Call for Proposals: Innovative Starups 2025

This the call for proposals is aimed at knowledge-intensive, newly started limited companies with innovative business ideas that build on the founders' unique knowledge and experience. The companies should have potential to contribute to sustainable social development and create benefit both in Sweden and internationally.

Companies should innovatively develop and use knowledge that is difficult to produce or copy – for example, research results, technical solutions, creative processes or specialized expertise.

The companies should be in an early stage, still working on developing and testing their business model, and have the ambition to create growth.

It is possible to apply for up to SEK 500,000 for an innovation project that strengthens the company's competitiveness. The project may last a maximum of nine months and must start in November 2025.

Application deadline: August 26, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CEST)!

Click here to read more about Vinnova's Innovative Startups 2025 call for proposals!

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