Swedish Innovation Sara Hermansson & Sandra Bourbon

In this episode we meet Johanna Hultén, a ClimateTech entrepreneur and inventor and the force behind Cestore. She's on a mission to tackle the climate crisis with groundbreaking innovations: ocean-based carbon capture and carbon conversion. With her technology, removing gigatons of carbon dioxide annually is both feasible and cost-effective, bringing us closer to the goal of limiting global warming to under 2 degrees Celsius.
We also discuss the financial aspect of pioneering deep-tech solutions like Cestore. What types of capital are suitable, and when should they be secured? Join us for an insightful conversation with Johanna, a climate visionary.

EPISODE LINKS
Cestore website
Add Johanna Hultén on LinkedIn

Can you fight single-use plastics products as a small start-up with limited resources? Can you really create a deodorant that is so great it lasts for longer than your lifetime and can be passed on to your grandchildren? And how should you do to be successful on Kickstarter? 

Adam Webb, serial entrepreneur, gives his advice on how to make your idea become reality, but also shares his own failures along the way. 

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Kickstarter campaign to lifelong deodorant 

Connect with Adam on Linkedin 

Lifelong.eco 

When everyone else fights for the market shares of e-scooters in the big cities, Hopp has a different business model that works perfect for small towns. Through franchise they have reached small cities like Kiruna long before anyone would imagined. In this episode we talk about the e-scooter business, what difference it makes to both the customer experience, sustainability, quality and market expansion to use a franchise business model. Michel also tells us about the profitability of the franchise model and that it actually can be very profitable for the e-scooter franchise owners. 

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Connect with Michel Given on Linkedin 

HOPP 

What's the difference between the swedish startups and a typical valley start-up? 

Annie makes a comeback and gives her review of 2022 in terms of innovations. She also talks about how Swedish startups can learn from Silicon Valley by the program TINC from Nordic Innovation House. And what's the difference between Swedish start-ups and typical valley start-ups? 

If you're interested, apply to TINC on the link below. 

EPISODE LINKS

Nordic Innovation House - TINC program 

Connect with Annie on Linkedin 

Why is Sweden so innovative? And how can we boost innovation specifically within the mining industry? Can you direct in which field to be innovative? 

Jenny Greberg invited Darja isaksson, who is the director general at Vinnova, to discuss these topics with us. 

Vinnova is Sweden’s innovation agency that helps to build Sweden's innovation capacity and contributing to sustainable growth. Their vision is that Sweden is an innovative force in a sustainable world. Vinnova together with Formas and the swedish energy agency are the investors of Swedish Mining Innovation

EPISODE LINKS

Follow Darja Isaksson at Linkedin

Vinnova

Follow Jennie Greberg at Linkedin 

Swedish Mining Innovation 

Recycling metals, will that kill the mining industry? 

In this episode we get insights from reality regarding circular economy within the mining industry. We talk about the current state of recycling, the upsides with it but also the drawbacks with Charlotte Andersson

Charlotte is associate professor in metallurgy at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden’s and one of Europe's leading universities in mining research. Charlotte has an extensive background in mining innovation with a career spanning more than 20 years: She has done research on fossilfree steel production, and worked on industry R&D for state-owned mining company LKAB. Charlotte was the programme director of Swedish Mining Innovation between 2015 and 2018 and is a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

We also talk to Linn Andersson, general manager at Boliden Rönnskär, who is recycling copper already today from old cellphones and computers. Rönnskär in Skelleftehamn is one of the world's most efficient copper smelters.  Today the smelter is a world leader in electronics recycling.



EPISODE LINKS 

Connect with Charlotte at Linkedin 

Connect with Linn at Linkedin 

Swedish Mining Innovation 

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