At Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2014, head of ICT Growth Services at regional development specialist Cursor, Mikko Kähärä, talked about the experiences and learnings from the Playa Start-up and Spinoff Factory.

Playa is an EU-funded 2-year development project which works with the industry and universities to encourage start-ups in the gaming sector in Southern Finland.

Playa's ambition is to grow and expand into one of the main game industry clusters in the world.

Pocket Gamer Connects is the biggest mobile games show in Europe, which brings together the best speakers and delegates from across the industry and from all over the world.

To-date, Pocket Gamer Connects has been held in London and Helsink, so to find out more about the latest show, check out www.pgconnects.com