Seinäjoki Entrepreneurship Society - SeiES

What Seinäjoki Entrepreneurship Society - SeiES does

Seinäjoki Entrepreneurship Society - SeiES (Seinäjoen Yrittäjyysseura - SeiES ry) is a Finnish non-profit association founded on April 3, 2017, operating in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia. It serves higher education students in the region with a stated mission of inspiring entrepreneurial mindset and providing contacts and skills useful for careers as either entrepreneurs or employees. Its vision is to be known as a "local StartUp factory," and it operates in cooperation with local companies and organizations to deliver programming that bridges students and the regional business community.

The organization's core offering is a three-tier membership program delivered through the Kide.app self-serve platform: a free Student Member tier for higher education students in South Ostrobothnia, an Alumni Member tier priced at €15 for 365 days, and a Support Member tier for community contributors (€15 for 365 days). There is no proprietary technology stack; the value proposition is community-based, centered on networking events, special discounts, exclusive invitations, and a monthly newsletter. Membership enrollment is digital-first via Kide.app, with additional marketing through the seies.fi website, on-campus outreach, and local events.

SeiES is a small, member-governed association with 5 employees and no external investors, operating under a non-profit structure. Its revenue model is primarily subscription-based at the alumni/support tier (€15/year) with a freemium student layer and discretionary donation-style support contributions. Geographic scope is strictly regional to South Ostrobothnia, Finland, with no disclosed expansion into other markets or verticals.

Name

Seinäjoki Entrepreneurship Society - SeiES

Legal name

Seinäjoki Entrepreneurship Society – SeiES ry

Website

https://seies.fi

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Seinäjoki Entrepreneurship Society (SeiES) is a Finnish non-profit association, founded in 2017, that serves higher education students in South Ostrobothnia. It offers a three-tier membership program (free student, €15/year alumni, €15/year support) delivered via Kide.app, connecting students with local companies to foster entrepreneurial skills and networking.

Ownership category

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Product category

Entrepreneurship Community Services

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

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Education/Supplemental & Enrichment Programs (Arts, STEM, Language)/Life Skills & Personal Development (Study Skills, Executive Function, SEL)

Keywords

• Student entrepreneurship community
• Non-profit membership association
• Entrepreneurship education support
• Startup ecosystem networking
• Higher education community

Headquarters

HQ city

Seinäjoki

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Student Membership: Free membership for students in higher education in the area of South Ostrobothnia. No revenue generated from this tier.
2. Alumni Membership: Annual membership fee of 15.00 EUR for 365 days, providing alumni access to community news, events, and benefits. This is the primary revenue stream for the organization.
3. Support Membership: Support members contribute financially to the organization, providing discretionary funding. No specific price point disclosed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SeiES operates a three-tier membership program (Student, Alumni, Support) for higher education students and alumni in the South Ostrobothnia region of Finland, providing access to networking events, special discounts, a monthly newsletter, and connections with local companies and organizations to foster entrepreneurial mindset and skills development.

Product overview

SeiES is a non-profit entrepreneurship society offering a three-tier membership structure: Student Member (free for higher education students in South Ostrobothnia), Alumni Member (€15/year for society graduates), and Support Member (for community supporters). The membership program provides access to networking events, discounts, and a monthly newsletter, functioning as a platform to connect students with local companies and foster entrepreneurial development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SeiES Student Member

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Local Companies and Organizations (South Ostrobothnia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017SeiES works in cooperation with local companies and organizations to inspire, support and encourage students for entrepreneurial mindset and developing skills needed in entrepreneurship and working life. This is described as a foundational aspect of the organization's mission to create a platform for dreams, innovations and self-development.

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Slush: Helsinki-headquartered global startup event and ecosystem organization. Not a direct membership-society peer, but the dominant brand in Finnish student entrepreneurship and the primary competitor for corporate sponsorship and student mindshare.
• Startup Sauna: Finnish student-founded early-stage startup accelerator now operating under the Slush umbrella. Overlaps with SeiES in audience (student and recent-graduate founders) but offers accelerator services rather than community membership.

Direct peers

• Aalto Entrepreneurship Society (AaltoES): Finland's largest student-run entrepreneurship society based at Aalto University. Operates the same non-profit, member-driven, community-led model as SeiES, but at materially larger scale and with significantly stronger corporate sponsor pipeline.
• Tampere Entrepreneurship Society: Tampere-based student entrepreneurship society with an analogous structure — membership tiers, university partnerships, and local corporate engagement — making it the closest geographic and operational peer to SeiES outside of Aalto.
• Helsinki Think Company: University of Helsinki's entrepreneurship and innovation hub offering programming for students. Comparable mission of developing entrepreneurial mindset, but operates with institutional university backing rather than as an independent student association.
• Turku Entrepreneurship Society: Student entrepreneurship society in Turku following the same non-profit, community-driven model. Serves a different Finnish city, but offers a directly comparable operating template to SeiES for benchmarking and best-practice exchange.

Others

• Enactus Finland: Global non-profit network of student teams running social-entrepreneurship projects, with active chapters across Finnish universities. Shares the student-organization, non-profit, community-driven structure and entrepreneurship mission, but is part of an international federation rather than a regional entity.

Emerging players

• Junction: Helsinki-based student hackathon organization attracting university developers across Europe. Targets an overlapping student-technologist audience as SeiES but specializes in short-format hackathon events rather than ongoing community programming.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/seies

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