KTH Innovation Pioneer Program

Run by KTH Ventures.

Deeptech founders in Stockholm work through eight-month seasons, roughly October to May, with support available for up to two years. KTH Ventures offers up to SEK 500,000 of investment capital towards patents, team and company establishment, plus up to SEK 450,000 of non-dilutive funding for market validation or bringing in experts. Participation is connected to an investment option for KTH Ventures, but no equity percentage is published.

Investment

SEK 500,000 (Below Europe & C. Asia median $54.5k · Below global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

Not disclosed

Duration

Not disclosed

Format

in person

Cadence

annual

Location

Stockholm, Sweden

Sectors

• Deep Tech

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://www.kth.se/en/om/innovation/program-extra-stod/pioneer-program read 2026-09-05 — supports cheque amount, cheque currency, batch cadence, format, application url, sectors, contact email

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• Antler Stockholm
• KTH Innovation Brighter Program
• KTH Innovation Launch
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• SSE Business Lab Ideate Program
• SSE Business Lab Incubate
• Sting Core

Last verified 2026-09-05.