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FinNode Debuts! Business & technology consortium helps Silicon Valley companies and universities connect to partners in Finland

WHO:
Comprised of members of the business and technology community, FinNode is a network designed to help Silicon Valley companies and universities connect with partners in Finland and the U.S. FinNode provides expertise and resources for intellectual property (IP), R&D resources, cutting-edge research or even available talent.

WHAT:
FinNode will debut on Monday, November 6, 2006. FinNode has domain expertise in more than 20 different industries and the FinNode community offers executive-level contacts and expertise relevant to F-1000 companies, start-up companies and universities. Silicon Valley companies and universities can find contacts for: - Business development consulting - Internationalization - R&D risk sharing - Outsourcing - IP licensing - Venture funding - University partnerships

WHY:
Why FinNode? And why Finland? Because Finland is home to hundreds of subsidiaries of Silicon Valley and North American companies – names like IBM, Digital Chocolate, Honeywell and Hewlett-Packard. Because Finland has twice as many researchers per capita as the United States. Because Finland is one of the top-3 leading knowledge economies according to the World Bank. FinNode is the first place to try when companies need to find resources to help accelerate their innovations.

SO WHAT?
FinNode will be announcing in the upcoming weeks a series of events in the Silicon Valley. Stay tuned at the FinNode website at www.finnode.com.

WHEN:
FinNode debuts Monday, November 6th, 2006.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Riku Mäkelä
Director, FinNode Silicon Valley
+1 408.464.2911
riku.makela@finnode.com

Juliet Travis
Rocket Science PR, for FinNode
+1 415.464.8110 x 5
juliet@rocketscience.com