure transformations in Europe: the launch of the Nasjonalt vitenarkiv (NVA), its new unified national repository...
Norway’s headline innovation lists often hinge on R&D spend, patent counts, or startup funding. The Norwegian Innovation Index (NII) does something different: it ranks companies by...
UXV Technologies’ newest announcements centre on advanced defence photonics, integrated soldier systems, and expanded international engagement. The most significant development is a newly...
Everdrone’s newly launched E3 medical transport drone represents a major leap in emergency‑response aviation. Fully developed in‑house, the E3 is “faster, safer, and can carry...
At the edge of the North Atlantic, far from the world’s biggest capitals, a nation of 380,000 is assembling a brain trust for the most complex problem of our time: how to live and thrive in a...
A winter test flight over Espoo Late afternoon light fades to cobalt over the pines. A hand‑launched quadrotor lifts from a snowy car park outside VTT’s campus, its payload a prototype...
The CSC – IT Center for Science is a Finnish non-profit company that provides IT services for research, education and culture. It is owned by the Finnish state and higher education institutions...
In 2024, a Helsinki team of Varjo alumni quietly re‑emerged with an audacious promise: render true 3D mixed reality on any transparent surface, no helmet, no glasses, by generating a synthetic...
Among the world’s harshest, most unpredictable climates, the Nordic countries have quietly become global leaders in autonomous mobility. Snowstorms, freezing rain, dense fog, Arctic‑circle...
Europe’s defence landscape is shifting at unprecedented speed. The combination of an increasingly volatile strategic environment, NATO’s renewed focus on autonomous systems, and the EU’s quest...
Across Europe’s northeastern flank, a new kind of border infrastructure is taking shape. Less concrete and concertina wire, more antennas and algorithms, it is designed to surveil and tame the...
From the Editor: “Countries like Finland (“Nokia-land”) keep producing top electronics engineers because they focus on making complex radio technology practical, efficient, and affordable....
Petteri Pulkkinen’s doctoral thesis at Aalto University tackles one of the most stubborn, high‑stakes problems in modern wireless: how to make radar and communications share spectrum, often the...
Sweden’s Everdrone has rapidly emerged as one of Europe’s most advanced developers of autonomous drone systems for emergency response and healthcare logistics. With a newly appointed Board of...
Kelluu, (Kelluu is Finnish for Floating) a Finnish startup based in Joensuu, claims to operate “the world’s largest airship fleet” to deliver persistent, high accuracy aerial data for defence,...
In the increasingly competitive landscape of tactical protection and load‑bearing equipment, many manufacturers claim innovation. Few, however, manage to demonstrate it convincingly across...
Over the last month, the Nordic region acted like a coordinated innovation engine, with each country advancing distinct, but strategically interlocking, technologies. Finland delivered the month’s...
By Editor in Chief, Nicholas Anderson The second Trump administration has accelerated a structural shift in the global innovation landscape—one that Europe, and especially the Nordic region, must...
Sensofusion Oy, headquartered in Vantaa, Finland, has emerged as a global leader in autonomous drone detection and countermeasure technologies. Founded in 2014 by Tuomas Rasila, the company has...
Here are our 18 recent Nordic innovations (announced within the last six weeks) from leading research institutes, universities and industry sources — grouped by country and numbered; each entry is...
Digitalization drives innovation but also accelerates environmental impact. Data centres, networks, and end-user devices collectively consume vast amounts of energy, surpassing even aviation...
Editor’s Note: This is a long read about seeking out Rare Earth Materials - but it is useful to pick topics of interest… Early academic demonstrations around 2019–2020 showed drones...
If you’ve ever felt that a robot seemed “more alive” just because it had eyes, you’re not imagining it. A new Finnish-led study from Tampere University, published in 2026, digs into...
Tampere University researchers are developing fast, interpretable AI models that read financial markets at microsecond speed—offering new tools for safer, smarter trading in an era dominated by...
Mattia Thibault and the Future of Mediated Worlds The evolution of digital technologies has blurred the boundaries between physical and virtual spaces, creating what scholars increasingly describe...
Finnfund Pioneers Digital Inclusion in Emerging Markets Through Fibre Networks Finland’s development financier, Finnfund, is championing a targeted strategy to bridge the digital divide in...
Finland has great strengths in AI development with deep but specialised AI sector supported by successful private companies and public bodies like VTT and their universities. Peter Sarlin, founder...
Nordic innovation has long thrived on a foundation of rule-based governance, international cooperation, scientific integrity, and predictable regulatory environments. Yet the emerging direction of...
(Coverage: roughly 23 October – 20 November 2025) 🇫🇮 FINLAND 🇫🇮 Finland’s VTT–Millog partnership accelerates defence-innovation transfer VTT and Millog signed a new cooperation...
A new Norwegian research centre led by SINTEF and NTNU is shifting the focus of artificial intelligence from large language models like ChatGPT to small, specialized systems capable of...
🇮🇸 Iceland 1) Iceland to establish National AI & Supercomputing CentreISK 1.4 bn (≈€9.3 m) AIFA-ICE project announced.Direct link to Finland’s LUMI AI Factory.Boost for...
