Cursor Oy

What Cursor Oy does

Cursor Oy is a Finnish non-profit regional development company headquartered in Kotka and part of the City of Kotka Group, established in 1988 and owned by six municipalities (Kotka, Hamina, Loviisa, Pyhtää, Virolahti, Miehikkälä). The company provides business development, advisory, financing guidance, training, and investment promotion services to entrepreneurs and SMEs across the Kotka-Hamina-Loviisa region, with multilingual service delivery in Finnish, English, and Swedish.

Its service portfolio is structured around five pillars: (1) direct business advisory including company establishment, growth consulting, and M&A support; (2) investment promotion via the Business Kotka-Hamina platform; (3) tourism marketing through the Visit Kotka-Hamina platform and EU-funded projects such as Interreg Central Baltic's "Light in the dark" and "30 Miles"; (4) ecosystem programs including the Starttisatama 2.0 startup incubator in Karhula's Eagle House, the Kaakon Elokuvakomissio film commission (with a 20% production spending subsidy), the StarBrix industrial supplier registry, and the BioA® bio-refinery concept co-developed with five partner companies; and (5) digital platforms including a free company and service directory, premises and land register, event calendar, and a Power BI-based regional vitality dashboard. Technology platforms are largely built on third-party infrastructure provided by Hakosalo Oy.

Cursor does not develop proprietary technology products and operates on a non-commercial funding model. Revenue is sourced from municipal owner appropriations, EU structural funds (EAKR, ESR, Interreg Central Baltic), and co-financing from regional bodies including Kaakkois-Suomen elinvoimakeskus and Kymenlaakson liitto. Services to entrepreneurs are delivered largely free of charge as part of its mandated regional development role. The company's go-to-market is relationship-driven regional advisory, supported by content marketing via cursor.fi, businesskotkahamina.fi, visitkotkahamina.fi, social media, newsletters, and the annual Yrittäjägaala entrepreneurship awards gala.

Name

Cursor Oy

Legal name

Cursor Oy

Website

https://cursor.fi

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Economic Development Services

NAICS

Public Administration (92)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Development & ICT4D / GovTech Technical Assistance (BPADAEAL)

Keywords

• Regional development services
• Business advisory
• Investment promotion
• Tourism marketing
• Startup incubation

Headquarters

HQ city

Kotka

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Cursor Oy is a non-profit regional development company owned by six municipalities that delivers business advisory, startup incubation, investment promotion, and tourism marketing services for the Kotka-Hamina-Loviisa region. It also implements EU-funded development projects and operates digital platforms including a business directory, premises register, event calendar, and an industrial supplier registry (StarBrix).

Product overview

Cursor Oy is a non-profit development company (ketjut) that is part of the City of Kotka Group, providing business services to companies in the Kotka-Hamina-Loviisa region. The company offers a portfolio of digital platforms including a Business and Service Directory, Premises and Land Register, Event Calendar, and Starttisatama 2.0 incubator coworking space. Additional services include the Visit Kotka-Hamina tourism platform, Business Kotka-Hamina investment attraction services, the Kaakon Elokuvakomissio film commission, and the StarBrix industrial supplier registry. Cursor has also developed the proprietary BioA® bio-refinery concept for integration with pulp or paper factories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business Advisory Services (Yritysneuvonta) Direct advisory services for entrepreneurs at all stages - from business planning and company establishment through growth, financing, ownership transfer, and public procurement support.
• Starttisatama 2.0 Startup Incubator

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Nova ComplexminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 April 2026Nova Complex presented at Power Coast Summit 2026 outlining its strategy for developing a green hyperscale digital infrastructure hub in Finland. Cursor Oy, along with Business Finland, Kinno, and the municipalities of Kouvola and Loviisa, is supporting Nova Complex's NF03 project in Loviisa as a local stakeholder. The project features an 'energy-infrastructure coupling' design integrating clean energy with digital infrastructure systems.
• Business FinlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational funding organization supporting Cursor's regional development activities and investment promotion efforts in the Kotka-Hamina region. Business Finland also supports companies investing in the region.
• Kinno (Kouvola Innovation Oy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional development company and Cursor's counterpart in Kouvola. Kinno collaborates with Cursor on cross-regional development projects including EU-funded initiatives and international business development programs.
• Regional municipalitiescoreOthersCursor Oy is owned by six municipalities in the Kotka-Hamina region. These municipal owners commission Cursor to provide regional development services, business advisory services, and investment promotion for their territories.
• Finnish Enterprise Agencies (Suomen Uusyrityskeskus)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCursor collaborates with the Finnish Enterprise Agencies network for start-up entrepreneur services, receiving referrals and sharing information about entrepreneurs seeking to start businesses in the region.
• Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulu (Xamk)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional university of applied sciences that partners with Cursor on development projects including Kantasatama Goes SMART (event business ecosystem development) and other EU-funded initiatives.
• Sarastia OyminorOthersSarastia Oy processes meeting fees and travel expense reimbursements for regional political decision-makers and influencers whose data Cursor handles as part of regional cooperation services.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Business Oulu: Business Oulu is the municipally owned economic development agency for the Oulu region, delivering business advisory, FDI services, and innovation programs - a direct functional peer to Cursor's regional development mandate.
• Helsinki Partners: Helsinki Partners (formerly Helsinki Business Hub) is a municipally owned investment and talent attraction agency for the Helsinki region. Comparable as a municipal FDI/investment-promotion vehicle, though operating at significantly larger scale and international reach.
• Business Tampere: Business Tampere is a municipally backed regional development company serving the Tampere City region with business advisory, FDI attraction, and innovation services. Closely comparable operating model and service portfolio to Cursor's Kotka-Hamina business.
• Turku Science Park: Turku Science Park is a regional innovation and development organization serving the Turku area with business incubation, investment promotion, and EU project services - a structurally similar regional development operator to Cursor.
• Miksei Mikkeli: Miksei Mikkeli is a regional development company in South Savo offering business incubation, development services, and EU project coordination - a smaller-scale direct peer operating an almost identical service stack to Cursor.
• Kinno (Kouvola Innovation Oy): Kinno is Cursor's direct counterpart in the neighbouring Kouvola region, operating the same model: municipally owned regional development company providing business advisory, investment promotion, and EU-funded project coordination. The two organizations explicitly collaborate on cross-regional initiatives.
• Finnish Enterprise Agencies (Suomen Uusyrityskeskus): The Finnish Enterprise Agencies network provides nationwide startup advisory services and refers entrepreneurs to Cursor's regional programs. Conceptually a parallel public-interest service for new business founders, operating in the same customer segment as Cursor's Starttisatama and perustaminen services.

Broad incumbents

• Business Finland: Business Finland is the national Finnish government innovation funding and investment promotion agency. It is a core Cursor partner but operates at national scale with significantly broader mandates (innovation funding, internationalization, FDI) that overlap with Cursor's regional services.
• ELY Centre (Kaakkois-Suomen elinvoimakeskus): The Southeast Finland ELY Centre (now elinvoimakeskus) is a state administrative body that co-funds Cursor's development projects and operates overlapping regional development functions, including business support and tourism development in the same geography.

Regional players

• Kymenlaakson liitto (Regional Council): Kymenlaakson liitto is the joint regional council for the Kymenlaakso region. It co-finances Cursor's development projects and performs adjacent regional strategic planning and EU funding oversight functions, sharing the same municipal stakeholder base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CursorOy
• Facebookfacebook.com/Cursor
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cursor-oy
• Instagraminstagram.com/cursor_oy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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