At Catapult, we share knowledge through data-driven research and expertise in corporate innovation, growth companies, and business development.
At Catapult, we offer two types of events that cater to different purposes and audiences, designed to provide meaningful value and foster collaboration.
These events bring together industry leaders and innovators to share knowledge and build connections, driving value for the broader ecosystem.
These events align stakeholders and drive actionable outcomes through hands-on workshops and seminars, tailored to your team’s needs.
In partnership with the City of Tampere, we ran a five-part learning series designed to help SMEs understand and apply AI in their business operations.
Corporate Innovation Day is a Slush side event that brings corporate innovation experts together in roundtable discussions. The theme for the 2024 event is Leading Tomorrow with Data-driven Innovation.
Catapult hosted a 30-minute webinar to share key research findings, giving Lindström’s team a clear, concise view of potential opportunities.
The Lean Startup workshop series is created in collaboration with Prizztech, aiming to help Satakunta-based companies accelerate product development, market entry, and sales using Lean Startup methods. The participants learn how to achieve fast results with minimal resources.
In collaboration with the City of Tampere, we are organising a 6 piece workshop series focused on sales and marketing automation. The workshop series is aimed for entrepreneurs in the Tampere region.
We held a keynote at a Prizztech event, offering fresh insights into business development, new initiatives, driving change, and pursuing growth. Paavo's session provided new perspectives and inspiration for both seasoned company leaders and aspiring entrepreneurs just starting their journey.
In collaboration with the City of Tampere, we hosted a four-part AI seminar series for small businesses. Each session provided 100-200 attendees with practical tools and insights to incorporate AI into daily operations, empowering growth and efficiency.
In this podcast, Paavo and Antti discuss how corporations discover promising startups and growth companies—and vice versa.
We partnered with Fortum to organise an official Slush Partner event, where corporate innovation experts joined together on an interesting theme: How to utilise both internal and external innovations in corporations.
An exclusive event for Innopipe users to share their best practices and challenges in peer-to-peer discussion groups.
In collaboration with the Southeast ELY centre & TE-palvelut we organised a coaching set for two groups of SMEs from various industries in digital sales and marketing automation.
The Lean Startup workshop series is created in collaboration with Prizztech, aiming to help Satakunta-based companies accelerate product development, market entry, and sales using Lean Startup methods. The participants learn how to achieve fast results with minimal resources. The series includes three workshops focusing on quick, cost-effective results, setting actionable goals, and planning next steps for sustainable growth.
In collaboration with the City of Tampere, we organised a 6 piece workshop series for entrepreneurs focused on sales and marketing automation.
The workshop was based on an earlier tailored seminar program for SMEs in Tampere. The series empowered participants with actionable insights and tools to streamline processes, boost customer engagement, and drive growth through automation.
Following the success of the previous program, we conducted a second coaching series for small business entrepreneurs in collaboration with the Southeast ELY centre & TE-palvelut.
This session involved 10 entrepreneurs who received training in digital sales and marketing automation, following the same structure as the previous course, with participants rating the programme 5 out of 5 stars.
In collaboration with the South Savo ELY centre and TE-palvelut we organised a coaching set for two groups of SMEs from various industries in digital sales and marketing automation.
The program covered the fundamentals of modern digital sales and marketing. Following these group sessions, each entrepreneur received personalised coaching sessions to help them apply the learned strategies to their specific business needs.
We held a keynote at a Prizztech event, offering fresh insights into business development, new initiatives, driving change, and pursuing growth. Paavo's session provided new perspectives and inspiration for both seasoned company leaders and aspiring entrepreneurs just starting their journey.
In collaboration with the City of Tampere, we hosted a four-part AI seminar series for small businesses. Each session provided 100-200 attendees with practical tools and insights to incorporate AI into daily operations, empowering growth and efficiency.
In this webinar, Paavo and Antti discuss how corporations discover promising startups and growth companies—and vice versa.
A webinar co-hosted with Dr. Chen Zhang (Continental) where participants explored effortless ways to use data for informed, data-driven decisions, gaining valuable insights from Dr. Zhang's experience and reflections.
At the Encounter Event by Starthub Lahti, Paavo shared key insights on building an effective advisory board, highlighting the importance of selecting the right expertise and aligning with clear company goals.
A webinar co-hosted with Michael Vormittag (Daimler Truck), offered participants with insights into innovation scouting to help them decide between outsourced and in-house approaches. The session explored new ways to enhance efficiency and maximise the benefits of innovation scouting.
Paavo held a keynote at KEUKE's digitisation and change evening. The event explored the current global landscape, addressing the major challenges businesses faced in the next two years. The participants learned which technologies to adopt, how to implement them with limited resources, and the methods teams could use to achieve superior results and outpace competitors.
A webinar co-hosted with Mirva Nevalainen (Nordic Startup School), guiding participants on key metrics for evaluating potential partnerships with startups. The session covered best practices for measuring essential metrics when considering collaboration, investment, or acquisition in the tech and innovation space.
A webinar co-hosted with Mikael Myllymäki (Fortum), focusing on best practices—and pitfalls—to successfully collaborate with startups and growth companies. The session offered guidance on building effective collaboration models, ensuring smooth communication, and streamlining processes for partnerships, investments, or acquisitions.
This webinar moves beyond theory to offer practical dos and don’ts for identifying the best companies to partner with, invest in, or acquire. Featuring real use cases, common pitfalls, and actionable tactics, it provides a results-driven approach to elevate your corporate venturing efforts.
We developed a digital marketing guide in partnership with Business Järvenpää to support small businesses in the region in a post COVID-19 world.
Our Founder and CDO, Paavo Beckman held a keynote at the Malta Innovation Summit, sharing the radical facts on why big companies will collapse soon and showed concrete methods to survive successfully in this age of disruption and change.
Our Founder and CDO, Paavo Beckman held a keynote at Arctic 15, sharing insights on how corporations and investors find the best Startups utilisng AI.
Our Founder and CDO, Paavo Beckman held a keynote at the Hospitality Forum 2019 by MARA, sharing insights on how the companies in the hospitality industry need to adapt to various technological advancements.
An online roundtable session with corporate leaders joining peer-to-peer discussion with fellow corporate leaders to discuss and reflect in-depth on the unspoken topics in corporate innovation and technology.
An exclusive event that opened the dialogue between Finnish corporate innovation leaders answering the pressing questions on how Finnish corporates achieve impact in the innovation and tech scene.
“I think it’s very nice to meet other peers that are doing the same thing trying to make things happen in their companies and it’s very nice to see that we’re not alone.”
Director, Head of Spark Inno Incubation
“I think we had a lot of nudging and smiling because we all said “That’s exactly what I’m dealing with” from my company’s perspective. They are very good discussions to have just to align and to see where do we see disagreements and agreements.”
Lead Exploration & SCouting
“I think the best part has been meeting similar type of people or roles from different backgrounds or different companies and really hearing about what different tools and methods they use for innovation and venturing.”
Director, Technology Strategy
“Definitely a good takeaway was that even though there were so many corporates from different industries, when it comes to innovation a lot of companies are struggling to find the process or to build the right processes to be able to spin off things in a valuable way. “
Innovation Partnerships Manager
Our team of experts is dedicated to staying ahead of the curve when it comes to the latest technologies and industry trends. We conduct thorough research to provide our clients with actionable insights and recommendations that can help them streamline processes, reduce costs, and increase efficiency.
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The collection of researches in various industries and verticals is crafted by our in-house business thinkers, data analysts and growth hackers.
