University of Oulu Research to Business (R2B) projects
Research to Business (R2B) is a Business Finland funding instrument for commercialising research. It aims at licensing technologies and making it possible to found new start-ups.
Funding research with commercial potential
The University of Oulu has received R2B funding for 49 projects in 2012–2023. University research produces groundbreaking results, including new antibiotics, measuring, and analysing methods.
Explore the projects found here in the University of Oulu.
| Name of the project | Starting year | Company founded |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Measuring system to the melting furnaces of metals (Process and Environmental Engineering) | 2012 | Luxmet Oy |
| 2. Measuring system for characterization of stone particles, RAIKU (Cemis-Oulu) | 2012 | |
| 3. Software for cost accounting of companies (Oulu Business School) | 2012 | weVision Oy |
| 4. Raman-spectroscopy measuring system (Electrical Engineering together with VTT and Tampere Technical University) | 2012 | Timegate Instruments Oy |
| 5. Sensor related to food safety (Electrical Engineering with Åbo Academi) | 2012 | |
| 6. Safe authentication to e-services, BIOID (Computer Science and Engineering) | 2012 | |
| 7. System to measure metal concentration of waters, MEAN (Cemis-Oulu) | 2013 | Meoline Oy |
| 8. Measuring system to detect biofilms, MAGBIO (Process and Environmental Engineering) | 2014 | |
| 9. System to measure element concentrations, PREMIUM (Electrical Engineering) | 2014 | Sensmet Oy |
| 10. Biosensor for measuring insulin, BIO IN (CEMIS-Oulu) | 2014 | |
| 11. Method for isolation of proteins from potato waste, PI2 (Process and Environmental Engineering) | 2014 | |
| 12. Service for making personal recommendations for TV programs, PCC (Computer Science and Engineering) | 2014 | Valossa Labs Oy |
| 13. New business from plant-derived peptides, CHAIN (Biology) | 2015 | |
| 14. Measuring brain function during intensive care, BRAINICU (Computer Science and Engineering) | 2015 | Cerenion Oy |
| 15. Computer aided radiology diagnostics system, CARDS (Electrical Engineering) | 2015 | |
| 16. 3D based tumor bioassays, MyoGel (Dentistry) | 2015 | |
| 17. Bioethanol production optimization; versatile process analyzer, MPA (Cemis-Oulu) | 2015 | |
| 18. Duraple dental composite, DCC (Dentistry) | 2015 | |
| 19. Fatty Acid Analogs for treating retinal degeneration , FAR (Biology) | 2016 | |
| 20. Icing condition management in wind energy production, ICEMET (Electrical Engineering) | 2016 | |
| 21. Video-based analytics for team sports, MoreSport (Center for Machine Vision and Signal Analysis) | 2016 | AISpotter Oy |
| 22. Novel non-invasive knee diagnostic device, MAKNEE (Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology) | 2016 | Sensemodi (inmodi Oy) |
| 23. Health components of lingonberry, PULU (Cemis-Oulu) | 2016 | |
| 24. Remotely-readable rheometer with disposable probes, RHEO-DISP (Optoelectronics and Measurement Technologies) | 2016 | |
| 25. A Solution for separation of oil liquids from water surfaces, OIL-FILT (Fibre and Particle Engineering) | 2017 | |
| 26. Precision morphology analytics for osteoarthritis, MorphoLogic (Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology) | 2017 | |
| 27. Simple smart sensors, S3 (Circuits and Systems CAS) | 2017 | |
| 28. ”A smart furniture” enabling the large data transfer capacity in crowdy environments, iPoint (Microelectronics) | 2017 | |
| 29. Knowledge-based soil moisture management (Mechatronics and Machine Diagnostics) | 2017 | Proagro Oy |
| 30. Tools for oral healthcare, DentSaver (Optoelectronics and Measurement Technology, Oral Health Sciences) | 2017 | |
| 31. Measurement of respiratory, MobiResp (Biosignal analysis and PEDAGO-research unit) | 2018 | |
| 32. Smart tumor biopsy, LightOpsy (Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology together with Aalto University) | 2018 | LightOpsy (Auroptic Medical Oy) |
| 33. Efficient production of Brazzein, a natural zero calorie sweetener, Brazzein (Protein folding-research unit) | 2018 | |
| 34. Innovative solution for electric mobility, PwrShop.online (CWC – Networks and Systems) | 2018 | Pwrshop.com Oy |
| 35. Geomet rolls breakage test, GRBT (Mining School) | 2018 | Geopyörä Oy |
| 36. Lidar (optical radar) for automatic vehicle control, LIDAR (Circuits and Systems CAS) | 2019 | |
| 37. FeelGood – Weight management, FeelGood (The Oulu Advanced Research on Service and Information Systems, Intestinal Medicine) | 2020 | Onnikka Health Oy |
| 38. Educational game and a virtual learning environment in the project context (Industrial Engineering and Management, IEM) | 2020 | |
| 39. Nanopatterned functional foil for new applications (Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, NANOMO) | 2020 | |
| 40. Multi-functional, self-sustainable sensors for smart skins, MULTISENSE (Microelectronics) | 2020 | |
| 41. Wearable monitor for glymphatic system of human brain, Glymphometer (Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology) | 2021 | |
| 42. A gamified fatigue self-management digital health tool, More Stamina (Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology) | 2021 | |
| 43. Next generation optical sport sensor for wearable devices, HR-VO2 Max Sensor (Circuits and Systems CAS) | 2021 | |
| 44. Automated image quality in radiology, AIQARA (Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology) | 2022 | |
| 45. Low temperature ceramics, InnoPro (Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering) | 2022 | |
| 46. Wood-based and durable microparticles, MICRO-BIOD (Fibre and Particle Engineering) | 2022 | |
| 47. Environmental-friendly battery materials, SoLitheBat (Optoelectronics and Measurement Techniques) | 2022 | |
| 48. Industrial water cleaning, CAAMA (Sustainable Chemistry) | 2023 | |
| 49. Molecular imaging diagnostics for cancers, Smart Bubbless (Disease Network, together with Aalto University) | 2023 |