Founded in 2020 by a team of experienced educators, Oppiko Oy initially started by providing neuropsychiatric coaching for children and youth on behalf of the City of Jyväskylä.
Since then, the company has expanded significantly. Today, Oppiko delivers specialized training to organizations, sports teams, corporations, and professionals across the education, childcare, and healthcare sectors. Their programs focus on neuropsychiatric support, positive psychology, and comprehensive well-being skills.
Speed, flexibility, and expertise
Oppiko and Grants have built a successful partnership over several years, collaborating on numerous funding tracks including Business Finland’s Tempo and Market Explorer, as well as national ELY-R&D grants. Minni Heinilä has served as Oppiko’s dedicated expert at Grants throughout this journey.
Oppiko’s Co-founder, Kirsi Pajunen, sums up the partnership in three words: flexibility, speed, and professional expertise. She recalls that before teaming up with Grants, Oppiko handled their first ELY application entirely in-house – a process that drained an immense amount of time. Working with Grants changed the game: projects move forward rapidly, allowing Oppiko to keep its full focus on day-to-day operations.
Pajunen highly praises Grants’ expertise and the quality of their work when it comes to project plans and reports.
”The way Grants’ experts navigate and write funding proposals is a true art form. The standard of their project plans and grant reporting is something I genuinely admire.”
–Kirsi Pajunen
Unlocking the right funding opportunities
Pajunen credits Grants with helping them pinpoint the exact funding instruments that match their strategic goals. Throughout their collaboration, Grants has proactively introduced new funding opportunities and mapped out the next logical steps, helping Oppiko build a diverse, multi-stage funding roadmap to back their long-term growth.
“Through Grants, we’ve learned about numerous funding opportunities that we would have completely missed on our own.”
The ideal partner for growing teams
Pajunen highly recommends Grants to ambitious, growing businesses and younger companies that are not yet familiar with the public funding landscape or whose personnel resources are limited. Outsourcing the application process guarantees high-quality submissions while protecting internal resources and the company’s time.
”Our team is small, meaning we can’t afford to pull people away from our core business to manage grant applications. That’s exactly why Grants has been such an invaluable partner for us.”