DISCOVER Stockholm startups

Funding data and any possible statistic on Stockholm startups and the local ecosystem. See how the local ecosystem scores against the European competition of startup hubs in the statistics below. If you have your own startup company find funding calls and accelerator programs to apply to, see statistics on previous participants of these programs. You can see the statistics on total investment raised, female founders or foreign-born and migrant founders in this tech hub.

All of the data is curated by the DEEP research team and comes from 1st party sources like the Annual Startup Heatmap Survey or our monitor for job creation, news mentions and female founders. Other data comes from 3rd party sources like Dealroom, Crunchbase or Stackoverflow.

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Scores
Popularity Score:84/100
9% of founder vote9th Rank
Popularity Growth:14/100
1% increase YoY12th Rank
Global Connectivity:73/100
27 connectivity points12th Rank
Brand Visibility:22/100
22 visibility points9th Rank
Foreign Founders:53/100
35% foreign-born founders18th Rank
Expansion Destination:17/100
7 local offices of unicorns10th Rank
Female Founders:94/100
19% female founders7th Rank
Developer Availability:44/100
9,251 developers9th Rank
Industry Connections:89/100
63% endorsements by founders9th Rank
Investment Raised:100/100
3,913mn € avg./yr.3rd Rank
Investment Growth:2/100
4% growth of 3yr average45th Rank
Exits:33/100
2,700mn € avg./yr.15th Rank
Value for Money:69/100
49% founder endorsements33rd Rank
Jobs Creation:37/100
278 jobs created last month9th Rank
Purpose Orientation:24/100
251% signal strength8th Rank
Ease of Doing Business:82/100
58% founder endorsements15th Rank
Entrepreneurial Universities:50/100
1329 university founders10th Rank
LogoOpportunityTypeDateDeadlineWebsite
Antler SwedenAccelerator2050-12-31open end
Sting AccelerateAccelerator2050-12-31open end
Program NameCityEquityFunding
STING AccelerateStockholm244,702.73
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Startup Success Stories

 

 Klarna

Klarna is a Swedish bank that provides online financial services such as payment solutions for online storefronts, direct payments, post purchase payments and more. The Fintech company was created in 2005, in Stockholm, by Sebastian Siemiatkowski (CEO), Niklas Adalberth and Victor Jacobsson.

Spotify

Spotify is a Swedish music streaming and media services provider. The famous audio streaming platform was founded in 2006 by Daniel Ek (CEO) and Martin Lorentzon. The company counted 130 millions premium users in the first quarter of 2020.

 Northvolt

Northvolt provides electrification and renewable energy storage designed for lithium-ion battery plant to produce batteries. The Swedish company was founded in 2016 by Paolo Cerruti and Peter Carlsson. It aims to establish a supply of sustainable batteries in Europe

ECOSYSTEM Data and statistics on Stockholm startups

What do I see here?Ecosystem Data is based on 1st and 3rd party research. Each source is individually checked and validated.

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