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  • Royal visit to KTH Innovation

    A woman presenting photographed from behind. In the foreground Prince Daniel and the King.
    During Monday's visit to KTH Innovation, the King and Prince Daniel heard from three research-based startups founded at KTH Innovation. Here, Amparo Jimenez Quero talks about her startup MycOligo. Photo: Patrik Lundmark
    Published May 17, 2022

    How to go from research results to innovations and new companies was the topic in focus when HM King Carl XVI Gustaf & HRH Prince Daniel visited KTH Innovation on Monday.

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  • Mikaela's closet has 65,000 garments

    Portrait of Mikaela Larsell Ayesa.
    Published Apr 28, 2022

    Hi Mikaela Larsell Ayesa! You are a KTH alumnus and one of the founders of Hack Your Closet, a clothing subscription service that in just three years has gotten over 3000 subscribers. As a student, yo...

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  • Meet the latest startups from KTH

    Group image of all teams
    The teams in Batch 15 of the KTH Innovation pre-incubator program met for the first time at Teknikringen 1. Picture: Patrik Lundmark
    Published Apr 11, 2022

    KTH's latest startups present solutions for everything from tracking algae blooms to how you can find your new non-alcoholic favorite drink. KTH Innovation welcomes nineteen new teams into the pre-inc...

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  • Ludvig Berling - the ideas that led to Karma

    Ludvig Berling in front of a Karma logo at the Karma office
    Ludvig Berling had several ideas and companies before co-founding Karma, a food rescue app and payment solution. Photo: Håkan Lindgren
    Published Mar 14, 2022

    Hi Ludvig Berling! You are a KTH alumnus and one of the founders of Karma, but already as a student, you had several ideas and companies. Tell us about your road to Karma!

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  • Star-studded program will help students from KTH and SSE start companies

    Montage of pictures of KTH and SSE buildings, Ludvig Bergling, Jane Walerud & Ola Sars
    Published Feb 16, 2022

    KTH Innovation teams up with the SSE Business Lab to encourage more students to start businesses together.

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  • Sustainability data without hassle

    Maria Svantemark och Kamal Hakimzadeh in the KTH courtyard
    SustainLab founders Maria Svantemark and Kamal Hakimzadeh.
    Published Feb 15, 2022

    PhD student Kamal Hakimzadeh wants to make it easier for companies to manage their sustainability data. Together with sustainability expert Maria Svantemark, he has founded SustainLab, with the vision...

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  • Helping expats get local news

    Group picture of the Riedia team
    Published Feb 10, 2022

    As an expat in Sweden, it is hard to find news about what is happening in your local community in a language you understand. That is what the KTH students behind Riedia want to solve.

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  • KTH startup Univid takes over the online event market - secures investment

    Erik Skogetun, Jonathan Rintala and the KTH logo on a brick wall
    Published Jan 19, 2022

    Erik Skogetun and Jonathan Rintala founded Univid while studying at KTH. After a flying start official supplier for the world’s largest political fair, Almedalen, and with Facebook as its first major ...

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  • Space launch for KTH startup porkchop

    A rocket launch and the porkchop team
    Today, porkchop will test their propulsion system for nanosatellites in space for the first time. Pictured: founders of porkchop Victor Gonzalez and Matija Milenovic. Photo by SpaceX (CC BY-NC 2.0) and Patrik Lundmark.
    Published Jan 13, 2022

    Matija Milenovic and Victor Gonzales started the spacetech company porkchop as KTH students. Now, their nanosatellite propulsion system is in orbit after a ride into space on SpaceX Falcon 9.

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  • Get publicity for your research

    Collage Anna Kramers, Gyözö Gidofalvi, Can Yang
    KTH researchers Anna Kramers, Gyözö Gidofalvi and Can Yang made IVA's 100-list 2020.
    Published Jan 12, 2022

    Increase the publicity around your research, your credibility as a researcher, and your contacts with the business community. The application to IVA's 100 list is open until 28 February.

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  • Map idea wins Future Campus Challenge

    Gustaf Törner
    Published Dec 14, 2021

    The results are in! The winner of Future Campus Challenge, the competition for new ideas for KTH campus, is Gustaf Törner and KTH Maps, a solution that will make it easier to find a place to study on ...

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  • Twenty teams join the KTH Innovation pre-incubator program

    Collage of team pictures
    Published Nov 23, 2021

    From electric boats to savings apps for young adults - here's Batch 14 in the KTH Innovation pre-incubator program!

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  • Shape our future campus! Vote in Future Campus Challenge.

    KTH Campus Osquars backe
    Published Nov 23, 2021

    In September, KTH Innovation and Akademiska Hus announced a competition to find new ideas that can create a better campus for all of us. Now, we have selected our five finalists, and you can help vote...

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  • Mentors gave confidence boost for commercialization

    Amparo Jimenez Quero and Lauren McKee
    Lauren McKee and Amparo Jimenez Quero are two of the researchers that got an industry mentor in the KTH Innovation Mentor program.
    Published Nov 15, 2021

    Hi Lauren McKee and Amparo Jimenez Quero. You are two of the researchers who have participated in the KTH Innovation Mentor program, which is now open for application again. Why do you think someone s...

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  • Increasing gender equality in funding programs

    Petra Szeszula with one of Andning Med's inhalors.
    Andning Med with founder Petra Szeszula is one of the teams to get funding in the VFT1 program. The funding enabled them to develop a functioning prototype.
    Published Oct 20, 2021

    Who gets access to funding is an important issue for increasing gender equality in the innovation field. By working actively with the issue, KTH Innovation has increased the proportion of women who ta...

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  • New hot spot for innovation at KTH

    Three happy people at a table
    At Teknikringen 1, there is plenty of space for those who want to develop an idea or create impact with their research to sit down and start working.
    Published Oct 05, 2021

    The doors to the new meeting place for innovation and entrepreneurship at KTH are open! Here at Teknikringen 1, home to KTH Innovation, people from all over the world gather to create solutions to glo...

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  • Mentorship motivating students

    Safae Berrahmoune and Hiba Adem
    KTH students Safae Berrahmoune and Hiba Adem are the founders of DYAMO. In July, they won one million SEK in investment in Breakit's competition SHIFT.
    Published Sep 23, 2021

    In July, KTH students Hiba Adem and Safae Berrahmoune won one million SEK in investment. Now, they launch their mentor app DYAMO to get more students to stay in school. In five years, their want every...

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  • They want to help the body rebuild itself

    Álvaro Morales López holding up a 3D-printed scaffold, a white, plastic net.
    The core of their innovation is 3D printed scaffolds for soft tissue engineering. In the future, these scaffolds are meant to be implanted in the body help it heal itself. Photo: Patrik Lundmark
    Published Sep 06, 2021

    Imagine a world where your body can regenerate itself. That is the vision of Akira Science, a spinoff founded by a group of researchers at KTH and Sannio University.

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  • Eight innovations creating future jobs in Sweden

    Bicky Chakraorty in a staircase. The KTH logo on a brick wall.
    Bicky Chakraborty Entrepreneur Program was founded after a donation from Bicky Chakraborty, founder of Elite Hotels. The program aims to contribute to growth and prosperity in Sweden by supporting innovations from KTH.
    Published May 20, 2021

    Supporting people from KTH whose innovations can create jobs and prosperity in Sweden is the purpose of the Bicky Chakraborty Entrepreneur Program. Among those admitted to the program this year are th...

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  • New innovations in carbohydrate standards for life science research

    Amparo Jiménez Quero and Lauren McKee in a lab environment
    Together, Amparo Jiménez Quero and Lauren McKee are founding the company MycOligo with the aim to make the purchase of highly characterised and pure fungal carbohydrate standards more accessible for the scientific and biomedical communities.
    Published May 19, 2021

    Have you ever felt frustrated when you buy something that turns out not to be exactly what you expect? Imagine how annoying it is when your purchase is an expensive chemical standard, and you have to ...

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