Connect, Create & Grow – An innovation camp for rural food and tourism businesses
What is this?
Connect, Create & Grow – innovation camp is targeted to food related companies (food production, services, food tourism) from Central Baltic -area who are less than 7 years old with the current business operations, business model or business sector. We invite the companies aiming to develop their business activities, grow and scale up to apply.
Why should I apply?
The innovation camp provides the companies a guided and trustworthy environment to:
- analyse their scaling up potential
- innovate and gain ideas for growth and methods for it
- get professional and peer feedback to one’s ideas
- find new networks and connect with other companies from Finland, Åland, Estonia and Sweden
- based on the performance in the innovation camp, the companies have a possibility to apply for tailored individual scaling up -programme organised.
When and where?
27th – 29th of January 2026
Mariehamn, Åland
How can I apply?
To the innovation camp will be accepted 40 participants from four different regions (Finland, Åland, Estonia and Sweden), and that is why all, who want to take part, must fill in an application in advance. The last day for applications is 16th of November: https://www.lyyti.in/scaleuptogether-innocamp
The organizers will select the participants based on the responses in the application by 20th of Nov 2025. The selected will be contacted personally. Travel and accommodation costs of participants will be paid from project. The Innovation camp is free of charge for the selected participants.
Programme (pdf)
