Start­up Express Pre-incu­ba­tor

Our mis­sion is to help idea-stage start­up teams to real­ize their dreams in Oulu in 100 days and build a kick­ass com­mu­ni­ty to sup­port them.

Nev­er walk alone. You get a com­mu­ni­ty of curi­ous indi­vid­u­als, coach­es and men­tors to help you along the way.

You are free to join the Start­up Express com­mu­ni­ty when­ev­er you want.

How­ev­er, to boost your process from idea to busi­ness, we orga­nize two 14-week pro­gram cohorts, where we offer step-by-step sup­port for you. This is when the mag­ic hap­pens.

Timetable for Spring 2026:

22 JAN Kick off
10 FEB Team Build­ing
3 MARCH Cus­tomer Prob­lem and Val­i­da­tion
17 MARCH Busi­ness Mod­el & Pric­ing
31 MARCH How to Build a Pitch
8 APRIL Pitch Prac­tice
23 APRIL Demo Day

Start­up Express work­shops are held in Start­up Sta­tion at Tech­nop­o­lis Ydinkeskus­ta Oulu, Sepänkatu 20.

• Moti­vat­ed peo­ple with a scal­able busi­ness idea, with or with­out a team.
• Pro­gram suits both first-time founders and expe­ri­enced entre­pre­neurs.
• We are more inter­est­ed in com­mit­ment, ambi­tion and will­ing­ness to learn, rather than the matu­ri­ty of the busi­ness idea or mod­el.
• Also curi­ous indi­vid­u­als can apply to join our teams with­out their own idea.

Pro­gram is free-of-charge, offer­ing you:

• 14-week pre-incu­ba­tor pro­gram with work­shops and 1‑on‑1 spar­ring ses­sions to take you from idea-stage to first cus­tomers and estab­lish­ing busi­ness
• Coach­es, men­tors and experts sup­port you along the way
• Com­mu­ni­ty: Peer-sup­port and learn­ing with oth­er par­tic­i­pants and experts
• Con­nect with oth­er events and ser­vices offered by Oulu start­up ecosys­tem
• Com­mu­ni­ty man­ag­er to sup­port your learn­ing and devel­op­ment