Selected corporate leaders and startups will started their common learning journey in Helsinki. In the EEX Journey program, bravest corporate leaders step out of their corporate offices and comfort zone, becoming Advisors to ambitious startup entrepreneurs. In a year-long program they learn together about bold experimenting, agile growth, and entrepreneurial leadership.

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Our corporate partner network is strengtening. 14th cohort Advisors are from Deutsche Telekom, ABB, Bosch, Stora Enso, Sandvik, Deutsche Bahn, If Insurance, Sanoma, National Statistician's Office (UK), Fortum, Bertelsmann and E.ON

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We're investing something better than money for Europe's future. This is the 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗽 𝗲𝗻𝗱 of our economy; people building their startups AND key leaders pushing for transformation and growth of their large corporations.

We’re proud that EEX Community is growing and getting more international. In the 14th cohort we have over 60 large corporations’ leaders and entrepreneurs from around the whole Europe and the world – like Germany, Finland, Czech Republic, USA, Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, Luxemburg, Austria and more.”
– Tapio Peltonen, Founder, EEX

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‍These 9 startups will start their journey with Advisory Board: 

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Rejoose 🇩🇰

The world's trusted IT carbon data provider

"Rejoose delivers automated, activity-based carbon footprint data for IT products and services. The platform replaces manual and spend-based reporting with auditable, product-level emissions data, delivered in real time via API, enabling IT vendors, distributors, and resellers to provide accurate carbon data to their customers and support better purchasing and sustainability decisions."

Litech 🇳🇴

Fire prevention made simple for the waste industry

"Litech technology will increase recycling rates by preventing fires in waste and recycling plants and by removing precious metals from the waste stream, thereby enhancing recyclability. Our technology will increase recycling rates, both by preventing fires in waste and recycling plants, but also in terms of removing precious metals from the stream to enhance recylability."

Elmery 🇫🇮

Bringing every gram of critical and strategic metals back into play – with fewer chemicals, fewer steps, and predictable performance

"Elmery is a Finnish company with the goals of bringing every gram of critical and strategic metals back into play. With fewer chemicals, fewer steps, and predictable performance. Making critical metals less critical."

Walk15 🇱🇹🇩🇪‍

Global initiative platform with over 1.2M app users and 2000 businesses helping make people more active

"Our goal is simple and bold: get people to walk at least 1 hour a day. That one habit reduces carbon emissions, improves physical and mental health, and makes cities greener and more human."

CooliBlade 🇫🇮

Extremely efficient cooling solution for high power electronics

"At CooliBlade, we are redefining thermal management in power electronics with cutting-edge solutions that combine efficiency, reliability, and sustainability. Our mission is to tackle the most demanding cooling challenges across industries, empowering innovation in renewable energy, telecommunications, EV charging, and more."

Bioeutectics 🇺🇸🇦🇷

Building Chemistry 2.0: safe, biodegradable‑by‑design natural eutectic solvents that replace toxic petrochemical

"Industrial chemistry still depends on fossil-based solvents that are toxic, flammable, and persistent—creating systemic risks for people, production, and the planet. Our biomimetic platform turns molecular interactions into tunable performance—delivering drop‑in replacements (Replace), superior formulations (Better), and breakthroughs once impossible (Beyond)—across personal care, food tech, agtech, and green tech. Backed by 15 years of research and a proprietary data/AI engine, we’ve developed seven TRL7–9 products, over twenty in development, and eleven patents presented, working with global partners to scale resilient, circular supply chains. "

Elevolt 🇫🇮

An all-in-one energy manager for your business

"Elevolt makes dumb buildings smart in hours with a complete solution consisting of HW, data, cloud and AI that's fast, scalable and cost-efficient Buildings consume 40% of Europe’s energy, yet 90% remain too complex or costly to digitalize. Elevolt is the solution to the bottleneck, helping any building lower its electricity consumption by up to 30% from day one."

Pictue 🇫🇮

#1 AI-powered photo documentation solution in the world.

"Pictue sets a new standard for photo documentation in construction, infrastructure, and cities. It brings field photos out of WhatsApp threads and personal phone galleries into one structured, real time system. All visual data from the field is centralized and shared across stakeholders so data is no longer siloed. Automatic timestamps and location data create a reliable situational overview that improves transparency, supports smoother supervision, and enables better decision making across the entire project and asset lifecycle."

KIUD 🇪🇪

Patented rigid packaging material from textile waste

"KIUD Technologies is a material technology company, founded in 2022 in Estonia, that upcycles synthetic and mixed textile waste into rigid, reusable packaging — a sustainable alternative to single-use cardboard and plastic. KIUD’s patented process requires no water or chemicals in the production process and delivers packaging with an 82% lower CO₂ footprint compared to traditional cardboard. KIUD packaging is engineered for up to 20 reuse cycles, a concept already proven by leading telecom and technology companies in Northern Europe. KIUD mission is bold and clear: To eliminate textile and packaging waste - one package at a time."

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Do you want to join a great community of path-breaking doers? 🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️ Application for startups and corporate leaders for the 15th and 16th EEX Journey starting in September 2026 and January 2027 is open! Book a call with Elisa to find out more:  https://calendly.com/elisa-kitunen/30min