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Spring Showcase: Innovation + Startups

Posted on by Mirza Sagdati
May 8, 2025
13:00 – 17:00

Red Brick and Demola warmly invite you to Spring Showcase, a dynamic afternoon dedicated to bold ideas, breakthrough innovation, and startup energy. Join us as Demola innovation teams present their results, Red Brick spring batch startups hit the stage to pitch their businesses to investors and the latest pre-startup projects share the problems they are working on solving.

Expect a mix of future-shaping innovation projects, international teams tackling real-world challenges, and startups on a mission to reshape industries – but the real magic? Connect with ambitious founders and global talents, exchange ideas with investors, mentors, and corporate innovation experts.

Whether you’re an investor, mentor, corporate decision-maker, public sector leader, or simply passionate about the startup scene, this is the space to get inspired and build valuable connections.

Agenda:

13:00 Opening words

13:05 Greetings from Jouni Markkanen (Deputy Mayor at City of Tampere) and Kenneth Widell (General Manager at Wärtsilä)

13:15 Red Brick startups pitching

14:45 Demola teams + Red Brick startups pitch-fair

16:15 Casual networking & celebration

17:00 Event ends

The event is free, but registration is required. We look forward to meeting you in this inspiring showcase event, where we will explore the future of innovation together.

The event is co-organized by Demola and Red Brick.

Date

May 8, 2025
13:00 – 17:00
Register here

Autumn Accelerator Kick-off ’24

Posted on by Marita Kamula

Red Brick Accelerator welcomes 9 innovative startups to the autumn program!

We kicked-off autumn accelerator program last week, welcoming 9 new startups that hopped in and are ready to get their hands dirty.

Meet the Red Brick autumn batch ’24:

  1. Ecochase gamify digital plant collection with the help of AI and image recognition for the use of environmental education and science
  2. Stigma App is on a mission to provide easily accessible mental well-being service to improve study ability.
  3. Buzziwork is a platform connecting professionals with customers seeking high-quality, convenient, home-based services.
  4. Cornea Sense enables eye care specialists to diagnose eye conditions faster, preserve eyesight and improve donor cornea screening.
  5. Your Abroad Consultant (YAC) is a SaaS platform helping students & universities go abroad.
  6. Piagmo Technology supports the mental and cognitive development of preschoolers
  7. Dility is a solution with integrated tools aimed at automating the entire workflow of digital workshops.
  8. Swipit is a networking app without social pressure.
  9. Carpass is a vehicle inspection app that lowers your vehicle sales aftermarket costs and grows profits.

While on a mission of solving important problems, from the cognitive development of children to mental well-being and preserving eyesight, the program will take founder teams through fundamental startup building blocks such as customer discovery, value creation process, experimentation tools, building scalable businesses. Mentoring, expert guidance, investor sparring are some of the other supporting instruments.  The next 8 weeks are going to be intensive and hands-on, no question about that.

We are super excited to have a chance to work with these brilliant founders this autumn – stay tuned as we follow their journey.

Kick-off Spring Accelerator ’24

Posted on by Marita Kamula

Red Brick Accelerator welcomes 8 innovative startups to the spring program!

This week we kicked-off the Red Brick’s spring accelerator program with a batch of 8 new startups!

Founders are on a mission to solve important relevant problems out there. From optimizing railway traffic to reducing B2B emissions, using AI for sustainable supplier selection, and revolutionizing municipal asset management.

Meet the Red Brick spring batch ’24:

  1. Weivi – optimizing railway traffic with the goal of fixing train delays and increasing train traffic capacity.
  2. UpCycleo – simplifies & automates sustainable sourcing to tackle 90% of B2B emissions.
  3. Omahal – Cloud-based asset management platform for municipalities.
  4. Texus – a marketplace platform for idle spare parts management in the manufacturing sector.
  5. Done – a marketplace that connects local service providers with buyers.
  6. Medipal – a solution empowering individuals to manage their medical records, reports, and prescriptions securely and conveniently.
  7. Costifier – an AI software helping enterprises achieve cost-effective and sustainable supplier selection.
  8. Life Recorded – connecting generations by recording the extraordinary stories behind ordinary lives.

We are looking at an exciting 8 weeks ahead. Customer discovery, experimentation, strengthening value propositions, working on GTM strategies. And pleeeenty of feedback. Setting up a strong foundation for their next steps and taking companies to the next level.

The energy within the batch bounced up high from the get-go, with peer-support and exploring synergies with each other during the kick-off meeting.

Stay tuned as we follow the progress of these incredible startups. We are excited to be part of their journey, supporting ambitious changemakers and ramping up the development of their ventures.