Accelerating a resource-efficient and sustainable future
The sustainability crisis is too complex to solve alone.
EriCa is for experts in green chemistry and sustainability, whose mission is to change the world. We operate across Finland and globally.
EriCa Ecosystem accelerates green innovations to market faster through collaboration
Themes we work with
💧 Ensuring clean water
♻️ Enabling circularity and material recovery
🌱 Replacing fossil-based raw materials
🌍 Accelerating decarbonization
🤖 Advancing industry digitalization
Ideate, innovate and collaborate for growth together with like-minded peers
Our approach is a people-first, high-trust community
- Startups & scaleups: Find customers, partnerships, talent, R&D
- Industry: Co-create projects and find partners faster
- R&D & academia: Turn research into impact
- Investors: Gain access to green & deep tech ventures
- Business developers: Ready-made infrastructure and community
- Service providers: Direct channel to growth companies
- Talent: Join projects and careers in the green transition
Ecosystem services
Partner with us to access
- Facilities and labs at EriCa Green Chemistry Park in Espoo, Finland
- Professional connections and investor networks
- Events, meetups, and hackathons
- Joint R&D projects and co-creation
- Venture building and acceleration activities
Benefits for joining - innovation needs capital to happen
Entrepreneurship and innovation require more than just a place to work. We provide four key types of capital to help you bring innovations from the lab to markets. It all starts with people collaborating.
🚀 Traditional capital: Workspaces, labs, funding, market access
👩🔬 Human capital: Skills, ideas, mentoring and talent pipeline
👥 Social capital: Connections and high-trust networks for faster collaboration
🌱 Psychological capital: Shared mission, motivation and resilience
Part of Green Line
Heart of EriCa is in Northern Europe’s leading deep tech hub Espoo, where Finland is solving the global sustainability crisis. An entire green innovation ecosystem can be found along the metro line within 20 minutes, from labs to global industry leaders.
Ecosystem partners of EriCa
EriCa Ecosystem was started by key partners at EriCa Green Chemistry Park, but it operates beyond the building and is open for those who share the mission for building a better world.
Kemira is a global leader in sustainable chemical solutions for water-intensive industries, with its global innovation center on-site at EriCa Green Chemistry Park.
Crazy Town is a leading community-builder in Finland and operator of Erica Green Chemistry Park. It has built entrepreneurial communities since 2003 and connects 400+ member companies, universities, investors and six hubs to EriCa. nationwide.
Your organization?
More organizations are joining in. We offer tailored partnership opportunities to accelerate your goals in green chemistry and sustainability. Whether you’re looking to develop groundbreaking innovations, connect with industry leaders, or foster talent, we’re the ecoystem for you.
Would you like to know more about EriCa?
Shared workspaces / labs, growth and innovation services
Crazy Town Oy
Shared workspaces and labs
Miia Korhonen
miia.korhonen (a) crazytown.fi
tel. +358 10 341 7061
Ecosystem, innovation and growth services
Toni Pienonen
toni.pienonen (a) crazytown.fi
tel. +358 400 737 238
Leasing & collaboration
A. Ahlström Real Estate Ltd
Pia Lindborg
pia.lindborg (a) aahlstrom.com
Tel. +358 50 328 8579