2. Key figures 2012
Target year turnover
expected from company
projects
6.2
Projects that were
completed in 2012
resulted in
The projects
created 1,260
new or replacing
products, services or
processes
980
patents or patent
applications
billion euros
47 out of 50
1
2
3
fastest-growing
technology
companies in Finland
are Tekes customers
570 M€
Funding for companies and
research organisations,
570 million euros
2,900
Applications processed in
funding applications
1,700
development ideas tested
1,240
days
rejected applications
350 million euros for
company projects,
of which 135
million for young
growth companies
€
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68 %
of company funding to
SMEs
3. Tekes customers are successful
10 fastest growing companies
in Finland in 2012, 8 of which
are Tekes customers
(growth in 5 years, %):
Dream Broker Oy (2712 %)
Nord Software Oy (2052%)
Analyse2 (1641 %)
Eniram Ltd (1514 %)
Aito Technologies Oy
(1437 %)
Klikkicom Oy (1200 %)
Vincit Oy (1036 %)
Nethit Oy (1036 %)
Rongo Oy (850 %)
Beneq Oy (801 %)
Global Top 300 i.e.
Finnish companies on the
list of most innovative
technology companies, all
Tekes customers:
Epicrystals
HyperIn
Kiosked
Miradore
Modz
Ovelin
Relaxbirth
Senseg
ThingLink
TOP 100:ssa
Kiosked
Relaxbirth
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Finnish companies on the
list of European hottest
start-up -companies,
all financed by Tekes:
Ovelin
Kiosked
Tinkercad
Audiodraft
Grand Cru
Mendor
Powerkiss
Steam Republic
Thirdpresence
Grey Area
4. Tekes corporate customers
Number of companies
2,500
2,000
New customers
1,500
Funding decisions
1,000
Funding paid
500
0
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
A company is a new customer if it has not received R&D funding from Tekes during the last five years. The payments
made to joint projects have been allocated to the participants since 2006. Numbers include 10-50 associations and other
public organisations. Funding of feasibility studies was transferred from Tekes to the TE Centres (ELY Centres) in 2008.
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5. Funding granted to SMEs and companies
with less than 500 employees
It is important that also large companies are networked
Per cent of all corporate R&D funding granted by Tekes
80
70
60
Companies
with less
than 500
employees
50
40
of which
SMEs
30
20
10
0
94
96
98
00
02
04
06
The financing of group projects is shown per group.
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08
10
12
6. New growth companies in Tekes funding
Tekes funding to small, less than
six years old companies
During the last years, Tekes has been
emphasizing generation of new growth
companies it its funding
Million euros
140
Tekes activities can be divided into three
entireties:
120
Generation of new emerging companies, e.g.
100
Public research and commercialisation of results
Examination of patent portfolios of large companies
(e.g. Nokia Technopolis Innovation Mill)
Fast, small funding decisions of high risk to refine
business ideas
80
60
40
Funding of fast growing companies, e.g.
20
Special funding for Young Innovative Companies (NIY)
VIGO-accelerators for companies
Funding of moderately growing companies
Tekes funding for R&D and innovation
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Total 135 million euros in 2012, of which 45
million euros to young innovative companies.
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7. Tekes R&D funding in 2012
Total 570 million euros and 1,640 projects
217
236
Research funding for
universities, research institutes and
polytechnics
R&D loans to companies
R&D grants
to companies and public
organisations
117
Million euros
The funding for R&D includes 14 million euros from EU Structural Funds.
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8. Tekes R&D funding by sectors
Million euros
200
Services
150
Industry
Other sectors
100
50
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Construction is included in the industrial figures.
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9. Tekes R&D funding by industry
Million euros
70
60
50
Machines and
metals industry
40
Electronics and
electrotechnical
industry
Forest industry
30
20
Chemical
industry
10
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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Construction
10. Tekes R&D funding for services
Million euros
100
Software and
data processing
90
Other services
80
70
Architecture, engin
eering and technical
services
R&D services
60
50
40
Wholesale and
retail trade
30
20
Management
consulting
10
Health care and
0
social services
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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11. Results of completed projects
Results of projects completed in 2012
520 new or improved products
400 new or improved services
340 new or improved production processes
980 patent applications
840 academic theses
Total 1,590 completed projects
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12. Tekes funding for projects in universities and
research institutes in 2012
Total 217million euros
Universities
16 8
Polytechnics
71
Research institutes
147
Participation fees for European
Space Agency's programmes
9
Other research funding
Million euros
There are participants from several universities or research organisations in many research projects.
Figures include 14 million euros funding from EU Structural Funds. The funding for research programmes
of the Strategic Centres for Science, Technology and Innovation (SHOK) are shown per group.
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13. Tekes funding for SHOK research programmes
in 2012
Total 116 million euros
CLEEN
22
FIMECC
43
Forest
Cluster
RYM
23
SalWe
12
9
7
TIVIT
Million euros
Research programmes of the Strategic Centres for Science, Technology and Innovation (SHOK)
are joint programmes for research organisations and companies. The figure shows Tekes funding
in 2012, not the volume of SHOK research programmes.
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14. Every year approximately one percent of Tekes
customers goes bankrupt
Number of bankrupts
90
86
80
70
67
60
50
40
30
58
53
40
37
42
48
47
28
20
10
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Tekes annually has approximately 5,000 customers which have received Tekes funding in the last five
years or which have an outstanding Tekes loan. About one percent of these go bankrupt every year.
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15. Over 50 percent of the SME projects funded by Tekes are
commercially successful to a certain degree; unsuccessful
or commercially poor projects amount to about 30 percent
Projects ended in 2009 in small and medium-sized companies
%
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Commercial success
was very good,
good or fair
Commercial
exploitation has
not yet happened
Commercial
success was
poor
Source: Tekes customer survey in 2012
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Commercial
exploitation
failed
17. Innovation funding with proven impact
Tekes has partly funded
65%
of well-known Finnish
innovations in 1985-2009
In SMEs, an investment
of one euro by Tekes
produces
21€
Projects that were
completed in 2012
produced
840
of turnover annually
academic theses
Projects that were
completed in 2012
generated
SMEs expect projects in
2012 to produce
For every euro invested
by Tekes, companies
increase their own R&D
expenditure by
products, services or
processes
billion euros in turnover
during the target year
1,260
47 of the 50
1
fastest2
growing
3
technology
companies in Finland
are Tekes customers
6.2
over 80 %
of Tekes customers whose
innovation activity has been
successful state that the Tekes
funding was a significant factor
in their success
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Tekes Global Access
(GAP program) has
increased GDP by more
than
20 M€
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For every
14,000€
of Tekes funding, one
permanent job is created
in the private sector
Projects that were
completed in 2012
resulted in
980
patents or patent
applications
In the GAP Program, one
euro invested by Tekes
has generated
17 €
