Swedish Innovation

In this episode we meet Johanna Hultén, a ClimateTech entrepreneur and inventor and the force behind Cestore. She's on a mission to tackle the climate crisis with groundbreaking innovations: ocean-based carbon capture and carbon conversion. With her technology, removing gigatons of carbon dioxide annually is both feasible and cost-effective, bringing us closer to the goal of limiting global warming to under 2 degrees Celsius. We also discuss the financial aspect of pioneering deep-tech solutions like Cestore. What types of capital are suitable, and when should they be secured? Join us for an insightful conversation with Johanna, a climate visionary. EPISODE LINKS Cestore website Add Johanna Hultén on LinkedIn

Can you fight single-use plastics products as a small start-up with limited resources? Can you really create a deodorant that is so great it lasts for longer than your lifetime and can be passed on to your grandchildren? And how should you do to be successful on Kickstarter?  Adam Webb, serial entrepreneur, gives his advice on how to make your idea become reality, but also shares his own failures along the way.  EPISODE LINKS:  Kickstarter campaign to lifelong deodorant  Connect with Adam on Linkedin  Lifelong.eco 

When everyone else fights for the market shares of e-scooters in the big cities, Hopp has a different business model that works perfect for small towns. Through franchise they have reached small cities like Kiruna long before anyone would imagined. In this episode we talk about the e-scooter business, what difference it makes to both the customer experience, sustainability, quality and market expansion to use a franchise business model. Michel also tells us about the profitability of the franchise model and that it actually can be very profitable for the e-scooter franchise owners.  EPISODE LINKS:  Connect with Michel Given on Linkedin  HOPP 

What's the difference between the swedish startups and a typical valley start-up?  Annie makes a comeback and gives her review of 2022 in terms of innovations. She also talks about how Swedish startups can learn from Silicon Valley by the program TINC from Nordic Innovation House. And what's the difference between Swedish start-ups and typical valley start-ups?  If you're interested, apply to TINC on the link below.  EPISODE LINKS Nordic Innovation House - TINC program  Connect with Annie on Linkedin 

Why is Sweden so innovative? And how can we boost innovation specifically within the mining industry? Can you direct in which field to be innovative?  Jenny Greberg invited Darja isaksson, who is the director general at Vinnova, to discuss these topics with us.  Vinnova is Sweden’s innovation agency that helps to build Sweden's innovation capacity and contributing to sustainable growth. Their vision is that Sweden is an innovative force in a sustainable world. Vinnova together with Formas and the swedish energy agency are the investors of Swedish Mining Innovation EPISODE LINKS Follow Darja Isaksson at Linkedin Vinnova Follow Jennie Greberg at Linkedin  Swedish Mining Innovation