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July 14, 2025

15 early-stage AI startups to watch in the Nordics, according to investors

Investors name some of the next AI startup successes to come out of the region


Mimi Billing

7 min read

Jasper Mills, cofounder of Stockholm-based early-stage AI startup Ethira.

The AI startup ecosystem in the Nordics has been gaining much greater recognition of late thanks to startups such as Lovable, Databutton, Legora, Tandem Health and Sana.

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Guillaume Durao is the founder of the new French VC Emblem, which has invested in Lovable.
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Sabina Wizander is a partner at Creandum, a European VC that led Lovable's seed round earlier this year.
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Oliver Molander is the founder of Inception Fund and a general partner at Zenith Ventures, having invested in Lovable and Tandem Health.
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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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