Finnish Startup Visa
1 first Session
A 90-min meeting with the idea evaluation & future cooperation steps, legal advice will be followed
( If the meeting did not end with the contract because of your ideas’ details, you can get our help to modify and lean your idea to a qualified level )
2 Contract
Signing the contract and executing the documentation phase
Note: If you agreed to start developing your business as Startup but your idea needs more evaluation and your MVP is not qualified, You should process with bellow sub-phases:
Ideation Phase 1
- Idea evaluation & potentials
- The Initial measurement of having basic international values
- App
- Website
- Business modeling
- Entrepreneur review
- Co-founders and expert team review
- Legal advice by a lawyer in Finland
Leaning Phase 2The Lean Benchtop Model
After the ideation phase, the process will follow the build, measure and lean process to reach acceptable level
3 Documentation
Completing resumes, preparing a business plan (innovative business plan), determining shareholder status, Financial Projection …
- A closer look at the idea based on the Finnish market (Market Research)
- Resumes and team specifications according to European standards
- Business plan according to the format and basic needs of the organization responsible for the startups in Finland (Innovative business plan)
- Determine the status of shareholders and types of shares in the company
- Financial projection
- Modify the existing business model if needed
- Marketing plan
- Pitch deck
- Supervision in identity design
- Positioning
- Products and services
- MVP
4 Submitting application
Sending documents to the right organisation for approval and receive eligibility statement from Business Finland
- After receiving an eligibility statement from Business Finland we move to the next phase and apply for residency
5 Residency Documentation
- Legal and administrative advice on how to complete the required documentation after receiving the approval
- Attending immigration application forms
- Appointments
- Counsel on how to interview
6 Moving to finland
Negotiation
- Negotiate with the relevant agency for funding
- Negotiating with accelerators
- How to enter shared workspaces
Establish a company
- City selection
- Company registration
- TAX registration
- VAT
Developing Business
- Negotiation with Finnish incubators
- Accelerators
- Private investors
Startup Visa
You are qualified for a start-up visa if you are:
- A startup team – at least 2 founders – with versatile expertise planning to move to Finland
- An intention of founding a fast-growth company in Finland
- An innovative business plan
- Commitment to the business idea and eventually building the company
- Significant holding in the company (For example the team applying for the permit, has a holding of not less than 60% of the company.)
- Access to sufficient resources and funding for the company’s early-stage development
- Secure financial means for support
