SW4E has both corporate, educational and research members. By bringing all three together, we form an environment for creating new possibilities for companies, institutions and current and future software professionals. See all SW4E members here.
Advaun builds digital solutions that drive business growth and innovation. Expertise spans modern software development, data and AI, embedded systems, and research and design — all tailored to specific needs.
Combining technical excellence with user-centric design, Advaun delivers solutions that are functional, meaningful, and scalable.
Bittium, a Finnish company specializing in secure communications and connectivity solutions, leads the Seamless and Secure Connectivity program under Business Finland’s Veturi initiative. This program focuses on developing trustworthy, secure, and resilient end-to-end connectivity architectures and products across various domains.
Boogie, established in 2006, is a private Finnish software development and consulting company. The company is owned by its employees. Boogie is trustworthy and financially stable, and its operation methods are predictable and sustainable. We aim for strong, yet controlled growth. Boogie specializes in developing innovative software solutions for businesses and organizations across various industries.
CSC and its customers develop digital solutions for research, national education, culture and public administration, thereby strengthening the competitiveness of society as a whole. LUMI (Large Unified Modern Infrastructure) is a unique European supercomputer located in the CSC’s data center in Kajaani, Finland.
Demola is a global community of co-creation experts, university students, and curious organizations, all driven by the desire to create impact and prepare for different futures.
Knowit is a Nordic digital consultancy that helps public and private organisations with digital transformation, systems development, cloud & AI solutions, data analytics, and strategic management. Around 3,900 employees in the group of which the “Solutions” business area specifically, have ~1,700 IT consultants covering full software lifecycle: idea, architecture, implementation, testing and operations.
Liana Technologies is a leading European provider of cloud-based marketing and communications software (SaaS). Liana empowers businesses to grow digitally with a comprehensive stack of tools for marketing automation, email marketing, press-release distribution, and media monitoring. Liana’s technology is recognized for its user-friendliness, seamless integration capabilities, and high data security standards. Headquartered in Oulu, Finland, Liana Technologies serves thousands of customers globally.
ModernPath is an Enterprise Software Platform redefining how software organizations use AI in developing and modernizing large codebases. Our platform delivers Architectural AI – a new layer in the development stack that makes AI tools truly effective on complex enterprise systems.
Founded by veterans of software development and pioneers in AI architecture, the ModernPath team is dedicated to helping organizations become AI-native software companies. We already work with customers ranging from the world’s leading gaming companies to major Nordic financial services and healthcare enterprises, redefining how they build code and modernize their systems.
Q4US is a quality-focused software development house that strives to make our software solutions synonymous with high performance, exceptional quality, and elegance.
SaaShop™ is a platform designed to simplify the purchase and management of SaaS (Software as a Service) products, digital subscriptions, and cloud computing capacities. Acting as both a marketplace and a management tool, SaaShop streamlines SaaS transactions for both buyers and sellers—creating a more efficient and organized SaaS ecosystem that brings value to businesses of all sizes.
Founded in 2025, Silmaril is dedicated to making data accessible, understandable, and actionable across organizations. The company provides tools and expertise that enable seamless data integration and intelligent automation, helping organizations unlock the full potential of their data to drive meaningful business outcomes.
Headquartered in Finland, Vaadin has been empowering developers worldwide since 2000. With a strong foundation in open-source technology, Vaadin’s mission is to make Java-based application development and modernization faster and easier. Their two robust open-source frameworks and enterprise platform deliver both productive developer experiences (DX) and modern user experiences (UX) that web application users love.
Aalto University is a multidisciplinary science and art community in the fields of science, business, and art and design.
Åbo Akademi University is the Swedish-language multidisciplinary academic university in Finland. With campuses in Turku and Vaasa, Åbo Akademi University offers internationally renowned research and education.
Tampere University promotes sustainable development through education, research, innovations and development activities.
The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) is one of the largest and most multidisciplinary universities in Finland. UEF offers a wide range of academic disciplines, encouraging an interdisciplinary approach to research and education. UEF is known for its cutting-edge research in areas such as environmental sciences, health and biomedicine, education, and information technology. The university promotes international collaboration and innovation, preparing students and researchers to address global challenges. UEF is committed to sustainability, equality, and the well-being of both its local and global communities.
The University of Helsinki is the oldest and largest institution of academic education in Finland, an international scientific community of 40,000 students and researchers.
The University of Jyväskylä is a Finnish university located south of the center of Jyväskylä. The University of Jyväskylä is a multidisciplinary science university with approximately 15,000 students and approximately 2,600 staff.
The University of Oulu is a Finnish university located in Linnanmaa, Oulu. In 2021, the university had approximately 13,500 students and approximately 3,400 staff members worked there. Approximately 2,800 degrees are completed each year.
The University of Turku is the first fully Finnish-language university, and it was founded in 1920. The university is an internationally competitive science university whose operations are based on high-level and multidisciplinary research.