Since the birth of Summer of Startups in 2010, Kiuas has supported over 200 startups in Finland and the Nordics.
With 3 batches annually, we help 50+ startups/year on their journey from an initial idea to first revenue.
All our services are free and zero-equity.
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Turn your project into a company
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Idea / MVP
3 weeks
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Spring & fall
Top-level coaching on a weekly basis
Access to 24/7 working space
$350k worth of tools
Free and zero-equity
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Take your startup to the next level
Go-to-market
9 weeks
Summer
Top-level coaching on a weekly basis
Access to 24/7 working space
$350k worth of tools
Free and zero-equity
“The accelerator had a major impact in building our hard-working, world-class team.”
Lauri Sippola
Co-Founder & CEO at Kaiku Health
"This definitely elevated our company, with the networks and knowledge from Kiuas our next steps can be bigger and better"
Tuomas Koskinen
Co-Founder & CEO at Neuroflux
"Owing to the program we probably dodged a million mistakes young founders often make. During the 10 weeks we went from idea to 20+ paying customers."
Jasu Koponen
Co-Founder at Venuu
"Kiuas is the one of a kind entrepreneurial community that you can always come back to"
Neveli Niit
Co-Founder & CEO at Ridline
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Best support out there
We've gathered 100+ top Nordic entrepreneurs, investors, and experts to give back and share their learnings with our startups.
Meet the coaches
Free working space - 24/7
1500m2 of reservable office spaces, meeting rooms, phone booths, and stages to use during the program and forever after that.
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Invaluable connections
Access to potential partners, investors, and talent - along with the community support of over 200 Kiuas alumni founders.
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$350k of free services
We've partnered with the leading service providers to offer a package that you don't want to miss - Kiuas Toolbox.
Kiuas toolbox2019 was a big year for Kiuas: we supported more startups than ever and came up with new initiatives.
Kiuas team
December 12, 2019
It’s time to introduce the last batch of the year: Kiuas Start Fall 19!
Kiuas team
October 29, 2019
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