Introduction

Häme Development Centre Ltd., founded in the year 2000, is a regional development company, which serves all the region’s enterprises. The holder of the company is the city of Hämeenlinna in southern Finland.

The main tasks of the Häme Development Centre Ltd. is to enhance the regional economic policy and to increase the region’s attraction and competetiveness. The company markets the region’s know-how and strengths. Three words describe our operation: information, services and partnership.

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Information

We supply information about the region to enterprises, local inhabitants and tourists. Our company information service covers all matters related to entrepreneurship, ranging from the start-up phase all the way to changes in ownership. We provide inhabitants with details about the economic life of the region, and tourists with information about the services.

Services

We provide high-quality business-related services with a view to promoting corporate competitiveness and prosperity. These concern

projects and financing: information about current regional projects and financing channels
project design and management, finance and coordination project services
locations
business premises
electronic services (registers)
corporate cooperation
events for entrepreneurs

Partnership

Our aim is to be part of the entrepreneurial development process in the region. Through our capital financing and project activity we offer development-oriented enterprises

capital investments (Venture capital Virtaa Hämeeseen): regional venture capital fund to support companies in their start-up and growth phases in the form of venture-capital financing
branch-specific organisations, regional clusters
development projects
partner in regional business-service network, and in close cooperation with entrepreneurs, business organisations, educational institutions, municipalities and third-sector actors