Available Resources
Lab Kit
How to get access to the Lab Kit and other benefits?
All benefits listed on this page are accessible to Hanken Business Lab member organisations only.
I am a Hanken Business Lab member. How do I claim one of the benefits from the list?
Please submit a request via this short form. We will get back to you with the info on how to claim the deal as soon as possible (usually within one working day).
Become a service partner
If you want to work with us and offer your products or services to our startups, please contact Sergei at sergei.kopytin@hanken.fi.
Notion
Notion is a single space where you can think, write, and plan. Capture thoughts, manage projects, or even run an entire company — and do it exactly the way you want.
Offer: 6 months free with unlimited AI
Hubspot for Startups
Hubspot provides all the tools you need to increase leads, accelerate sales, and streamline your customer service. The All-in-One CRM that scales as your startup grows.
Offer:
Instant acceptance to HubSpot for Startups programme plus the following,
- A forever-free CRM & free Marketing, Sales & Service tools;
- Access to startup-friendly pricing – 75% off in Year 1, 50% off in Year 2 and 25% off in Year 3;
- Access to perks from HubSpot partners - TikTok, Google & LinkedIn Ads, Deel credit & more
Zendesk for Startups
Powerful support software for businesses of all sizes.
Offer: 6 months free of charge via Zendesk for Startups
Linear
Plan and build your product with Linear! Linear is the issue tracker for teams that ship fast: task and bug tracking, sprint planning, and projects and initiatives. Hanken Business Lab startups get 6 months free. Valid for new Linear customers only. Choose between Linear Basic and Linear Business. Valid for startups with less than 50 employees.
Offer: Linear for Startups: 6 months for free
Note: Linear offers special plans for students, non-profits, and educators/staff. If you belong to any of those categories, we suggest to read more about those as well before applying for Linear for Startups.
Carta
The end-to-end equity platform. Carta’s platform of software and services lays the groundwork so you can focus on building the future.
Offer: 20% off the first year
NOCFO
NOCFO is a free accounting software for small businesses and associations.
Offer: Plus-package for free for 6 months
Todoist
Todoist is the world's favourite task manager and to-do list app. Finally become focused, organised and calm.
Offer: 2-month Todoist Premium for free
folk
A CRM that doesn't overcomplicate it.
Offer: 30% discount over the first 3 months + 20% off for a year
Pitch
Pitch turns presentations into your team’s superpower for closing deals, winning clients, and expanding accounts, all while staying on-brand. Trusted by 2M+ teams worldwide.
Offer 1: 20 EUR off the 12-month subscriptions (claim by January 31st, 2025 at the latest)
Offer 2: 50% off the first year and 10% off after that for startups that meet the following requirements:
- Is registered as a company with early-stage, pre-seed or seed
- Has below € 1M in funding
- Has less than 20 employees
PitchBob.io
AI co-pilot for entrepreneurs: a digital assistant powered by AI designed to help startup founders navigate the many challenges of entrepreneurship. Works with your preferred messaging app and can be controlled either by text of voice.
Offer: 50% off all PitchBob.io services
Contractzen
Contractzen offers modern governance tools for every company and non-profit. Contractzen offers features such as “Contract Management”, “Board Portal”, “e-signatures”, “Entity Management”, and “Finance & Administration”.
Offer: Free 12-month subscription for the Standard Plan
Choicely
Build powerful mobile apps without coding. Create your native Android & iOS mobile apps in real time with Choicely’s drag & drop builder.
Offer: Free CTO level mobile app consultation, and up to 3000 euro discount on setup fee + additional 4500 users on the monthly SaaS fee.
FREE.fi
FREE.fi is “The world’s best service for light entrepreneurship”. Do a job. Send an invoice. Withdraw your salary.
Offer: 25 % discount on service fees
Pipedrive
Pipedrive is an Award-winning CRM-software. The pipedrive platform can help you grow your business, with features such as visual sales pipeline, customisable pipeline, activity reminders, segment leads, reporting and dashboards, and revenue forecasting.
Offer: Free 30-day extended trial
Dropbox & DocSend
Dropbox DocSend enables startups to retain control over their confidential fundraising documents, streamline agreements with eSignatures, and ensure investor reporting is secure. Additionally, founders can take advantage of the complimentary DocSend Fundraising Network (DFN) service, which connects them with top investors who can issue term sheets and lead their funding rounds.
DocSend Fundraising Network
Free feedback on your send-ahead pitch deck as well as potential interest from top-tier investors through the DocSend Fundraising Network
Offer: Up to 90 % off DocSend, up to 50 % off annual Dropbox Sign Essentials or Standard plans, and 40 % off annual subscription of Dropbox Business Standard and Advanced
Talbit
Talbit uses strategic and flexible development, backed by the OKR-framework, to transform your employees into skilled talents. With Skilbit, you can visualize your organization's current skill set as well as the skills your employees are interested in learning.
Offer: 50 % off for Talbit Growth and Skilbit
Viima
Viima is the top-rated and most widely used idea and innovation management software worldwide, offering the best solution for collecting and developing ideas. Whether it's ideas from your employees or customers, Viima allows you to manage them from start to finish, leading to innovative outcomes.
Offer: 50% discount on PRO and ENTERPRISE licenses for startups
The ENGAGE.EU Hot-Desk Initiative
The ENGAGE.EU Hot-Desk Initiative aims to foster the collaboration between the entrepreneurship activities of the ENGAGE.EU Universities. It can be sharing best practices on university incubation among staff, and enabling start-ups or scale-ups from different universities to internationalise their operations across Europe. Read more about the Hot-Desk Initiative here.
Go-to-Sweden Manual
One very central part of the Hanken Business Lab is to enable the growth of our incubated members. Growth possibilities are present both on a national and international level, and therefore we created a Go-to-Sweden Manual.
As Hanken is the Swedish speaking business school located in Helsinki we have a natural connection to our Swedish speaking neighbours across the Baltic sea. The Go-to-Sweden Manual was created with the purpose to foster Hanken Business Lab members expansion possibilities to Sweden. The manual was structured in order to function as a tool that can support anyone looking to expand their operations to Sweden.
Stanford Life Design Lab
Our work at Hanken Business Lab recognised as a case study at Stanford Life Design Lab.
Read more on their website.
Anders Wall Scholarship
Anders Wall Scholarship of 200 000 SEK
Are you an active Hanken student who engages in various projects or entrepreneurship? Then apply for the Anders Wall scholarship of 200 000 SEK! The scholarship is one of the largest given to a student at Hanken and is granted to a Hanken student who shows entrepreneurial skills as well as good study results.
The scholarship aims at encouraging young ambitious people to develop their entrepreneurship.
Who can apply? All bachelor and master students at Hanken registered as present.
The scholarship offers excellent opportunities for contacts and regional networks. The holders of Anders Wall scholarships, Wallumni, come from Finland, Sweden and the Baltic States.
More information can be found here www.wallstiftelsen.se.
Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs
Are you either an aspiring entrepreneur with less than three years of experience or an entrepreneur with a company of minimum three years of experience looking to expand your business or get some new ideas?
Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs is a European cross-border exchange programme for entrepreneurs. The European Commission will help finance the entrepreneur’s exchange (600-1000+ €/month) that will last for a period of 1 to 6 months.
To get more information about the programme please visit https://www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu/ or be in direct contact with Finland’s local contact point Heidi Lampinen: tel. +358 440 361 619 or e-mail heidi.lampinen@mikseimikkeli.fi.