Startup Connect Business Club was established in 2020 as part of a CBC project in the region of South-East Finland - Russia in order to develop business relations between business angels, investors and technology entrepreneurs.

• Creation of conditions for the formation of a network of useful acquaintances and the assistance to venture investments
• Experience exchange between entrepreneurs, investors, representatives of the business community
• Advice to private investors in the search of promising startups or business niches for investments in the border region of South-East Finland - Russia

The Business Club Startup Connect is organized by the following institutions in the framework of the StartUp Connect Project (funded by the European Union, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Finland in the framework of South-East Finland-Russia CBC 2014-2020 programme):

• Cursor Oy 
• XAMK (South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences)
• St. Petersburg Foundation for SME Development
• ITMO University
• GoTech Innovation