Briefly in English
Ikada is an international business coordination office based in Helsinki.
We specialize in facilitating business development and collaborations between Finland and Japan. As a business coordinator, we assist clients from planning to implementation, regardless of industry.
Services
Your contact person. Helping you search for the correct business partners, attend and arrange meetings. We help you with all the information gathering and doing the necessary inquiries your business needs.
The language helper. We can help you with communication. We speak Japanese, Finnish, and English (and some Swedish too!)
Someone that takes your idea forward. Going to new markets, branding, thinking about strategies for your products, attending event booths, social media marketing, and websites.
Market research, writing, speaking and creating reports. Finding the correct needle from the haystack. We help your visit to Finland and Japan. We know the locals and how they experience their everyday local environments.
Works
Matchmaking
Japanese companies have sought help with matchmaking, and we have helped companies find Finnish graphic designers for their new product designs. We have acted as matchmakers and have assisted projects in succeeding.
Product development support
We have acted as facilitators, organizers, and managers in client projects and helped intercultural communication. You do not need to speak your partners' languages or worry about cultural differences.
MaaS research support
Finland is a well-known MaaS country. Many Japanese companies and think tanks have researched the world's most advanced MaaS city, Helsinki, online and on-site. We have assisted in their research.
Assisting business visits in Finland
We have planned and arranged our clients' extempore business trips to Finland. We plan their trip so that our clients can fully use their time in Finland.
About Us
Ikada (Business ID: 2844298-6), the Helsinki-based international business coordination office, was established in 2017. We aim to connect Finnish and Japanese businesses and facilitate cooperation projects with our expertise. We understand Finnish and Japanese work cultures, and intercultural communication is our strength. We find our clients suitable potential business partners.
We help our clients from planning to implementation!
Our services include event and meeting organization and coordination, translation, tourism promotion towards Japan and Finland, research trip arrangement, internet marketing, and other support and consulting for businesses' international activities.
We are a member of the Finland-Japan Chamber of Commerce.
We appreciate your interest in Ikada. If you have any requests or questions, please feel free to contact us in English via the contact form below.
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