With companies like Budbee, Washaway, Voi Technology, Digiexam and Klarna in SSE business Lab’s portfolio, there is no doubt that the expectations are high on the new companies that are now entering the incubator. Three of the companies are starting the Activate program, an eight-week acceleration program, and eight companies are starting the Incubate program, where they can receive support for up to 18 months.

The majority of the newly admitted companies had mixed founding teams in terms of gender identity, and diversity is also found among the ideas themselves; everything from a solution to measure water levels in the world’s poorest countries with simple and cheap mobile technology, to a new rent-to-own concept on the housing market enabling more people to become homeowners.

Anna Stenberg is one of the members of the Board of Admissions, and Chief People and Platform Officer at Kinnevik who recently received the Allbright prize 2021. She is impressed by the new companies.

"I’m thrilled that we are able to put the bar as high as we do when assessing which companies to admit. The potential in these companies is enormous, and now they have the perfect conditions in the incubator to realize that potential", she says.

The CEO of SSE Business Lab, Julia Delin, looks forward to getting to work with these companies.

"It is always exciting to see what happens when you gather such a wide array of ideas and people under the same roof, and give them the opportunity to help and learn from each other. There is a broad set of different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences among these entrepreneurs, and I’m convinced that they will find it immensely valuable to share learnings with one another", she says.

In the incubator, the companies will get support through coaching, workshops, mentoring, partner network, investor networks and more. All startups with a team member who is a student, alumni or faculty member of the Stockholm School of Economics can apply to the incubator. Read more on SSE Business Lab’s website, ssebl.com.

The following companies have been admitted this time:

Incubate:

Buzz: A virtual office that reimagines remote work and the flow of in-person collaboration. See, talk and co-work without links, with just one click.

Charlie: Making homeownership available for everyone by introducing a new rent-to-own model to the Swedish market.

Chimer: Letting salespeople send out personalized sales assets to their leads and then help get people connected via video to kick-start the sales process.

Ebie: Replacing the commercial rental deposit with an insurance alternative, that unlocks capital for the tenant and gives the landlord better protection, creating a win-win situation.

Kaspian: An AI powered platform that helps Private Equity firms make better decisions based on the data they already have in all their research files but do not know.

Ledarskapsjouren: A digital platform where professionals can get expert-advice and mentorship through video-calls.

Petropolis: A digital platform for everything dog-related, connecting dog-owners, pet corporates and dog experts, creating mutual benefits for all.

Water in Sight: Allowing citizens in poor countries to transmit measurements of water using their phones to submit to online databases.

Activate:

Flowta: A Point-of-Sale system analysis tool that gives grocery stores insights on what items they should sell at a discount in order to minimize food waste and maximize revenues.

Orka: A B2C platform and one-stop-shop for fitness creators and workout-interested people to connect and interact.

Outbranch: A plug & play solution that optimizes social networks within a firm to facilitate knowledge sharing and increase efficiency.

About SSE Business Lab:

SSE Business Lab is the startup incubator of Stockholm School of Economics, open to all current and former students as well as faculty of SSE, that have founded a business. We provide support through one of our three programs; Ideate, Activate and Incubate. SSE Business Lab offers coaching, mentorship, workshops and connections to a network of alumni and investors as well as first-class partners, such as Assessio, Scrive, Grosshandelssocieteten as part of Stockholms Borgerskap and Sigma Sweden Software.