About us

inspiring growth-minded young students and entrepreneurs since 2009.

We provide

Community

A community of like-minded students

Events

Hosting and being involved in 100+ events annually

Accelerators

Organizing 8-week accelerator program Startup Journey every summer since 2011

Stomping ground

Serving as a stomping ground for entrepreneurs from all fields of commerce

Story of boost

Little more than a decade ago the startup scene in Finland was really non-existent. A group of young and enthusiastic individuals in Turku thought this needed to change. They founded Boost Turku in 2009 to inspire and support young entrepreneurs. Since that fateful day there has been countless success stories brought to life at Boost.

2009

Boost founded

2011

First Startup Journey

2016

Startup Journey wins best accelerator program by Nordic Startup Awards

...

2024

First Boost Impact report

Our team - board 2024

Sami Al-KhaFaJi

Chairperson of the board

Atte Vitikainen

Vice Chair

Oliver seila

Head of Finance

Ella Jokipii

Head of Marketing

Juho Aaltonen

Head of External Relations

Ahmed Faik Demirel

Head of Community

Juhana Kuparinen

Head of Startups

Executive director & Head coach

Lauri Koittola

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Boost alumni have founded 180+ companies. This includes companies that are founded
by board alumni or Journey alumni.

Get to know our alumni

Our vision

Create a ecosystem

We strive to create an entrepreneurship ecosystem that supports early stage entrepreneurs.

Raise startups

We want to raise more successful startups and entrepreneurial-minded students in Turku.

Erase the gap

We wish to erase the gap between wanting to start a business and starting a business.

Key partners

Partners