Testbed Helsinki

The City of Helsinki is a testbed for new innovations. Companies and RDI actors, do you want to develop and experiment your products or services in an authentic city environment? The key content areas of our testing platform activities are EdTech, Smart Mobility, Built Environment, Circular Economy and Health & Wellbeing.

Testbed Helsinki pyrkii ratkaisemaan globaaleja haasteita kannustamalla uusiin innovaatioihin.

Test and develop your solution in Helsinki!

Testbed Helsinki supports your development and growth. We offer companies and RDI actors a variety of opportunities to test and develop new products and services in a real urban environment. Read about our current experiments and companies’ experiences, explore our open calls or propose for your own solution for experimenting, and check out our calendar for upcoming interesting events.

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Collaboration is key in health innovations – Helsinki works together with international testing facilities

For innovative health sector companies, EU TEF-Health provides a pathway to international testing environments. The City of Helsinki, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, and HUS continue their collaboration within a cross-border ecosystem.

AI and robotics in healthcare: Submit your solution for international testing facilities

With 52 partners across nine countries, EU TEF-Health serves as a gateway to international testing environments for innovative health sector companies. Small and medium-sized enterprises can submit their solutions to a Europe-wide call for applications.

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ARKI 135 Circular Hub brings circular economy businesses together

The ARKI 135 circular hub opened in Arabia in May is a meeting place and showroom for circular economy companies. The purpose of the hub is to accelerate the business activities and cooperation of small and medium-sized companies.

Understanding people flow at the airport through extensive innovation collaboration

The City of Helsinki is participating in an experiment where the people flow in the airport's check-in area is measured using innovative technologies. Can the customer experience be improved with data produced by sensors, and could the same technology be utilized more broadly in the urban environment?

Office building partition walls made from old window glass – carbon footprint cut in half

During the renovation of office building in Kaikukatu 3, Helsinki, a unique pilot explored how intact window elements could be reused in an office building’s interior spaces. The result was durable, movable glass partition walls with a carbon footprint just half that of new equivalents.

The pilot demonstrated the benefits of a digital platform in the reuse of building components

Bringing the circular economy into practice requires innovative tools and effective collaboration. Finnish company Spolia Design and Danish firm Zupply tested a digital platform for mapping reusable building materials during the renovation of the over 120-year-old Lindström House.

A city as a test platform?

Companies and RDI actors can recommend their own solution to the City of Helsinki for testing. We review proposals on a regular basis and aim to respond to them as soon as possible. The proposals are treated with confidentiality.

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Business Helsinki coordinates and implements the city’s development and test platform activities. We closely co-operate with City Divisions and companies and businesses belonging to Helsinki City Group. 

Business Helsinki offers e.g. personalized guidance and access to trainings, workshops, support for launching your business, and access to startup networks.

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