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Why is Stockholm, a capital city with a population less than 1 million, home to global brands such as Skype, Spotify, Klarna, and Minecraft? \u201cI think it has to do with the Swedish creed,\u201d says Ben Eliass, CEO of body-care brand Estrid. \u201cIt’s a nation which put emphasis on high-quality education and invested heavily in telecoms infrastructure in the ’90s, so we all grew up with high-speed internet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many also credit a social welfare system that acts as a \u201csafety net\u201d for entrepreneurship. \u201cIt allows people to take high risk and start companies, not needing to be too afraid of the downsides,\u201d says Max Junestrand, CEO of legal tech startup Leya. Indeed, Sweden has now produced more unicorns per capita than any other country in Europe, except for Estonia, earning a reputation as the Silicon Valley of Europe. \u201cStockholm has a truly unique ecosystem where you can stand on the shoulders of giants,\u201d says Colin Treseler, CEO of Supernormal. \u201cThey have invested an incredible amount of resources into the talent here, creating a critical mass of engineers, designers, and product thinkers that are exceptional at their craft.\u201d<\/p>\n

Estrid<\/h2>\n

Once, at a dinner party, Amanda Westerbom confessed to her friends that she preferred to use men\u2019s razors. Surprisingly, many of her friends also did\u2014they not only offered a better shave but they were also cheaper. With the help of cofounders Alan Aygun and Ben Eliass, Westerbom decided to change that, and in 2019, they launched razor brand Estrid. \u201cWe designed the handle ourselves, bought a \u20ac500 3D printer from a hardware shop, and started iterating,\u201d Ben Eliass, CEO of Estrid, says. \u201cThat thing printed hundreds of handles, working day and night. In the end, it almost burned down my house because it was under such strain.\u201d The result is a five-blade razor with a vegan hydration strip and an ergonomic weighted handle that the company now delivers to over a million subscribers across Europe. \u201cWe are dethroning one of the most dominant consumer monopolies of the modern era, becoming a next-generation, all-encompassing personal care brand. A next generation Dove if you will.\u201d estrid.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Atlar<\/h2>\n

Joel W\u00e4gmark, Johannes Elgh, and Joel Nordstr\u00f6m met while working at fintech startup Vink, which in 2022 was bought by Visa for $2.2 billion. \u201cWe saw firsthand how quickly consumer fintech was changing,\u201d says Nordstr\u00f6m. \u201cBut the equivalent financial tooling for businesses just did not exist. Finance teams at the vast majority of companies use a mix of Excel, online bank portals, and legacy systems from the \u201880s and the \u201990s. It\u2019s a lot of manual work.\u201d Atlar, the bank-to-bank payments platform W\u00e4gmark, Elgh, and Nordstr\u00f6m launched in 2022, eliminates such complexity by automating payments for businesses with multiple bank accounts across Europe. \u201cWe connect directly to traditional banks and provide faster, more UX-friendly tools with which to manage cash, forecast cash flow, and make payments.\u201c says Nordstr\u00f6m. With more than 35 customers across 10 countries, including the US, UK, France, and Germany, Atlar has raised \u20ac13M from investors including Index Ventures and General Catalyst. atlar.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Leya<\/h2>\n

Leya has developed a GenAI platform that automates repetitive and manual tasks done by lawyers. \u201cWe saw firsthand how lawyers struggled with text and admin-heavy tasks such as filling in templates and extracting information from a large number of documents,\u201d says CEO Max Junestrand. \u201cWe want every lawyer to be empowered by AI in their work to accomplish more.\u201d The startup\u2014a Y Combinator alumni\u2014was founded in 2023 by Max Junestrand, August Erseus, and Sigge Labor. In July 2024, they announced a $25 million series A round, led by US VC Redpoint Ventures, totaling $36 million in funds raised. They have over 100 clients in 10 markets across Europe, including UK firm Bird & Bird, the largest law firm in the Nordics, Mannheimer Swartling, and Spanish law firm P\u00e9rez-Llorca. \u201cWe are focused on solving specific legal tasks,\u201d Junestrand says. \u201cThis has differentiated us from the crowd where the focus lies more on providing a platform of general LLM capabilities.” leya.law<\/a><\/p>\n

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