*ship Startup Festival
*ship is an international acceleration and development platform for early-stage startups. It is also an excellent learning environment for anyone interested in entrepreneurship. The event includes the traditional Pitch Captain Competition, in addition to which we offer a mentoring program for competing startups. There is more to the event, especially from the visitors’ perspective, which you should read more about below.
*ship sails to Xamk – Kotka Campus 7.-8.5.2026!
What to expect from *ship?
Our partners 2025
RDI partners
Digital Economy
Varustamo – supporting entrepreneurs through business transfer
Creating a service model for business transfer to Kymenlaakso.
Digital Economy
Ideajalostamo – Idea refinery Kymenlaakso
We are building a service to help startups, innovators, and inventors to…
Digital Economy
Kymenlaakso GoGlo – Global Growth & Business Networks
The goal of the Kymenlaakso GoGlo project is to increase scalable and…
Digital Economy
Business ideas for real purpose
Developing an Operating Model for Business Idea Generation This project focuses on…
Location
Contacts
Mikko Vihanto
Festival Captain
Srishti Jain
Startup & Mentor Relations
Henna Suortti
Communications & Marketing
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