Herizon Community Newsletter 2/2026
Who's ready for the year of the fire horse?? 🐴🔥 Even if horoscopes aren't your cup of tea, we got some other exciting things bubbling up—from our podcast finally being launched in just a couple of days to vibe coding to new programs entering pilot phase, we got loads of fun things coming up!
So whether you'd like to bring meetups and events to your local city, start building your playbook to navigating Finland or get deep into building your commercial muscles, we're here for it with you 🥳
Want to hear the full scoop? Read it all below 👇
Ready to slay your journey with sisu? 🎙️
Our podcast, Sisu & Slay, is finally launching this week! Keep your eyes peeled for updates especially on our LinkedIn and Instagram 👀
If you want to catch the insights before the rest—each recording session has room for max. 5 guests, so be quick about registering to the episodes that resonate with you! 🔥
The recording sessions are already up in the community event feed and linked at the bottom of the page. See you there!
Dive into Health Tech ecosystem 🩺
Join us at Terkko Health Hub for a morning visit, where we get to know the home of health and life science innovation in Helsinki and have a chance to take a peek behind the everyday of a Health Tech company through a panel conversation with a founder and employee or two companies based in Terkko Health Hub.
This is a fantastic opportunity for academics, technical, and commercial talent to dive into the local healthtech ecosystem.
Get found and seen on LinkedIn 🕵🏻
Ready to make LinkedIn work for you? Join LinkedIn boot camp—a course designed to boost your findability, refine your profile with a look into recruitment logic behind the scenes, and give you actionable strategies to become more visible through content and active skill-development.
Events by Herizon friends and family 💜
Welcome to Femcode Collective—a meetup and online-based community for women and non-binary people who are ready to build and launch their own AI-coded solutions. No previous coding experience needed.
We have a vibe code LAN with a live DJ coming up on March 26th—don't miss it!
Check out upcoming events and grab your spot 👈
PS. Can't join Femcode meetups? We have a vibe code beginners' course on Herizon Portal, available for all community members 💜
Want to get more involved with Herizon? 🛠️
You're in luck as we're piloting new programs in the near future:
- Herizon Ambassadors, bringing Herizon events to outside the Helsinki region
- Herizon EIR, getting deep into learning go-to-market with an opportunity to truly see and enjoy the fruits of your labor
Right now, we're looking for the first brave trailblazers to build with us. More info in the link below!
Need extra capacity in your team? 💪
The Herizon Internship Program (HIP for short and between friends 💜), has connected 160 companies with 242 international students in 2024–2025 across business, ICT, and engineering projects.
HIP interns contribute 30–40 hours per week for ~2.5 months and come pre-trained and ready for a professional setting, making it lighter than your usual in-house internships.
Participation is free, onboarding is smooth, and Herizon takes care of the admin. We currently have 30+ interns available, and the talent pool is growing.
Curious? 👀
Browse talent profiles and start with your interns now 👈
Weekly meetups are here for you 😍
We meet at Oodi Central Library in Helsinki every Wednesday between 9:30-12:30. Join us for connecting with other Herizoners, to get support whether it's good vibes or tangible advice, or sit down to work on your own thing in good company 💜
Go check out upcoming events at Herizon Portal, our community platform and in the event feed below 👇
🗓️ Upcoming Events
- 12.2. Live / Sisu & Slay podcast recording with Öykü Kural (event link)
- 19.2. Live / Sisu & Slay podcast recording with Marii Juht (event link)
- 24.2. Live / Terkko Health Hub visit and fireside chat (event link)
- 5.3. Live / Sisu & Slay podcast recording with Philip Ziegler (event link)
🔁 Weeklies and recurring
- Tuesdays / Online meetup (event link)
- Wednesdays / Live meetup at Oodi Central Library (event link)
- Thursdays / LinkedIn boot camp: February cohort (event link)
Up to date event list always available at Herizon Portal.
Enjoy the (finally!) sunny winter weather and don't forget that now is the time to apply for summer jobs and internships if those are on the agenda for you! ☀️
-Viivi + Herizon team
P.S. Does your organization want to support our mission to find jobs for 10 000 global talent in the Nordics? We're always happy to find ways to collaborate through company excursions, internships and more! Reach out to viivi@herizon.io for collaboration opportunities 💜
