Jyväskylä Business Rally Sport Tech Day

The very first Jyväskylä Business Rally Sport Tech Day kicks off August 1st!

This year, we're introducing something completely new — an event that sports enthusiasts and entrepreneurs in the field don’t want to miss!

The very first Jyväskylä Business Rally Sport Tech Day kicks off on August 1st at Restaurant Sataman Viilu in Jyväskylä.

We offer a great opportunity to network with Finnish and international sport and well-being professionals, as well as innovative startups and investors!

This is a unique chance to explore the collaborative ecosystem between companies in the sport and well-being sector, the Finnish Institute of High Performance Sport (KIHU), the University of Jyväskylä, and the City of Jyväskylä.

You’ll also gain insight into the brand-new EBAN Sport Initiative by the European Business Angel Network.

Location 🏡 Jyväskylä, Sataman Viilu
Date ⏰ August 1st 2025
Cost 💰 Free of charge

PROGRAMME

8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Opening words / Nina Rautiainen, Program Manager, Team Lead, Ecosystem Development, City of Jyväskylä

9.05 Key-note speech / Petteri Kilpinen, Chairman of the Board, Finnish Olympic Committee

9.35 Sport, Health and Wellbeing ecosystem / Arto Kuusisto, CEO of Finnish Institute of High Performance KIHU

10.00 Presenting EBAN Sports / Audra Shallal, Member of Board, European Business Angels Network EBAN, Co-chair of Sport Initiative & Juan Fuentes, EBAN Sport Initiative Co-chair

Discussion by EBAN Sport Initiative "From Startups to Stardom: Navigating the SportTech Investment Landscape” How to accelerate the success of companies in the sports and well-being sector by providing better access to funding, expertise, and networking opportunities / Moderated by Juan Fuentes & Audra Shallal

• Intro: Rohn Malhotra, SportsTechX GmbH, member of EBAN Sport Steering Group

Discussion with:

• Daniel Kulig, Startup Mentor | Co-Founder | Entrepreneur

• Vesa Lehtinen, Corenvest Oy, Startup Factory Jyväskylä, member of EBAN Sport Steering Group

10.30 Startup Pitches (Growth stories in Sport, Health & Well-being) - Firstbeat Technologies, Onit Sport and NDURE

11.00 - 11.45 Lunch

11.45 - 12.15 Sport Tech Startups to meet at Sawa + networking

12.15 Mini workshops with EBAN Sport Steering Group members (Due to venue capacity, we can accept a limited number of participants in workshops. We will confirm your participation in this section.)

12.15 - 13.00 LIVE FROMIMOLA (Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari):

HOW TO MAKE IT TO THE TOP? A NEW FUNDING VEHICLE IN MOTORSPORT – DRIVER AS A BRANDED INVESTMENT – SHOWCASING LUKA SAMMALISTO AS THE NEXT FLYING FINN - Keynote discussion: Giovanni & Dorothea Minardi + Luka Sammalisto (by Petri Pirkola, Prkl Creative & Audra Shallal)

13.00 - 13.40 “Game Plan for Growth: Smart Investments in Sports Tech.” (by Juan Fuentes)

Coffee & smoothie

13.45 - 14.30 “From Sports to Success: Harnessing the Entrepreneurial Mindset for Peak Performance.” (by Audra Shallal)

15.00 Possibility for "Behind the scenes" tour at the WRC Service Park at Lutakko square

Registration has been closed.