Maria Åhman

/ Business Development

Maria is Business Developer at Inkubatorn i Borås (Ink Borås) where she deals with companies in the textile field. On a daily basis she support startups in the entire business development process, from idea to market. She uses a dynamic multi-step process model with management support, production support, commercial networks and a creative development environment in a house called Textile Fashion Center. Other than support Ink Borås offer access to a co-working space and a maker space with a unique textile machine park. Maria has her background in the textile industry where she before her present position served as CEO for one of Scandinavia's leading suppliers of textile fittings for public environments. With her experience and passion for development, Maria focus on quality assurance, improvement of routines and processes, within the Incubator as well as our startups. Maria has a crucial role in the process of Ink Borås taking the position as Scandinavia's leading business developing partner for startups within the area of fashion technology. From the beginning of 2019 and forward, Ink Borås has an increased focus on attracting startups with technical innovations in textile and fashion.