Research centre established by:

KTH, Stockholm University and RISE
Scrabble tiles arranged to spell INNOVATION on a wooden surface, surrounded by scattered letter tiles.

Innovation Tuesday

Date and time: Tuesday 3 November 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 workshop: 1 December and 2 February.

Registration

  • To participate you need to register by latest 2 November. Maximum 50 participants.

Program

In this third workshop in Digital Futures’ Innovation Tuesday series, we will focus on business angel investors and how to pitch your startup idea to investors. We are pleased to welcome two experts in these fields as speakers:

  • Andreas Grape, Co-founder and CEO, Nordic Angels
  • Madelene Kornfehl, Founder, Cloudberry Communications

Additional comments will be provided by: 

  • Magnus Heinstedt, Entrepreneur and startup guru
  • Terrence Brown, Professor of Technology-Based Entrepreneurship, KTH 
  • Hannes Eder Öhrström, Portfolio Manager, KTH Ventures

The workshop will be a great opportunity to learn from their experience and ask any questions about business angels and how to pitch to investors that you may have.

Agenda

  • Welcome and introduction – Urban Forssell
  • Pitch presentations of ongoing Digital Futures’ Proof-of-Concept projects – Presenters TBA
  • Nordic Angels – Andreas Grape 
  • Fireside chat: How business angels can help you develop and grow your company – Urban Forssell, Andreas Grape, Terrence Brown, Magnus Heinstedt
  • Networking and refreshment break
  • How to pitch your startup idea to investors – Madelene Karnfehl
  • Fireside chat: The importance of doing good pitches – Urban Forssell, Madelene Kornfehl, Andreas Grape, Hannes Eder Öhrström
  • Mingle and networking

Contact & Organizer

  • Urban Forssell, Head of AI Strategy and Innovation at Digital Futures, KTH Research Support Office, urbanf@kth.se
Crumpled pieces of white paper surround a quotation on a light blue background: Innovation happens when people are free to think, experiment and speculate.” – Matt Ridley.

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