36 REASONSTO INVEST INTHE HELSINKI

REGION

WELCOME TO THE GREATER HELSINKI REGION.

INTERNATIONALACCESSIBILITY.

206 M€ INVENTURE CAPITAL TO FINNISH HIGH-TECH COMPANIES (2014)

LEADING TECHSTARTUP HUB.

HOME TOSTARTUP EVENTS SUCH ASSLUSH &ARCTIC15

3RD IN WORLDCITIES’ INITIATIVES TO SUPPORTINNOVATION ANDENTREPRENEURSHIP

1ST IN WORLD ECONOMICFORUM’S HUMAN CAPITAL INDEX (2015)

SKILLEDWORKFORCE.

50% OF 25-64 YEAR-OLDS HAVE TERTIARYEDUCATION(EUROSTAT 2014)

78 000EMPLOYED IN HIGH-TECH SERVICES &MANUFACTURING

(2ND IN EUROPE)

71% OF FINNS SPEAK ENGLISH,48% SPEAKTHREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

EASY BUSINESSENVIRONMENT.

FINLAND RANKS

5TH IN WORLD ECONOMICFORUM’S ENABLING TRADE INDEX (2014)

HELSINKI RANKS

8TH IN THEMONOCLEQUALITY OF LIFE SURVEY (2015)

QUALITYOF LIFE.

1ST IN EQUALTREATMENT OFWOMEN AT WORK(ECONOMIST’S GLASS CEILING INDEX 2015)

FINNS ARE THE

6TH HAPPIESTNATION IN THE WORLD (2015)

THEQUICKESTROUTE BETWEENEUROPE & ASIA

HELSINKI AIRPORT

VOTED THE 2ND

BEST AIRPORT IN EUROPE

RIGHT IN

THE MIDDLEOF THE BALTIC SEA REGION

2ND

LEAST CORRUPT COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

ICT & DIGITALIZATION IN HELSINKI REGIONA world class ICT location, made famous because of its Nokia heritage, with a new generation of dynamic tech startups like Supercell. Helsinki has a lot to offer across the ICT field with key strengths in CYBER SECURITY, GAMING, INDUSTRIAL INTERNET and NETWORKS.

TALENT POOL OF116 000 SKILLEDENGLISH-SPEAKING TECHNICALIT PROFESSIONALS

HELSINKI HAS 2ND HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL APP DEVELOPERS INTHE WORLD (SILICON VALLEY 1ST)

87 000 ICTPROFESSIONALS HAVE ADVANCEDPROGRAMMINGSKILLS

FINLAND HASTHE MOSTADVANCED5G TEST NETWORKIN THE WORLD

3RD IN COMBINED RANKING LIST OF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS, EASE OF DOING BUSIENSS, GLOBAL INNOVATION, CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY (THE ECONOMIST 2013)

MOST CITED RESEARCH DOCUMENTS IN COMPUTER NETWORKS & COMMUNICATIONS,2ND MOST CITED IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

3RD IN EUROPEAN COMMISSION’SDIGITAL ECONOMY AND SOCIETY INDEXIN 2015

SMART & CLEANTECH IN HELSINKI REGIONHelsinki is indeed both smart and clean. It hosts 300 core smart & cleantech companies and 20 relevant R&D centres while its entire smart & cleantech ecosystem comprises of 1,660 firms, 12,500 professionals and revenues of €5.3 billion. Helsinki has five world-class strongholds: MOBILITY, ENERGY, BUILT ENVIRONMENT, WASTE & WATER and CONSUMER CLEANTECH.

HELSINKI HAS A TALENT POOL OF 25 000 CLEANTECH PROFESSIONALS,76% HAVE AT LEAST BACHELOR’S DEGREE

ANNUAL REVENUES OF

€5.3 BILLION INSMART & CLEANTECH IN HELSINKI: 38% OFFINLAND’S TOTAL

FINLAND 2ND

IN GLOBALCLEANTECH INNOVATIONINDEX 2014

40% OF FINNISHPUBLIC R&DFUNDING TO ENERGYAND ENVIRONMENT SECTOR

HELSINKI IS THE 8TH SMARTEST CITY IN EUROPE AND 1ST IN ENVIRONMENT DIVISION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IN IESE’S CITIES IN MOTION INDEX 2015

MORE THAN 1/3 OFPUBLIC R&D INVESTMENTS INFINLAND ARE MADEIN CLEANTECH

1660 FIRMS INHELSINKI REGION ACTIVE IN SMART & CLEANTECH (ACCOUNTING FOR23% OF FINLAND)

HEALTH TECH & LIFE SCIENCES IN HELSINKI REGIONHelsinki has an excellent environment for new product development and testing. There are 29,000 technical life-sciences professionals in Helsinki; 75% work in public research institutes, academia or healthcare. The corporate sector includes 330 companies and revenues of €2.1 billion. Strongholds include PERSONALIZED MEDICINE, CONNECTED HEALTH, NEUROTECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL IMAGING and DIAGNOSTICS.

HELSINKI HAS ALIFE SCIENCESTALENT POOLOF AROUND 29 000PEOPLE

EXPORTS OF FINNISHHEALTH TECHNOLOGYGREW 8.3% TO A NEWRECORD OF€1.8 BILLION IN 2014

36% OF FINNISH LIFE SCIENCES INDUSTRY’S TURNOVER IS MADE IN HELSINKI METROPOLITAN AREA & UUSIMAA

TOP 10 RESEARCHLOCATIONIN THE WORLD IN34 OUT OF 39FIELDS OF MEDICINE

THE LEADING AREAS OF FINNISH EXPERTISE IN HEALTH TECH & LIFE SCIENCES INCLUDE E.G. CLINICAL NEUROLOGY, GASTROENTEROLOGY, CARDIOLOGY, EMBRYOLOGY AND NUTRITION AND DIETETICS

FINLAND HASOVER 300 COMPANIESOPERATING INHEALTH TECH

TWO WORLD-CLASSUNIVERSITIES: UNIVERSITY OFHELSINKI ANDAALTO UNIVERSITY

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