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The Hottest Startups in Helsinki in 2024


The Finnish capital's most exciting startups are building nuclear-powered heating networks, better weather forecasting tools and an esports streaming platform that lets viewers bet on the outcome.

The country’s low unemployment has meant coders have been hard to find, says Claes Mikko Nilsen, principal at VC Nordic Ninja, but a receptive government launching a fast track D visa in 2022 has boosted international recruitment. Carbon captured at industrial sites is mixed with water and ground silicate to produce a solid carbonate-based material using a technique developed by Paebbl CTO Pol Knops. Steady Energy began in the state-owned Technical Research Centre of Finland when founder, CEO Tommi Nyman and co-founder Hannes Haapalahti decided to commercialize the center’s low temperature nuclear reactor, the LDR-50.

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