Kasvu Labs is a software company specializing in health technology. The company develops scalable platforms and practical AI tools for pharmaceutical and healthcare clients, as well as directly for patient use.
Time and resources for core operations
Kasvu Labs COO Ines Vaittinen, who spent several years working with EU project funding in Brussels, knows exactly how much workload funding applications and reporting require. Based on this experience, she insisted that Kasvu Labs should not start such a time-consuming application process without an expert partner, even if they had the skills to do it themselves.
Partnering with Grants completely changed the situation. The collaboration freed up the company’s time to run its own core operations. With Grants, the application is built simply by discussing the details with an expert – during a dog walk if needed. Without Grants, there wouldn’t have been time to build a high-quality application.
“Time savings are definitely the biggest benefit. We simply wouldn’t have the time to build an entire application ourselves. With Grants, the application comes together effortlessly. I can just go for a walk with my dog and sort things out with a quick call along the way.”
– Ines Vaittinen
Ensuring competitive applications
In addition to time savings, Vaittinen emphasizes that Grants’ expertise in various funding instruments elevates the quality of the application. When the process is guided by an experienced specialist who knows how to emphasize the right points, the probability of a positive funding decision increases significantly.
Vaittinen also highlights a surprising added benefit from the collaboration. The outside perspective has brought ideas directly into product development and project content. An expert who has seen and written numerous applications brings a fresh perspective that differs from Kasvu Labs’ own team.
“The application built together is better than what we would have written ourselves. The expert knows how different funding instruments work and what points are worth highlighting. Additionally, we often get valuable ideas for product development and the next phases of the project during our meetings.”
Who is Grants for?
Vaittinen recommends Grants’ services to all companies considering public funding. SMEs benefit especially, as their limited staff resources might not stretch to cover laborious application projects.
“We wouldn’t have the time or resources to apply for these fundings ourselves. Without Grants, most of these applications would never happen.”