Zebra ScaleUp
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences and Tehnopol Science and Business Park warmly invite entrepreneurs, ecosystem partners, investors and all curious people to the final Zebra ScaleUp Ecosystem Event. The event will be held at Haaga-Helia’s Pasila Campus on November 17th.
This event marks the culmination of the three-year long Zebra ScaleUp project. We are bringing together companies and ecosystem actors from Finland and Estonia for a day of insights, lessons learned and expert discussions.
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Event Details
- Date: November 17th 2026
- Time: 11:00-15:30 (UTC+2)
- Location: Haaga-Helia Pasila Campus, Ratapihantie 13, Helsinki
Mikko-Pekka Hanski
Hard Lessons – Real life stories from Idean about international growth and friendship
The co-founder of Idean has just co-authored a book titled ”Kovat opit” (Hard Lessons) with his co-founder and CEO of Idean Risto Lähdesmäki.
At the Zebra ScaleUp Ecosystem Event Hanski will share his insights on Idean’s journey from Finland to Silicon Valley, Paris to Shanghai, Jyväskylä to New York and Texas to Tampere.
Hanski will also reflect on the aftermath of an exit. What changes and does not change after success?
Panel Discussions
During the three years of Zebra ScaleUp, we have kept a tight focus on the key elements of achieving sustainable growth. These include business model and product development, expanding the key team, establishing a presence outside of the home market and raising capital.
Roofit.Solar Export Manager Helen Anijalg will moderate a discussion on these key themes of Zebra ScaleUp with insight provided by mentors and experts that guided the Zebra companies along their journey, Tauri Kärson of Supercomms, Patrick Gerber of EP Consulting Services and two business specialists from Helsinki-based universities of applied sciences Fredrik Sirén (Metropolia) and Olli Laintila (Haaga-Helia).
Helen Anijalg
Roofit.Solar
Patrick Gerber
EP Consulting Services
Tauri Kärson
Supercomms
Fredrik Sirén
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Olli Laintila
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
Maarit Jalakas
Tehnopol
Ahmed Ali
WAB Electronics
Marja- Liisa Soone
Antscape
Hannu Koikkalainen
Haaga-Helia
Two groups of companies, 19 in total went through the full track of building their roadmaps at the Zebra ScaleUp bootcamp, receiving intense 1-on-1 mentoring from our group of seasoned experts and pitching at the stages of sTARTUp Day in Tartu and Latitude59 in Tallinn.
What was learned from the journey of Zebra ScaleUp? Project managers Maarit Jalakas (Tehnopol) and Nina Kallberg (Haaga-Helia) will provide the inside perspective from the Zebra team while Zebra ScaleUp alumni companies will be represented by Ahmed Ali (WAB Electronics) and Marja-Liisa Soone (Antscape). The panel discussion will be moderated by Hannu Koikkalainen (Haaga-Helia).
Zebra ScaleUp Alumni Companies
A Zebra Event would not be complete without the companies that got to experience the full ride.
We are proud to announce that seven companies that were with the program from the kick-off event until the final pitches at Latitude59 will share their stories with us on November 17th.
Event Programme
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Welcoming words
- Martin Goroško, Business Service Manager, Tehnopol Science and Business Park, Tallinn, Estonia
11:05 Hard Lessons – Real life stories from Idean about international growth and friendship
- Mikko-Pekka Hanski, Co-founder of Idean (exited founder), Investor Double Tap Investments and Unofficial cultural ambassador of Finland and EU in Ukraine
11:50 Panel discussion: Themes of Zebra ScaleUp
- Helen Anijalg (Roofit.Solar), Tauri Kärson (Supercomms), Patrick Gerber (EP Consulting Services), Fredrik Sirén (Metropolia), Olli Laintila (Haaga-Helia)
12:30 Company presentations
- Bondauttaja, Marleq, Tuntu, Urban Farm
13:30 Break
14:00 Company presentations
- Test2Deploy, Kontorva Group, KULG
14:45 Panel discussion: Project activities
- Hannu Koikkalainen (Haaga-Helia), Maarit Jalakas (Tehnopol), Nina Kallberg (Haaga-Helia), Ahmed Ali (WAB Electronics), Marja-Liisa Soone (Antscape)
