What is this?
Accelerator program
for companies established in the Kymenlaakso region
Join us and receive free expert help to boost your company growth – and gain a network of like-minded entrepreneurs. Commercializing new product and service ideas, launching new business concepts, getting funding – let’s get together and think of how to reach your goals!
The first round of the Kymi Accelerator program begins in October 2023 and is meant for all SMEs in the Kymenlaakso region of South-East Finland
The Kymi Accelerator is free of charge and available across the Kymenlaakso region. We organize workshops, mentoring and events in both Kouvola and Kotka, with the possibity to join in online. We also would love to get to know more about your business ideas, and are available to visit and mentor you wherever you may be in Kymenlaakso.
The accelerator program consists of weekly workshop or webinar sessions or events, with additional mentoring sessions that you may book as best suits your timetable. We will be taking longer breaks for the Autumn break and Christmas-New Years holidays.
We will kick-off with a lunch and afternoon together at Kohoa synergiakeskus in downtown Kouvola on October 3rd, - with the afternoon also online.
As part of the Kymi Accelerator program, besides our own mentoring and workshops, we are integrating also content and events produced by other entities that are helping entrepreneurs in our region, including Kymen Yrittäjät (the entrepreneurs association), Cursor and Kinno regional development companies and Xamk University projects.
We accelerate with you:
Kymi Accelerator Themes
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Networking
You are not alone as an entrepreneur! Join us and meet like-minded entrepreneurs, join the community of startup and growth-minded business founders and experts
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Funding
Let’s think together of how best to access different funding channels for business
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Commercialization
Finding markets and customers for new products and services
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Design
Get to tools for an in-house design sprint to boost your product and service development
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Marketing and Sales
Learn new ways to reach customers and grow awareness of your offering
Kotka and Kouvola
The Kymi Accelerator is funded by the Council of Kymenlaakso. The Accelerator is brought to you by the Digital Economy team of Xamk the University of Applied Sciences of South-East Finland in cooperation with Kohoa Synergy Center
The accelerator has two home bases where we meet, the Kohoa Synergy Center in downtown Kouvola and the Xamk Xlab workspace in downtown Kotka. We are happy also to meet you and other local entreprenerus on your home turf elsewhere in Kymenlaakso
Contact us and let’s think of how we could best help your business grow and thrive – join the Kymi Accelerator!
XLab Kotkassa
Kohoa Synergiakeskus, Kouvola
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