Startup Live! June 14 in Helsingborg

Malmö based startup Freedrum makes music learning both affordable and accessible to as many people as possible. Freedrum's drumkit and learning app can help bring these benefits to people globally. Passionate musician, Roy will showcase the beauty of air drumming for the startup community.

The history of Startup Live! will lead us in the future. Welcome and opening speech by tonight's moderator, Karolina Liljeroth-Dorozynska.

We believe the arts make the world better by breaking down social boundaries and spreading joy. To promote more music being created, we decided to make the products that we wish existed when we started drumming.Today Freedrum has a portfolio of the most accessible, flexible, and portable drumming products available.

We live in tumultuous times. Global pandemic, war, climate change, inequality, and many other global challenges continue to manifest anxiety, fear, and even anger for many. Why and how should we invest in founders and startups solving the world's most challenging problems? In this panel, you will hear from Aurora Kroon, Global Art Director of Sproud, a pea-based milk and lifestyle brand, Alfredo Jollon, MD of Techstars, an operational investor with global outreach, and Joel Larsson, GP of Pale Blue Dot, an early stage climate tech VC fund.

Moderator:
	Thathsara Palliyaguru MSc Innovation and Global Sustainable Development, Lund University
Panelists:
	Joel Larsson GP of Pale Blue Dot
	Alfredo Jollon MD of Stockholm Techstars Accelerator
	Aurora Kroon Global Art Director of Sproud

Keynote from Karin Ebbinghaus, CEO of Elonroads: The planet is desperate for a solution to cutting CO2 emissions from transportation. But if we can’t find a commercially viable solution, the transition won’t happen. We are in the midst of a massive paradigm shift: how can we redefine the conditions for electrified transportation and build a more sustainable alternative? 

Prudence Persson, co-founder & CEO of Manje Health and WJ Yang, founder & CEO of Mbegu Solar, take the stage to talk about bringing their Swedish-born startups into Africa. Manje Health is a search and discovery platform for chronic disease treatment in Africa. It connects people to the right specialists in a quick and cost-effective way. MbeguSolar was born from the idea that access to energy should be clean, reliable, and affordable. MbeguSolar platform connects micro-enterprises in emergent market with existing solar solutions by providing credit sale technology to last mile distributors. 

Moderator:
	Gertrude Chilufya Westrin Junior Developer Advocate at Qlik
Panelists:
	Prudence Persson Co-founder & CEO of Manje Health
	WJ Yang Founder & CEO of Mbegu Solar

Keynote from Vahid Sohrabpour, CEO SAVEGGY: Globally, about 45% of fruits and vegetables get wasted. How can we extend the shelf-life and create direct positive climate impact? How can we save more energy through value chain, reduction of inventories, and ensure more food reaches consumers of the world? Vahid has the answers.

We’ve heard the phrase “hardware is hard” more than once. It’s true, it can be pretty hard, but the massive opportunities are worth the efforts. Andreas Granath will lead us in a discussion on building a sustainable product with the future in mind. In this panel, you will also hear from Mariana Sanchez, Digital Product Manager of Allihop AB, an innovative green travel software expanding into the European market, and George Charkviani, CEO of Freedrum, a tech startup developing physical and digital products that allow users to create and share creative content.

Moderator:
	Andreas Granath Founder of Waerna.io
Panelists:
	George Charkviani CEO of Freedrum Studio AB
	Mariana Sanchez Digital Product Manager of Allihop AB

Most start-ups aren't poised to grow big enough to satisfy the needs of venture capital funds. Venture Capital money is expensive. Yet nearly every entrepreneur is on a crusade to raise venture capital. In this panel, Ida Herbertsson of MINC startup house, will lead a discussion with Kenneth Dambo, VC at Dreamcraft, and Isabel Nilson, Investment Manager of Spintop Ventures, around whether to grow a scale-up with VC money…or not. Founded in 2019, Dreamcraft, a pre-seed to series A VC investing in tech-driven companies in Europe and the Nordics, takes pride in it’s team of hands on venture engineers who support teams of dreamers and crafters to create successful companies. Spintop, an early stage VC investing in Nordic tech companies, was founded in 2009 and is backed by the European Investment Fund, Saminvest, Sitra and many high-profile tech entrepreneurs, and is currently investing from Spintop’s fourth fund. 

Moderator:
	Ida Herbertsson  Portfolio Manager & Head of Fast Track Capital of MINC
Panelists:
	Isabel Nilson Investment Manager of Spintop Ventures
	Kenneth Dambo VC at Dreamcraft

Self-driving vehicles, intelligent virtual assistants, and industrial robots are no longer figments of sci-fi movie plots. They’ve officially left the movie theatres and begun wandering onto our roads, into our living rooms, and packing our food deliveries. Technological advancements and innovations have improved our world in many ways. How can we take this one step further and start using these technologies to tackle some of the global challenges we’re facing today? Sony Innovation Managers, Rodrigo Rios , Innovation Manager at Sony Startup Acceleration Program, will simplify this for us. 

Hear a few words of inspiration from the CDO of the Department of Digitalization at The City of Helsingborg. 

TECHSHIP project creates conditions for young people, regardless of background, to reach their full potential with the help of entrepreneurship, innovation and technology. Wave Ventures is the first student-run VC in the Nordics supporting  pre-seed investing in the most ambitious founders with the boldest visions. Listen to Aliya Sabir, Community Manager of HETCH and, Valtteri Korkiakoski from Wave Ventures talk about why it is critical to empower the next generation of change makers.

Moderator:
	Therese Olsson Regional Manager of Venture Cup
Panelists:
	Aliya Sabir Head of Sustainability & Startup Space at HETCH
	Valtteri Korkiakoski From Wave Ventures

Stick around after the main event and Rock’n’roll into the night with us! There might even be a prize for the best dressed. 👀