California Market Access Program for Tekes: January 16-20, 2017

January 16-20th, 2017, LACI welcomed a delegation of eight cleantech companies from Finland for a week-long exchange program. The Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation (TEKES), a publicly funded expert organization for financing research, development, and innovation in Finland, selected these companies to participate in workshops and lectures led by LACI’s Executives in Residence (EIR’s), specialists, and partner organizations. This customized program focused on topics such as Los Angeles Market Entry, Growth Strategies, and Investment Pitching.

The participating companies were:

ALTUM TECHNOLOGIES

CLEANVISIO

EKORENT

HELIOSTORAGE

RESIDENTIA

SOFI FILTRATION

SPINNOVA

ZENSOLAR

Included Programming

California Market Entry Workshops

Opportunities to learn more about the burgeoning market for cleantech, changes in local policies and other necessary information from government representatives, business, legal and financial experts.

Company Matchmaking

Personal matching with City of Los Angeles government officials and investment leaders who met to discuss potential cooperations.