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September 23, 2021

Nordic startups to watch, according to top Nordic founders

Here are the up-and-coming startups that five top founders from the Nordics want to spotlight.


Riddhi Kanetkar

9 min read

Miki Kuusi

The Nordics — Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland — are home to a thriving tech ecosystem, with startups in the region raking in €11.2bn in funding in 2021 so far — more than double the €5bn invested in 2020. 

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