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<br>Sweden’s startup ecosystem capitalizes on the country’s unique advantages, such as its high quality of life, entrepreneurship mentality, strong business climate, and high level of English. Historically, Swedish entrepreneurs have built extremely high-quality global startups, like Spotify, Minecraft, Klarna, and King. Recently, Lovable joined the league of globally successful startups with its production-ready software that does not require coding skills. These are achievements very few European ecosystems have matched. Considering its population of around 10 million, Sweden is a textbook example of how small countries can create massive impact on the global startup ecosystem. However, recent setbacks, such as the bankruptcy of Northvolt, a major player in EV battery production, highlight the challenges that capital-intensive startups can face, even in a strong business environment.<br></p>
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<p><br>Thanks to its relatively small population and market, Swedish entrepreneurs have naturally focused on building global startups, which explains why Stockholm is one of the global leaders in producing unicorns. The success of Stockholm is further supported by Invest Stockholm, which aims to bolster the growth of SMEs through loans, business development services, and venture capital. Moreover, Sweden’s innovation agency, Vinnova, stimulates the climate of entrepreneurship within the country. On a macro level, Business Sweden and the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth are working to promote the growth of companies, a sustainable business sector, and competitiveness in Sweden. As another step toward strengthening the startup ecosystem, Startup Sweden launched Sweden Startup Nation, an independent initiative that aims to enhance data-driven insights and policy development to support startups and scaleups.<br></p>
<p><br>Support for the startup scene is reflected in the number of events, coworking spaces, and accelerators in Sweden. Examples include well-established accelerators such as Sting, a leading accelerator active in Sweden since 2002, and Norrsken Foundation, an initiative founded by Klarna’s co-founder to support startups solving global challenges.<br></p>
<p><br>One of the challenges standing in the way of growth is the high cost of living in Sweden, making it harder for startups to consider relocation unless they receive investment in the initial phase. The country is taking steps toward attracting and maintaining international talent to keep the Swedish startup ecosystem globally competitive. Several initiatives are assisting on this front, such as Eye for AI, which aims to attract top talent in AI to Sweden by offering training to participants and integrating them into the Swedish AI community through projects. Additionally, the Sweden Self-Employment Residency Program enables potential entrepreneurs to start a business in Sweden while also giving them free access to higher education and a number of other benefits. Further, people who have their own businesses may apply for a residence permit.<br></p>
<p><br>As one of the most innovative countries in the world, Sweden remains a great location for entrepreneurs to test their ideas, scale them up, and go global.<br></p>

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<br>Sweden’s startup ecosystem capitalizes on the country’s unique advantages, such as its high quality of life, entrepreneurship mentality, strong business climate, and high level of English. Historically, Swedish entrepreneurs have built extremely high-quality global startups, like Spotify, Minecraft, Klarna, and King. Recently, Lovable joined the league of globally successful startups with its production-ready software that does not require coding skills. These are achievements very few European ecosystems have matched. Considering its population of around 10 million, Sweden is a textbook example of how small countries can create massive impact on the global startup ecosystem. However, recent setbacks, such as the bankruptcy of Northvolt, a major player in EV battery production, highlight the challenges that capital-intensive startups can face, even in a strong business environment.<br>

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<br>Thanks to its relatively small population and market, Swedish entrepreneurs have naturally focused on building global startups, which explains why Stockholm is one of the global leaders in producing unicorns. The success of Stockholm is further supported by Invest Stockholm, which aims to bolster the growth of SMEs through loans, business development services, and venture capital. Moreover, Sweden's innovation agency, Vinnova, stimulates the climate of entrepreneurship within the country. On a macro level, Business Sweden and the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth are working to promote the growth of companies, a sustainable business sector, and competitiveness in Sweden. As another step toward strengthening the startup ecosystem, Startup Sweden launched Sweden Startup Nation, an independent initiative that aims to enhance data-driven insights and policy development to support startups and scaleups.<br>

<br>Support for the startup scene is reflected in the number of events, coworking spaces, and accelerators in Sweden. Examples include well-established accelerators such as Sting, a leading accelerator active in Sweden since 2002, and Norrsken Foundation, an initiative founded by Klarna's co-founder to support startups solving global challenges.<br>

<br>One of the challenges standing in the way of growth is the high cost of living in Sweden, making it harder for startups to consider relocation unless they receive investment in the initial phase. The country is taking steps toward attracting and maintaining international talent to keep the Swedish startup ecosystem globally competitive. Several initiatives are assisting on this front, such as Eye for AI, which aims to attract top talent in AI to Sweden by offering training to participants and integrating them into the Swedish AI community through projects. Additionally, the Sweden Self-Employment Residency Program enables potential entrepreneurs to start a business in Sweden while also giving them free access to higher education and a number of other benefits. Further, people who have their own businesses may apply for a residence permit.<br>

<br>As one of the most innovative countries in the world, Sweden remains a great location for entrepreneurs to test their ideas, scale them up, and go global.<br>

Mentimeter

Teamtailor

Natural Cycles

Instabox

Trustly

The country has some notable startup success stories including , Instabox.

Sweden has 19 cities in the
    top 1000 and has a vibrant startup scene that ranks 6th
    within the competitive global top 10.

Sweden’s startup scene remains stable in 2025 on the
      6th position, having gained 7
      more cities in the global top 1000. 

Sweden’s startup ecosystem ranks 2nd in Western Europe and 6th globally. Sweden’s startups raised 9897062 US dollars on average. Find the most promising startups, unicorns, and notable exits in Sweden.

Startup Ecosystem of Sweden | Startupblink

Our startup ecosystem map for Sweden includes a sample of  2116 tech companies. We have identified as unicorns 7 startups that have passed the USD 1 billion valuations. Contributing to the vitality of this startup ecosystem are the 5 pantheon member entities.

With a large variety of accelerator programs and initiatives, Sweden's startup scene stands out from that of other countries in Western Europe. Sweden offers a number of funding
opportunities for entrepreneurs and startups. Below is a list of some of Sweden's most prominent support initiatives:

An inspiring ecosystem that is steadily due to its growing use of digital technologies, rapid urbanization and planned investments

WADAAG TECHNOLOGIES

Sostec

FGS Bill Tracker

Zaad

Wadaag Investment

A growing regional and global startup leader 

bitget.com

AscendEX

DeBank

Trip.com

Viki

A vibrant and strong startup hub attracting international recognition and investment

Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá

Founder Institute (FI) Bogota

RockStart Latam 

Calle 26 # 92-32

Carrera 7 #116-50

Carrera 19 # 100 - 45

Toastmasters Bogota

Picap

Autolab

Cubbo

Rappi

Addi

Bold

Carrera 12a #78-40

A leading regional startup hub owing its succes to the creative and innovative spirit of its people 