What works in Espoo
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Evidence snapshot for Espoo
Espoo hosts two major innovation ecosystems documented in the evidence. A Grid & Espoo Innovation Garden (Otaniemi) shows the district contains 150+ startups and partners, ~5,000 researchers, 25 R&D units, and 16,000 students, with at least one startup spun out per week. VTT LaunchPad demonstrates that VTT's deep-tech incubator, also based in Otaniemi, generated 16 spin-offs that raised €207m in 2024—15% of all Finnish startup equity funding that year—though the top five companies captured roughly 70% of this total. The evidence documents scale and capital concentration in Espoo's innovation sector but does not quantify employment outcomes or broader economic impact across the city.
Drawn from: Selkokeskus — Finland's National Centre for Easy Language and Cognitive Digital Accessibility · A Grid & Espoo Innovation Garden (Otaniemi) · VTT LaunchPad — Turning Finnish Public R&D into Deep-Tech Spin-offs
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Evidence of impact / measured results +26 pts 83 here · 57 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Innovation +14 pts 76 here · 62 average
Sustainability / continuity +11 pts 89 here · 78 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +9 pts 83 here · 74 average
Weaknesses
Inclusiveness / equity -9 pts 33 here · 43 average
Transferability / demonstrated replication -10 pts 50 here · 60 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Espoo. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Selkokeskus — Finland's National Centre for Easy Language and Cognitive Digital Accessibility · 92
A Grid & Espoo Innovation Garden (Otaniemi) · 81
VTT LaunchPad — Turning Finnish Public R&D into Deep-Tech Spin-offs · 57
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Recommended to adopt or replicate
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