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September 1, 2026

Daniel Ek-founded Neko Health tops latest Sifted's Nordic ranking

The diagnostics clinic is the Nordics’ fastest-growing startup of 2026

Éanna Kelly

4 min read

Stockholm-headquartered Neko Health, the Daniel EK-founded diagnostics clinic, tops the third Sifted 100: Nordics Leaderboard — an annual ranking of the 100 fastest-growing companies in the region, in partnership with AI infrastructure company Nebius.

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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