Build your network and showcase your business
Stockholm's vibrant startup scene offers many possibilities for aspiring and established entrepreneurs to meet up, mingle, learn and explore new possibilities together. These are just as many opportunities to showcase your business. We have listed below some of the most popular events and networking opportunities. You might also want to check Startup Events List Stockholm, a much encompassing local tech and startup events calendar.
Conferences and festivals
Stockholm offers many large conferences and festivals to the startup community, entrepreneurs and innovators, and to anyone wanting to make the world a better place altogether. Check out some of Stockholm's largest events.
January
Stockholm Songwriting Camp
When: January
Type: Two-day hub allowing musicians to meet, network and be inspired by new collaborations
Audience: Writers and producers from around the world
March
Women in tech
When: March, on internationals women's day
Type: All-day conference
Audience: Women working in technology in startups and all industries
May
SIME Summer
When: May
Type: Two-day conference about the Internet and digital opportunities
Audience: Anyone interested in exploring and creating new digital opportunities
Sting Day
When: May
Type: All-day conference
Audience: Startups in all industries
VR Sci Fest
When: May
Type: Four-day festival dedicated to immersive technology in science and art
Audience: Anyone from academia and business interested in immersive technologies
June
Eat Stockholm Food Forum
When: June
Type: Two-day conference
Audience: Anyone interested or involved in transforming our global food system to address challenges of climate, sustainability and health
Stockholm Foodtech The Big Meet
When: June
Type: All-day conference
Audience: Foodtech entrepreneurs and startups
Brilliant Minds - Symposium
When: June
Type: Two-day conference
Audience: All brilliant minds wanting to shape the future by challenging the present.
August
Frontiers
When: August
Type: One-day conference
Audience: Design and innovation conference celebrating "the marvels of design and innovation" to inspire, stimulate ideas exchange and let attendees discover new frontiers.
September
Stockholm Tech Week
When: September
Type: two-week of tech events (see list below)
Audience: creatives, startup founders, investors, business people, lawyers, and everyone else interested in tech and innovation
Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Stockholm
When: September
Type: One-day conference
Audience: investors, business people, lawyers, startup founders, and those aiming to launch a token sale
Comic Con Stockholm
When: September
Type: Three-day pop culture event
Audience: Everyone interested in pop culture, including movies, gaming, comics, television, Youtube, and Cosplay.
Dreamhack Masters Stockholm
When: September
Type: Touring esports championship featuring Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Audience: Gamers and esport enthusiasts
Festen
When: September
Type: Evening afterparty
Audience: Tech and startups, official after party for Nordic.design and Nordic.js
Gather Festival
When: September
Type: Interactive three-day conference and music festival
Audience: Anyone interested in innovating and making the world a better place.
Me Convention
When: September
Type: Three-day conference and festival
Audience: bright minds across all industries interested in exploring the future through the lens of technology, art, and design
Music Tech Fest Stockholm
When: September
Type: Interactive three-day festival
Audience: Academia and industry, artists, makers and scientists wanting to invent the future of music
Nordic Design
When: September
Type: All-day conference
Audience: Designers and creatives
Nordic js
When: September
Type: All-day conference
Audience: Javascript community
Nordic Life Science Days
When: September
Type: Three-day conference
Audience: Decision-makers from biotech, pharma and medtech as well as finance, research, policy and regulatory authorities
Stockholm Tech Fest
When: September
Type: Two-day conference
Audience: Tech startups
Swift & fika
When: September
Type: One-day conference with pre-event and evening social activities
Audience: Developers interested in swift developments
November
Internetdagarna
When: November
Type: Two-day conference
Audience: Anyone working with Internet
Ignite Sweden Day
When: November
Type: All-day conference
Audience: Anyone interested in startup and corporate collaboration
SIME Stockholm
When: November
Type: Two-day conference about the Internet and digital opportunities
Audience: Anyone interested in exploring and creating new digital opportunities
December
Sweden Demo Day
When: December
Type: All-day conference and pitching event
Audience: Startups
Recurring events and meetups
Want to meet your peers, make new business connections, or discover new areas that could help you take your business to the next level? Stockholm buzzes with meetups and networking events. Searching for Stockholm events on Eventbrite, Meetup or Facebook will fetch a vast amount of one-off or recurring networking events. We have selected some of the most popular meetups and ad hoc events in town here.
Code in the Dark
When: September
Type: Coding contest at Nordic js
Audience: Javascipt community
Fuck Up Nights
When: Ad hoc
Type: Evening conference
Audience: Entrepreneurs wanting to share and hear about other entrepreneurs' failure stories
Google Tech Talk
When: Recurring
Type: Meetup
Audience: Developers
Goto10 Evenemang
When: Recurring
Type: Theme-based meetups
Audience: Anyone interested in starting or running a digital business
Impact Hubs events
When: Recurring
Type: Theme-based meetups
Audience: Anyone interested in social impact
SheSupp
When: Recurring
Type: Theme-based meetups
Audience: Women interested in becoming entrepreneurs
Silicon Vikings Stockholm Chapter
When: Recurring
Type: Meetup
Audience: Nordic startups and investors
Startup Grind
When: Recurring
Type: Meetup
Audience: Startups
Startup Weekends
When: Recurring
Type: Pitch and business hacking events on various themes: foodtech, health, IOT
Audience: Students, innovators and startups
Stockholm AI Meetups
When: Recurring
Type: Meetup
Audience: industry professionals and researchers within the AI community
Sthlm.js Meetup
When: Recurring
Type: Meetup
Audience: Javascript community
Stockholm Entrepreneurs Meetups
When: Once a month
Type: Meetup
Audience: Entrepreneurs, startups, developers, investors, marketers
Stockholm Hardware Meetup
When: Recurring
Type: Afterwork meetup
Audience: beginners, experts, engineers, creatives, startups, enterprises in the hardware community
STHLM Music House After work
When: Recurring
Type: Afterwork meetups
Audience: Music and creatives
Stockholm Tech Meetup
When: Once a month
Type: Meetup
Audience: Entrepreneurs, students, startups, investors
SUP46 events
When: Recurring, ad hoc
Type: Theme-based meetups
Audience: Entrepreneurs, startups, investors
Sup46 Femtech
When: Recurring
Type: Meetup
Audience: Women interested hearing about different perspectives on working in tech
Swedish Growth Hackers
When: Recurring
Type: Meetup
Audience: Anyone interested in growth hacking
TEDx Stockholm
When: Ad hoc
Type: Half-day events with after party
Audience: Anyone interested in hearing about ideas worth sharing
The Baash
When: Recurring
Type: Theme-based meetups
Audience: Women interested in hearing and sharing female entrepreneurs' stories
Uberaw
When: Once a month
Type: Meetup
Audience: Anyone working with social media
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