For the 6th year in a row Wistrand and SEB have partnered up to find the next Startup Star! Join us at the awards and take the chance to meet inspiring, talented and creative people and of course, some lawyers from Wistrand as well.
Wistrand Startup Star 2017
The Business Idea Competition designed to help launch the next Star on the Swedish Startup Scene with a Legal, Financial and Communicative Boost.
12 May 2017 18:00Wistrand Advokatbyrå
Wistrand Advokatbyrå
Regeringsgatan 65, Stockholm
ABOUT THE AWARDS
When: Friday May 12, 2017
Where: Regeringsgatan 65, 7th floor
Our speakers:
Dr. Raoul Scherwitzl is the co-founder of Natural Cycles, an easy to use mobile app for contraception. Natural Cycles, which currently has over 150,000 users around the world, is the only app marked as a certified medical device for contraception.
Victor Broberg is one of the four founders of BuildSafe and last year’s winner of Wistrand Startup Star. BuildeSafe is an app that helps the construction business to identify, report and prevent accidents. Read more about BuildSafe’s journey here.
Many thanks for all the elevator pitches – the competition is now moving to the next stage
After receiving plenty of elevator pitches, the qualifying entries will be contacted and asked to submit a more detailed business idea description by the March 19. The jury will assess the ideas based on uniqueness, customer value, market potential, team commitment and creativity. During the first week of April, the finalists will present their business idea to the jury.
During the awards on May 12, the winner and two runners-up will be presented and receiving prizes* helping them boost their journey to startup stardom, including of a SEK 50 000 prize check, legal support, your own personal banker, communication tools, as well as other activities and programs providing training, advice and network opportunities.
Stay for the after party, and mingle with entrepreneurs, investors, business angels, communicators, finance providers and lawyers.
See you there!
* Any applicable tax on prizes are paid by the Winners.
For any questions regarding the evening, please contact christin.backman@wistrand.se
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Our Jury
Johan SiwersGeneral Partner and Investment ManagerRECAPEX, Silicon Vikings, IAB Sverige
20 years+ of experience managing digital change as an Executive, Advisor/Consultant and Investor. Passionate about disruptive business models where the development of the online channel, in particular within sales, marketing, communication and distribution, can have a fundamental impact.
Johan has been involved in breaking ground for a wide range of digital ventures within companies like Axel Johnson, Kinnevik, Spray, Schibsted and InterActive Corp (IAC).
Johan Siwers was recently selected as one of Sweden's top investors by Swedish business paper Dagens Industri.
Johan Siwers
Jonas HombertFounder & CEO Opti
Jonas is a product expert and entrepreneur at heart, having fathered two products surpassing a million users. Currently he’s working on the third as founder & CEO of Opti, a financial technology company that provides semi-automated advice through a mobile application. Being fully independent from the banks, the aim is simple; build the first financial advisor that has no other agenda than the customers.
Previously Jonas was co-founder & CEO of JayCut, a web based video editor that was acquired by Blackberry in 2011.
Mikael SjögrenHead of Corporate Market Sergelstorg BranchSEB
Mikael heads the corporate department at SEB's Sergelstorg branch, which is the bank's largest branch office in Sweden and is devoted to working with the corporate retail segment. Mikael has 16 years of banking experience from several different positions both in Sweden and China.
Mikael has helped foreign companies setup in China by advising on how to meet potential challenges relating to Chinese financial services rules and regulations.
Magnus ForssmanPartner & LawyerWistrand Law Firm
Magnus Forssman is a lawyer and partner with Wistrand's M&A department in Stockholm. He primarily focuses on transactional work, IT, tech and telecom matters as well as general corporate law, advising on e.g. acquisitions and divestments, investments, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, licensing agreements as well as IT outsourcings and procurements.
Magnus is the author of the publication "M&A - an introduction to the legal process, Norstedts Juridik 2011" (Sw: Företagsöverlåtelser - en introduktion till den legala processen).
Mona CohenEntrepreneurCohen+Co Talent Agents
Mona has a true passion for people and loves to find the right match between talent and employer. She has worked as a consultant at companies ranging from Proffice to international PR- and communication agency Prime, which has given her an extensive knowledge about humans, talents and handling complex communications projects. She is now running her own startup, an international talent agency, since the beginning of 2016, Cohen+Co Talent Agents, with the ambition to change the way recruitment is done. The key to success is what Mona calls a "reversed recruitment". With her network of agents she's constantly builds her exclusive talent pool, matching them with the top employers. Mona is also active on the Swedish start up scene where she is shareholder at Stockholms Affärsänglar and also recruit talents to startups.
