Zebra ScaleUp
Join Our Free Ecosystem Event and Discover the Path to Sustainable Business Growth!
Are you a mission-driven SME from Central Baltic Region looking to scale up and achieve sustainable growth? The Zebra ScaleUp project is here to help you to take your business to the next level. Join us on our Ecosystem event on October 8th in Tallinn, Estonia, or online, and discover how to successfully merge sustainability with profitability.
Join us on October 8th, 2024, in Tallinn, Estonia, or online, for a full day of insights, networking, and inspiration. This event is perfect for companies eager to learn how to navigate the challenges of scaling up sustainably. You’ll hear from industry experts, investors, and entrepreneurs who have successfully grown mission-driven businesses.
Event Details:
- Date: October 8th, 2024
- Location: Saturn, Tehnopol, Tallinn, Estonia (online attendance available)
- Time: 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM (UTC+3)
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This free event will not only inspire you but also equip you with practical strategies for aligning your business with sustainability goals while driving profitability.
Meet potential partners, connect with investors, and learn from others who share your vision for a better future.
Be part of the movement shaping the future of business and sustainability. Sign up today for our free Ecosystem Event and explore how we can help your company scale with purpose.
Zebra ScaleUp Ecosystem Event
Since 2018, Helen has been helping the Estonian solar roofing company Roofit.Solar grow and expand into new markets. As a co-founder, her focus has been dynamic over time: managing funding projects, export, public relations, marketing, building B2C sales networks, and promoting strategic partnerships.
From 2020 to 2024, she also led two Norwegian Green ICT projects, through which Roofit.Solar developed an automated production process, three new solar roofing materials, and a unique solar roofing planning software in the world.
Karl-Joosep will share RAIKU's story on how sustainability can act as a source of solid unit economics. RAIKU is currently in collaboration with top global brands and has received millions in grants from EU and the Estonian government to fuel its growth
2C Ventures invests in companies that develop new technologies and contribute to at least one of the following environmental objectives: climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources, transition to a circular economy, pollution prevention and control or protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems.
Hendrik is a finance professional and economist at heart. He has background from Private Equity and previously helped establish the finance function at the Estonian scale-up Katana Technologies.
Ella has led Greenstep’s own sustainability work from 2019 and founded sustainability services in 2021. As head of the business line, her focus is on business and service development, customer experience and building partnerships.
Currently, sustainability services team supports companies of all sizes across Europe, with a team of 19 consultants in the Nordics. During the first 3 years, the team supported over 150 companies with topics such as sustainability kick-off workshops, CSRD preparation process, EU Taxonomy, sustainability reporting, carbon footprint analysis and life cycle assessments.
Kim has applied his research findings into practice in environmental biotechnology with the focus on cleanup of polluted soils by phytoremediation.
He is founding member of the Finnish Biochar Association (FBA, SBY) and was member of the board. He was leading the Molecular Environmental Microbiology (MEM) group at the UH for 17 years before becoming professor at Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University (ZAFU), China, in 2018-2022.
This year, 2024, Kim started working for SYKLI environmental college in Helsinki as a scientific expert of carbon neutral and circular economy.
Event Programme
10:00-10:30: Coffee & Networking
10:30-11:00: Welcome & Orientation
11:00-11:30: Starting a Zebra ScaleUp Business (Helen Anijalg, Roofit.Solar)
11:30-12:00: Zebra ScaleUp Entrepreneurship story (Karl-Joosep Pärtel, RAIKU Packaging)
12:00-12:30: Challenges in Securing Funding for Sustainable Businesses (Kim Yrjälä, University of Helsinki & SYKLI Environmental College)
12:30-13:15: Lunch Break
13:15-13:45: Investors for Sustainable Businesses (Mikko-Pekka Hanski, Ministry of Good Spirit, co-founder at Idean)
13:45-14:15: Investors for Sustainable Businesses (Hendrik Reimand, 2C Ventures)
14:15-14:30: Coffee Break
14:30-15:00: Future Business and Sustainability in Business (Ella Tanskanen, GreenStep)
15:00-15:30: How to Apply for Zebra ScaleUp
15:30-15:45: Closing Remarks
