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Royal visit to KTH Innovation
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, 2022How 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
Published Apr 28, 2022Hi 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
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, 2022KTH'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 had several ideas and companies before co-founding Karma, a food rescue app and payment solution. Photo: Håkan Lindgren Published Mar 14, 2022Hi 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
Published Feb 16, 2022KTH Innovation teams up with the SSE Business Lab to encourage more students to start businesses together.
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Sustainability data without hassle
SustainLab founders Maria Svantemark and Kamal Hakimzadeh. Published Feb 15, 2022PhD 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
Published Feb 10, 2022As 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
Published Jan 19, 2022Erik 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
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, 2022Matija 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
KTH researchers Anna Kramers, Gyözö Gidofalvi and Can Yang made IVA's 100-list 2020. Published Jan 12, 2022Increase 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
Published Dec 14, 2021The 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
Published Nov 23, 2021From 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.
Published Nov 23, 2021In 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
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, 2021Hi 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
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, 2021Who 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
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, 2021The 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
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, 2021In 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
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, 2021Imagine 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 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, 2021Supporting 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
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, 2021Have 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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