Finland produces lots of innovative startups, and not only in mobile!
Here I am in Helsinki, Finland invited by Finnfacts - an independent media service agency financed by Finnish companies – that brings foreign journalists and now bloggers, to meet with local firms.
For this first ever “blog tour” focused on social media and Web 2.0, I’m accompanied by the “creme de la creme” of International bloggers from ChipChick, HenrietteWeber, ReadWriteWeb, StartupMeme, TechCrunch and The NextWeb.
In the next few days, we’ll be meeting lots of Finnish startups including ArticStartup, Floobs, RuntoShop and Muxlim.
At the MindTrek conference – the leading Nordic digital media and business conference focused on social media and Web 2.0 – held in the city of Tampere, I’ll catch up with Everyplay, Dazzboard, MultiTouch, Oppifi, Virtual Air Guitar Company and Zokem.
In Tampere, Finnfacts also set us up with Xiha, Google, Nokia (yes, it’s a Finnish company!), StartWreck Studios, Gemilo and Ironstar Helsinki. And that rounds up a busy week here in the artic circle!
The scandinavian people are master engineers and technology boffins, with Nokia from Finland and Ericcson from Sweden being two prime examples. The nature of these people are such that everything functions super-efficiently and I am intrigued to see some of their Web 2.0 startups. There must be some real awesome stuff here, and I’m going to follow the links to find out and see what these firms are all about.