This initiative is a part of the project KRAFT, in collaboration with and co-funded by:

  • KRAFT
  • Co-funded by the European Union
  • Tillväxtverket
  • GU Ventures
  • SISP
  • Vinnova
  • Carl Bennet AB
  • Västra Götalandsregionen
  • Business Region Göteborg
  • Chalmers
  • University of Gothenburg

Two-day courses in Gothenburg · Autumn 2026

Financial Design for Startups

Most founders approach finance reactively, and spend years regretting decisions made in a rush. FDS takes a different starting point: treat finance as a design problem — deliberately, not one emergency at a time.

FDS aligns your company's purpose, your business opportunity, your financing strategy, your time horizon and your own agenda as an owner — on purpose, rather than one emergency at a time.

Built on eight years of research into what actually happens to venture-funded startups (the Exit Value Studies, Chalmers and University of Gothenburg, 2016–2024), and on thirty years in the Swedish startup ecosystem. For founders, board members, and the coaches and mentors who work with them.

FDS Course

24–25 September 2026 (Thursday–Friday)

Gothenburg · Konsistorierummet, Universitetets huvudbyggnad i Vasaparken

9,999 SEK excluding VAT

Includes lunch on both days, a diploma, a printed copy of the fds handbook.

15 of 15 places remaining

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Built on the Exit Value Studies — eight years of research at Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg into what actually happens to venture-funded startups, and on thirty years in the Swedish startup ecosystem.

The FDS Handbook — Sweden 2026 version — is published free later this month.