🚀 💡VARA Innovation Specialists is honored to have delivered the SPiRiT (Swedish Programme for Innovative Researchers Impact Training) bootcamp in Stockholm at KTH Innovation. After months of preparation, this Swedish national pilot programme will guide and support 10 fantastic deep tech teams on a transformative journey of Customer Discovery. I had the privilege of leading two day sessions alongside Johanna Morlor, helping to equip participants with critical tools and techniques to bridge the gap between their groundbreaking research and real-world challenges and applications.

🙏 A huge thanks to all who contributed to making this programme possible. Special mentions go to Vinnova’s Kjell Håkan Närfelt and Katarina Chowra for their visionand energy, and a nod to the unwavering leadership from National Process Leaders Kent Mrozek and Fredrik Edman ably supported by Carina Jenslid. A special mention to KTH Innovation hosts Eva Halén and Lisa Ericsson for making us all feel at home. Also thanks to key University key partners Luleå University of Technology, Lund University, Chalmers University of Technology, Blekinge Institute of Technology, and KTH Royal Institute of Technology. 

💪 Brilliant to see so many passionate minds in Sweden, united in the pursuit of impactful innovation. SPiRiT is set to accelerate research impact in Sweden by helping scientists go out there to better understand market and societal needs so that they can take their innovations from lab to market. Excited to see where this journey takes everyone! 🚀

Here’s to the teams and their coaches embarking on and being guided through this journey — Thomas Ottink, Bhavishya Goel, Madhavan Manivannan, José Leal, Maria Asplund, Filipe Marques, Niclas Roxhed, Gabriel Calderón Salmerón, Román de la Presilla, Sergei Glavatskih, Carl Toller Melén, Raj Machchhar, Tobias Larsson, Mark Jeeninga, Mohamad Ismail, Adel Attia, Iliana Kyriazidou, Liang Yu, Jonas Hedlund, Eric Chiquito Garcia and Ulf Bodin