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<h4>Location</h4><p>Changers Hub HQ, Rotemannavägen 29, 145 57 Norsborg</p><p>Changers Hub Sture, Grev Turegatan 7, 114 46 Stockholm</p>

<p>Free-of-charge course, seminars, study visits at prominent companies and one-on-one idea coaching</p><p>Open to all</p><h4>Duration</h4><p>No limitations</p><h4>Financing</h4><p>A network, entrepreneurship courses and idea coaching are provided.</p>

Changers Hub

<p>Open to Current researchers and students at Karolinska Institutet (KI)</p><h4>Focus area:</h4><p>Innovation support and information within the Life Science sector</p><h4>Duration</h4><p>Maximum 3 year membership with yearly evalutions for membership renewal.</p><h4>Financing</h4><p>No but dedicated incubator program at KI Innovations supporting successful commercial development within life science.</p>

KI Innovations DRIVE

<p>Innovation information within the Life Science sector.</p><p>Open to current researchers and students at Karolinska Institutet (KI).</p><h4>Duration</h4><p>During time as student or researcher at Karolinska Institutet (KTH).</p><h4>Financing</h4><p>None. Utifrån varje projekts unika förutsättningar och villkor engagerar KI externa experter.</p>

KI Innovations START

<p>Tech innovations</p><p>Open to current students and researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)</p><h4>Duration</h4><p>During time as student or researcher at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).</p><h4>Financing</h4><p>None but offers free and confidential support in all areas relevant to commercializing an idea, including business development, patents and law, funding and project management.</p>

KTH Innovation

<h4>Location</h4><p>Lindstedtsvägen 24, 4th floor<br/>KTH Campus Valhallavägen, 100 44 Stockholm</p>

<p>Open to current students and researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)</p><h4>Focus area</h4><p>Tech innovations</p><h4>Duration</h4><p>12 months</p><h4>Financing</h4><p>No but free business coaching, workshops and training, and commercial support.</p>

KTH Innovation Pre-incubator

<p>Design thinking and societal innovation training and process support. Open to entrepreneurs and organizations working with societal innovation.</p><h4>Duration</h4><p>Membership-based</p><h4>Financing</h4><p>No but offers courses for professionals and master’s students, co-working space, innovation projects and a conference center.</p>

Openlab

<p>Open to entrepreneurs associated with Stockholm School of Economics (SSE). Birthplace of Stockholm-based unicorn Klarna.</p><h4>Focus area</h4><p>All industries </p><h4>Duration</h4><p>6 months</p><h4>Financing</h4><p>Subsidized rent and services. Free access to the incubator 24/7, to professional service partners and software and tools partners to support the development and commercialization of the idea</p>

SSE Business Lab - Incubate

<p>Connecting students and alumni from Stockholm&#x27;s top schools and universities through pre-incubation activities.</p><h4>Focus area</h4><p>All industries</p><h4>Duration</h4><p>6 months</p><h4>Financing</h4><p>No but offers three sessions of coaching from professional startup coaches.</p>

SSE Business Lab – Initiate

<p>Free of charge courses and incubation services.</p><p>Open to students and alumni of Stockholm’s universities Karolinska Institutet (KI), the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack), the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), the Stockholm School of Economics No (SSE), and Stockholm University (SU).</p><h4>Duration</h4><p>3 months incubator programme SSES Ventures: Fellowship</p><p>1 week-2years accelerator programme SSES Ventures: Affinity</p><h4>Financing</h4><p>None, free support, advisors, personal mentor</p>

SSES - Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship

<p>Open to students and alumni of Stockholm’s universities Karolinska Institutet (KI), the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack), the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), and Stockholm University (SU).</p><h4>Focus area</h4><p>All industries </p><h4>Duration</h4><p>1 week-2 years</p><h4>Financing</h4><p>No but free support, advisors, a personal mentor.</p>

SSES Ventures – Affinity

<p>Open to students and alumni of Stockholm’s universities Karolinska Institutet (KI), the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack), the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), and Stockholm University (SU).</p><h4>Focus area</h4><p>All industries</p><h4>Duration</h4><p>3 months</p><h4>Financing</h4><p>No but free support, advisors, a personal mentor, and an office space to launch your idea into space.</p>

SSES Ventures – Fellowship

<h4>Location</h4><p>Stockholm City (headquarter), Drottninggatan 97, 113 60 Stockholm</p><p>Kista, Kistagången 12 (at Helio&#x27;s)</p><p>Skärholmen, Måsholmstorget 3 (at Skärholmen&#x27;s office hotel)</p>

<p>Free of charge business and innovation advisory services to start up and develop a company or an innovation.</p><p>Open to all</p><h4>Duration</h4><p>Appointment-based</p><h4>Financing</h4><p>No but offers free business and innovation advisory services.</p><p></p>

Start-up Stockholm

<p>Open to all</p><p></p><h4>Focus area</h4><p>Internet/media </p><h4>Duration</h4><p>4 months</p><h4>Financing</h4><p>Participating companies get an investment from Propel Capital through a convertible bond. Sting has also an option to take up to 2% of the shares in the participating startup.</p>

Sting Accelerate

<p>Open to startups with longer development cycles</p><h4>Focus area</h4><p>ICT, Internet/media/digital, medtech/health, sustainability/cleantech and games</p><h4>Duration</h4><p>6-18 months</p><h4>Financing</h4><p>Possibility to get an investment from Propel Capital through a convertible bond. Sting has also an option to take up to 6% of the shares in the participating startup.</p>

Sting Incubate

<p>Open to students and researchers of Stockholm University (SU)</p><h4>Focus area</h4><p>All industries</p><h4>Duration</h4><p>12-18 months</p><h4>Financing</h4><p>No, but supporting services are offered to participants.</p>

SU Inkubator

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