MenuUniversity 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name of the project 1. Measuring system to the melting furnaces of metals (Process and Environmental Engineering) | Starting year 2012 | Company founded Luxmet Oy |
| Name of the project 2. Measuring system for characterization of stone particles, RAIKU (Cemis-Oulu) | Starting year 2012 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 3. Software for cost accounting of companies (Oulu Business School) | Starting year 2012 | Company founded weVision Oy |
| Name of the project 4. Raman-spectroscopy measuring system (Electrical Engineering together with VTT and Tampere Technical University) | Starting year 2012 | Company founded Timegate Instruments Oy |
| Name of the project 5. Sensor related to food safety (Electrical Engineering with Åbo Academi) | Starting year 2012 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 6. Safe authentication to e-services, BIOID (Computer Science and Engineering) | Starting year 2012 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 7. System to measure metal concentration of waters, MEAN (Cemis-Oulu) | Starting year 2013 | Company founded Meoline Oy |
| Name of the project 8. Measuring system to detect biofilms, MAGBIO (Process and Environmental Engineering) | Starting year 2014 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 9. System to measure element concentrations, PREMIUM (Electrical Engineering) | Starting year 2014 | Company founded Sensmet Oy |
| Name of the project 10. Biosensor for measuring insulin, BIO IN (CEMIS-Oulu) | Starting year 2014 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 11. Method for isolation of proteins from potato waste, PI2 (Process and Environmental Engineering) | Starting year 2014 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 12. Service for making personal recommendations for TV programs, PCC (Computer Science and Engineering) | Starting year 2014 | Company founded Valossa Labs Oy |
| Name of the project 13. New business from plant-derived peptides, CHAIN (Biology) | Starting year 2015 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 14. Measuring brain function during intensive care, BRAINICU (Computer Science and Engineering) | Starting year 2015 | Company founded Cerenion Oy |
| Name of the project 15. Computer aided radiology diagnostics system, CARDS (Electrical Engineering) | Starting year 2015 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 16. 3D based tumor bioassays, MyoGel (Dentistry) | Starting year 2015 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 17. Bioethanol production optimization; versatile process analyzer, MPA (Cemis-Oulu) | Starting year 2015 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 18. Duraple dental composite, DCC (Dentistry) | Starting year 2015 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 19. Fatty Acid Analogs for treating retinal degeneration , FAR (Biology) | Starting year 2016 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 20. Icing condition management in wind energy production, ICEMET (Electrical Engineering) | Starting year 2016 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 21. Video-based analytics for team sports, MoreSport (Center for Machine Vision and Signal Analysis) | Starting year 2016 | Company founded AISpotter Oy |
| Name of the project 22. Novel non-invasive knee diagnostic device, MAKNEE (Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology) | Starting year 2016 | Company founded Sensemodi (inmodi Oy) |
| Name of the project 23. Health components of lingonberry, PULU (Cemis-Oulu) | Starting year 2016 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 24. Remotely-readable rheometer with disposable probes, RHEO-DISP (Optoelectronics and Measurement Technologies) | Starting year 2016 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 25. A Solution for separation of oil liquids from water surfaces, OIL-FILT (Fibre and Particle Engineering) | Starting year 2017 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 26. Precision morphology analytics for osteoarthritis, MorphoLogic (Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology) | Starting year 2017 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 27. Simple smart sensors, S3 (Circuits and Systems CAS) | Starting year 2017 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 28. ”A smart furniture” enabling the large data transfer capacity in crowdy environments, iPoint (Microelectronics) | Starting year 2017 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 29. Knowledge-based soil moisture management (Mechatronics and Machine Diagnostics) | Starting year 2017 | Company founded Proagro Oy |
| Name of the project 30. Tools for oral healthcare, DentSaver (Optoelectronics and Measurement Technology, Oral Health Sciences) | Starting year 2017 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 31. Measurement of respiratory, MobiResp (Biosignal analysis and PEDAGO-research unit) | Starting year 2018 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 32. Smart tumor biopsy, LightOpsy (Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology together with Aalto University) | Starting year 2018 | Company founded LightOpsy (Auroptic Medical Oy) |
| Name of the project 33. Efficient production of Brazzein, a natural zero calorie sweetener, Brazzein (Protein folding-research unit) | Starting year 2018 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 34. Innovative solution for electric mobility, PwrShop.online (CWC – Networks and Systems) | Starting year 2018 | Company founded Pwrshop.com Oy |
| Name of the project 35. Geomet rolls breakage test, GRBT (Mining School) | Starting year 2018 | Company founded Geopyörä Oy |
| Name of the project 36. Lidar (optical radar) for automatic vehicle control, LIDAR (Circuits and Systems CAS) | Starting year 2019 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 37. FeelGood – Weight management, FeelGood (The Oulu Advanced Research on Service and Information Systems, Intestinal Medicine) | Starting year 2020 | Company founded Onnikka Health Oy |
| Name of the project 38. Educational game and a virtual learning environment in the project context (Industrial Engineering and Management, IEM) | Starting year 2020 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 39. Nanopatterned functional foil for new applications (Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, NANOMO) | Starting year 2020 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 40. Multi-functional, self-sustainable sensors for smart skins, MULTISENSE (Microelectronics) | Starting year 2020 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 41. Wearable monitor for glymphatic system of human brain, Glymphometer (Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology) | Starting year 2021 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 42. A gamified fatigue self-management digital health tool, More Stamina (Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology) | Starting year 2021 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 43. Next generation optical sport sensor for wearable devices, HR-VO2 Max Sensor (Circuits and Systems CAS) | Starting year 2021 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 44. Automated image quality in radiology, AIQARA (Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology) | Starting year 2022 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 45. Low temperature ceramics, InnoPro (Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering) | Starting year 2022 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 46. Wood-based and durable microparticles, MICRO-BIOD (Fibre and Particle Engineering) | Starting year 2022 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 47. Environmental-friendly battery materials, SoLitheBat (Optoelectronics and Measurement Techniques) | Starting year 2022 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 48. Industrial water cleaning, CAAMA (Sustainable Chemistry) | Starting year 2023 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 49. Molecular imaging diagnostics for cancers, Smart Bubbless (Disease Network, together with Aalto University) | Starting year 2023 | Company founded |
| Name of the project 50. Sweeprot, a new zero-calorie protein is being developed for the needs of food and beverage industry. | Starting year 2024 | Company founded |