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In this section we gather some articles and news about our program.
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Johan Rosén (Business Strategist), Patric Kiraly (Development Manager, Cultural Administration) and Sten Bernhardsson (Administrative Director, Cultural Administration) are some of the Uppsala team's zealots who are passionate about working with startups. Photo: Göran Ekeberg
Interviews

Ett kulturskifte sker nu tack vare Ignite Public

Uppsala kommun kom i kontakt med Ignite Public sommaren 2018 inför starten 2019. “Det var självklart att vi skulle vara med”, säger Johan Rosén, näringslivsstrateg...

December 10, 2019
Ignite Sweden gives thumb up to collaborations between startups and large companies. From left to right: Stina Lantz, Maria Olofsson, Darja Isaksson and Amira El-Bidawi.
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Startup collaboration for a better world

Collaborations between startups and large companies can lead to a better world. That was the theme of Ignite Sweden Day 2019.

December 9, 2019
Maria Olofsson during a presentation at Ignite Sweden fall kickoff in Augusti.
Interviews

Meet Ignite Sweden Day’s host

Maria Olofsson, Operation Manager at Uminova Innovation and responsible for our program in the north of Sweden, will moderate the conference together with Amira El-Bidawi...

December 1, 2019
Stina Lantz, Ignite Sweden, och Catarina Berglund, Automation Region, will talk about how startups and corporates can strengthen the ecosystem at Umeå Tech Arena on November 26.
Interviews

Collaboration between startups and large companies strengthens the ecosystem

Our Program Manager, Stina Lantz, together with Catarina Berglund from Automation Region, will talk about how startup collaboration at Umeå Tech Arena on November 26.

November 19, 2019
Golden confetti falls over the winners of the Ignite Awards in a previous edition of Ignite Sweden Day.
News

A day to celebrate startup collaboration

Ignite Sweden Day will be held on December 4 to inspire collaborations between startups and large companies and organizations.

November 14, 2019
The startups during a training session with our sales coach Christian Malmsten.
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7 startups selected to Energimyndigheten and Ignite Sweden new program

Agilon Analytics, FineCell Sweden, PlasticFri, Renbloc, Sally R, SenSiC and Spira Energy are the companies with energy-related innovations that take part in the first batch...

November 4, 2019
Gemit Solutions and FLIR Systems presented their collaboration case at THINGS last March.
Stories

Gemit Solutions and FLIR Systems, a successful collaboration story

They met at one of our matchmaking events in 2018. Only a few months later they started their first project together. Together they have developed...

October 23, 2019
86 meetings involving 12 corporates and 36 startups were held yesterday during Ignite Data Driven Society matchmaking at Sting.
News

Corporates are matched with startups to create commercial collaborations

Yesterday, 12 corporates gathered at Sting to meet startups that offer solutions in various areas related to “data-driven society”.

September 20, 2019
People watching presentation
News

Ignite Public promotes collaborations to support innovation

More innovative startups will collaborate with the public sector thanks to this project.

September 11, 2019
Andreas Svensson, Digital Innovation Lead at Pfizer.
Interviews

“When you get a great match with a startup, real innovation can be born in a short time”

Pfizer is one of the companies coming to Ignite Healthtech on November 28. In this interview, we talk to their Digital Innovation Lead about startup...

September 9, 2019
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Other

Find a potential corporate customer for your startup

We will select 5 startups with smart energy-related solutions for a new program that we run together with Energimyndigheten. The participants will get support into...

August 19, 2019
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Other

Join Ignite Sweden this fall

We have 4 matchmaking events coming up to connect established companies and the public sector with startups. We finish 2019 with the third edition of...

August 5, 2019