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From Lab to Market

How to create impact from your research

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Starting and growing a successful startup requires more than just a great team or innovative idea; it involves understanding market validation and what investors truly seek. Securing funding is a key step, often necessary while striving for profitability. With the fierce competition for investors’ attention and resources, making your startup stand out is essential. What better way to gain insight than by learning directly from the investors and commercial lead themselves?

In this From Lab to Market session, you’ll have the chance to interact with Paul Wong, Commercial Lead at CuRen, and Kasper Suomalainen, a former investor and current Startup Advisor at Aalto Startup Center and coach at Kiuas. Gain valuable insights into what makes a venture appealing and learn from their expertise.

From Lab to Market is an event series that brings together top entrepreneurs, industry experts, and successful academic innovators to show you how your research can move beyond the lab and change lives. We’re not here to promise instant global success or a smooth journey but to highlight the incredible support available within the Finnish Startup Ecosystem and right here at Aalto University.

Meet our speakers:

Paul Wong

Commercial Lead at CuRen

Commercial Lead at CuRen, specializing in investor relations, business development, operations, and stakeholder partnerships.

Kasper Suomalainen

Startup Advisor at Aalto Startup Center

Former President of Aaltoes, ex-VC at Superhero Capital, former mentor at Startup Wise Guys, and currently a Startup Advisor at Aalto Startup Center managing investors network, and coach at Kiuas.