2. ⢠Coworking space with a focus on entrepreneurship
- Located in Otaniemi campus
- Also runs a seed accelerator program
3. ⢠Started by a group of students
- Growing Aaltoes needed a space and took actions
4. â Aalto Entrepreneurship Society is an
independent, privately funded student and post-
graduate led community initiative. We encourage
high-tech, high-growth, scalable
entrepreneurship, providing a tight startup
community in Northern Europe. Founded in
2009, Aaltoes believes in grassroots action, self-
initiative and lean practices â
5. ⢠Currently Aalto Venture Garage houses 8 startups and
3 student communities
- During the summer garage underwent a major renovation worth 200k
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23. Why universities need coworking
spaces? Aaltoâs story
⢠True interdisciplinary needs a no-
mans-land
- When everybody are away from their comfort zone, they are at
the same time equal
⢠A place like home within the place
you work
- Having a dedicated, versatile space creates endless options
24. Value for the university
case Aaltoes
⢠Attention, attention, attention
- To attract the brightest students and to arouse interest in funding
companies media traction in needed
⢠Being the pioneer shows youâve got
vision
- Startup Sauna was the first early stage accelerator program run by an
university in Finland, is not any more