Financial Design for Startups (FDS)

Important results from the project

The project´s goal was achieved by developing a training module in Financial Design for Startups (FDS). The format is a two-day intensive course for incubator coaches, as a follow-up to GIA and IRP training. The first day covers best practices in business development for capitalization and financial planning from founding to exit. The second day covers the owner agenda, capitalization processes, exit processes and negotiation. The module can also be given to startups and investors in the future.

Expected long term effects

The FDS module can over time raise the level of expertise within the Swedish ecosystem, with effects such as higher survival rates, higher value growth and greater success for Swedish startups and, by extension, Swedish innovations. The effects will be proportional to the degree to which the FDS module is implemented nationally by actors in the ecosystem in the next stage.

Approach and implementation

The project was implemented according to plan with content development that was tested primarily by GU Ventures and secondarily by other incubators. Feedback from testers was used to improve the content that was tested again, and this process continued iteratively during the five months of the project.