Engine rooms

Demola

Demola brings together students of different disciplines and businesses to develop products and services and to solve real-life problems. The student team developing an innovation will retain intellectual property rights to their work, and companies can acquire a licence to use it. Business partners have licensed up to 96 per cent of project deliverables for their use. Demola also gives birth to new businesses and to Protomo teams.

By spring 2011 Demola had attracted 500 students, 30 per cent of whom were students from other countries. More than 110 projects have been carried out. More about Demola

Protomo

Protomo offers a wide range of supporting services to business idea developers, seasoned professionals and young talent free of charge, including facilities, community support, supplementary know-how and expert sparring for new product and service development and market launch. Protomo provides a new path to entrepreneurship: you can bring in an idea for further development, combine ideas, or find a suitable team to join in.

By spring 2011, Protomo had 250 community members in Tampere. We have created more than 25 business ideas and 12 new businesses. More about Protomo

Suuntaamo

Suuntaamo invites everyone to get involved in the testing of different products and services, and to offer development ideas. For businesses, Suuntaamo provides an easy channel for supplementary product or service development.

Suuntaamo has carried out 20 projects involving 15 enterprises and more than 380 users. More about Suuntaamo

Accelerator

The newest of the New Factory engine rooms pools various business service resources and competencies to offer coaching and sparring to potential growth enterprises.