Our startups make the world a better place.
We make them better companies.

Our offer to Startups

A contract period at Create is for up to 6 months, but most stay for up to one year and some stay for up to two years. Our startups are offered approximately 50 hours of business development, coaching, expert support and our Academy every six months. We don’t take a cut off the startups we help.The price for incubation is SEK 5,000 a month, excluding VAT

Coaches

A key part of our offer is our coaches. Our coaches have experience as entrepreneurs or from leading positions in the business world.

Academy

We offer customized courses designed for our startups. The courses concern sustainability law, brand communication, economics and internationalization.

Finance

Startups get access to our network of investors. We also offer a tool for valuing your company before an investment.

Expert support

Create has its own business developer employees who ensure that you get the support you need and develop your business in the right way.

Business community

Creates network can become your customers. We work closely with both the business community and the public sector.

Office space

Our offer includes an office space in a central location in Expectrum or B26 in Västerås and in Munktell Science Park in Eskilstuna.

Team develop & HR

You are offered our self-developed Startup Team Entrepreneurship Program that helps you build a functioning team.

Marketing & PR

Creates startups are offered advice in communication strategy, media processing and digital communication.

Excellence incubator

Create has been awarded SEK 7.2 million by Vinnova for the years 2021-2025, for which our startups can apply for market verification or development.

Our Team

Hanna Wiljebrand is not just a business developer, she is our and almost the whole of Sweden's HR hero. By almost, we mean that Hanna was one of three finalists for Sweden's most prestigious HR award. She helps you build your startup into a successful and high-performing team through our exclusive and tailored Startup Team Entrepreneurship Program.

Hanna WiljebrandBusiness Coach / HR-expert

Ulrik Rydén is our passionate tech nerd. Whether it's about electric machines, sales communication or digital business models, he has the know-how, or knows someone who has. In addition, he is responsible for attracting, verifying and preparing innovative startups prior to admission to Create.

Ulrik RydénBusiness Coach & Admission Manager

Madéleine Pilstrand is our straight-shooter and incubator manager. If you come to her with a challenge for your startup, you will get concrete steps to move forward to success. She knows how to turn an innovation into a successful business.

Madéleine PilstrandIncubator Manager

Ingela Wijkström is our rock when it comes to the economy. She not only keeps track of our own finances but also the payments of the verification funds from Vinnova that you can use for exempel to verify market potential and new technical solutions. In addition, if time allows, she can answer questions about what should end up in which box in the accounts.

Ingela WijkströmFinance Manager

Business developer Oskar Mineur is our lean green mean machine. Or rather, he's not so mean, but really good at lean and sustainability. This means that he is good at helping you focus on what has value for your end customer, in a smart, simple and sustainable way. This makes Oskar our go-to guy for most startups.

Oskar MineurBusiness Coach / Sustainability

Emma Göransson is our rock when it comes to supporting companies that are a little too old or large to really count as startups. She also works to make us look good with her commitment to successful communication.

Emma GöranssonProject & Communication Manager

Meet some of our coaches

For Anna Harrysson, business development is about making decisions and creating energy and movement going forward. No two situations are alike, so both decisions and processes look different depending on people, companies or problems to solve. She has an ability for both structure and creativity, which makes her extra good at complex problem solving and finding ways where not many have gone before.

Anna HarryssonBoard Member Svenska Möten

Mikael Lindfors has worked in international environments within sales and marketing. He has a facility for coaching people to good results and to translate short- and long-term goals into concrete action plans. Mikael has studied Industrial Economics and has a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Linköping University.

Mikael LindforsFormer Marketing- and Sales Manager, SPM Instrument AB

Marit Finch-Westin has worked with development and growth as Business Director in the municipal management in Eskilstuna. She has also worked with international company management in large companies in the IT industry on both the manufacturing and distribution side. Marit has extensive experience in business development, strategy, leadership, organizational development and change management.

Marit Finch-WestinFormer Business Director

Clas Tegerstrand has 27 years of experience in financing research and product development from the EU and national sources. He has a national and international network of contacts, in Europe, Israel, and the United States. Clas is really good at structuring development ideas and development projects as well as formulating sales and business ideas.

Clas TegerstrandFinancing Expert

Anna Rönnblom works with large industrial customers in change projects with a focus on business development. She works with sales and operations, sits on a number of boards, and conducts due diligence of investment objects for two angel investor companies. She is basically an engineer but has worked as a manager for over 12 years. Among other things, she has worked as an operations manager at ABB.

Anna RönnblomCo-founder Västerås Tech Invest

Christer Wikner has 10 years of experience in developing his own and others' growth companies in strategy, business development and organizational development under change. He has worked in product management, international marketing and company acquisitions for General Electric.There, as Business Development Manager, he initiated and implemented an acquisition of a listed company for more than SEK 3 billion.

Christer WiknerCo-founder HPSolartech

Contact us!

The person is as important as the idea and we like entrepreneurs who dare to take on.
Give us a call, visit us and tell us more about you and your startup. Are you interested to apply? Talk to Ulrik our Admission manager. He can assist you with your questions about incubation choices!