Juho Yliniemi, Assistant Professor at the University of Oulu, founded Keko Geopolymeerit Oy as a response to a practical need, and the business has grown steadily since the company was established. Yliniemi and Jouni Rissanen, the company's CEO, tell how the company was founded and how they ended up in the field.

Emedpatch, a startup heading for United States’ healthcare market, was formed after thorough groundwork. CEO Miika Miinala goes through how the company came to be.

LessonLab Oy on ollut olemassa vasta muutaman kuukauden, mutta sen tulevaisuuden varalle on jo suuria suunnitelmia. Miska Visuri kertoo, kuinka yritys sai alkunsa, ja kuinka R2B-projekti toi laajempaa näkökulmaa valmiiksi innostavan idean hyödyntämiseen.

Finland has official goal of increasing R&D investments into 4% of GDP by year 2030. For University of Oulu this means the increase in the volume of research projects. We intend to double the cooperation with different organizations by the year 2030.

As a celebration of Valentine’s Day, today’s InnoBlog lightly reflects on relationships as a central element in cooperation, and the professional friendship as a form of relationship.

Cooperation in research with businesses is an efficient way of expanding your networks and to increase reputation outside the university. Juho Yliniemi presented the progress of his network and benefits of company cooperation in January’s InnoVisitor event.

A year has passed, and it's time to report University of Oulu's innovation activity results. University's and researchers' innovation activity has gone on strong, and few records were made in patent- and licensing fields.

Vuoden 2022 viimeisenä innobloggauksena Innovaatiokeskuksen viestintäharjoittelija pohtii kuluneita kuukausia ja fiiliksiä innovaatiotyöstä.

We invited Esko Herrala to share his experience on science based entrepreneurship and possible challenges in the beginning of the business.

Monetization of inventions and patents is also a challenge and important topic in university. Our researchers come up with new IP in terms of inventions, patent applications and even patents constantly.

Read about 6G systems handled in University Business Forum, and a workshop where participants envisioned the future of said technology!

University Business Forum gathered together to explore the renewing power of research and businesses.

When you set up a company for the first time, you will be dealing with many unfamiliar things. You may even come across a pitfall or two. The following tips from experts can help you pay attention to the right things.

In the last round of introductions we present you Business Development Manager Markku Känsäkoski and Customer Manager Petri Leukkunen.

It is time for the third introduction round of Innovation Centre experts. Today we will take a closer look at Kaisa Still, Maarit Jokela and Janne Haverinen.

Innovation Center team introductions continue with three experts. This part introduces Jouko, Head of the Innovation Centre, Legal Councel Sanna and Innovation Manager Pekka.

Eleven experts work at the Oulu University Innovation Centre. This story series presents interviews of team members compiled during the summer of 2022.

AISpotter Oy is a company originating from the University of Oulu. The artificial intelligence algorithm finds predefined game situations from video recordings automatically.

Onnikka is a behavioral and lifestyle change management app that started its development at the University of Oulu more than 10 years ago. An interdisciplinary research collaboration between medicine and information systems sciences deviated a solution to curb the growth of the overweight epidemic.