UNICORN NIGHT

Unicorn Night aims to unite state-of-the-art research, companies, and public figures who possess knowledge of the unicorn entrepreneurship phenomenon. During the event, attendees had the chance to witness elevator pitches from some of the most promising startups.

THE EVENT

Hanken Business Lab spearheaded the highly anticipated New Nordics Unicorn Night 2022, which also included the Grand Final of the Silicon Vikings New Nordics Pitch Competition. The aim of Unicorn Night was to bring together groundbreaking research, companies, and public figures to explore the unicorn entrepreneurship phenomenon in the New Nordics region.

The event featured an impressive lineup of speakers, including Peter Vesterbacka, Reidar Wasenius, Tomas Ohlson, Julian Morie Hara Nielsen, and Marja-Leena Rinkineva, who shared their insights and perspectives on the subject. The Silicon Vikings New Nordics Pitch Competition Grand Final was hotly contested by six innovative startups, namely Ntention, Openli, Ender Turing, StemSight Oy, Treble Technologies, and Elonroad, with Finnur Pind from Treble Technologies emerging as the ultimate victor. Congratulations to Finnur Pind on this well-deserved victory!

The event was supported by a host of esteemed partners, including Silicon Vikings New Nordics Pitch Competition, CREANDUM, Moutai China, Inventure, EQT Ventures, Latitude59°, Wistrand Advokatbyrå, City of Helsinki, Helsinki Partners, Pinevision Design Studio, European Union European Regional Development Fund, KredEx, Startup Estonia, EAS - Enterprise Estonia, Hanken School of Economics, and Platform6 Startup House.