Who can apply to Sting?

The general criteria for all our programs are:

• You need to have a Swedish AB incorporated (or be in the process of setting one up.
• You need to be based in Stockholm for the majority of the program as most activities are on-site at A house.
• Your product or solution needs to be scalable, with the potential to become an international success. This means that it can’t be a consultant service or have a high operating overhead, making it harder to scale fast.
• Your solution needs to target a big important problem, preferably working towards at least one of the SDGs (the UN’s sustainability development goals). 
• Your product or solution needs to be based on innovative technology.  
• You need to be at least two co-founders. Why? Because running a startup on your own is tough and you’re more likely to succeed with a co-founder. 

Sting Incubate criteria:

• You need to have a launched prototype/alpha
• You need to be at least two people working part time but preferably full time on your startup

Sting Accelerate criteria:

• You need to have a launched product or MVP
• You need to show some market traction
• You need to be at least two people working part time but preferably full time on your startup

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