Finland Program
The Finland Program is run in partnership with LandInChicago, 1871 and Helsinki Business Hub. It is a 12-week market-entry program designed exclusively to bring Finnish growth companies to the US market using Chicago and its premium technology hub, 1871 as a base for US operations.
The program is broken into three parts: preparation, market entry, and ongoing support. The initial preparation for market entry stage is 6 weeks long and hosted in Finland starting with 20 companies in total. Only the top 8 companies from the first stage make it to the second US market entry stage which is 2 weeks in Finland and then 4 weeks in Chicago based out of 1871. Those companies receive a physical US office address inside 1871 and membership in the USA's largest technology business hub provided by Sente Advisory. The top 2 companies will receive 9 months of ongoing US market presence and support from the program in the third stage.
Here's a close look at the Demo Day featuring the Finnish startups, held at Sente's headquarters - 1871 Chicago. Check out more about the program at LandinChicago.
The program is broken into three parts: preparation, market entry, and ongoing support. The initial preparation for market entry stage is 6 weeks long and hosted in Finland starting with 20 companies in total. Only the top 8 companies from the first stage make it to the second US market entry stage which is 2 weeks in Finland and then 4 weeks in Chicago based out of 1871. Those companies receive a physical US office address inside 1871 and membership in the USA's largest technology business hub provided by Sente Advisory. The top 2 companies will receive 9 months of ongoing US market presence and support from the program in the third stage.
Here's a close look at the Demo Day featuring the Finnish startups, held at Sente's headquarters - 1871 Chicago. Check out more about the program at LandinChicago.