Sting startup programs

The doors to our fall 2023 program just swung wide open, inviting you to unlock your true potential with us.
Ready to tap into decades of experience scaling startups so you can grow your business faster?

Scale Faster

Sting Accelerate

An intense, 4-months program for startups with a launched product/service that can show market traction. Includes an investment of 500 KSEK from Propel Capital.

Sustaintech

Sting Accelerate ClimateTech

It’s back! Sting’s thematic accelerator program, putting the spotlight on the most pressing issue plaguing our planet – Climate Change.

Grow Smarter

Sting Incubate

A 12-months program for early-stage startups with a launched prototype/alpha or who want to launch in the next year. Includes a possibility of 500 KSEK investment from Propel Capital.

Start Out

Sting Incubate Deeptech

An 18-24 months long program of tailor-made coaching and support at a slower pace. In addition to all the support that startups in Sting Incubate enjoy, you get access to specific deeptech-related resources.

Sting Startup Academy

Are you curious about entrepreneurship? Have an idea and not sure how to take the next step?

Sting Startup Academy is a free, 5-hour online course, designed to give you an overview of how to build a tech Startup. The course is a great first step on your entrepreneurial journey and gives you the tools you need to get ready to apply to one of Sting’s programs.

Early stage support

Not quite ready to join Sting yet? Sting Test Drives and open coaching are for early-stage startups who are ready to begin turning their idea into reality.

Start Out

Test Drive

Sting Test Drive is a hands-on training program for teams with early-stage ideas or startups who would like support to develop their concepts, sharpen their business models and start growing their businesses. You will test and refine your idea, drive proofs of concepts, get meaningful critiques and help to focus your business.

Sting Open Coaching

Facing a specific challenge? Book a free session now with one of Sting’s experienced startup coaches. Slots fill up fast!

Our focus areas

We work with startups in pretty much all industries. However, we have specific expertise and experience within ClimateTech, HealthTech, DeepTech, and Digital Innovation.

Click and read below about our industry-specific offers, the coaches, and what alumni companies in that specific field say about us. If you don’t see your industry here, not to worry; we can almost always contribute anyway.

HealthTech

Do you want to shake-up the healthcare industry? We help promising HealthTech startups accelerate growth so you can change the healthcare sector for the better.

Digital

Startups disrupting their industries with cutting edge digital solutions within Edtech, Fintech, Games, SaaS, Web 3.0, Blockchain, Security, Regtech, Marketplaces, AI, VR, Sports, media, music, fashion… the list goes on.

ClimateTech

Are you ready to start making some serious impact? We actively look for startups with innovations in areas such as climate tech, sustainable energy, food and agriculture, new materials, circular solutions and bioeconomy.

DeepTech

Are you a Startup with a ground-breaking technology within, for example, AI, new materials, and solutions within energy, water, biotechnology?

What others say about us

One of the best decisions in our early days was to join Sting. To be part of this community has given so much; coaching in sales, strategy and a boost in contacts and marketing.
Caroline Walerud, Volumental

We closed a successful seed round with backers from Sting’s network. We established our core team and grew our business with at least 50 % per month during the fall.
Christian Tärnholm, MediCheck

The coaches gave lots of great advice; some that I listened to, and some that I should have listened to. I also learned a lot about sales and still carry with me lessons from the sales training.
Stina Ehrensvärd, Yubico

Our partners

As a Sting company, you’ll also gain access to an exclusive range of industry partners and perks worth over SEK 1 million. Explore our offering here.