The Jyväskylä Regional Development Company Jykes Ltd was established in 1996. It has 46 employees and its main source of funding comes from four municipalities in the Jyväskylä region. Jykes' vision is for the Jyväskylä region to be Finland's best international growth center for people-centered knowhow and renewable entrepreneurship. Jykes provides various services to support businesses, including startup advising, business development, internationalization support, and networking opportunities. It also leads development projects in key industry clusters in the region.

2. The Jyväskylä Region

3. Jyväskylä Regional Development Company Jykes Ltd
Established in 1996
Personnel:
46, of which 39 regular employees
Turnover in 2012:
EUR 8.3 m, of which municipalities
account for EUR 5.6 m
In 2013 funding from municipalities
(main source of funding):
EUR 31.04 / resident
Municipalities’ holdings
City of Jyväskylä 80.13 %
Municipality of Laukaa 12.80 %
Municipality of Muurame 4.92 %
Municipality of Uurainen 2.15 %

4. The Jyväskylä Region
Population figures 2012
Jyväskylä 133 405
Laukaa 18 483
Muurame 9 573
Uurainen 3 572
Owner-municipalities of Jykes
Total 165 033

5. Jykes’ vision
The Jyväskylä Region is Finland’s best
international growth centre for
people-centred knowhow and renewable
entrepreneurship.

6. Jykes’ mission
Jykes creates and develops companies’ operating conditions,
promotes the emergence of profitable business and jobs and
operates as an active partner in the global network of innovation
hubs.

7. Definition of activities
• In cooperation with local, national and international partners,
we provide for the success of our customers:
– Business start-up advisory service
– Advisory services for companies already operating
– Business development services with local, national and
international partners
– A competitive business environment for companies
operating in the region and for companies setting up in the
region and eager to grow and develop

8. Services provided by Jykes
• Start-up and entrepreneurship
– Start-up advice (Luotsi - Enterprise Service Centre)
– Advising companies already in operation
– Business incubation
– Company godparents
– Services related to ownership change
• Grow and develop
– Development services for industry
– Development services for the service sector

9. Services provided by Jykes
• Internationalization
– Foreign trade advisory service
– Business contact search (HAKU)
– Foreign trade support (TUKI)
– Foreign trade information services
• Locating
– Locating service for interested companies or companies
operating in the region
• Networking
– Networking events, company morning coffee events, trade fairs
– Cluster services for the entire province

10. Central Finland’s Human Tech clusters
• Developing business and industry in Human Tech clusters:
– The New Generation Machines and Equipment
– The Developing Housing
– The Dynamic Bioenergy
• Development work of companies included in Central Finland’s clusters is organized
by Jykes.
• Cooperation includes all development companies based in Central Finland.
The development companies’ aim is:
1. to get export income for companies based in Central Finland.
2. to maintain and strengthen the competitiveness of significant industrial sectors in
global markets.
3. to create new products, services and models of operation for production
companies.
4. to enhance business profitability

11. Jykes’ administration
• Board
– Handles matters concerning the activities of Jykes and regional
economic life
– Chairman: Pentti Mäkinen
• Executive committee
– Prepares matters for the board
– Chairman: Mayor of the City of Jyväskylä Markku Andersson

12. Total funding of Jykes-led projects 31.12.2011
EU and other public
funding:
EUR 5 938 723
70 %
Corporate funding:
EUR 1 480 600
18 %
Jykes’ share:
EUR 1 045 003
12 %
EU and other public funding
Corporate funding
Share of Jykes

13. Luotsi – Enterprise Service Centre
• Information, advice and agency services offered
by Jykes. The Thousand Lakes Enterprise Agency,
the Employment and Economic Development
Centre and the Employment Office of Central
Finland
• Services for companies at all stages of their
development (establishment, growth, change of
ownership)
• Situated on the first floor of Keski-Suomen Talo
• Focus on young businesses

14. Cooperating Partners
Regional entrepreneurs
Regional Council of
Central Finland
Employment and Development
Centre Finnvera
International network of
cooperation partners
University of Jyväskylä
JAMK University of
Applied Sciences
Regional Education
AuthorityOwner-municipalities
Regional development companies
in Central Finland
Entrepreneurship organizations
Jykes cooperation:
Jyväskylä Innovation Ltd.
Jyväskylä Congress Centre Ltd.
Jykes Real Estate Ltd.
The Thousand Lakes Enterprise Agency
Jykes

15. Jyväskylä Innovation Ltd.
Tasks
• Development of the innovation environment and
technology clusters
• Implementing the Centre for Expertise Programme of the
Jyväskylä Region
Services
• Preparing and implementing development projects
• Creation and development of networks
• Seed funding of projects
• Expert services (energy technology, information and
communication technology, nanotechnology, paper
making technology)

16. Jykes Kiinteistöt Ltd.
• Rental and sales of business premises
– Start-up premises – business premises
for growing small businesses
– New premises – building of new
business premises
• Business parks
– Rifle Factory
– Amiraali Yrityssatama
– Terässampo Industrial Park
– Palokärki Business Park
– Vitapolis

17. Human Tech Center Finland
The Jyväskylä Region –
your company’s place to
grow

18. Human Tech Center Finland
Human Tech Center Finland brings together international
experts, researchers and companies to jointly develop new
successful products from a human perspective and, at the
same time, humanize these products. It is not a company
but rather an entire area and a way of thinking. A centre for
expertise in Jyväskylä in the heart of Central Finland.
Our core competence is the deep understanding of human
perspective and applying this understanding to different
aspects of life. Developing services and technologies aims at
improving the quality of people’s everyday lives.
Welcome aboard! www.humantechnology.fi

20. www.jykes.fi
Thank you!