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  • They help students stay motivated

    A meeting room. Mattias Bergström, a young man i a red shirt is holding a presentation pointing at a whiteboard. Five people are sitting around a table listening. One guy is leanign against the window sill.
    Meeting in the Studyguide team. Photo from Studyguide's Instagram account @studyguidese.
    Published May 29, 2020

    Hi Mattias Bergström! You're a student at KTH and have also co-founded Studyguide with the mission to help parents become great study coaches for their kids. Tell us about it!

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  • They help athletes secure sponsorship deals

    Wilhelm Kark, a young man, sails a laser, a type of sailboat. He leans backwards dressed in a wetsuit and cap. In the background you can see the ocean and several other sailboats.
    Published May 25, 2020

    Hi Wilhelm Kark! You're a world championship sailor and also are one of the co-founders of KTH startup Netspons, connecting athletes with sponsors. Tell us about it.

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  • Remote clinical research with care for sensitive data

    Ett konferensrum där två män och en kvinna sitter vid ett avlångt bord och lyssnar på en ung man som håller en presentation framför en skärm. På skärmen anas en bild av en medelålders man och en äldre kvinna.
    Stéfan presenting Sensivo during a trip to Boston in the KTH Innovation pre-incubator program.
    Published May 20, 2020

    Hi Stéfan Stéfansson! You are one of the founders of Sensivo, on a mission to help researchers handle sensitive data when working remotely. Tell us more!

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  • Putting a stop to cows' emissions

    Two conical flasks and a petri dish containing a liquid where the red algae is suspended. In the foreground, a tube runs through the picture.
    This is the algae that can reduce cows' greenhouse gas emissions.
    Published May 19, 2020

    Hi Leo Wezelius! You're one of the founders of KTH startup Volta Greentech, that want to use algae to reduce cows' greenhouse gas emissions.

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  • Another win for jaundice meter from KTH

    Published May 12, 2020

    “With their innovation, anyone can save lives”. KTH startup Jaisy won this year’s Impact Maker in the Venture Cup Regional Finale East.

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  • Together we can find solutions for covid-19

    Published Apr 02, 2020

    Do you want to work together with thousands of others to find new solutions to the challenges facing our society in the wake of the spread of covid-19? Join Hack the Crisis, a completely digital hacka...

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  • Five innovations for a sustainable fashion industry

    A woman holds up a beaker containing lab-grown cotton
    GALY from Brazil uses biotechnology to create lab-grown cotton
    Published Apr 01, 2020

    From lab-grown cotton to fabrics created from protein DNA. These are the new winners of the international innovation challenge Global Change Award, where KTH is a partner.

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  • Support for ideas that ease the effects of covid-19

    Picture from Pixabay by Darko Stojanovic
    Published Mar 30, 2020

    The power of innovation at KTH is stronger than ever as people turn their efforts towards easing the effects of the spread of Covid-19. Do you also want to help? Here’s how KTH Innovation can support ...

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  • Digital kickoff for 17 new KTH startups

    17 new startup projects have joined the KTH Innovation pre-incubator program. Yesterday, they met for the first time in a digital kick-off
    Published Mar 18, 2020

    Seventeen teams have joined the KTH Innovation pre-incubator program. Yesterday, they met for the first time in a digital kick off. From a simulation platform for quantum mechanics to an app that help...

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  • The Brighter program helps startups succeed internationally

    A few of the Brighter program participants in New York last fall. Back row from left to right: Jasmin Sabir from the startup Ellure, Meysam Sadegh, from Noteful, Emelie Jin and Alexander Jakobsen from Waves and Vegas Simbelis from Art Value. Front row from left to right: Selah Li from Ellure and Patarawan Ongkasuwan from Art Value. Photo: Lisa Bäckman
    Published Mar 04, 2020

    KTH Innovation's Brighter program brings startups to international innovation environments where they learn what it's like to operate on a global market. One of these startups is Waves, who participat...

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  • KTH behind 17 of Sweden's 100 most innovative research projects

    Anna Kramers sitting in a staircase
    Anna Kramers is Program Director of Mista SAMS, one of the projects on IVA's 100-list
    Published Mar 02, 2020

    Seventeen of the most innovative research projects in Sweden have KTH origins. Today, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) published their list of projects with large potential of c...

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  • Searching for solutions

    KTH Innovation has just moved into the Red Cross's college premises on the KTH Campus. Lisa Ericsson looks forward to a new meeting place for innovation. (Photo: Håkan Lindgren)
    Published Feb 21, 2020

    Lisa Ericsson launched KTH Innovation almost 15 years ago. In this time she has seen new ideas take off and the Swedish innovation wonder emerge.Everything starts with a problem and the search for a s...

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  • Cellulose technology enables swift scaling up of cotton recycling enterprise

    The Re:newcell founders, from left, KTH Professor Mikael Lindström, Christofer Lindgren, Malcolm Norlin and KTH Professor Gunnar Henriksson
    Published Feb 12, 2020

    Ethanol production was the aim when two KTH Royal Institute of Technology professors first developed their method for breaking down plant cellulose about 10 years ago. Now the technology has enabled t...

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  • Algae to make cows more climate-friendly

    Two e-pistons containing water and red algae
    This is the algae that can reduce cows' greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80 percent.
    Published Feb 10, 2020

    If cows were a country, they would rank 3rd in greenhouse gas emissions, but by feeding them a special type of algae you can reduce their emissions by up to 80 percent. Here is the KTH team setting th...

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  • 3D-printed lipstick in 60 seconds

    Jasmin Sabir and Selah Li celebrating their victory in front of a screen saying congratulations
    Ellure won the pitch competition in New York. Picture: SACCNY
    Published Jan 30, 2020

    Meet Ellure, the KTH startup that can print a lipstick in your perfect color in just a minute. Here’s the story of how they managed to land a New York office as part of the KTH Innovation Brighter Pro...

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  • KTH technology aims to drastically reduce CO2 emissions from the steel industry

    Rutger Gyllenram and Peter Samuelsson posing in the KTH Campus courtyard
    Rutger Gyllenram and Peter Samuelsson won the KTH Innovation Challenge Going Climate Neutral for their idea FerroSilva, the Iron Forest.
    Published Jan 28, 2020

    With a method using gasified biomass, this team wants to reduce CO2 emissions from steel production with up to 100 times. - We hope our method can contribute to solving the problem of CO2 emissions ...

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  • The future of green batteries in development at KTH

    A hand holding up a battery with SKOPAS written on the side.
    Published Jan 24, 2020

    Imagine a future where batteries can be made from biomaterials, be charged within seconds, and are so clean they can simply be tossed in the trash when they reach the end of their lifespan. This is th...

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  • Three KTH Innovation programs you can apply to right now

    Published Jan 21, 2020

    One program that gives you a mentor from a successful tech company, one that helps you find the potential impact in your research, and one that helps you sign your first customer. Right now, you can a...

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  • Mentorship that matters

    The teams in Bicky Chakraborty Entrepreneur Program 2019
    Published Dec 10, 2019

    Eight startup projects just finished the Bicky Chakraborty Entrepreneurship Program.

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  • Join a startup at THS Armada

    Imagilabs wants to make coding fun for teenage girls. They're one of the startups you'll meet at Armada.
    Published Nov 15, 2019

    We've teamed up with the organizers of THS Armada to arrange Startup Arena by KTH Innovation, your best chance this year to join one of Stockholm's most exciting startups!

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