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Sting CEO Pär Hedberg talks about teams, live on BBC

Pär Hedberg, founder & CEO of Sting, presented the results of our Dali Project, the study that examines key characters of successful entrepreneurs, live on BBC World News and on The Startup Microdose Podcast, in London in June. Find out which are the top 5 common characteristics of successful entrepreneurs here.

Sting company highlights

Adaptive Simulations, the company that created Ingrid Cloud, a SaaS solution within flow simulations and design optimization, raises 2,4 MEUR from Industrifonden and Fairpoint Capital
Spotify for perfumes, Sniph, raises 10 MSEK from well-known investors
Fashiontech company The Fit, the company that wants to reduce returns and make e-commerce greener, raises its first external investment round and adds high-profiles to its board
imagiLabs, the company that encourages young girls to code, reaches its Kickstarter campaign goal
E-mobility company CaCharge expands to Norway
Mediatech company All Ears signs major US customer and closes investment round
Musictech company MIND Music Labs builds a special guitar for mega-band Muse's world tour
Barnebys, the search service company for art, antiques and collectibles. increases revenue by 80 %
Healthtech company BlueCall selected among top 10 European startups revolutionizing mental health by EU-startups
Tor Ghai, co-founder & CEO of TorTalk, shared his story on SVT1's series "Jakten på Dyslexi"
Waqar Azeem, co-founder & CEO of ContentStudio, featured on TechJuice
Edtech company Ugglo is growing and signs deal with Sollentuna Municipality
Sting and Sting startups Airmee, RenBloc, Gimme Shelter, Gigital, Karma, Woshapp and Dreams, completed the Breakit Impact Challenge
GoFrendly, the friendship app for women, continues to grow and now has 100 000 users

Sting highlights

Sting included on Crunchbase list of incubators proving to be invaluable for entrepreneurs

TechCrunch-owned platform for finding business information, Crunchbase, listed top incubators around the world and Sting was among the chosen 15 incubators. Previously Silicon Canals listed Sting as one of the t op 10 accelerators in Europe. Sting also has been selected three times as Sweden's best accelerator/incubator program in Sweden.

Apply to Sting's Ignite Sweden event: Data-Driven Society

Is your startup ready for deployment or to pilot in an actual customer environment? Or are you seeking customers for validating your concept or product? If you answer yes, then you should apply to the Ignite Sweden event on 19 September that matches startups with established companies.

The theme for this matchmaking day is “Data-Driven Society” that includes interesting digital solutions in Fintech, Retail, Sustainability/Cleantech, Internet/Media, Gaming, Health, and Deeptech. Find out more and apply by August 30.

Upcoming events

Sting Open Coaching/Health, August 20 @ H2
Sting Open Coaching/Digital, August 20 @ WeWork Labs
Sting Open Coaching/Fintech, August 26 @ WeWork Labs
Sting Open Coaching/Sustainability, August 27 @ Norrsken House

Open Positions in Sting companies

Energytech company Renbloc is looking for a Tech Lead
Meta Solutions, the company that offers solutions for data management, is looking for a JavaScript Developer
E-sport platform WeHype is looking for a Head of Campaign Operations
Preschool platform Prion is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer
Curious about other opportunities? Have a look at our job board

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