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Sweden Startup Nation
Sweden Startup Nation (SSN) is an independent initiative focused on enhancing Sweden's innovation ecosystem by collecting and sharing data on startups and scaleups. It collaborates with over 100 research and innovation environments across Sweden to improve the conditions for growth.
Overview
What Sweden Startup Nation does
What Sweden Startup Nation is
Sweden Startup Nation (SSN) is an independent initiative focused on enhancing Sweden's innovation ecosystem by collecting and sharing data on startups and scaleups. It collaborates with over 100 research and innovation environments across Sweden to improve the conditions for growth.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2024
- Approximate age
- About 2 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- March 31, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Sweden Startup Nation as a community
Community overview
Sweden Startup Nation (SSN) is an independent national initiative aimed at enhancing Sweden's innovation capacity by collecting, analyzing, and making data about startups and scaleups accessible. The organization seeks to highlight the significance of these entities, bridge knowledge gaps, and create better conditions for growth. SSN is led by a coalition of organizations including BLING, FUHS, Sweden's university innovation offices, and SISP, representing over 100 Swedish research and innovation environments.
Community focus
Sweden Startup Nation focuses on strengthening the startup and scaleup ecosystem in Sweden through data-driven insights and collaboration. The initiative aims to facilitate informed decision-making for authorities, policymakers, and the ecosystem by providing a central platform for facts and insights about Swedish startups and scaleups. It also advocates for policies that enhance the startup ecosystem and promotes international connections to foster trade, investment, and talent attraction.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- May 8, 2026
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Operators
- Benefits
- network-access
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- Europe
Community activity
Events and activity
The next event is the Launch of Sweden Startup Next, scheduled for May 8, 2026. This breakfast event will officially introduce the platform aimed at strengthening Sweden's startup and scaleup ecosystem through better data, insights, and collaboration.
Notable members
Notable members include Lisa Ericsson, CEO of KTH Ventures; Deqa Abukar, Founder of BLING Startup/Capital; and Stina Lantz, CEO of SISP.
Common questions
What to know about Sweden Startup Nation
Upseed classifies Sweden Startup Nation under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 31, 2026
Known limits
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