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Here are some of the companies that have spearheaded through innovation to reach new growth streams with us.

Healthcare industry

Finding out the future of healthcare

Turn on the evening news on any given day and you’ll likely hear variations on the same theme: The healthcare system is under pressure to change: Modernize, digitalize, speed up, be more efficient. But where does all this change lead to and what does the future of the healthcare system look like? Vertical set out to answer these questions and more in the Future Trajectories of Healthcare study.

  • future
  • healthcare
  • innovation

A-lehdet

Rethinking business models for A-lehdet

"The media industry has been struggling for years" sounds like a quote from ‘Captain Obvious’ — but while it may be common knowledge, potential solutions to the problem can be more obscure and unusual. That was definitely the case in the work that we conducted for one of Finland’s oldest publishing houses, A-lehdet.

  • transaction

Stora Enso

Enabling agile transformation

Stora Enso, a global renewable materials company, internally recruited 18 employees to work for 3 months with 6 startup companies. Their aim was to explore and work towards opportunities in the Circular Economy.

Varian

Finding solutions for radiation therapy

Varian experts have kicked-off partnership negotiations with 6 companies in AI/ML and innovation for cancer treatment. After a round of internal interest check Varian will reach out to some of these teams offering them to become a part of Varian Innovation Center.

  • Market intelligence
  • Scouting

Pfizer

Enabling innovative patient solutions

With the aim of promoting good health in every way, Pfizer works to help patients with life-long illnesses. Pfizer aims to create a rounded support system for chronic patients that will go beyond the pill and support a person 365 days a year.

  • collaboration
  • transaction

Business Tampere

Creating a collaborative ecosystem

In 2019, Vertical created Rapid Tampere – a platform enabling collaboration between startups and industrial enterprises. In its first year, we recruited and prepared four industrial enterprises for collaborative innovation.

  • collaboration
  • transaction

VTT

Discovering sustainability in fashion & textiles

Vertical helped VTT researchers pinpoint focus areas within circular fashion where startups are working on potential disruptions. We found teams globally and facilitated 10 partnership kick-off meetings between VTT and startups.

  • Market intelligence
  • Scouting

KONE

Facilitating validation of smart construction

Vertical facilitated the validation of smart construction between KONE and two startups – Kaltiot and Sixgill. Two pilots were conducted, one in Finland and one in Malaysia.

  • collaboration
  • transaction

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