Sting Day 2023

18 October 11:30Sergel Hub

An exclusive meeting place for investors and entrepreneurs in the Nordics

Sting Day is an exclusive, invite-only event for 400 select guests, the premier meeting ground for Nordic investors and entrepreneurs.

You will meet:

60+ handpicked startups and scaleups ranging from pre-seed to series A phase.
200 investors from 15 countries, including senior-level representatives from the major VCs as well as experienced angel investors.

Sting Day's uniqueness lies in its non-commercial nature, where only the most promising startups/scaleups and relevant investors are selectively invited, fostering unparalleled networking opportunities. This exclusivity has consistently attracted international investors to the event, making it one of a kind.

At Sting Day, you can expect engaging and insightful talks from entrepreneurs who have successfully built companies over the past 10-15 years. Additionally, the event will include three exclusive sessions tailored for investors and entrepreneurs, focusing on ClimateTech, HealthTech, and DeepTech.

As an investor, you can schedule one-on-one meetings throughout the day with your preferred startup/scaleup from the lineup of 60. We have dedicated rooms for these meetings. To streamline this process, you will receive a brochure with information on all the companies in advance, and you can also connect with many of them in an exhibition area. To cap off a fantastic day, join us for drinks, dinner, and music.

Sting Day is an exclusive invite-only event, and we typically have a substantial waiting list. In order to maximize attendance and minimize food wastage, we kindly request that you unregister by October 11th if you are unable to attend.
After this date, a no-show fee of 2500 SEK will apply if you haven't checked in at the event.

We eagerly anticipate your presence in Stockholm on October 18th.

Confirmed Speakers and Panelists

Stina Ehrensvärd

Founder and Chief Evangelist, Yubico

With a background in industrial product design, Stina is the co-inventor of the YubiKey strong authentication key, and a leading driver behind FIDO/WebAuthn open authentication standards. Stina is an accomplished speaker on internet identity, security, and entrepreneurship, having addressed audiences at the Oslo Freedom Forum, CES, RSA, SXSW, Wired Security, Stanford University among others.She has been awarded many international accolades during her career, including named as the Most Powerful Swedish Woman Entrepreneur 2018 by the Swedish Business Press.Born in Seattle, USA, Stina grew up in Sweden, and have since 2011 lived in Palo Alto, California, with her husband and three children.

Setu Saveda Suvannan

Founder and CEO of ReOrbit

Dr. Sethu Saveda Suvanam is the founder and CEO of ReOrbit, a Finland-based company with the mission of designing the next generation of MEO and GEO small satellites. Educated in India and Sweden, Sethu Saveda Suvanam is an aerospace engineer.

He holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. In November 2019, he founded ReOrbit with the aim of changing the way satellites are designed and used. ReOrbit develops satellites that are reconfigurable, scalable for different missions, and equipped with autonomous orbital capabilities.

Michael Arnör

Co-Founder & CEO at Sellpy

Johan Bloom

CEO Curus

Johan has a background in the pharmaceutical industry. Founder of media company Add Health Media and investment company Curus. Johan has invested in more than 25 digital health companies since 2016.

Rebecka Löthman Rydå

Investment Director, Inventure

Rebecka is an Investment director at Inventure VC, she has extensive experience from the Nordic tech scene and has spent eight years in the venture capital industry and invested in many companies especially in software, data and AI. Rebecka started her career at EY and also spent time on the operator side as CFO. Rebecka has worked and invested in companies such as Funnel, Jobbatical, Hopsworks and TrusTrace.

Rebecka loves meeting founders early and does not believe in the need for warm intros. She always tries to find ways to support and add value. On the lookout for transformative companies taking on big and important problems. When she’s not looking for the next company to invest in she loves long distance running or reading a great sci-fi book.

Andreas Helbig

Partner, Atomico

Andreas is a Partner at Atomico, focussing on sourcing deals in the Nordic and Baltic regions, and diving deep into SMB SaaS, vertical SaaS, and B2B Marketplaces.

Andreas first joined the Berlin-based VC Project A as an intern during his Master’s degree, where he caught the entrepreneurship bug. He then cut my teeth for 6 months at the German InsurTech GetSafe at a time when it had less than 10 employees, then re-joined Project A as a full-time Analyst, where he got promoted to Principal and was brave enough to move to Stockholm in the dark Nordic winter to open up the fund’s local presence. After a total of 5.5y at Project A, Andreas moved on to join Atomico in mid 2020, where he continues to focus on the Nordics and Baltics and/or B2B companies, with a soft spot for all things SMB SaaS, SaaS with an AI component, and B2B Marketplaces. Further, Andreas is involved in the New Mobility cluster, working with Lilium and Vay on modern and sustainable transportation.

Marek Kiisa

Co-Founder and Managing Partner at NordicNinja VC

As an investor, advisor or board member, as a coach - my role is to invest in outstanding entrepreneurs across the globe and do to whatever is in my power to improve the odds of success along the way.

Simon Turner

Partner at Sofinnova Partners

Eloisa de Castro

CEO of Enerpoly

Eloisa de Castro is the CEO of Enerpoly, the Swedish zinc-ion battery technology company. In 2020, Eloisa joined Enerpoly with the mission to build a sustainable and reliable supply of stationary batteries for the global clean energy transition. Eloisa has over a decade of experience in technology leadership and entrepreneurship in the energy and aerospace industries. Prior to joining Enerpoly, she was the Director of Market Operations at Modern Energy, focusing on power markets and investment in grid modernization. Eloisa has led the development of specialized power and energy products in previous roles as CTO of Hoplite Power and Chief Mechanical Engineer at Princeton Satellite Systems. Eloisa earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at MIT and MBA at INSEAD.

Sebastian Rudenstam

Co-Founder & CEO, Beleco

Sebastian, a visionary who in his early ages felt driven by a higher purpose, began to question how we live and work. He wondered if it would be possible to create a new infrastructure and change work and life as we know it? Could he contribute to a new society, where furniture was included in a circular economy, and where the office could be everywhere? A world, where you can live and work anywhere, anytime.

An idea was sparked. And in 2018, Beleco was born. With his unwavering determination and passion for creating a positive impact, Sebastian embarked on a journey to revolutionize the furniture industry and pave the way for a more environmentally conscious future. As the driving force behind Beleco, he continues to lead the company toward its mission of transforming how we think about work, manufacturing and — life.

Siobhan Brewster

Partner, AENU

Siobhan has been in early stage investing since 2016 when she cut her first angel check. Before joining AENU’s leadership team as Partner, Siobhan was a former Partner at Amplifier in Berlin and Entrepreneur in Residence with Cometa in Mexico City. Her recent investments include Agreena, Pivotal and Hometree. Siobhan also co-founded the sustainable travel company Atlas Unbound and worked for five years with Macquarie and ING across the US and Latin America in Infrastructure and Energy.

Andrea Zitna

Partner, Speedinvest

Experienced operator turned investor, Andrea brings with her 15+ years of commercial and strategy leadership experience across health, technology and consumer sectors. Andrea leads the digital health team at Speedinvest, based in London. She is passionate about the impact that science, technology and digitization can have on healthcare costs, access and outcomes.

Prior to Speedinvest, Andrea was the Chief Revenue Officer at Elvie, an iconic Femtech brand. She joined as employee number four and helped scale the business from a pre-revenue startup to one of the most successful women’s health technology businesses globally.

Andrea holds a degree in Physics from Oxford and an MBA from Harvard Business School and also held strategy and commercial roles at McKinsey & Company and Nectar. There, she specialized in consumer-facing industries and spent her early years in the CEE region before moving to the UK.

Andrea also sits on The Slovak Government Council for Science, Technology and Innovation and on the Board of Advisors at LUMUS Investment Collective - a female investor community focused on CEE startups.

Sandra Malmberg

Partner, EQT Ventures

Growing up with entrepreneurs as parents, Sandra has always had a passion for building solutions to important societal challenges at scale. This led her to later work with product and commercial innovation within the food industry - an industry that has a huge impact on planetary and human health.As a Director in the investment team, Sandra is focusing on sourcing and assessing climate- and food tech opportunities, and she’s curious to spend time understanding “what are we actually scaling if this company is successful?” Some of the investments Sandra has been involved in include our portfolio companies Formo, Insempra, and Sana Labs.

Maja Magnusson

Co-founder & CEO, Care to Translate

Maja Magnusson has a background in architecture and management consulting. She is a serial entrepreneur and since 2018 she has been part of building Care to Translate AB as Cofounder, with a focus on developing digital translation tools for the healthcare sector. Maja was born and raised in Munich, Germany and has been living in Stockholm, Sweden for the past 14 years.

Christina Lundbäck

Founder and CSO, SurfCleaner

Christina Lundbäck is the Founder, Chief Sustainability Officer and head of corporate relations of SurfCleaner - the unique startup that has developed a patented technology to efficiently clean up oil spills and littering from the ocean water. She is a business development professional with experience from managing sales and growth in large corporations and early-stage firms, with proven ability to define new markets, boost sales and reduce cost.Christina has a strong vision to make a positive and direct and sustainable impact on the environment and is a Sting Industry mentor and speaker in global sustainability events and podcasts to get the message out there. Christina is furthermore Member of Board in Cascade Drives and CorPower Ocean.

Anton Unger

CEO, Klimato

Anton co-founded Klimato in 2017 with the goal to reduce emissions in the food industry. Since 2017, Klimato has grown to a team 25+ people spread across offices in Stockholm, London and Paris, supporting over 150 food businesses across Europe on their journey towards a more sustainable food system. Last year, over 10 million servings were reported in the Klimato platform and the average climate impact was reduced by 23% compared to the year before.

Frida Emilsson

Co-founder & COO, Worldfavor

Fredrik Söder

Founder & CEO, Health Integrator

Fredrik Söder is founder and CEO of Health Integrator, a platform that tailors health plans and wellness services after your personal needs and preferences with proven health outcomes. Fredrik has a background within the IT, Finance and Pharma industry and now combines these by launching the first “digital vaccine”.

Sara Wallén

Founder, Mindmore

Founder Mindmore and serial social entrepreneur always focusing on solving public health challenges. Sara has received the award "Digital Psychologist of the Year" and was awarded the "Lilla Psykologpriset" issued by the Swedish Psychological Association for grit and innovation in her work in changing the way cognitive tests are used in healthcare.

Andrea Traversone

Managing Partner at NATO Innovation Fund

Jessica Schultz

Partner, Northzone

Jessica is a Partner at Northzone, where her main focus is consumer internet. Her portfolio includes Red Points, Na-Kd, Einride, Matsmart, Klarna, Outfittery, Flink and Fyndiq.Prior to joining Northzone, Jessica co-founded and was CMO of market-leading meal-kit service HelloFresh, spearheading the global marketing operations. She started her career in consulting at LEK, and holds an MSc, Economics & Business from the Stockholm School of Economics.