Rocsole is a Finnish technology company specialising in electrical tomography and process measurement. The company helps corporate partners streamline their operations and meet their ESG goals. The company was founded in 2012, and since then they have transformed academic R&D into industrial solutions in energy production systems and manufacturing processes.
Today the company serves clients in energy production and manufacturing, with more than 90% of revenue coming from exports. The work has paid off: what started as a startup has grown steadily, and this year revenue is expected to multiply.
Rocsole has a long history of successful public funding applications. As the company entered a phase of rapid growth, the workload increased at the same pace. They needed a partner to take charge of preparing the funding applications. The collaboration with Grants was established naturally through shared networks and has continued ever since.
Efficiency Through Reliable Partnership
During the partnership, Rocsole and Grants have successfully secured funding including a Finnvera Digitalisation Loan and the ELY Center ERDF grant, with Grants’ expert Jaakko Ojanen leading the work on their side. CEO Pekka Kaunisto shares that the collaboration worked so well that the external consultant felt like an extension of their own team. In a continuous partnership, context doesn’t get lost. The expert is familiar with the company’s history and goals, meaning that a new application never has to start from scratch.
“When you call Jaakko, he already knows how things are going. You don’t have to repeat yourself. He’s been part of the team, not just a part of Grants.”
– Pekka Kaunisto
Kaunisto is honest: Rocsole probably had the in-house capability to write the applications themselves. However, in a fast-growing company, time is short, and that is usually when high-quality execution suffers first. Outsourcing the process is, in his view, a smart and necessary prioritisation for the company.
Kaunisto summarises that the best part of the collaboration is that with a reliable partner, things get done on schedule and without constant monitoring. This frees up resources for where they are truly needed.
“We have benefitted most from the freed-up resources. Instead of writing applications, we have been able to focus on running the projects themselves.”
According to Kaunisto, Grants’ services benefit two types of companies: those unfamiliar with the process and opportunities of public funding, and those who have the knowledge but lack the time.
“Even if you have the right knowledge and skills, at some point your time runs out. That is when outsourcing makes perfect sense – you maintain control, but the projects are self-driven. A scaling company benefits from this tremendously.”