Bring your sustainable business idea to life with our comprehensive support system.
Coaching
Get guidance from our coaches and feedback from industry experts and successful entrepreneurs.
Funding
Get the chance to win up to SEK 10,000 in development funding to take your idea to the next level.
Network
Connect with investors, partners, and other entrepreneurs.
Competition criteria
Submitted entries will be assessed against the following main criteria:
Impact
The solution has strong potential to create value and benefit for its target groups.
Need
The solution addresses a relevant and underserved need.
Innovation
The solution is unique and demonstrates a high degree of innovation.
Feasibility
The solution is presented credibly with a realistic implementation plan.
Business viability
The solution demonstrates a business model that is sustainable in the long term.
Prize categories
Choose the category that best fits your business idea.
Sustainable health
In this category we seek business ideas that solve a health challenge and contribute to healthier lives — from prevention and treatment to promoting physical and mental wellbeing.
Sustainable environment
In this category we seek business ideas with the potential to solve today’s environmental challenges — for example innovative solutions or processes that enable smarter, more efficient use of resources.
Sustainable society
In this category we seek business ideas that contribute to or sustain a better society through social development — knowledge, inclusion, diversity, equality, or improving opportunities for vulnerable groups.
Who can enter Impact Cup 2026?
Anyone can compete as long as at least one person on the team is an active student at Stockholm University or Södertörn University.
What do I win?
At the finals, the jury selects one overall winner:
First prize: SEK 10,000 in development funding
This can be used to take your business idea to market by hiring external expertise.
Drivhuset and our partners also offer free advice and coaching to help you develop your ideas further.
“Be willing to push forward, dare to kill your darlings, and dare to ask for help. I'm quite stubborn. When I let go of that a little, I learned so much. I realised the idea is nothing if I can't communicate it or adapt it to a real need.”
— Esther Cole, first prize winner in the Sustainable Society category, Impact Cup 2025
Impact Cup 2026 – Timeline
20 May 2026
Applications open!
Impact Cup is open — submit your entry. You can compete with as many ideas as you like!
12 June 2026
Applications close
Last chance to submit your application. Impact Cup 2026 closes at 23:59.
June–July 2026
Selection
A screening jury will select the top 6 finalists.
August 2026
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Lectures & coaching
During August we host a series of lectures and coaching sessions to help you develop and sharpen your idea and pitch ahead of the finals.
1 October 2026
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Finals
The 6 finalists pitch their ideas to the main jury. One winner is selected and the prize awarded.
Our jury
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