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PeptiCrad – a virus in tumor’s clothing

BACKGROUND

• Cancer is still a lethal disease: 14 million diagnosed newcancer cases with 8 million attributed deaths worldwide.

• Immuno-oncology is currently one of the hottest fields for both industry and investors.

• “Learn from the tumor, teach to the immune system”

PeptiCrad – a virus in tumor’s clothing

IDEA

• PeptiCrad combines the power of immunotherapy with the specificity of a vaccine.

• Novel approach, IP has been filed.

PeptiCrad – a virus in tumor’s clothing

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• Entrepreneurs

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• Peptide, virus and oncology expertise

• Clinical and regulatory knowledge

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LIFE SCIENCES

3iRegeneration – stem cell innovations

for regenerative medicine BACKGROUND

• Cardiovascular disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury and Parkinson’s disease are major causes of death and suffering worldwide.

• The common mechanism for these conditions is cell loss.

• Cell loss can be overcome by stimulating stem cell renewal.

3iRegeneration – stem cell innovations

for regenerative medicine IDEA

• Aim to identify small molecules to stimulate stem cell renewal.

• A multidisciplinary approach, involving life sciences, chemistry, physics, engineering, medicine.

• A large strategic opening funded by Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation.

3iRegeneration – stem cell innovations

for regenerative medicine

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

• Small molecules to enhance stem cell differentiation for treatment of diseases where cell loss occurs.

• Controlled drug delivery systems utilizing nanoparticle technology.

• Fee-for-service derivation of stem cells.

• Miniaturized mass spectrometry-based analytical technologies and services.

3iRegeneration – stem cell innovations

for regenerative medicine WE ARE SEEKING

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LIFE SCIENCES

COPLA – next generation cartilage repair

BACKGROUND

• Articular cartilage lesions and osteoarthritis affect millions of people yearly worldwide.

• Every fourth person over 45 years of age has a diagnosedosteoarthritis of the knee.

• Total of 1.2 million cartilage repair procedures performed annually worldwide, representing a €1.2 billion market.

• Majority of the lesions can be treated with the COPLA scaffold. It is superior to currently used standard care.

COPLA – next generation cartilage repair

IDEA

• COPLA is a collagen + polylactidefiber mesh for treatment of articular cartilage lesions.

• Excellent biomechanical properties that enable repair of small and evenmassive lesions.

• Novel approach that is superior to current technologies. IP has been filed by UH and Tampere University of Technology.

COPLA – next generation cartilage repair

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Growing new neurons

BACKGROUND

• Novel treatments are desperately sought for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI).

• The TBI market is valued at > $3 billion.

• There are currently no treatment options for this patient population other than rehabilitation.

• US market for neurorestorative SCI treatmentproposed to be > $10 billion.

• Physical therapy is the major treatment modality.

Growing new neurons

IDEA

• Scientists at UH have developed two molecules that promote neuronal regeneration.

• In vivo data has been generated in SCI and TBI models.

• Patent applications for the treatment of SCI, TBI and other neuronal injuries have been filed.

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Growing new neurons

LIFE SCIENCES

InstaCrystals

–high speed protein crystallisationBACKGROUND

•Protein structure determination is vital, for example, in drug discovery, and the development of herbicides and pesticides.

•Current methods are very slow, unreliable, and expensive; $10,000–500,000/structure.

InstaCrystals

–high speed protein crystallisationIDEA

• A new method for rapidly determining protein structures.

• Reduces costs significantly and shortens the required experimental time from months–years to days.

• Based on using a proprietary protein lattice to enable target protein co-crystallisationand structure solvation.

InstaCrystals

–high speed protein crystallisation

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PHYSICAL SCIENCES

APCI

–world’smost sensitive explosives detector

BACKGROUND

• Increasing air traffic volumes and security concerns create a market for convenient and accurate security checks.

• Atmospheric research has used APCI (Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionisation) technology to detect rare, essentially non-volatile and sticky atmospheric compounds.

APCI

–world’smost sensitive explosives detector

IDEA

• APCI is being developed for security checksto simultaneously detect explosives andother illegal substances.

• Extreme sensitivity provides a fast and non-intrusive way to pass throughsecurity.

• Prevention of false positives throughextreme selectivity

• Fast analysis response

APCI

–world’smost sensitive explosives detector

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Etsimo – revolutionising online searches

BACKGROUND

• Up to 50% of web searching is exploratory, but current search engines do not answer to these needs.

• Information is growing 60% per year, estimate 8 Zb(zettabit, 1x10^21) by the end of 2015.

• No real development since 1998 when Google was released.

Etsimo – revolutionising online searches

IDEA

• Patented, exploratory search engine with an intuitive visual interface, created at HIIT.

• Etsimo finds the things we don’t even know to look for.

• Designed for intuitive interaction, especially suited for touch screen devices.

• Works in any environment, cloud or in-house, browser or native.

Etsimo – revolutionising online searches

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PHYSICAL SCIENCES

ISAK – intelligent video surveillance

BACKGROUND

• Increasing security concerns create a market for intelligent video surveillance.

• Big Data analysis methods from space research enable pattern recognition that can be used in video surveillance.

ISAK – intelligent video surveillance

IDEA

• Algorithm to identify human characters in video and combine information from various sources.

• Automatically follows a character from one camera feed to another.

• Alerts users on irregularities (e.g. abnormal behavior) in surveillance camera feed.

• Able to learn from past events, and analyses the information to predict future events.

ISAK – intelligent video surveillance

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Motion Primitives

– accurate acceleration sensingBACKGROUND

• Accelerometers are widely used, for example, in cars and mobile devices.

• They produce massive amounts of data that is currently underutilized.

• Current analysis methods fail to distinguish the gravity component as part of the total acceleration.

Motion Primitives

– accurate acceleration sensingIDEA

• An algorithm for estimating gravity and linear acceleration.

• An accurate, energy-saving, patented technologythat enhances usability of acceleration sensors.

• No need for new devices, makes use of current mobile technology and existing data.

• Analyses data to improve services in navigation, transport mode detection, and road safety.

• Produces the kind of information used as a basis for Internet of things.

Motion Primitives

– accurate acceleration sensing

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SOCIAL SCIENCES

Playful Learning Center

– living lab for playful learning BACKGROUND

• Education is in a paradigm shift, and there is a need for innovative learning solutions.

• Finland is the leading country in

– K12 and early childhood education

– Mobile games

• Solution developers need support.

Playful Learning Center

– living lab for playful learning IDEA

• A living lab for playful learning solutions research, development and education

• Works as an accelerator between academic research communities and educational games industry

• Early Childhood Research Lab, K12 Lab (under planning)

• Partner kindergartens, UH Training Schools

• Demo, test and observation equipment

• Premises for developer community events

Playful Learning Center

– living lab for playful learning

WE ARE SEEKING

• Companies seeking validation for their educational products

• Investors looking for educational investment opportunities

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MoViE –Digital Storytelling for

21st Century LearnersBACKGROUND

• Education is in a paradigm shift, and there is a need for new innovative learning solutions.

• Finland is the leading country in K12 and early childhood education.

• There is a worldwide need for new kinds of competences that are necessary for active citizens of the 21st century, such as:

• content creation, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, learning how to learn new skills, learning from others and sharing ideas and experiences.

MoViE –Digital Storytelling for

21st Century LearnersIDEA

• A digital platform enabling learning through the art of video storytelling

• Activates and motivates students to share their world in a collaborative and boundless learning environment.

• With the learning process focusing on students’ individual needs and preferences, learning outcomes are deepened and greatly improved.

• Hidden skills that usually have no or few channels for expression, are revealed in creative ways.

MoViE –Digital Storytelling for

21st Century Learners

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• Pilot participants (students, parents, teachers, schools)

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