Calling for the Next Generation of Deep Tech Founders and Operators

What does it take to build Finland’s next wave of deep tech companies, and where could you fit in?

Join us for a fireside chat with Inka Mero from Voima Ventures and Tommi Leino from Agate Sensors on turning scientific breakthroughs into companies, building the teams behind them and how AI is changing the way deep tech startups operate.

Whether you’re looking to start a company, join an early-stage team or explore what’s happening in deep tech, we’ll talk about the skills and experience worth building now.

We’ll dig into

  • The founding stories behind the companies

  • What’s happening in deep tech now and what’s coming next

  • Where aspiring founders and operators should focus their learning

  • How AI is transforming existing deep tech companies and opening opportunities for new ones

  • Building AI-native operations: what’s worked, what hasn’t and where to start

Speakers

Inka Mero, Managing Partner & Founder, Voima Ventures

With 30 years in tech, Inka has cofounded several companies and currently runs Voima Ventures, 110M€ VC fund investing in groundbreaking science and deep tech startups.

Tommi Leino, CEO of Agate Sensors

Agate Sensors is bringing lab-grade hyperspectral sensing onto a tiny chip. Combining semiconductor technology, software and AI, the company is building sensors that capture information beyond what conventional cameras can see, with applications in imaging, wearables and defence.⁠

More speakers will be announced soon.

📅 November 3, 2026 6:00 PM📍 SUS Garage (Startup Sauna)