Uppstart Malmö

Involvements

Uppstart Malmö

With a conviction that entrepreneurship creates jobs while reducing segregation and exclusion, Uppstart Malmö was founded in 2011 by Dan Olofsson and Luciano Astudillo. Uppstart Malmö is run as a not-for-profit foundation and is backed by great commitment from private investors, partners, the City of Malmö and Malmö’s business community. The idea is simple – more people in the workforce means a better Malmö. And so far, more than 3,500 people have found new jobs thanks to the activities of the foundation and the companies they collaborate with.

Our day-to-day operations are handled via Tillväxt Malmö, which has offices in central Malmö, and Level, an international incubator with offices and co-working facilities at the Mobilia shopping centre. Tillväxt Malmö offers business development for companies in Malmö that want to grow, while Level provides support in the three phases of entrepreneurship: dream, start and grow.

Both businesses organise seminars and events to spark inspiration and spread knowledge. But above all, we provide a meeting place where entrepreneurs can interact and learn from each other. Throughout the year, we have seen a consistent increase in the number of companies seeking some form of support from us.

In collaboration with Möllans Basement, Tillväxt Malmö launched a mentoring program for young people aged 18 to 22. It gives them the chance to meet representatives from the business community and gain valuable insight and a real-life connection to working life. This contact improves their opportunities to broaden their horizons, increasing their faith in the future and the possibility of one day having a successful career of their own.

In turbulent times, we have been a safe advisor to business owners and entrepreneurs. Many of them like using us as a sounding board that allows them to bounce thoughts and ideas off an external, experienced business developer. How can we adapt? How can we reduce energy use in the company? There are plenty of questions, and it is important to instil courage in these companies and help them build a stable, long-term plan for the future.

Read more about Uppstart Malmö in the yearbook

Involvements

Star for Life 

Through a unique school program, Star for Life's coaches help youth in southern Africa build self-esteem, motivate them to invest in their education and make wise life decisions.

Star for Life Jerusalem

Star for Life Jerusalem aims to improve the living situation in East Jerusalem through different initiatives for education, employment, IT skills development, and IT entrepreneurship programs.

Motivationslyftet

Motivationslyftet is a part of Star for Life's operations in Sweden that offers self-leadership educational programs to students from middle school to high school in various schools across Sweden.

FC Rosengård

FC Rosengård has one of Sweden's best and most well-merited women's football teams. The team had a historic 2022, winning the Damallsvenskan and Swedish Cup and competing in the Champions League.

Swedes for Ukraine 

Swedes for Ukraine is a digital platform, developed in record time, that connects Ukrainian refugees in Sweden in need of accommodation with Swedes who have accommodation to offer.

Utfallsfonden

Utfallsfonden funds organizations that offer solutions that create measurable improvements within health, well-being, education, the labour market, integration, housing, and security.

Bitprop

Bitprop enables landowners to transform their properties into profitable assets, believing that entrepreneurship provides both immediate and long-term sustainable solutions.

Project Kaxås 

Project Kaxås invests in young families who want to relocate to a scenic countryside and change their lifestyle. The project aims to counteract centralization and preserve the Kaxås rural school.

Thanda Foundation Trust

Thanda Foundation Trust contributes to the socio-economic, educational and developmental needs of the tribal communities adjacent to Thanda Safari in the Umkhanyekde District in South Africa.

Expect a Better Tomorrow Foundation

Every year, the Expect a Better Tomorrow Foundation launches an initiative to highlight a problem, an injustice, aiming to contribute to a better tomorrow. For someone, for some, or for all.

Special Olympics Sweden 

Special Olympics Sweden offers wide-ranging, recreational athletic activities for people with intellectual disabilities, aiming to give everyone a chance to have an active life, regardless of ability.

Hugos Stiftelse & Glädjeruset

Through, among other things, the Glädjeruset races, Hugos Stiftelse raises funds to support associations that promote an active life and better health for children and youth with disabilities.

Emerging Cooking Solutions

Emerging Cooking Solutions has developed a stove that burns waste biomass pellets instead of charcoal. This reduces the extensive climate impact and deaths caused by cooking over smoky fires.

Jewish Community of Malmö

The Jewish Congregation of Malmö welcomes Jews of all ages, lifestyles, and backgrounds. They have a rich offering of Jewish culture, events, religious services, kosher cuisine, and Jewish education.

The Swedish Committee against anti-semitism

The Swedish Committee against antisemitism is a religiously and politically independent organization whose purpose and focus is to counter antisemitism and racism through knowledge, information, and opinion formation.

Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum

Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum is an independent research foundation that initiates and conducts policy-relevant research on entrepreneurship, innovation, small businesses, regeneration, and growth.

Offerdals SK

Offerdal Ski Club is the village's club for the village's people. The Ski Club is actually a sports club with the aim of promoting and conducting sports activities across the municipality.

Offerdals Spelmanslag

Offerdals Spelmanslag has been performing its music across the world since 1985, including the USA, Russia, and South Africa. But most often, at stage performances at home in Jämtland.

RFK Human Rights

RFK Human Rights is an organization dedicated to preserving the memory of Robert F. Kennedy, continuing his work to fight oppression, and promoting a more just and peaceful world.

UWC Dilijan College

Dilijan College in Armenia is a member of the UWC organization, which aims to use education as a tool to bring people, nations and cultures together for a peaceful and socially sustainable future.