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Impact through innovation

With support from KTH Innovation your idea gets the best possible conditions to grow.

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Welcome to KTH Innovation #itallstartshere

We welcome everyone who has an idea to develop, an exciting research result, is curious about innovation and entrepreneurship, or wants to contribute to innovation at KTH. 

Since 2007, we have met over 4000 teams with new ideas and developed an internationally recognized innovation support process.

KTH Innovation is characterized by a combination of creativity and process orientation. We aim to inspire to entrepreneurship at KTH, and we are particularly good at supporting ideas based on advanced, research-based technology, so-called deeptech.

Our support is open to all teams led by students, researchers and employees at KTH.

You can contact us at any time. We welcome new ideas all year round!

The best time to try is here at KTH. 

Current opportunities

New program for advanced technology

Our new program, Pioneer addresses the specific needs of teams developing science-based innovations, focusing specifically on advanced technology, so-called deeptech.

Pioneer is run in collaboration with KTH Holding.

Visit us at Teknikringen 1 

Sundar Pichai and Danica Kragic in conversaton on stage

This is Teknikringen 1

Teknikringen 1 is open for everyone every weekday from 07.30-16.30. Here, you will find:

  • Plenty of space to work or develop your idea
  • Makerspace, production studio, and co-working space
  • Frequent events, workshops and plenty of opportunities to meet others interested in innovation

Image: Google's CEO Sundar Pichai and KTH professor Danica Kragic at Teknikringen 1, spring 2023.

Innovations from KTH

Logotypes of KTH Innovation alumni companies

KTH Innovation in numbers

  • KTH Innovation meets over 400 teams with new ideas every year. Around 30% is deeptech; ideas based on advanced technology and research.
  • In 2024, 25 % of Sweden's most innovative and promising tech companies (NyTeknik), and 30 % of current research with potential to create value (IVA) came from KTH. 
  • Over 85% of the teams we support want to contribute to sustainable development.
  • We have helped start over 450 companies that together have raised over 8 billion Swedish crowns.
  • We work actively for increased equality within the innovation system. Around 40 % of the teams we support have at least one female founder.

Innovations from KTH

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“Many of Sweden's most promising startups emerge from KTH and it's great that this is being recognized” says Lisa Ericsson, head of KTH Innovation, next to Anders Söderholm, KTH's president (Photo: KTH)

KTH Innovation among Europe's best

Latest Financial Times ranking places KTH Innovation among the best startup hubs in Europe. Particularly good marks are given to the efforts in sustainability.

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Driving global impact through internationalization

To create even more successful startups that can contribute to European competitiveness and help solve urgent societal challenges, KTH Innovation is stepping up our efforts on the international arena....

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Ngai Nam Chan is one of the founders of the spacetech startup AciSpace, one of the teams joining KTH Innovation Launch.

Kickoff for KTH Innovation Launch - meet the 15 latest KTH startups

15 new startups founded by students and researchers at KTH are starting their journey in KTH Innovation Launch. From heat-resistant potato crops to more efficient e-bike propulsion – meet Batch 20!

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Inaugural innovation summit garnered international attention

50 people from 15 countries gathered in Stockholm for the inaugural KTH Innovation Readiness Level Summit last week.

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