SparkUp is a startup community where Turku Science Park Ltd, student based entrepreneurship society Boost Turku and Creative Venture Creve have brought together their know-how and services for startups and entrepreneur-minded persons in Turku region. SparkUp is facilitated by Turku Science Park Ltd.

Octarine (www.octarinebio.com) was founded on the principle that nature holds the key to solving some of today’s most pressing issues, offering an unprecedented array of bioactive molecules that can radically transform human and planetary health. Utilizing our core expertise within engineering microbial cell factories and editing and re-designing enzymes, we enhance natures potential with new bioactive molecules overcoming their key limitations. Octarine core programs focus on perfecting novel, and improved cannabinoids and bioactive tryptamines a for a range of applications within human and planetary health.

We were founded in February 2018 with the idea that giving plastic a value, we could get it removed from nature. A bit like the bottle deposit system, but for all kinds of plastic! We have gained amazing traction since we started, from being featured in Forbes and The Independent and invited to a panel at the first OECD forum on Blockchain to winning awards and being the only Nordic initiative among the 25 development projects/ SDG solutions selected to be showcased at Expo 2021 Dubai’s Global Best Practice Programme. We have done cleanups and pilots in more than 15 countries, proving that this really does work! Now we are building a global plastic waste ecosystem to incentivize cleanup and track where the plastic ends - most of it ideally back to reuse! The next step is to bring our vision to more places and create a truly innovative system than can help solve some of the big problems with plastic waste (of which there are more than you might imagine).

Cerebriu’s vision is to simplify radiology to improve patient journeys. We focus on improving clinical workflow, faster scans producing right data, triage acute patients to focus on the right patients, and improve accuracy and confidence to make the right decision. Our first product, Cerebriu Apollo Brain, augments the brain MRI examination for faster confident patient selection in stroke care. Adapting images if stroke is detected for faster treatment decision and improving treatment for stroke mimics and TIAs reducing length of stay where possible.

Aega ASA is a solar utility company that acquires and operates solar power plants. The company currently owns a portfolio of seven individual solar parks in the Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzo, Emilia-Romagna and Lombardia regions in Italy with a combined production capacity of 7MWp, and an initial annual electricity production of approximately 10GWh depending on the annual solar irradiation.  The company focuses on acquisitions of smaller existing solar parks (below 5MWp capacity), following strict investment criteria.  The company targets to reach a total production capacity of 20MW within 2017 by taking advantage of the current attractive market for secondary solar parks meeting the strict investment criteria.

The Thorvald platforms represent a low-cost alternative to a wide variety of agricultural operations. All the Thorvald robots are built using the same components, but we customize each robot for your specific needs based on the innovative modular design. We can therefore deliver robots using standard parts but customized design to serve your needs. All our robots are built to operate in an outdoor environment. They are therefore IP67 classified at all the lower parts that may be submersed in water (wheels, lower gears, etc), and IP56 for the rest of the robot.

BlueTag is an ERP business system based on real-time documentation. BlueTag gives your company a quality management system that meets the requirements of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. The main thing about BlueTag is that it cuts down the time you spend on documentation. This is unique to BlueTag, saving administration work and in fact reducing time spent on documentation and administration. Development has been continuous since 1992 and all functions have been tested in companies during development, to prove its efficiency. Even before it was launched, BlueTag had won several awards for its unique features.

The CrayoNano team is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading teams within next generation nanoscale semiconductor materials and devices for optoelectronics applications. CrayoNano is a nanotechnology company specializing in developing optoelectronic devices based on semiconductor nanowires on graphene. CrayoNano AS was founded in June 2012. The Company originates from several years of research at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim.

NABO is technologies that activate Sustainable & Committed Co-Living Communities. Our CoCreators are compensated in shares in our group of startups - this is to diversify risk and to make our CoCreators richer than our investors. We have a star team on board - Bjarke Ingels, Morten Lund, 1508, Rambøll.

Memoo is a digital agency with big ambitions. We're just 3 years old and is run by 5 digital fanatics. We're a young company, but we're about to onboard new partners, that contributes with over 10 years of top-notch branch experience.    Our main focus is on designing and developing websites and supply them with the right marketing tools/channels.

We bring Swedish industrial easy-to-use 3D-printers to design engineers, hospitals and production floors to enable the future of AM with powder based 3D-printing (SLS). Wematter have developed a whole eco-system to manage a powder free environment and high performance 3D-printed components. We are pioneers that bring desirable 3D-printing to offices around the world. We want to change the way we make things, we want to make things smarter, globally.

Copli is a fast-growing software company improving how the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies create and review marketing content. Over the past years, we have become a trusted partner to top pharma companies worldwide, and our growth is accelerating. We are developing a system that makes the Medical, Legal, and Regulatory (MLR) review process for promotional materials faster and more reliable. This process is still done entirely by hand in most organizations. Our technology automates key steps, shortens approval timelines, and allows experts to focus on the work that matters most. Our founding team combines deep AI engineering experience with domain expertise from BCG and Accura. We're a small team that moves fast and ships often. If you want high ownership, interesting problems, and a seat at the table from day one, let's talk.

Venli is the world’s first Agent Management System (AMS) for hospitality. An AMS is the layer that lets you manage all AI operations from a single platform. Venli connects directly to the most widely used hospitality systems, scrapes your website to build a live knowledge base, and creates a unified access layer where AI agents can perform real actions, not just respond to requests. Hotels use Venli to deploy guest-facing agents across SMS, voice, WhatsApp, and web that handle bookings, service requests, and operational tasks, while background agents automate reporting, planning, and internal workflows using live PMS, CRM, and revenue data. Everything runs in one system, with agents, integrations, and instructions working together in harmony. The result is AI that removes operational friction, reduces manual work for staff, and functions like a digital operations layer rather than a collection of disconnected tools.

We are Starstuff. We are a compact team split between tech and business, building the world’s first AI-powered social platform for playable content. Think TikTok meets Roblox, powered by AI, and shaped by Gen Z and Gen Alpha. We are inventing a new content format: instant, social, playable creation — at the speed of memes. We have caught lightning in a bottle: 1.5M+ users, 80K+ creators, and 35M+ views on social. Now, we need to turn this viral explosion into a stable, scalable platform without slowing down innovation.

Moder is the future of resort and hotel management, custom-built for experience-driven hospitality. Our platform lets hospitality businesses run rooms, activities, rentals, dining, and experiences in one place. No more juggling ten systems while whispering “why me” into a coffee mug. Built in Finland and developed hand in hand with pioneering resorts across the Nordics, Moder is growing fast. Our customers serve both leisure and business travelers, and we work closely with them to understand what actually moves the industry forward. Hint: less admin, more hospitality. We’re a focused, remote-first early scaleup with big ambitions and zero unnecessary meetings. If you want to build meaningful tech for an industry that’s finally getting the tools it deserves and appreciate the occasional terrible hospitality pun, you’ll fit right in.