BLING Startup

Overview

BLING Startup is a Swedish startup accelerator and investor supporting early-stage companies with funding and resources. They have supported over 2,500 entrepreneurs who have started more than 1,000 companies and raised over 200 million SEK in investments. Their support is free of charge, thanks to their partners and collaborations. They offer advice and counseling, incubation programs, investments through their fund, and founder matching services. Their incubator provides capital, an intensive program, and networks to take businesses to the next level. Through their fund, they offer investment and support to take businesses to the next level. They also offer a platform that matches investors with startups and an idea competition offering knowledge, networking, and seed money. Their vision is an inclusive, innovative, and competitive business community on equal terms—a business community that reflects the diversity of society. Together with their partners, members, and other friends, they challenge exclusionary structures, prejudices, and norms around entrepreneurship. They support everything from tech companies to non-profit organizations and social entrepreneurs. They are for anyone with ideas but who lack access to the often-closed spaces, networks, and contexts needed to realize them. They operate and develop their organization with the same method and vision of democratizing entrepreneurship, where no talent is lost. They do this by working for the underrepresented and making equal access to opportunities available to all entrepreneurs. This activates an otherwise overlooked potential and creates a catalyst for social and economic development.

Investment Focus

• At least one underrepresented founder in Sweden
• High potential of impact, disruptive solutions, and scalability

Portfolio Companies