The Flow of Urban Life

The mission of The Flow of Urban Life ecosystem is to develop smooth and sustainable services and solutions for the next 1 billion people moving into cities by 2030, helping to ease some of the major challenges caused by urbanization and climate change.

To achieve this, we are teaming up with partners who also play a part in how people flow through cities. The goal is to generate new business worth 1 billion euros for the ecosystem partners and for KONE.

The program is co-funded by Business Finland as part of their ‘Veturi’ initiative where international companies are invited to solve some of society's most pressing challenges through increased research, development, and innovation investments in Finland.

The Flow of Urban Life ecosystem is an opportunity for:

• creating new business opportunities;
• finding innovation and collaboration partners;
• identifying possibilities for strategic partnerships in global delivery networks;
• networking and brainstorming with other visionaries who share the mission of building a more sustainable urban future;
• visibility and opportunities to engage in projects between companies, and projects between companies, universities, and other research institutes.

For partners in Finland, the ecosystem enables:

• access to Business Finland’s Veturi funding scheme (instruments), which comprises funding for both the leading Veturi companies and to partners who join the ecosystem.

For non-Finnish partners, the ecosystem offers an opportunity to:

• network and collaborate with Finnish innovation value networks.