Aaltoes

Aaltoes
Formation2009[1]
Typenon-profit organization run by students
PurposeInspire international, high-growth entrepreneurship in Helsinki, Finland
Official language
English (as per internal communication)
Websitehttps://aaltoes.com, https://startupsauna.com, https://slush.org
RemarksAaltoes is the largest community for university entrepreneurship in Europe.[2]

Aaltoes, also known as Aalto Entrepreneurship Society, is a non-profit organization run by students, based in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 2009, Aaltoes has helped the rapid emergence of a startup culture in Finland in 2008-2011.[3]

Aaltoes's purpose is to inspire international, high-growth entrepreneurship in Finland and especially in Aalto University.[4]

  1. ^ "Ilmianna Suomen paras kesätyönantaja | TEK Verkkolehti" (in Finnish). Lehti.tek.fi. 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  2. ^ "Europe's academic innovators recognised in ACES awards" (PDF). Scierncebusiness.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  3. ^ Joanna Palmén (2011-08-22). "Uusi Suomi" (in Finnish). image.fi. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  4. ^ "About Aaltoes – The long story". Archived from the original on 2012-07-01.