Date and time: Tuesday 13 October 2026, 15:00-17:00
Where: Digital Futures hub, Osquars Backe 5, floor 2 at KTH main campus
Directions: https://www.digitalfutures.kth.se/contact/how-to-get-here/
Innovation Tuesday at Digital Futures hub is a series of interactive mini workshops exploring topics in innovation and entrepreneurship. The workshops take place onsite from 15:00 to 17:00 on the first Tuesday of every month (usually).
Each session focus on a different aspect of innovation and entrepreneurship, featuring invited guests alongside Digital Futures researchers with hands-on experience in innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurial activities.
Innovation Tuesday is open to all Digital Futures faculty members, researchers, postdocs, and PhD students, as well as Digital Futures partners and members of our wider network.
Upcoming workshops: 3 November and 1 December.
Registration
- To participate you need to register by latest 12 October. Maximum 50 participants.
Program
In this second workshop in Digital Futures’ Innovation Tuesday series, we will focus on startup growth and financing and we are pleased to welcome five prominent guests that will share insights and give advice on these very important aspects of the entrepreneurial challenge:
- Terrence Brown, Professor of Technology-Based Entrepreneurship, KTH
- Frank Jiang, Co-founder and CEO, FleetMQ
- Hannes Eder Öhrström, Portfolio Manager, KTH Ventures
- Siimon Vaske, CEO and Fund Manager, Trio Impact Invest
- Diana Henningsson, Investment Manager, Navigare Ventures
The workshop will be a great opportunity to learn from their experiences and ask any questions about startups, growth, and financing that you may have.
Agenda
- Welcome and introduction – Urban Forssell
- Pitch presentations of ongoing Digital Futures’ Proof-of-Concept projects – Presenters TBA
- Reflections on startup growth and financing – Terrence Brown
- FleetMQ – Background, current status, future plans – Frank Jiang
- Fireside chat: Venture capital financing of deeptech startups – Urban Forssell, Hannes Eder Öhrström, Siimon Vaske, Diana Henningsson
- Mingle and networking
Contact & Organizer
- Urban Forssell, Head of AI Strategy and Innovation at Digital Futures, KTH Research Support Office, urbanf@kth.se
