KTH joins forces with leading universities connecting top entrpreneurial students
KTH Innovation, together with leading European universities, is launching a new founder program for Europe’s most promising student entrepreneurs. Through Relativity Collective, top students from KTH, ETH, Aalto, Oxford, TUM, and CDTM who want to start and scale companies are given the opportunity to build strong networks early in their entrepreneurial journey.
“There is an enormous amount of entrepreneurial talent in Europe, but the problem is that most people build their first networks very locally. We want to give our top students the critical networks that allow them to think big from the very beginning,” says Lisa Ericsson, Head of KTH Innovation.
Supported by leading entrepreneurs
The initiative is backed by leading entrepreneurs, including KTH alum Alfred Wahlforss, founder of the AI company Listen Labs, which recently raised SEK 633 million. Already as a student, he was active in entrepreneurial circles and also founded his first company, Bemlo. He says:
“The right network is the foundation for everything. Relativity Collective is a fantastic opportunity for driven students to find each other, build strong teams, and create companies that can scale globally.”
Among the entrepreneurs behind Relativity Collective are also Hanno Renner, co-founder of the German HR company Personio, valued at SEK 75 billion, and Paulina Grnarova, founder and CEO of the Swiss AI company DeepJudge, which recently raised SEK 350 million. Tanmoy Bari, founder of the Swedish energy company Greenely, which has recently expanded internationally, also supports the initiative.
Apply now
Relativity Collective is aimed at a carefully selected group of students who have the ambition to start a company within the next 12–18 months. The first cohort will meet in March 2026 for a three-day program during which participants build international networks, explore potential co-founder relationships, and become part of a long-term European founder collective. Travel and accommodation are covered by the program.
“The ambition is to contribute to more tech companies that can attract international capital and scale globally while being based in Europe,” says Lisa Ericsson.
Application to the program is open until 14 February 2026, and the first group of participants will gather on 11–13 March.