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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. Event Details Date : November 17th 2026 Time : 11:00-15:30 (UTC+2) Location : Haaga-Helia Pasila Campus, Ratapihantie 13, Helsinki 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) 15:25 Key takeaways from the three years of Zebra ScaleUp 15:30 Event ends 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?