Hans Rausing, driving force behind Tetra Pak, dies at 93

Hans Rausing, the Swedish industrialist who helped turn Tetra Pak into a global packaging group, has died aged 93, his family said in a statement. Source: Reuters


How To Pitch

Your startup pitch is everything and knowing how to pitch a startup is essential to your success. It doesn’t matter how innovative, well thought-out or potentially profitable your product idea is – if you can’t attract investors to your startup, your business will face serious difficulty scaling up and achieving wide-spread success.  Keep your pitch simple! You…


Monthly Newsletter – August

Green burgers – a boost for impact investments Silicon Valley is the number one spot for electric cars and solar panels. And as a state, California dominates in green initiatives and efficiency. Even so, finding venture funding has been a contrary story for many cleantech startups coming to Silicon Valley. This could be about to change….


Meet our new interns!

Sofia Hallberg and Elise Ekman have just arrived from Sweden to join us as interns at SACC-SF/SV. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with them and are certain that we will learn a lot from each other during the upcoming months.  In order for you to get to know them a bit better…


The Networking Advice No One Tells You

If you want to be successful, you need to spend time networking. It’s great advice. But the critical missing piece to this advice is exactly how to network. (Forbes 2018) Read this article to learn more. Or, attend our workshop.


Are you looking for a new job?

SACC-SF/SV is launching a new career and job service this fall. We will offer seminars, workshops, career advice and meetings with potential employers. On our web, you will find useful articles and a new job board where we will post exciting job opportunities in our network.   Do not miss our first workshop: How to network for a new…


New Tesla competitor in SF

It has been called a Google-powered all-electric Tesla killer. Polestar 2 and Volvo Cars Road Show lands at Pier 35 in San Francisco this weekend. “A brand offshoot from Volvo’s original Polestar hybrid vehicle, the Polestar 2 will be the Swedish-Chinese carmaker’s first 100% electric vehicle, described by the company as “an avant-garde 5-door fastback,…