FinNode

Linking Finland to Global Innovation Hubs

FinNode is a global network of Finnish innovation organisations. Operating via nodes in global innovation activity, FinNode actively reveals new openings for Finnish business and research organisations and supports their internationalisation.

It connects Finnish and international experts and the know-how required to promote innovation. As FinNode represents all sections of the Finnish innovation system in the countries where it operates, foreign partners can engage with Finland’s central public innovation organisations. 

The FinNode network operates in the United States, China, Russia, Japan and India.

FinNode’s international network consists of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finpro, Tekes (the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation), Sitra (the Finnish Innovation Fund), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the Academy of Finland. The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK also participate in directing FinNode’s activities. Finpro is responsible for management of the FinNode network.

The network’s principal interest groups in Finland are Centres of Expertise (OSKEs), Strategic Centres for Science, Technology and Innovation (SHOKs), and regional Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELYs). The FinNode network offers participants an umbrella organisation under which common objectives can be promoted.