Striving toward a vibrant ecosystem - Evaluation of Teke's Combio, BioIT and Trial Programmes

The evaluation of the results, impacts and efficiency of three programmes funded by the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation (Tekes) was commissioned by Tekes in Feb
ruary 2016. The specific programmes were Combio (Commercialisation of Biomaterials Technology), BioIT (Solution for Biological Information) and Trial (Environment for Cogni
tive Radio and Network).

The higher-level aim of the evaluation was to assess the contribution of these programmes 
to developing an innovation ecosystem in the respective thematic areas and establishing an experimental culture in Finland.