The details on this regional prize will be published shortly.

ACE is located in Otaniemi, Finland - the largest technology, innovation, and business hub in northern Europe. Otaniemi itself is located in Espoo (Finland's second-largest city) and within eight kilometres (15 minutes by car) from the capital, Helsinki. Otaniemi features a mix of world-class research organisations, academic institutions, and over 800 companies ranging from start-ups to multinational corporations - including the global headquarters of Nokia, Kone, Fortum, Neste Oil, Huhtamaki, Tekla, and Rovio (the makers of "Angry Birds") - operating on a four-square-kilometre campus. Meanwhile, over 8,500 ICT cluster companies and more than 12,000 knowledge-intensive business service providers can be reached within 15 minutes. The companies in these two fields alone account for over 140,000 high-value jobs. Twice selected by the EU as one of the most innovative regions in Europe, Otaniemi is a community of over 32,000 people with 16,000 students and 16,000 technology professionals from 110 different countries.

The Aalto Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE) is Aalto University's entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology transfer unit. We aim to create business success stories from the fields of science and art within the Aalto community while serving as a catalyst for elevating ambitious entrepreneurship from Finland and throughout the Baltic region. ACE coordinates activities related to technology transfer, intellectual property management, startup companies, and the teaching and research of growth entrepreneurship at Aalto University.