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15.10.2020

Data Fusion & KEKO Consortium’s Platform: How Would You Combine Different Construction Data?

The KEKO consortium, made up of KONE, Nokia, YIT, Caverion, Halton, VTT and Netox, is seeking business models and concepts they can use to create…

12.10.2020

What New Wooden Building Components Would You Like to Work On with Stora Enso?

Stora Enso is looking for solutions using structural cardboard, wood fibre components and insulation materials to construct buildings made of wood. Read more about the…

12.10.2020

How Would You Utilize Remnant Wood Production Materials?

Bark, sawdust, ashes, hearwood cores, and cut-out parts of cross-laminated-timber (CLT) are produced as a side-stream of Stora Enso Wood Products. We are looking for…

08.10.2020

Smart Layers in Food Packaging: What Would You Add On?

The third focus area in Stora Enso’s Innovative Food Packaging opportunity is Smart Layers in Food Packaging. Got ideas that could work? Below you can…

08.10.2020

What Materials and Business Models are Best for New Concepts of Circular Packaging?

Stora Enso is seeking Innovative Food Packaging solutions in the ongoing Venture Client Cycle. One of the focus areas is New Concepts for Circular Packaging,…

07.10.2020

What Uses Do Bio-Based Materials Have in Food Packaging?

Stora Enso is looking to make food packaging sustainable and biodegradable, by replacing fossil-based materials. Here are a few examples of what we are looking…

24.09.2020

Recap: What Did Our Second Cycle Bring to the Table?

Combient Foundry’s second Venture Client Cycle of 2020 was our first fully online cycle. The traditional milestone, Foundry LIVE, will have 16 startups presenting their…

22.09.2020

Check Out Our 3 New Business Opportunities with Stora Enso and KEKO

Today is the first time we are launching a third, end-of-year Venture Client cycle with entirely new business opportunities in material innovation and construction data….

14.09.2020

“All my experience comes together in Foundry” – Welcome to the Team, Sanni!

2020 has had new faces included in the Foundry team. Our newest addition to the team is Sanni Vilmi, who is joining us as a…

09.09.2020

What I Learned Working at Foundry

The Foundry team is a tight unit, meaning team members find themselves doing meaningful hands-on work from the get-go. Elina Sertti joined Foundry in Fall…