Metra Oy: GVL's first live case of a growth venture integrating business, research & learning (Summer 2008-present)

Metra Oy is a nascent startup in the wind business. It's aim is to bring existing renewable energy technologies to global markets for faster product-to-market. Metra was one of the first companies inside the Global Venture Lab –linking the company to global “knowledge investments” with universities such as University of California, Berkeley, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and leading universities in Finland. Through the GVL Process, a co-entrepreneur was found (who later became Chairman), a student/faculty member joined the team (Masters' thesis accomplished through action research) and student work through numerous courses were assigned (Venture Capital Strategies, LaunchPad etc.), thus demonstrating the feasibility of the integration of business, research & learning.

Contact Jane Porter jane.porter(a)jyu.fi for more information.