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  • 17 new teams join the pre-incubator program

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    When the teams in the pre-incubator program meet for the first time, they have often started working on their ideas recently. Twelve months later, they are on stage at Demo Day, ready to launch their first product or service on the market. This week, sixteen teams left the program to make room for seventeen new ideas.
    Published Nov 21, 2022

    Seventeen new and exciting startup projects from KTH are starting their year in the KTH Innovation pre-incubator program, while sixteen teams leave the program ready for their next step. Yesterday, th...

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  • The Brighter Program visited Boulder and London

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    Five spinoffs founded by researchers at KTH are in Boulder, Colorado with the KTH Innovation Brighter Program.
    Published Oct 31, 2022

    Nine startups and spinoffs from KTH took their first steps on the global market in the KTH Innovation Brighter program. Four teams based on research at KTH traveled to Boulder, and five led by student...

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  • Quality Award for KTH startup

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    Published Oct 27, 2022

    Funki, a KTH startup that creates opportunities for everyone to play in a band, on their own terms is one of three winners of the Quality Innovation Award 2022.

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  • They want to help robots collaborate

    Mustafa Al-Janabi and Elisa Bin working with a radio-controlled car at a table.
    Published Sep 28, 2022

    Imagine that you are riding in a self-driving car in a city. Out of sight, someone gets off a bus and starts walking out into the street. Your car can only react to what it can see, which means that y...

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  • Floccs wants to give all horses a digital identity

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    Mathilda and Therese are two of the founders of Floccs.
    Published Sep 15, 2022

    Mathilda and Therese are two of the founders of Floccs, an app that wants give the world's 40 million horses a digital identity. In the KTH Innovation pre-incubator program, they took their idea to th...

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  • KTH Innovation supports future fashion innovators

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    The founders of SaltyCo have developed a planet positive alternative to goose down, crafted from plants that heal damagPicture by H&M Foundation.ed land.
    Published Jun 28, 2022

    A laundry solution that prolongs garments’ life, AI helping smallholder cotton farmers to increase yield and income, an invention realising the circular recycling of elastane and polyester blends, car...

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  • How to bootstrap from idea to orbit

    Portrait of Matija Milenovic, KTH alum and co-founder of spacetech startup porkchop
    Published Jun 27, 2022

    In this guest post, Matija Milenovic, KTH alum and co-founder of spacetech startup porkchop, shares their journey from idea to orbit.

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  • "Uber for tailors" wins Sustainable Fashion Challenge

    The four founders of Pastisch at a table. In front of them is a box clad in blue paper.
    Amanda Jonsson, Leone Lee, Axel Andersson and Eric Bojs are the founders of Pastisch, an "Uber for tailors" that won Sustainable Fashion Challenge.
    Published Jun 08, 2022

    Amanda Jonsson puts a pair of worn-out shoes in a bag. If all goes well, they will be back in a week, good as new. After half an hour’s interview, Pastisch, an "Uber for tailors", has secured their fi...

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  • Three KTH projects share 2.7 million SEK in Vinnova funding

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    Ida Reinvalds builds Propida based on four years of experience in the real estate industry. As a student at KTH, she founded the company together with KTH alumnus Andreas Öberg with the goal of digitizing the real estate industry.
    Published Jun 02, 2022

    Three of 25 projects that get funding in this year's call for Vinnova's Innovative Startups Step Two were founded at KTH. One of them is Propida, a platform that digitizes the flow between property ow...

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  • Mentor brings new perspectives

    Portrait of Lina Tjerneld
    Lina Tjerneld is an expert in sales and marketing. She is one of the members of KTH Innovation's mentor network.
    Published May 24, 2022

    She is an expert in sales and marketing, with experience from founding several companies, and scaling both private and public businesses. As one of the members of KTH Innovation's mentor network, Lina...

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  • Royal visit to KTH Innovation

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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
    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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