Startup Hubs Resources

Global

• Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2024: Top 100 Cities: 26) Stockholm 47) Helsinki 55) Tallinn 56) Copenhagen 66) Oslo and 71) Vilnius. By @StartupBlink (May 2024)
  
• Top 30 Startup-Friendly Countries in 2022 including #1 Sweden, #3 Denmark, #4 Finland, #14 Estonia, #17 Norway, #20 Lithuania, and #22 Latvia
• The State of Software and Data Startup Industry in 2022. By @StartupBlink
• The 5 best countries in Europe for founders and startups incl three from the Nordics: #3
• The Global Startup Ecosystem Index Report 2022. By @StartupBlink
• GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX 2018 Report
• These are the world’s most innovative economies - Sweden, Finland and Denmark among the top 10 of the world’s most innovative economies. By World Economic Forum
• The 19 countries with the best reputation in the world - Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark among the the top 8

Startup Advocacy Groups

• Allied For Startups @Allied4Startups

By Industry​​​​

• Global Sportstech Ecosystem Report 2024 - A comprehensive overview of the Global Sports Tech Ecosystem. By @sportstechx (June 2024)
  

Europe

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• State of European Tech 2022 Report. By Atomico, Orrick, Lazard, Silicon Valley Bank and Slush
• State of European Tech 2021 Report. By Atomico, Slush, and Orrick
• The state of European tech 2021: 21 things you should know. By @Siftedeu
• The European ScaleUp Monitor 2020 by Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship incl #NordicMade:
  • Countries: 4) Sweden, 12) Finland, 13) Norway, 14) Denmark
  • Cities: 3) Stockholm 10) Oslo 13) Helsinki 15) Copenhagen
• TOP 15: Europe's biggest startup hubs in 2020 incl #NordicMade: 8) Stockholm 11) Copemhagen 12) Tallinn and 14) Helsinki. By @EU_Startups
• REPORT - Titans of Tech 2020: The number of billion-dollar European tech companies has nearly quadrupled since 2014. By @GPBullhound
• The 2019 Global Startup Ecosystem Report. By Startup GenomeEstonia, #4 Sweden and #5 Finland. By @EU_Startups (Nov 2019)
• Some of Europe’s most successful startup hubs are in tiny towns, not capital citiies such as Hellerup (Copenhagen), Espoo (Helsinki), Oulu, Gothenburg, Malmö, Lund, Uppsala, and Solna (Stockholm). By @Siftedeu
• Next Station: Europe 2018 – How the European tech startup ecosystems are evolving (free report). By Tech.eu
• European tech scaleups report 2017. By Omar Mohout
• The State of European Tech 2019 Report. By Atomico, Slush, and Orrick
• The State of European Tech 2018 Report [165 slide deck]. By Atomico, Slush and Orrick
• The State of European Tech 2017 Report [143 slide deck]. By Atomico and Slush
• Startup Innovation and investment in Emerging Europe incl the Baltics: A groundbreaking research released by EWDN
• New Hotbed for Tech Startups: Europe. By WSJ
• 10 things you didn’t know about Europe’s tech scene. By VentureBeat
• The State of European Tech 2015 Report [72 slide deck] by Atomico and Slush
• Atomico's Ljungman: European Tech Is on Fire
• Startup Heat Map Europe interactive map By European Startup Initiative (esi)
• European Startup Monitor - state of the Europen startup ecosystem
• The best European cities to launch a startup includes Stockholm, Copenhagen, Tallinn, Helsinki, Riga and Oslo. By @wef
• Startuwork: a broad range of services for growth-oriented SMEs (@EEN_EU)
• ​​​​​​​Startup Europe, Brussels, Belgium - connecting European startup eco-systems (@StartUpEU or #StartUpEU or #startupeurope)
• ​​​​​​​European Unicorns Break Out In 2019. By Crunchbase News
• Europe: The New Breeding Ground For Unicorns​​​​​​​

By Industry

• City AI - Global Applied AI Community (@thecityai)

• The State of European Autotech. By Tech.eu

• The European Corporate Innovation Directory incl. #NordicMade @ericsson, @KONECorporation, @nokia, @novonordisk, @volvocars, and @VolvoGroup. By @Siftedeu

• Scaling European Edtech. By @johnrichmartin

• Esports in Europe. By Seedtable

• A startup’s guide to digital health accelerators in Europe. By Tech.eu

• Global Fintech Ecosystem Report 2020. By @startupgenome
• Global Fintech Hubs Federation @theGFHF
• GP Bullhound Research Report - Fintech: Anything but alternative, 2017
• Infographic: A closer look at the fintech industry. By Nordic Startup Bits
• The Global Fintech Hubs Federation (GFHF)

• “Europe: fertile breeding ground for govtech”. By @Siftedeu

• The European Medical Technology Industry – in figures 2019. By @medtecheurope

• A Global Overview of SportsTech. By @sportstechx (April 2020)
• North American #SportsTech ecosystem Report 2019 covering: Startups, Investors & Investments, Accelerators & Incubators, Events and Awards. By SportsTechX
• European #SportsTech ecosystem Report 2019 covering: Startups, Investors & Investments, Accelerators & Incubators, Events and Awards. By SportsTechX

• VR/AR Association @thevrara #VRARA

Startup Advocacy Groups

• European Startup Network (ESN) - the European umbrella organisation representing startups @EUStartupNet
• FACE Entrepreneurship - the meeting point for entrepreneurs who are willing to help each other overcome the barriers they confront along the road to entrepreneurship @FACE_eu 
• Scale Up Europe manifesto @Scale_Up_Europe, 60 pages and 49 proposed actions, by and for startups

Nordics

• Nordic Innovation, Oslo, Norway (@nordicinno)
  • The Nordic Entrepreneurship Check 2016 - a 208 page report on the Nordic startup ecosystem. By @nordicinno
  • ​​​​​​​Scaleups in the Nordics - Statistical Portrait 2008 – 2016 - a first of its kind globally & get insights into the Nordic Scaleup landscape. By @nordicinno
  • Handbook to Nordic startup investor market: unleash the full potential of the Nordic startups. By @nordicinno
• #NordicMade by Nordic Innovation (@nordicmade or #NordicMade)
• Norden Business - link portal for all companies that want to take the step to the larger Nordic market (in Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Icelandic)
• Nordic Tech List by DiDigital @nordictechlist
• Startup Guide Nordics - an overview of the startup scene (Printed book) and more by Startup Guide.
• Nordic startups to watch in 2023. By @Siftedeu
  
• The Nordic region has proven itself not only a lively startup ecosystem, but a bastion for impact in Europe. By @Siftedeu (Sep 2022)
• Health, wealth and happiness: The keys to Nordic startup success. By Miriam Partington via @StartupGuideHQ
• STARTnordic by Nordic Innovation
• The Nordic Digital Ecosystem Report - Actors, Strategies, Opportunities by Nordic Innovation
• Resources for Sweden Startups, resources related to startups and social enterprises in Sweden and the Nordic countries, curated by Gregg Vanourek (@GVanourek)
• Scale-ups in the Nordics 2017: There are 6,350 scaleups in the Nordics, 50+% are turnover scaleups which are most productive. By @nordicinno & @nordicscalers
• 16 Nordic startup hubs and accelerators you need to know about. By @BINordic
• Nordic tech: How Scandinavia has innovated its way to the top. By Felix Todd via Compelo Media (July 2018)
• Why 2018 will be a breakout year for Nordic Tech. By Phillip Oung (Mar 2018)
• The Nordic Tech scene is kicking butt right now – and we just learned why. By @BINordic (Nov 2017)
• Report: A Deep Dive Into The Baltic Startup Ecosystem(s). By @tech_eu
  • Tech.eu's Report: A Deep Dive Into The Baltic Startup Ecosystem(s) finds "Baltic startups punch above their weight". By @labsoflatvia
• The IT market in the Nordics 2018. By @radareco
• Here’s the latest evidence that the Nordics are Europe-best at creating hypergrowth businesses. By @BINordic
• The Nordic Spring, will it continue? By @Ventech_VC
• 7 insights on the Nordic tech scene. By @PointNineCap
• How culture drives success in the Nordics. By VC firm @accel
• Startups and Venture Capital in the Nordics. By Frontline and Northzone
• Report: The Nordics: Partners in Innovation? by Innovative Nordics @InnovativeNord
• The 9 best countries in the world to start a business: 4) Denmark 5) Finland 6) Sweden and 9) Norway. By @BINordic
• The World’s Ten Most Talent Competitive Countries, 2019 - Nordics among the top seven: 4) Norway, 5) Denmark, 6) Finland and 7) Sweden. By INSEAD Knowledge
• Nordic cities are among the best places in Europe to grow a digital business – and it's not only the capitals. By @BINordic
• Northern Lights: ICT Scaleups in the Nordics. By Startup Europe Partnership (SEP)
• 4 Nordic countries - Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway - among top 15 of the world's most innovative countries!
• Nordic countries: the innovation powerhouse in Europe
• Sweden, Denmark and Finland are in the top 10 most innovative countries... let's make sure Norway gets there too
• Where great startups are: the Nordics. By Om Malik @om
• Nordics (ex Denmark) near top of @INSEADKnowledge Networked Readiness Index
• What’s the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem like in the Baltics? By Face Entrepreneurship @FACE_eu
• European Innovation Leaders: Helsinki, Scandinavia By Cofounder Magazine
• The Surprising Startup Hub That's Second Only to Silicon Valley By Inc
• 5 secrets of why Nordic startups & ecosystems succeed By Mitch de Leon
• Scandinavia: The Coolest Place For A Startup? By Forbes
• The Nordic countries dominate the top 15 of the World's Most Innovative Economies. By Bloomberg
• The Nordics are among the world's most creative & dynamic economies by @FDmagazine
• Winter is coming, but the Nordic startup scene is keeping it hot by @TheNextWeb
• Nordic countries lead EU in digital entrepreneurship. By EurActive.com
• A Report From The Hot And Cool Nordic Venture Scene by @Forbes
• 4 out 5 Nordic countries among top 5 countries 'Best at #English as second language. By World Economic Forum
• In honor of Helsinki's Slush, a few data points on Nordic VC
• The story behind #STHLMtech #CPHFTW & #EstonianMafia
• Booming Baltics: Trends and Predictions for 2023. By @EU_Startups (Jan 2023)
• Why the Baltics are becoming the hottest startup region in Europe. By @SiliconCanals (Sept 2021)
• Is Estonia (and the Baltics) the new European startup hub? By the Telegraph
• The Baltic Startup Scene Report 2019/2020 by @StartupWiseGuys + @EIT_Digital
• The Baltic Startup Scene Report 2018/2019 by @StartupWiseGuys + @EIT_Digital
• The Baltic Startup Scene Report 2017/2018 - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. By @StartupWiseGuys and @EITDigital
• Estonia leads the Baltic states in the number of startups per capita – the country has 5.2 startups per 100,00 inhabitants while Latvia has 1.8 and Lithuania 1.4.
• Where are Baltic capitals in the global tech landscape? by @teleportinc
• Baltic startup scene in numbers By Labs of Latvia
• Are the Baltic States Right for Your Startup? By Modestas Mankus (@Moz5a) via @Enteurope (Sep 2018)

By Industry

• These 3 trends are dominating the Nordic tech scene. By @NSAwards via @BINordic

• Nordic AI (@Nordic_ai #nordic_ai)
• The Nordic State of AI 2021 Report gives a comprehensive overview of the Nordic AI market, where there are over 24K organisations working with the tech. By Silo
• The Nordic.AI 2017 Festival — what you missed
• Nordic Artificial Intelligence Institute (@nordicinst)
• The Current State of Artificial Intelligence (Part 2) – Is there Intelligence in the Nordics? By Fredrik Arnander of Standout Capital

• Cleantech Scandinavia @CTScandinavia Nordic cleantech network.
• The best of the next generation clean technology and business innovations from the Nordics
  and Baltics have been selected by the international jury of Nordic Cleantech Open.
• Nordic countries Denmark, Finland and Sweden Tops Global Cleantech Innovation Index 2017. By @WWF & @cleantechgroup
• The Nordics and Baltics completely dominate the Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index. By Business Insider Nordic

• Nordic Creatives launches with the ambition of unifying the Creative Industries in the region. By @EFogdell via @RisingNorthFund

• A report commissioned by The Nordic Council of Ministers and The Nordic Council reveals that the Nordic region is very attractive for #investment in hyperscale and cloud segments. Via Invest in Denmark
• Nordic region competes for datacenter dominance. By Computer Weekly
• Why Data Centres are Booming in the Nordics

• In data: 2021 will be a pivotal year for European deeptech. By Sifted

• Nordic edtech founders launch co-operation forum N8
• Nordic Edtech Network - managed by Silicon Vikings
• Reflections on Nordic Edtech Market Segments. By Eilif Trondsen, Silicon Vikings
• Nordic EdTech Network Survey. By Eilif Trondsen, Silicon Vikings
• Nordic EdTech Network: Building a Vibrant Nordic EdTech Community. By Eilif Trondsen, Silicon Vikings
• The Emerging Nordic Edtech Landscape. By Eilif Trondsen, Silicon Vikings

• Fintech Nordics
• Nordic Finance Innovation @nordic_nfi
• The Nordic Fintech Hubs join forces
• Nordic fintech hubs’ perspective: A unified north is the future of financial technology
• 2018 Fintech Disruptors Report - Nordic Edition. By Fintech Mundi
• The Fintech Disruptors Report 2017 - Nordic Edition. By Fintech Mundi
• Fintech in the Nordics report by Deloitte, touching upon current and future impact of fintech in the Nordic markets
• NordicFintech.com - everything Nordic Fintech by Christoffer O. Hernæs
• The secrets of Nordic fintech boost. By ComputerWeekly.com
• Who is who in Baltic fintech? By @arcticstartup

• Interactive Maps of the Nordic Health Startup Ecosystem. By @TechBBQ and @UpgradedFi
• Strongholds and Qualities of the Nordic Health Tech Ecosystem. By @nordicinno-vation
• HealthTech Nordic
  • An introduction to HealthTech Nordic (in Swedish)
• The Swedish/Danish Medicon Valley - one of Europe’s strongest life-science clusters

• Game Hub Scandinavia

• The Nordics are top-ranked in Internet-of-Things progress. By Business Insider Nordic

• Nordic legal Tech - connecting you to the Nordic legal tech ecosystem @nordiclegaltech

• The Nordics leading the way in maritime innovation. By @Splash_247

• Nordic Robots Rock at Automate. By The Manufacturing Connection

• Nordic Built Cities @NordicBuilt
• The State of Smart City Investments in the Nordics. By The Nordic Web

• SpaceTech Ecosystem: Nordic Deep-Dive. By Arctic Startup

• Nordic Sports Tech @nordicsportstec
• Overview of the Nordic Sports Tech landscape. By @bpenkert (June 2017)

• The Nordic VR/AR landscape. By @VRSverige
• Virtual Reality in the Nordic nations. By @InformationAge

Startup Advocacy Groups

• Innovative Nordics @InnovativeNord
• SingularityU Nordic @suNordic #SUnordic
• Tech Nordic Advocates @TechNordicAdv 

Denmark

Overview

• 'The Danish Startup Bible 2024' - Getting savvy with the Danish Ecosystems in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, and Aalborg. By @techsavvymedia_ (Sep 2024)
• Denmark: Europe's hub for tech innovation and collaboration - Here are ten tech companies from Denmark making an impact on the country’s tech ecosystem. By @tech_eu (June 2024)
• ​​​​​​​Great overbiew of the Danish Startup and Innovation eco-system by @InnoOverblik
• Danish Startup Ecosystem Map. By @InnoOverblik
• theHub.dk by Danske Bank - is an online platform tailored to the needs of growth startups
• Innovation Center Denmark @ICDK_CPH
• Start-up Denmark, Grow your startup in Denmark (#startupdk)
• Denmark Bridge -an initiative to bridge the gap between Danish startups & Silicon Valley
• Scale-up Denmark is an ambitious training concept for entrepreneurs and small enterprises (@ScaleupDK)
• Denmark: a scaleup forge in the Nordics. Article and Report. By @MindTheBridge via @SEP_EU Monitor
• An Overview of the Danish Economy. @funderbeam took a deep dive into the makeup, present situation and future of the economy of Denmark, whilst also looking into the Danish start-up scene (January 2022)
• The Danish Startup Ecosystem 2024 by @Heyfunding and @TechSavvyMedia (Apr 2024)
• The Guide - A comprehensive overview of the Danish Startup Ecosystem. By @Heyfunding (March 2023)
• Copenhagen’s startup ecosystem at a glance (June 2019). By @EU_Startups
• Denmark’s new wave is coming. The Wall Street Journal tells the story of how Denmark's second largest city, Aarhus, and Jutland in general is becoming home to tech’s biggest names [paywall]
• Denmark has a historical opportunity to become a leading tech nation, says @davidhelgason. By @DIBusinessdk
• 7 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Denmark's Culture of Work-Life Balance. By Claire Lancaster via Culture Trip
• How Denmark is Leading the Next Technology Agenda. By Stuart Crainer via @thinkers50 #NordicMade #startupdk #cphftw #AARSome #startupOdense #NextNord @cphftw @AARsome @startupodense @NextNordjylland
• Despite High Taxes and Wages, Denmark's Entrepreneurial Spirit Is Strong. By By @camillaley Valentin CCO /Co-founder #cphftw @queueit via @Enteurope
• Nothing Rotten In The State of Denmark's Startups. By Forbes (Sep 2018)
• Startup Report Denmark 2016. By @FlorianKandler
• The startup environment in Denmark and the Nordics is rapidly growing. Collaboration is key. By @FORECAST_IT
• It’s Not Just Lego that’s Winning at Digital in Denmark. By Red Herring
• The 9 best countries in the world to start a business: Denmark #4. By @BINordic
• Why #Denmark is great for startups [03:18 video] By @Hybemedia TV
• Why I’m investing in Danish startups. By Guillaume Durao. Early stage VC at Idinvest
• We Love Startups - entrepreneurs helping entrepreneurs @WLStartups
• This Is How Denmark Does Entrepreneurship
• 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Index rankings: Denmark #5. By The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute
• Nordics Ranked The EU's Most Innovative Nations (2019): Denmark #3. By @StatistaCharts
• The Global Competitiveness Index 2017: Denmark #12. By @wef
• The 2018 Bloomberg Innovation Index: Denmark #8
• The World’s Most Talent Competitive Countries, 2018: Denmark #7. By @INSEADKnowledge
• The 2017 EU Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI): Denmark #1. By @EU_Commission
• ​​​​​​​The Bright Danish Startup Culture: Music, Digital Health, Cryptocurrency, and More. By @GrossumSoft
• Why Denmark is a great place for startups. By @geniebelt for @StartupGuideall
• From taxes to visas: What entrepreneurs need to know about Denmark. By @StartupGuideHQ
• How to start a business in Denmark. By @TransferWise

• B2B
  • The State of Denmark's B2B tech scene 2017: @FalconIO @ninjamock @komfo @PhaseOnePhoto @Trustpilot @GenieBelt @umbraco @Sitecore. By @G2crowd
• ​​​​​​​Data Centers
  • Wondering if Denmark is the best location for your new data centre? Just ask Apple, Facebook and Google.
• Edtech
  • EdTech Denmark
    • Nordic Friends: Hey EdTech Denmark! By @SwedishEdTech Industry
    • Denmark had gotten its own Edtech asssociation: @EdtechDenmark. By @techsavvymedia_ (in Danish)
• Fintech
  • Fintech Nordics - Denmark
  • The Danish Fintech Startup Scene. By @CphFinTech
  • The Danish Fintech Industry 2016 (Infographic). By Christian Gabriel @GabrielDenmark
  • Making Denmark a #fintech frontrunner (2018). By @techsavvymedia
  • The Danish fintech scene is flourishing. By @businessdk
• Foodtech
  • A tsunami of food tech is hitting Denmark. By @Bootstrappingdk
  • How did Denmark become a leader in the food waste revolution?
• Gaming #dkgame
  • The Danish Game Industry [2:32 video] by By Interactive Denmark @InteractiveDK #dkgame
  • Gaming is Denmark's overlooked export adventure. By @darren_mowry of @AWS_Nordicsvia @Finansdk (In Danish)
• Healthtech
  • Healthcare DENMARK (@HealthcareDK)
  • Welfare Tech is a Danish national cluster and hub for innovation and business development in healthcare, homecare and social services (@welfaretech @WelfareTechWTR)
  • Why Denmark is a hotbed for healthtech startups and innovation. By @tech_eu (Jan 2024)
    
  • Denmark: Probably the Best Biotech Sector in Europe
• Robotics
  • “Danish robotics is in a strong position at the world market. We are very innovative, we are very flexible, and we have a lot of courage". By @RoboticBusiness
• Sound Tech
  • Danish Sound Innovation Network (@danishsoundtech)

• ​​​​​​​Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship 
• Dansk Iværksætterforening @Ivaerksaetterne
• OpenEntrepreneurship @OpenEntrepre
• WeLoveStartups @WLStartups

Copenhagen

• ​​​​​​​The Øresund Startup Map (Copenhagen, Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg). By Nordic Tech List and Øresund Startups
• The Copenhagen Startup Community - in one slide... By @Peter_M_Nielsen
• ​​​​​​​Why setup your startup in Greater Copenhagen. By @CopenhagenIPA
• Copenhagen, Denmark: The startup city guide. By Websummit (July 2021)
• Copenhagen Startup City Guide. By @StartUscc
• EU Tech Ecosystems Map: Services in Copenhagen. By @My_WayProject
• Copenhagen Startup Scene. By Teleport
• Startup Guide Copenhagen - an overview of the startup scene (Printed book) and more by Startup Guide. Available at Saxo.
• Why Copenhagen is a great place for startups. By @StartupGuideHQ
• Insider view: Copenhagen as a startup hub. By Stefano Zorzi via Sifted
• Singularity University Denmark
• Copenhagen Startups Need To Think Global Earlier. By @heatherfarmbro via @Forbes (Oct 2019)
• An entrepreneur’s guide to Copenhagen’s thriving startup scene. By @craigcorbettPR via @thenextweb (Oct 2019)
• How ‘Copenhagen For The Win’ is fostering the city’s startup scene for the future. By Tech.eu
• ​​​​​​​Copenhagen world's 11th best city for startup entrepreneurs! By @BINordic
• Top 15: Europe’s biggest startup hubs in 2018: #9 Copenhagen. By EU-Startups
• Savills 2019 The Tech Cities global rankings: #10 Copenhagen
• ​​​​​​​The 25 most high-tech cities in the world - Copenhagen #24
• The World’s Most Talent Competitive Cities, 2018: Copenhagen #4. By @INSEADKnowledge
• Top 50 Startups and the State of the Greater Copenhagen Region. By Karsten Deppert
• Seven Reasons Why You Should Launch Your Startup In Copenhagen
• Why Copenhagen works - Nordic Technology & Civil Society, Innovation integral to each other By Brookings Institute
• Cool Copenhagen heats up its startup scene. By Suzanne Bearne on Guardian Small Business Network
• Copenhagen: A strong start-up community but high taxes by Financial Times
• 48 Hours On The Copenhagen Startup Scene: Here's What I Learned by Forbes
• Copenhagen rising: with investments set to triple, Index Ventures report on the city’s startup boom
• No city is better than Copenhagen at attracting talent. By Nordic Startup Bits

• Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
  • AI Copenhagen (@AiCopenhagen #aicopenhagen
  • Alexandra Institute (@AlexandraInst #alexandrainstituttet)
• Fintech
  • Copenhagen Fintech (@CphFinTech or #cphfintech or #fintechdk)
  • Copenhagen Emerges as a Top Global Fintech Hub. By @startupgenome (Sep 2024)
    
  • CPH FinTech Hub - Study and recommendations for making Copenhagen a Nordic FinTech hub - Full report By Oxford Research and RainmakingInnovation
  • Copenhagen as a Nordic Fintech Hub (2015)
  • Copenhagen FinTech Lab. By Nordic Tech List
• Healthtech
  • Health Tech Hub – Copenhagen @HealthtechhubC #HealthTechHubCPH
  • Copenhagen Healthtech Cluster #cphhealthtechcluster
• Life Science
  • Danish-Swedish Medicon Valley still ranks high among Europe’s lifescience clusters, even though it is going through an transition period to remain the key gateway to Nordic life science. By Nordic Life Science News
• Smart City
  • Copenhagen Solutions Lab is the City of Copenhagen’s incubator for #smartcity initiatives to test new solutions to urban problems in real city space @cphsolutionslab

• #CPHFTW (@CPHFTW or #cphftw)
• ​​​​​​​Copenhagen AI (@AiCopenhagen #aicopenhagen)
• Copenhagen Fintech Innovation and Research (@CphFinTech or #cphfintech or #fintechdk) + meetup page http://copenhagenfintech.dk/
• Launching Copenhagen Hardware Alliance. By Christian @villum
• Copenhagen JS @copenhagenjs
• Copenhagen VR+AR+360 #CPHVR
• KPH Projects - social, cultural and environmental causes @KPH_Copenhagen #kphprojects #kphvolume

Aalborg

• NextNord (@NextNordjylland or #NextNord)
• Aalborg Startup Community
• Aalborg the harbor city where the law of jante disappeared. By Trendsonline (in Danish)

Aarhus

• Startup Aarhus - The Startup Ecosystem in Aarhus, Denmark
  
• ​​​​​​​Aarhus Startup Scene. By Teleport
• 5 Reasons why Aarhus is a Start Up Tech Hub. By Juan Jose Rodriguez iberianproteus
• Startup Guide Aarhus - an overview of the startup scene (Printed book) and more by Startup Guide

• Startvækst Aarhus
  
• Aarhus Code Nights (@AarhusCode)
• Aarhus Entrepreneurs

Esbjerg

• Business Esbjerg

Odense

• Startup Odense (@startupodense #startupodense)
• ​​​​​​​Denmark's 3rd largest city Odense is an international center for IT, Drone and Robot technology
• Odense have success as a hub for technology companies. By @SoEinDing (in Danish)

• Robotics
  • Odense Robotics (@OdenseRobotics or #odenserobotics)
  • The World’s First Robotics Venture Factory Is On ‘Robot Island’ In Denmark. By @johnkoetsier via @Forbes (Apr 2021)

Estonia

Overview

• Startup Estonia (@startupestonia)
• Estonia’s Startup Ecosystem. By @startupestonia
• Ten Estonian companies that highlight Estonia's strength in fostering innovation and digital solutions: @skel_tech, @planet42_int, @Elcogen_EU, @sunlyfeed, @icosagen, @binalyze, @RangeForce, Sisu Group, @QANplatform, and Raiku. By @tech_eu (June 2024)
  
• The Estonian startup ecosystem are building big business. By @thetimes (Sep 2022)
• How the 7 Estonian-founded unicorns reached billion-dollar valuation: @skype #PlayTech @Wise @Boltapp @Pipedrive @Zegocover and @IDme. By @EstoniaInvest (April 2021)
• Estonian startups continue to grow in the first quarter of 2020. By @startupestonia
• Recap of 2019 in the Estonian startup sector. By @startupestonia
• Deep dive into the Estonian startup sector in 2019 (Aug 2019). By @startupestonia
• 2018: Records for the Estonian startup sector, new wave of entrepreneurs in the community. By @startupestonia
• Estonian Startup Ecosystem 2016 by @startupestonia
• The ArcticStartup guide to: Estonia
• Understanding the Estonian Startup Ecosystem. By Joel via @StartupGrind
• Estonia's startup ecosystem on 1 slide, with 500 startups today - target of 1000 by 2020
• This week in Europe: Estonia is like Lord of the Rings. By @seedtablecom (Nov 2019)
• Year 2018: Records for the Estonian startup sector & support of the ecosystem. By @EstoniaInvest
• How Estonia is Secretly Rising to Be Europe’s Startup Nation. By @FintechCH
• Estonia: As Nordic as the Nordics? By The Local Sweden
• In the heart of the #Estonianmafia By @ivospigel on @tech_eu (Aug - Sep 2017)
  • Part 1: Government and the public sector’s focus on Digital Europe and startups
  • Part 2: Movers and shakers of the startup ecosystem
• Estonia: A Tech Powerhouse - Welcome to e-Estonia, the world's first digital nation! By FRANCE 24
• Estonia with just 1.3M citizens boxing well above its weight in innovation. By @CarlosMiceli
• Estonia has just 1.3M people, so why are its startups setting investment records? By @ZDNet
• The Estonian startup scene, the impact of Skype and today's success stories like @Jobbatical, @StarshipRobots and @Lingvist! By @alphr (October 2017)
• Estonia one of the digital elites of the world. By @EstonianWorld
• Estonia - Europe's unexpected Silicon Valley. By @CRN_UK
• Did you know Estonia is a tech powerhouse? By @FortuneMagazine
• Shedding Soviet history, Estonia aims to be world’s most pro-tech nation. By VentureBeat
• Estonia: Between East, West and the World. By TheNextWeb
• Is Estonia the new European startup hub? By the Telegraph
• Is Estonia Europe’s Newest Startup Hub? By AJ Agrawal @ajalumnify via Tech.Co
• The Next Big Tech Mafia — Skype. By Huffington Post
• ​​​​​​​Why Business Is Booming In The Baltics by Forbes
• Kaspar Korjus: Estonia has the most startups per capita and this startup culture has led to fail and fail and try again
• Estonia “rapidly transformed from a Soviet state to digital utopia”
• Five countries on the frontline of tech incl Estonia #1, and Finland #2. By @BBC
• 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Index rankings: Estonia #23. By The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute
• The Global Competitiveness Index 2017: Estonia #29. By @wef
• The 2018 Bloomberg Innovation Index: Estonia #36
• The 2017 EU Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI): Estonia #9. By @EU_Commission
• New Europe 100 — changemakers in central and eastern Europe: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. By Financial Times
• ​​​​​​​The Estonian music and startup scenes intermingle. By Elisabeth Braw @TheEconomist
• ​​​​​​​How to start a business in Estonia. By @TransferWise

• Edtech
  • Inside Estonia’s EdTech Revolution: Interview with former President Toomas Hendrik Ilves on the Tiger Leap programme. By GovInsider
• Fintech
  • Estonia is the Thriving Fintech Hub of Europe. By @thefintechtimes (June 2023)
    
• Gaming
  • Estonia on the road of becoming a gaming industry hotspot. By @EstonianWorld

• Startup Estonia @startupestonia

Tallinn

• Tallinn Startup City Guide. By @StartUscc
• Tallinn Startup Scene. By Teleport
• An Innovator’s City Guide to Tallinn, Estonia. By @siimsaare via @SUTallinn
• The New Silicon Valley: Tallinn, Estonia. By TechRound (Dec 2020)
• How Tallinn’s tech talent transformed its startup ecosystem. By @elitebizmag
• Tallinn, Estonia: Baltic city’s global digital ambitions by Financial Times
• Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia is considered by many to be the top startup ecosystem is CEE. By @TheNextWeb
• A quick tour of Eastern Europe’s startup hubs: Tallinn. By VentureBeat
• 25 Up-and-Coming Startup Cities to Watch including No 2. Tallinn, Estonia and No 5. Riga, Latvia. By @ValuerAI (Mar 2019)
• ​​​​​​​Unicorns in Tallinn: @Latitude59 and #eEstonia's startup scene. By Deep Baltic

  ↵Tartu

• sTARTUp - startup community in Tartu @sTARTUpTARTU
• Tartu Startup Scene. By Teleport
• EU Tech Ecosystems Map: Services in Tartu. By @My_WayProject

Finland

  ↵Overview

• theHub.fi by Danske Bank - is an online platform tailored to the needs of growth startups
• Top 5 Trends Inside The Finnish Startup Ecosystem in 2019. By Kim Oguilve, CMO at Maria 01
• Crossing the Finnish Line: Finland’s Startup & VC Ecosystem. By Chris Cunningham
• Finland really is the place to be when considering R&D, testing or investing in new technologies like 5G, IoT and AI. By Business Finland
• How Nokia’s falling star has led Finland to boost its startup and healthcare. By @StephLBaum ‏via @MedCityNews
• Finland Is Turning a Big Negative Into a Bigger Positive
• Mind the Bridge presents a new SEP Country Focus on scaleups and exits in Finland. By @SEP_EU
• Startup Report Finland 2016. By @FlorianKandler
• What are the reasons behind Finland’s booming startup ecosystem?
• Nokia’s Fall Means The Rise Of Startups In Finland
• Slush 2015 breaks records as Finland's startup scene flourishes
• Six reasons for Finland’s record start-up success: Ilkka Paananen CEO of Clash of Clans maker Supercell reveals all
• What's the startup ecosystem like in Finland? By Face Entrepreneurship
• Finland's Venture Capital & Hi-Tech Ecosystem
• Keep Calm and Wait for an Exit: Role of exit values in Finnish ecosystem. By ArcticStartup
• The best countries for tech companies: 2018 rankings: Finland #1. By VentureBeat
• Five countries on the frontline of tech incl Estonia #1, and Finland #2. By @BBC
• The 9 best countries in the world to start a business: Finland #5. By @BINordic
• 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Index rankings: Finland #11. By The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute
• Nordics Ranked The EU's Most Innovative Nations (2019): Finland #2. By @StatistaCharts
• The Global Competitiveness Index 2017: Finland #10. By @wef
• The 2018 Bloomberg Innovation Index: Finland #7
• The World’s Most Talent Competitive Countries, 2018: Finland #6. By @INSEADKnowledge
• The 2017 EU Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI): Finland #2. By @EU_Commission
• A New Generation Of Tech Disruptors Is Thriving In Finland
• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​How to start a business in Finland. By @TransferWise
• Finland's place in the world. By Statistics Finland

• Autotech
  • Your car is full of Finnish tech, but you might not know it yet. By @FinproFi
• Blockchain
  • Who is Who in the Blockchain ecosystem of Finland? By Kari Syrja (@B2Bsalesandmkg) of @fyggexchange
• Cleantech
  • Cleantech in Finland Market Study. By @TesiFII (June 2024)
    
  • Cleantech Finland is your hub for cleantech activity in Finland @CleantechFIN
• Edtech
  • Education Export Finland is a national education export program, offering Finnish educational know-how and learning solutions globally (@edu_EEF #eduExportFIN)
  • XEdu Accelerating Education. The first Nordic Education Driven Start-Up Accelerator (@xedu_co #EdtechFinland)
  • The Finnish Edtech Ecosystem's potential is huge. By @svenibus
• Fintech
  • Fintech Nordics - Finland
  • Fintech Finland - the Financial Technology community in Finland @fin2tech (#fin2tech #fintechland)
  • The most comprehensive study of the Finnish Fintech landscape is out (Oct 2019). By @FintechFinland @Deloitte
• Foodtech
  • Foodtech Platform Finland @FoodTechFi
• Gaming
  • Finnish Games Industry Report 2016. By @NeogamesFin
  • Long, dark winters contribute to Finland’s advantage in video game development. By @ComputerWeekly
  • Finland is a gaming superpower — here are its Top 10 creations of all time. By @BINordic
  • Finnish games 2015 Finnish #game industry published a record making 145 games! By @NeogamesFin
  • The Finnish Game Industry [pages 12 through 19] by Tekes
  • Mind the Bridge presents a new SEP Country Focus on scaleups and exits in Finland: Finland: the Land of Gaming
  • From Nokia’s Snake Game To Supercell, Finland’s Gaming Industry Is Serious Business By TechCrunch
  • Finland’s games scene – all work and all play
  • Finnish women progress in games industry. By This Is Finland
• Healthtech
  • Finland Health @FinlandHealth #finlandhealth
  • Health tech is Finland's largest and fastest growing high-tech export, with the country being ranked among the three strongest healthtech economies in the world. By Business Finland
  • World class digital health comes from Finland. By @finland_care
  • The Finnish Health Startup Industry Report 2017. By @UpgradedFi
  • Why Finland is the land of future health by Matti Lehtonen, CEO @GEHealthcare Finland
  • Digital Hospitals Finland #digitalhospitals
  • ​​​​​​​Finnish Digital Health Ecosystem — The Next Big Thing? By Inventure VC
  • 122 Digital Health Innovators, CEOs & Co-founders in Finland | Key contacts. By Dr Hempel Digital Health Network
• Martech (Marketing Tech)
  • Is Finland a marketing tech superpower? Check out the Martech landscape. By @chiefmartec
• Musictech
  • Music Finland
• Photonics
  • Report from the Photonics West ‏conference in San Francisco in January: A night of Vikings in the area of Photonics. By Dr. @markollila via @BusinessFinland
• ​​​​​​​Smart City
  • Joined-up transport solutions for smart cities in Finland. By This is Finland
  • Helsinki area is developing a MaaS platform open to all transportation services. By Helsinki Business Hub
  • Apps, VR and utopian neighborhoods: Why Helsinki is Europe's smartest city. By The @Independent
• Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality
  • Finnish Virtual Reality Association (FIVR) @FinnishVR
  • The Finnish VR/AR industry 2017. By @FinnishVR
  • ​​​​​​​Finland was once dominant in mobile with Nokia and now is making a comeback with virtual reality. CNBC
  • Finland at the virtual reality frontline: Learn about @Vizor_VR @Mindfield_Games & @ThingLink

• Aalto Entrepreneurship Society (Aaltoes) @aaltoes 
• Finnish Business Acceleration Network Association (FINAC) 
• ​​​​​​​The Founder Institute: Helsinki chapter @founding

  ↵Helsinki

• Helsinki Business Hub @HBH_HQ
• A Grid
• Helsinki Startup Ecosystem Canvas. By The Founder Institute
• An Updated Guide to the Helsinki Startup Ecosystem: 250+ Resources for Finnish Entrepreneurs. By The Founder Institute (Sep 2018)
• Helsinki Startup City Guide. By @StartUscc
• Helsinki Startup Scene. By Teleport
• EU Tech Ecosystems Map: Services in Helsinki. By @My_WayProject
• EU Tech Ecosystems Map: Services in Espoo. By @My_WayProject
• Why Helsinki Could Be the Next Silicon Valley: A Tech Perspective: Quiet life, AI breakthroughs, quantum leaps, fintech evolution, and sustainable energy solutions. By @FrederikBussler via @hackernoon (Jan 2024)
  
• ”Finland has a startup mentality running through its veins and its water, with an ’all for one’ attitude driving fledgling tech companies”, writes @Staff_Editor on @ComputerWeekly (Feb 2020)
• Greater Helsinki Startup Ecosystem. By @startupgenome
• Helsinki’s startup scene is thriving, especially in artificial intelligence, health and life sciences, and gaming, according to The Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2018. By Good News Finland
• Helsinki’s Startup Ecosystem: Vibrant, with Room for Growth. By @startupgenome
• Infographic: How To Start A Startup In Helsinki. By @StartUscc
• Finnish serial entrepreneur: Aaltoes, Startup Sauna and Slush is filling the vacuum left by Nokia (2017)
• Here's How Helsinki Gets 10% Of All The Startup Exits In The World. By @paul__armstrong @Forbes (July 2017)
• Helsinki world's 2nd best city for startup entrepreneurs! By @BINordic
• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Top 15: Europe’s biggest startup hubs in 2018: #13 Helsinki. By EU-Startups
• The 10 Best European Cities for Starting a Business 2016 By Inc. - Helsinki #8
• The World’s Most Talent Competitive Cities, 2018: Helsinki #5. By @INSEADKnowledge
• 10 geek reasons for setting up your startup in Helsinki By NewCo Helsinki
• Europe's hottest startups 2015: Helsinki By Wired
• ​​​​​​​8 reasons why Helsinki is home to some of the world's best startup events such as Slush. By @KathrinDeter

• B2B
  • How a Northern European Hub Is Establishing Itself As a B2B Tech Powerhouse. By Inc.
• Fintech
  • Helsinki Fintech Farm is the fintech hub of Helsinki operated by HUB13
  • Can Helsinki’s Talent Pool Drive FinTech Success? By PYMNTS.com
• Health Tech
  • Why is the Greater Helsinki area becoming a magnet for the health industry? By @HelsinkiTimes
• Smart City
  • Helsinki Smart Region = #smartcity + Smart Countryside @HelsinkiSmart
  • Helsinki: A Very Smart City. By Huffington Post
  • How Helsinki is bringing smart city innovation to its core. By @readwrite

• #helyes Activists, Helsinki (#helyes)
• HEL Tech Meetup (@HEL_Tech
• Girls in Tech-Helsinki (@GITHelsinki)
• AI Helsinki (@AIHelsinki #AIHelsinki)
• Hardware Startup Finland (@HardwareFI
• ​​​​​​​Helsinki Legal Tech Meetup

  ↵Kymenlaakso

• Finland's Kymenlaakso region continues to develop its startup ecosystem forward by Arctic Startup (@kymenlaakso or #Kymenlaakso)
  

  ↵Oulu

• BusinessOulu Startup, Oulu
• Oulu Startup City Guide by @StartUscc
• Oulu: North Pole Of Innovation And Technology by @StartUscc
• EU Tech Ecosystems Map: Services in Oulu. By @My_WayProject
• Nokia’s collapse turned Oulu, Finland into an internet wonderland. By @qz (Oct 2019)
• Surviving Nokia: How Oulu, Finland rebounded from the collapse of its largest employer. By VentureBeat (May 2019)
• The fall of Nokia's mobile phone business: How the city of Oulu fought back. By @BBCWorld [2:26 video] (Oct 2016)
• The startup-ecosystem of Oulu is on the reboot. By @arcticstartup (#startupoulu)
• Great overview of the Oulu tech scene and how it turned into a 5G pioneer. By @PCMag (July 2017)

• HealthTech
  • Oulu Health Labs (@OuluHealth #OuluHealth)
  • Oulu Health – The Ecosystem that Shapes the Future of Healthcare
  • The future of healthcare is created in the OuluHealth ecosystem in Finland
• Gaming
  • Oulu Game Lab (@OuluGameLab #OuluGameLab)

  ↵Salo

• SmartSalo (@smartsalocom #smartsalo)

  ↵Tampere

• Tampere Startups (@TampereStartups @hubtampere)
• Tampere Startup Scene. By Teleport
• Tampere, Finland’s second-largest city, is capitalizing on a wealth of technical knowhow to become the dark horse of the #NordicMade startup scene. By @ComputerWeekly
• How Tampere Became a Unique Startup City - Four Secrets Shared. By Arctic Startup

• Internet of Things
  • Tampere invests in printing the Internet of Things - to avoid a global environmental nightmare. By @BINordic
• Healthtech
  • Health Hub Tampere @HealthHubTre

  ↵Turku

• BoostTurku Entrepreneur Society (@boostturku or #boostturku)
• Startup Turku @boostturku @SparkUpTurku
• Map of the Turku startup ecosystem. By @klopalcom
• EU Tech Ecosystems Map: Services in Turku. By @My_WayProject
• Turku has become renowned for its tech and startup center. By @arcticstartup
• Turku.ai Meetup #turkuai

• HealthTech
  • The Health and Life Science Ecosystem Map of the Turku Business Region. By @UpgradedFi

  ↵Vaasa

• Vaasa Entrepreneurship Society (@Vaasa_ES)
• Ostrobothnian startup ecosystem

Iceland

  ↵Overview

• New, extensive survey on the Icelandic innovation ecosystem published by @northstack_is, @taeknithroun, and Gallup (2020)
• Icelandic Startup Ecosystem [infographic] by the Assoc of municipalities in Capital area & Klak Innovit Entrepreneurship Center (#icelandicstartups or #icetech)
• Iceland: From Vikings to the Valley: an overview of the Icelandic startup ecosystem. By Kristinn Hróbjartsson ( @kiddiarni ) via @seedtablecom (May 2020)
• Insider view: Iceland, in the perfect spot halfway between Europe and the US. Within ten years the Icelandic startup ecosystem has gone from non-existent to somewhere startups can thrive. By Mimi Billing via Sifted (July 2019)
• State of the Union - The Startup Community in ‪‎Iceland. By Startup Iceland
• Status of the #Icelandic startup environment, by @einargunnar
• Iceland: A Growing Ecosystem Full of Potential. By @MindTheBridge via @SEP_EU Monitor
• Iceland’s Startup Scene Punches Above its Weight. By Red Herring
• Iceland: Land Of Volcanoes, Vikings And Valiant Entrepreneurs. By @Forbes
• Icelandic startups beat the odds. By @ComputerWeekly
• 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Index rankings: Iceland #6. By The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute
• The Global Competitiveness Index 2017: Iceland #28. By @wef
• The 2018 Bloomberg Innovation Index: Iceland #24

• Fintech
  • Fintech Nordics - Iceland
  • The Fintech World Series: Finland, Iceland & Norway (2017). By @kurtosys
• Gaming
  • From Web3 to indie narrative games, 50% workforce growth and record investment shows Iceland's games industry soaring to new heights. By @GIBiz (Sep 2022)
  • State of the Icelandic Game Industry: ISK100B ($810M) over ten years. By @northstack_is (Dec 2019)

  ↵Reykjavik

• Reykjavik Startup Scene. By Teleport
• EU Tech Ecosystems Map: Services in Reykjavik. By @My_WayProject
• 'A tiny market in the middle of the Atlantic’: Challenges to starting up in Reykjavik. By @StartupGuideHQ
• Startup Guide Reykjavik - an overview of the startup scene (Printed book) and more by @StartupGuideHQ

Latvia

  ↵Overview

• Startup Latvia
  • The Latvian startup platform, Startup Latvia, has been launched
• Latvian Startup Association (@StartinLV or #StartinLatvia)
  • The Value Proposition of the Latvian Startup Ecosystem. By @StartinLV
  • Key Players Of Latvian Startup Community Unite and Latvian Startup Association aims to be a startup ecosystem representative​​​​​​​
• Labs of Latvia, Riga (@labsoflatvia)
• Startup Guide Latvia by Startup Universalto and Latvian Startup Association gives insights intoLatvian history, culture, startup scene, and more
• Latvia’s start-up scene: Second fiddle no more. By @_EmergingEurope (May 2024)
  
• The Latvian Startup Report 2023. By Latvian Startup Association Startin.LV (Feb 2024)
• Latvian Startup & VC Ecosystem Report. By @vestbee_com (Nov 2023)
• The founder’s might be a small nation of fewer than 2 million people, but it has a booming startup ecosystem. Discover 10 Latvian startups to watch.
• Latvia’s startup ecosystem at a glance. By @EU_Startups (July 2020)
• The Latvian Startup Ecosystem and Legislation Boosting Tech Growth. By @150sec
• How Latvia wants to become the Silicon Valley of the Baltics. By @TheNextWeb
• Startup Ecosystem Spotlight: Latvia. By @150sec
• Latvia’s growing tech presence embellished by Digital Freedom Festival (@DigiFF). By @PatRabbitte1 via @150sec (Nov 2019)
• Latvia is an exciting startup space By Labs of Latvia
• Latvia Plans To Double The Number Of Startups By 2020. By @StartUscc
• ​​​​​​​How’s the Latvian science startup scene? By @arcticstartup
• Latvia's quest to build a vibrant startup community and what they can learn from Estonia. By @BBCNews
• 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Index rankings: Latvia #38. By The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute
• The Global Competitiveness Index 2017: Latvia #54. By @wef
• The 2018 Bloomberg Innovation Index: Latvia #40
• The 2017 EU Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI): Latvia #18. By @EU_Commission
• Why the Baltics are so Awesome at Technology by Startup WiseGuys
• Why Business Is Booming In The Baltics by Forbes
• New Europe 100 — changemakers in central and eastern Europe: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. By Financial Times

• Autonomous Cars
  • Latvia is staking its place as a hub for autonomous car testing in Europe. By @tech_eu
• ​​​​​​​Fintech
  • Latvia Pushes Fintech Innovation. By Fintech Baltic
  • Why we use to launch our fintech startup in Latvia. By Martins Sulte, CEO and Co-Founder at Mintos via Arctic Startup
• Soundtech
  • Some countries make hits, but Latvia makes soundtech incl @Sonar_Works, @ericasynths and @GamechangerA that is changing the way music sounds around the world. By @KristaKru via @Siftedeu

• Latvian Startup association - Start in Latvia @StartinLatvia

  ↵Riga

• Riga Startup City Guide by @StartUscc
• Riga Startup Scene. By Teleport
• The ArcticStartup Guide to: Riga
• 25 Up-and-Coming Startup Cities to Watch including No 2. Tallinn, Estonia and No 5. Riga, Latvia. By @ValuerAI (Mar 2019)
• ​​​​​​​The 10 Best European Cities for Starting a Business 2016 By Inc. - Riga #4
• Riga in Latvia is not only affordable and beautiful, it's the biggest startup hub in the Baltics. By @siftedeu (Feb 2019)
• Latvia is No Longer in Its Baltic Neighbors’ Shadows. By @digitalherring
• Riga’s Baltic tech hub is on the rise In Latvia
• Riga – a great place for startups to start going global! An interview with Latvia’s former Minister of Economics. By EU Startups
• A quick tour of Eastern Europe’s startup hubs: Riga. By VentureBeat

Lithuania

  ↵Overview

• Startup Lithuania, Vilnius (@LtStartup or #LTstartups)
• Lithuanian Startup Ecosystem Overview [handbook] and [slide deck]
• Top 10 Companies from Lithuania in 2024: SME Finance, @NordNewsroom, @WeArePVcase, @cast_ai, @Cube3AI, @GreenGenius_, @genus_ai, Genomika, @HeavyFinance, and @oxipitAI. By @tech_eu (July 2024)
  
• Lithuanian Startup & VC Ecosystem Report 2023. By @vestbee_com
• Why Lithuania is a hidden gem of Europe’s startup ecosystem. By @thenextweb (Apr 2024)
• A deep look into a partly overlooked startup ecosystem, namely the hot Lithuanian one. By @creandum (Nov 2023)
• Lithuania is well known for its fintech companies, but also home to a diverse range of startups in health tech, industrial tech, connected devices, and more. By Tech.eu (Jun 2023)
• New @dealroomco data reveals Lithuana’s startup ecosystem growing 4x CEE average. By @tech_eu (Feb 2023)
• REPORT: The Lithuanian Startup Ecosystem 2018. By @VilniusTechPark
• An overview of the Lithuanian Economy and its thriving startup scene. By @funderbeam (February 2022)
• Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub. By @TechCrunch (Sept 2021)
• The self-titled "G-spot of Europe": Lithuania’s startup ecosystem at a glance. By @EU_Startups (July 2020)
• Lithuania Is Great Again... For Doing Business. By @tomaslau via @HuffingtonPost
• Lithuania: Up-and-coming startup ecosystem with talent and ideas. By The Next Web
• How The Startup Scene Evolved In Lithuania By ArcticStartup
• ​​​​​​​Lithuania: Europe’s secret tech powerhouse?
• The #Lithuanian startup scene by Forbes
• 5 facts about Lithuania Startup Eco-System
• 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Index rankings: Lithuania #28. By The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute
• The Global Competitiveness Index 2017: Lithuania #41. By @wef
• The 2018 Bloomberg Innovation Index: Lithuania #34
• The 2017 EU Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI): Lithuania #11. By @EU_Commission
• Why the Baltics are so Awesome at Technology by Startup WiseGuys
• Why Business Is Booming In The Baltics by Forbes
• New Europe 100 — changemakers in central and eastern Europe: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. By Financial Times
• Dealflow from Lithuania: These #LTstartups are raising over $100M. By @arcticstartup
• Top 77 in technology business in Lithuania: the expert survey results
• Top 10 Encouraging Founders to Watch in Lithuania. By @JustasMarkus via @Influencive

• Fintech
  • Lithuania clocks 35 new fintech companies in 2017. By Invest Lithuania
  • Fintech is King of Lithuania’s Tech Revolution. By Red Herring
  • How Lithuania became a mecca for fintech. By @Siftedeu
• Gaming
  • How Lithuania Built a Games Industry From Scratch in 20 Years. By @Kotaku_UK

• Startup Lithuania @LTstartups

  ↵Vilnius

• Vilnius Startup City Guide by @StartUscc
• EU Tech Ecosystems Map: Services in Vilnius. By @My_WayProject
• Vilnius Startup Scene. By Teleport
• Fintech centre, smart city, and aspiring proptech hub, Vilnius aims to turn itself into a giant sandbox for startups (Mar 2019). By @EU_Startups
• There is a new wave of entrepreneurial city hubs reshaping Europe’s startup map including Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. By @StartUscc (2018)
• ​​​​​​​An insider's guide to Vilnius: Lithuania's post-Soviet surprise package. By The Guardian
• The 10 Best European Cities for Starting a Business 2016 By Inc. - Vilnius #7
• 10 Things You Need to Know to Kick-start in Vilnius. By Linas Eriksonas
• A quick tour of Eastern Europe’s startup hubs: Vilnius. By VentureBeat

• Fintech
  • Viva Vilnius - The FinTech Hub. By Forbes
  • Lithuania lay claims to second largest fintech hub in Europe. By @Finextra
• Proptech
  • Vilnius is set to become Europe's number 1 proptech sandbox! By @arcticstartup

• Artificial Intelligence Group Meetup

Norway

  ↵Overview

• theHub.no by Danske Bank - is an online platform tailored to the needs of growth startups
• Why The Norwegian Tech Scene is your next goldmine. It covers tech history, current startup ecosystem, list of great founders, companies, investors, etc. By Preben Songe-Møller Partner at @skyfall_vc (June 2024)
  
• The Norwegian tech sector has seen rapid growth over the past year and here is why. By @oslobizreg
• What We Can Learn From Norway's 'Tech For Good' Boom. By @HuffPostTech (July 2019)
• Why now is the time to pay close attention to Norwegian startups. By @elagier Managing Partner at @byFounders (June 2019)
• Flourishing Among The Fjords: Norway's Dynamic Startup Scene. By Alison Coleman via Forbes (Oct 2018)
• Norway has the fastest growing tech scene in the Nordics – and now it’s really taking off. By @BINordic
• Why Norway wants to be the world's next big tech hub | TechRadar
• Unicorn Farms Are Opening in Norway. By @arcticstartup
• Keep an eye on Norway: Its startup scene is about to go huge. By Haje Jan Kamps (@haje) on TechCrunch
• World's happiest country is becoming a startup mecca. By @cnntech
• How Norway is Shifting from Oil to Innovation with a Growing Startup Culture. @HuffPost
• Norway’s rise as a major tech innovation hub. By @Falchy ‏CEO @the360Leaders
• ​​​​​​​The Startup Scene in Norway. By Rolf Assev Partner at StartupLab Oslo
• Norway Startup Scene Has the Potential to Scale-up. By Startup Europe Partnership
• Startup Report Norway 2016. By @FlorianKandler
• The 9 best countries in the world to start a business: Norway #9. By @BINordic
• 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Index rankings: Norway #22. By The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute
• The Global Competitiveness Index 2017: Norway #11. By @wef
• The 2018 Bloomberg Innovation Index: Norway #15
• The World’s Most Talent Competitive Countries, 2018: Norway #4. By @INSEADKnowledge
• TENK - Tech Network for Women (@TENKnorge)

• Fintech
  • Fintech Nordics - Norway
  • The fintech ecossytem in Norway is becoming a force to be reckoned with. By Christoffer O. Hernæs
  • The Fintech World Series: Finland, Iceland & Norway (2017). By @kurtosys
  • Fintech Mundi, Norway. By Nordic Tech List
• Healthtech
  • Norway Health Tech, Oslo (@OsloMedtech #oslomedtech)

• Norsk Gründerforum @grunderforum
• Startup Norway @Startup_Norway

  ↵Oslo

• Silicon Fjord, Oslo (@siliconfjord)
• A Guide to the Oslo Startup Ecosystem. By @oslobizreg
• Facts and numbers on startups and scaleups in the Oslo region. By @oslobizreg and @MenonBE (March 2021)
• The Guide to Oslo's Startup Ecosystem: List of 300+ Resources for Entrepreneurs. By Founder Institute Oslo
• Silicon Valley-based Founder Institute Officially Launches New Startup Program in Oslo
• Startup Guide Oslo. By @StartupGuideHQ and supported by Oslo Business Region (@oslobizreg) (Dec 2023)
  
• Tech Oslo Slack Community (@techoslo #techoslo)
• Guide to the Oslo Startup Ecosystem By Startup Norway
• Oslo Startup City Guide: The Nordic’s Growing Startup Hotspot. By @StartUscc
• How to start your startup in Oslo Infographic. By @StartUscc
• EU Tech Ecosystems Map: Services in Oslo. By @My_WayProject
• Oslo Startup Scene. By Teleport
• Startup Guide Oslo - an overview of the startup scene (Printed book) and more by Startup Guide @SGoslo
• Infographic: Founding A Startup In Oslo Visualized. By @StartUscc
• Oslo is emerging as the new startup capital of Europe. By @EricJohanssonLJ via @Elitebizmag
• Business Advice looked at Oslo’s burgeoning startup scene
• Beyond Silicon Valley: 6 Booming Startup Hubs Around the World: Oslo, Norway. By By @searchrook on @StartupGrind
• The World’s Most Talent Competitive Cities, 2018: Oslo #3. By @INSEADKnowledge
• ​​​​​​​12 outstanding Oslo startups to watch in 2018. By @MrJohnFKennedy via @siliconrepublic

• Artificial Intelligence
  • Oslo AI - Norway's AI community (@Oslo_AI)
• Edtech
  • Oslo EdTech Cluster, Oslo (@osloedtech @Edtechnorway #edtechnorge)
• Fintech
  • Oslo Fintech Hub @OsloFintechHub
• Virtual Reality
  • VR Oslo

• Oslo Artificial Intelligence Meetup

  ↵Bergen

• Startup Bergen (@StartupBergen)
• Startup Bergen Meetup
• Bergen’s tech hub seeking to scale after a positive start. By @ComputerWeekly (July 2020)

• FinTech
  • Finance Innovation @fintechboost
  • Is Bergen the Next Global FinTech Hub? By @ooberdave via @lifeinnorway

  ↵Stavanger

  ↵Trondheim

• Startup Trondheim
• Startup Guide Trondheim - an overview of the startup scene (Printed book) and more by Startup Guide @SGtrondheim
• ​​​​​​​Nordic Tech Hot Spot: Trondheim. By @StandoutCapital
• Trondheim Tech Space Making Waves (In Norwegian). By @NRKno
• Trondheim Rises As Norway's Sleeping Tech Giant Awakens (Part One). By Monty Munford on Forbes
• Trondheim Rises As Norway's Sleeping Tech Giant Awakens (Part Two). By Monty Munford on Forbes

Sweden

  ↵Overview

• Sweden Tech Ecosystem. By Dealroom.co
  
• The Swedish Startup Scene [infographic] by SUP46 and Stockholm Business Region
• Startup-Sweden the gateway to the Swedish Startup Ecosystem @startupsweden
• ​​​​​​​theHub.se by Danske Bank - is an online platform tailored to the needs of growth startups
• Swedish entrepreneurial ecosystem (Available for free as PDF and at a cost for Printed book through esbri in Swedish). By Maureen McKelvey and Olof Zaring at the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Gothenburg
• Resources for Sweden Startups, resources related to startups and social enterprises in Sweden and the Nordic countries, curated by Gregg Vanourek (@GVanourek)
• Swedish Innovation Compass @SvInnovCompass
• Sweden Tech Ecosystem Report 2021: Sweden is a leading European innovation hub. By @dealroomco (February 2022)
• How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe. By @Reuters (Aug 2021)
• Sweden has become one of Europe's leading tech powerhouses. @JamesLiamCook spoke to Niklas Zennstrom, Sweden's business minister, Truecaller's CEO + others to find out how it happened. Via The @Telegraph (Oct 2020)
• Sweden: Europe's Historic, Current And Future Innovation Hub. By @ryan_darnell_, Managing Partner, and @mattjweinberg soon-to-be Principal, at #NYC @maxventuresvc via @Forbes (Apr 2020)
• Success Breeds Success - The Swedish Startup Scene At A Glance (Oct 2019). By @arcticstartup
• Why does Sweden produce so many startups? By @wef
• Why Sweden beats other countries at just about everything. By World Economic Forum
• Why The Third Wave Of Swedish Startups Will Be More Successful Than Spotify, Skype And King. By Johnny Warström via Forbes
• Why Does Sweden Have So Many Start-Ups? By @AlanaSemuels
• What's the startup ecosystem like in Sweden? By Face Entrepreneurship
• ​​​​​​​The Swedish Startup Phenomenon. By Robin Teigland
• There are lessons for Australia in Sweden's record unicorn count. By Sydney Morning Herald
• How Sweden’s startups became Europe’s digital vikings. By The Next Web (March 2018)
• How a Country the Size of North Carolina Became a Global Startup Hub. By Inc. (March 2017)
• Why Tech Startups are Taking Sweden by Storm. By @Investopedia
• What's the Startup Ecosystem like in Sweden? By FACE Entrepreneurship @FACE_eu
• Why Sweden Is So Good at Making Tech Everyone Wants. By Ashlee Vance Bloomberg BusinessWeek
• How Swedish Tech Succeeds Growing Globally. Research by Jonathan Bean
• Sweden Is A Tech Superstar From The North. By @DennisMitzner on @TechCrunch
• Why Tech Startups are Taking Sweden by Storm By Investopedia
• If You're Looking for Your Next Unicorn, Head to Sweden by Huffington Post
• Sweden rivals Silicon Valley in breeding startups By Politico
• The best countries for tech companies: 2018 rankings: Sweden #2. By VentureBeat
• Why Sweden is best in the world at producing Unicorns (after Silicon Valley). By Veckans Affärer (in Swedish)
• Sweden has changed perceptions of entrepreneurs By Jonas Vig
• The 9 best countries in the world to start a business: Sweden #6. By @BINordic
• 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Index rankings: Sweden #4. By The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute
• The Global Competitiveness Index 2017: Sweden #7. By @wef
• Nordics Ranked The EU's Most Innovative Nations (2019): Sweden #1. By @StatistaCharts
• The 2018 Bloomberg Innovation Index: Sweden #2
• The World’s Most Talent Competitive Countries, 2018: Sweden #5. By @INSEADKnowledge
• The 2017 EU Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI): Sweden #3. By @EU_Commission
• Why the Swedish Startup Scene Works For the Expat - A country with incubators, accelerators, startup hubs and networking groups aplenty. By Ariel Kramer on Wall Street Journal
• NEW network of ‪Sweden tech hubs is being set-up by Martin Källström (#swedentech)
• How a hybrid startup hub model is accelerating Sweden’s startups by Jessica Stark at SUP46
• Association for Sweden’s incubators & science parks (SISP) @SISP

• Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
  • AI Innovation of Sweden - A national center for AI related research and innovation @AISweden
  • Swedish AI Society - SAIS (@SwedishAI #SwedishAI)
  • WASP AI4X – Collecting Ideas and Identifying Challenges for Future AI Research in Sweden - A new report on AI in Sweden from Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program.
  • Artificial Intelligence in health – we look into the future. By @henrikahlen via @SthlmSciCity
• Cleantech
  • Association of Swedish Environmental Technology Industries @ASSETSweden
• E-Commerce
  • E-commerce in Sweden was worth €6.7 billion in 2017. By @EcommercenewsEU
• Edtech
  • ​​​​​​​Swedish Edtech Industry @SwedishEdTech
  • The Swedish Edtech Map (edtechkartan) in Swedish
  • EdTech Sweden (@EdtechSweden & #edtechsweden)
  • 'The Swedish Edtech sector is being formed for growth' says @JannieJeppesen of @SwedishEdTech By @KarinJLindstrom (in Swedish)
  • Swedish EdTech Report: opportunities and challenges for an industry in strong growth. By @EdtechSweden (in Swedish)
  • The Swedish Edtech Report (August 2017). By @nordictechlist
• Fintech
  • Fintech Nordics - Sweden
  • Swedish Fintech Association (@SweFinTech)
    • Sweden Fintech Association - Breakit.se article (in Swedish)
  • The Swedish #Fintech Report 2021. By @SweFinTech (in Swedish)
  • The Rise and Development of FinTech: Accounts of Disruption from Sweden and Beyond, 1st Edition, Kindle Edition
  • by Robin Teigland (Editor),‎ Shahryar Siri (Editor),‎ Anthony Larsson (Editor),‎ Alejandro Moreno Puertas (Editor),‎ Claire Ingram Bogusz (Editor)
  • What You Need to Know About Sweden’s Fintech Scene. By @JoeLiebkind
  • Why Sweden is Dominating the Retail Payments Industry. By @BankInnovation
  • Top fintech trends in Sweden in 2017. By Computer Weekly
• Foodtech
  • Sweden FoodTech @SweFoodTech
  • The Sweden Foodtech ecosystem. By @SweFoodTech
• Gaming
  • Swedish Games - The gamedevmap of Sweden @swedish_games
  • Infographic: Swedish game industry. By @sweappscene
  • Sweden Beckons for Investors Seeking to Bet on Next Candy Crush. By Bloomberg
  • 2017 Swedish Game Developer Index Reveals Steady Growth in Exports, Boom in New Companies and Revenue. By Swedish Games Industry
  • The Game Industry Of Sweden. By Polygon
  • Sweden’s booming video game industry is more than just Microsoft’s ‘Minecraft’. By Seattle Times
  • The Game Developer Index 2015 analyzes the activities of Swedish game developers. By Swedish Games Industry
  • The game developer industry 2015 in Skåne and Blekinge (Southern Sweden) in 2015. By Game City
• IoT (M2M)
  • Swedish M2M Services Enablers (SMSE) - an alliance of Swedish Internet of Things (IoT) startup companies @swedish_IoE
• SaaS
  • Swedish SaaS Report 2018 - Putting the spotlight on the Swedish SaaS industry. By @j_crona via Cloud Capital
• Shared Economy
  • Shared Economy Sweden (SES)
• Smart City
  • Smart City Sweden @SmartCitySweden
  • In Sweden, Smart Means Sustainable. By Chelsea Collier via Smart Cities Connect

• Swedish Startup Association @SwedishStartups
• YEoS (Young Entrepreneurs of Sweden) @yeos

  ↵Stockholm

• The Stockholm Investor Guide including infographic of tech ecosystem. By Joseph Michael
• The Entrepreneur's Guide to start your business in Stockholm
• Stockholm has bred more tech unicorns per capita than any other tech hub in the world except for Silicon Valley — that is, 0.8 per 100K inhabitants.
  
• “Why is Stockholm, a capital city with a population less than 1 million, home to global brands such as @Skype, @Spotify, @Klarna, & @Minecraft?” @WIRED lists some of the reasons & the “Hottest” #sthlmtech startups in 2024 [Paywall] (Oct 2024)
  
• What's behind the #sthlmtech ecosystem's success? By @thenextweb (Mar 2023)
• Stockholm’s start-up buzz attracts global VC attention. By @FT (March 2021)
• Stockholm’s startup ecosystem at a glance (Jan 2019). @EU_Startups
• The Stockholm Tech Landscape - infographic with links. By @josephstockholm [Updated April 2017]
• How the City of Stockholm is working with Startups
• City of Stockholm's role in creating an innovative environment to support startups. By @josephstockholm
• Stockholm Startup Guide: 250+ Resources for Entrepreneurs. By Founder Institute
• Stockholm Startup City Guide by @StartUscc
• EU Tech Ecosystems Map: Services in Stockholm. By @My_WayProject
• Stockholm Startup Scene. By Teleport
• ​​​​​​​Startup Guide Stockholm - an overview of the startup scene (Printed book) and more by @StartupGuideSTH
• Why Your Startup Should be More Swedish - Why does Stockholm produce so many billion-dollar scaleups? By Startup Genome (Nov 2018)
• A deep dive into 25 global metro areas and their top tech companies including Stockholm. By @CBinsights (Oct 2018)
• 10 Most Impressive Facts About Stockholm’s Tech Scene. By Joseph Michael @josephstockholm
• Stockholm prospers as tech hub as perceptions of entrepreneurs changes. By @ComputerWeekly (April 2019)
• Beyond Spotify and iZettle: How Sweden became Europe’s capital of startup exits. By @VentureBeat (Sep 2018)
• Turning $100M exits into $100B exits: The challenges and opportunities facing Sweden as a tech hub. By Mattias Ljungman of Atomico
• After Skype, King, Mojang And Spotify; Here's What's Next From Stockholm. By @petercohan via @Forbes (Aug 2017)
• Stockholm is now one of the world’s best cities for startups – and it’s growing faster than the competition. By @BINordic
• Spotlight on Stockholm: Home to Spotify, one of the largest IPOs in 2018, and iZettle, acquired by PayPal for. By CBinsights (pdf)
• $2B, Stockholm is a high-ranking up and comer
• Stockholm overall rated #2 global startup ecosystem hub after Silicon Valley
• ​​​​​​​The 10 Best European Cities for Starting a Business 2016 By Inc. - Stockholm #2
• Top Ten Startup Ecosystems in the World 2019: Flat Earth Ahead - Stockholm #3 (Nov 2019)
• Stockholm world's 5th best city for startup entrepreneurs! By @BINordic
• Top 15: Europe’s biggest startup hubs in 2018: #9 Stockholm. By EU-Startups
• Savills 2019 The Tech Cities global rankings: #9 Stockholm
• The 25 most high-tech cities in the world - Stockholm #19
• The World’s Most Talent Competitive Cities, 2018: Stockholm #2. By @INSEADKnowledge
• The Stockholm Investment Landscape in 2016: The momentum is still increasing. By Invest Stockholm & The Nordic Web
• LinkedIn Stockholm Economic Graph April 2016
• The Stockholm Startup scene. By StockholmDirekt.se (in Swedish)
• Stockholm & Scandinavia: global locations for the tech industry. By Mundus International
• Jessica Nilsson, Principal at Northzone, gives her insight into the current Stockholm tech scene
• Something is sizzling in the start-up city of Stockholm. By @siliconrepublic
• Silicon Valhalla: Stockholm Stakes Its Claim on the Future
• How the Swedish Capital Became Europe’s Unicorn Powerhouse. By Index Ventures
• How Stockholm Is Creating A Second Silicon Valley In Scandinavia. By Fast Company
• Chasing the tale of the unicorn: A study of Stockholm's misty meadows. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY and FULL RESEARCH REPORT by Prof. Robin Teigland, Stockholm School of Economics
• The Second-Largest Unicorn Breeding Ground in the World? Sweden. By Inc.
• Why Stockholm has so many billion-dollar tech firms. By The Swedish Wire
• How Stockholm Became a ‘Unicorn Factory’ by Knowledge@Wharton at University of Pennsylvania
• The world's best start-up hubs: Stockholm, Sweden. By @Virgin
• How Stockholm is becoming Europe's premier tech hub By Monty Munford on Mashable
• Stockholm & Scandinavia: global locations for the tech industry. By Sean Williams on Mundus International
• Global Stockholm: Profiling the capital region's international competitiveness and connections by @BrookingsInst
• Europe’s fastest growing city is one of the world’s hottest startup hubs and a magnet for international talent by BBC
• Stockholm: Proving that cool can go big by Red Herring
• Startling Stockholm: a tech startup scene that’s rapidly coming of age by Tech.eu
• Stockholm is the 'most prolific' billion-dollar startup hub behind Silicon Valley by ZDNet
• Stockholm Makes a Comeback as the Cool Club for Startups by Inc.
• The Telegraph Report On The Stockholm Tech Scene and its Background & Future
• The Top 10 Global Startup Scenes - article - slides - includes Stockholm By global seed-stage fund SparkLabs Global
• Europe's hottest startups 2015: Stockholm By Wired
• An Honest Guide to the Stockholm, Sweden Startup Life By Niklas Agevik
• 4 episodes: Why Stockholm is the number two unicorn capital after Silicon Valley. By @techgabesavage
• Why Stockholm's startup scene extends beyond Spotify and Skype by Telegraph
• ​​​​​​​I Have Seen the Future — And It Has a Swedish Accent - Stockholm’s secret sauce is the accessible fiber connectivity that the US lacks. By Susan Crawford
• 4 Cities You Didn't Know Were Startup Hotbeds. By Inc.
• Startup Stockholm. By Global Traveler

• Artificial Intelligence
  • Stockholm AI (@SthlmAi #SthlmAI)
  • Artificial Intelligence in Stockholm. By Joseph Michael
  • How can Stockholm become a better place for AI companies? By Joseph Michael
• Augmented Reality
  • Augmented Reality in Stockholm. By @josephstockholm
• Autotech
  • Auto Tech Startups in Stockholm. By Joseph Michael
• Cleantech
  • Why Stockholm is leading the way in clean energy innovation
• EdTech
  • Stockholm is one of the best EdTech cities in the world. By @BINordic
• E-Sports
  • A guide to the E-Sport Industry in Stockholm. By Joseph Michael
• Fintech
  • The Stockholm Fintech Guide 2020. By Invest Stockholm
  • Stockholm FinTech Guide (2019). By Invest Stockholm
  • Stockholm FinTech Hub. By Nordic Tech List
  • UK, Sweden Emerge as Best Fintech Ecosystems in Europe. By @FintechCH (Nov 2022)
  • Fintech Hubs: Stockholm A.K.A The Unicorn Factory. By @FintechfansCom
  • Stockholm – Europe’s No.2 FinTech city. By Invest Stockholm
  • New data on #fintech in Stockholm 2015: 6000 employees, 14BSEK in rev, 137mUSD in funding, high growth. By DiDigital
  • FinTech in Stockholm and the Future of Finance
  • Overview of FinTech in Stockholm (Apr 2016). By Robin Teigland
  • Stockholm FinTech An overview of the FinTech sector in the greater Stockholm Region [pdf] and [slide deck of pdf] and [slide deck from DI Fintech dagen]
  • The Rise Of Fintech In Stockholm: Learning From Europe’s No. 2 Fintech City by @DataconomyMedia
• Foodtech
  • The Complete Stockholm FoodTech Guide 2021. By @investstockholm
  • 10 things that make Stockholm a leading foodtech hub. By Invest Stockholm
• Gaming
  • Why Sweden's game developer industry grew from 2,500 people to 8,500 in the last decade and is still growing. By @GIBiz (May 2024)
    
  • The Game Development Scene in Stockholm - A guide to the hottest new game developers. By Joseph Michael
• Hardware
  • "Hardware Ecosystem in the City of Stockholm" By Joseph Michael of City of Stockholm
• Health Tech / Digital Health
  • Stockholm Digital Care
  • Health and Wellness Startups in Stockholm. By Joseph Michael (@josephstockholm) Head of startup/tech for the City of Stockholm.
• ​​​​​​​Internet of Things
  • THINGS offers enterprises a hands-on approach to work with technology innovation and digitalisation
  • A Guide to Hardware and IoT in Stockholm — Part 1. By Joseph Michael (@josephstockholm) Head of startup/tech for the City of Stockholm.
  • A Guide to Hardware and IoT in Stockholm — Part 2. By Joseph Michael (@josephstockholm) Head of startup/tech for the City of Stockholm.
• Musictech
  • Stockholm – the Powerhouse of Sound. By Invest Stockholm
  • Join the global leader in music tech. By Invest Stockholm
  • Stockholm a global leader in music tech. By Invest Stockholm
  • Welcome To Stockholm: MusicTech Capital Of The World. By ClashMusic.com @clash_music
  • Stockholm - where music meets tech! [2:21 video]
  • Stockholm Is the Next Powerhouse of Sound. By The Observer
• PropTech (Real Estate)
  • 13 Real Estate Tech Startups in Stockholm. By @josephstockholm
• Smart City #smartsthlm #SmartCitySthm @smartsthlm
  • Smart Stockholm #smartcity
  • How Stockholm is leading the way for smart cities. By @annakonigjerlmy Mayor of Stockholm via @raconteur
  • Stockholm: creating solutions to global challenges. By The Local Sweden
• Sports Tech
  • SportsTech in Stockholm. By @bpenkert and @josephstockholm
• Travel Tech
  • Travel Tech Startups in Stockholm. By Joseph Michael (@josephstockholm) Head of startup/tech for the City of Stockholm.
• Virtual Reality
  • A Guide to the VR scene in Stockholm including List of the hottest new Virtual Reality startups. By Joseph Michael, City of Stockholm

• STHLM TECH Meetup, Stockholm (@STHLMTech or #STHLMTech)
  • The Tyler Crowley effect on Stockholm tech. By Mimi Billing via Sifted
• Stockholm Entrepreneurs (@StockholmEntrep)
• Stockholm Adtech Meetup
• Stockholm.AI - Artificial Intelligence (@SthlmAi #stockholmAI)
• Stockholm eSports
• SthlmFoodTech
• Machine Learning Stockholm
• Stockholm Natural Language Processing Meetup
• Stockholm R useR group (SRUG)
• Health 2.0 Stockholm (@H2Sthlm)
• IoT Stockholm Meetup (@IoTStockholm)
• sthlm.js Meetup (@sthlmjs or #sthlmjs)
• #sthlmhw, Stockholm hardware & IoT startups (@sthlmhw or #sthlmhw)
• #STHLMthings, Stockholm Internet of Things #IoT (@STHLMthings or #STHLMthings)
• STHLM Music City is a meet-up bringing the music and tech industries closer together (@sthlmmusic or #sthlmmusic)
• Stockholm Virtual Reality #VR (@StockholmVR or #sthlmvr) 
• XDSthlm - Experience Design Stockholm - #UX Meetup (@xdsthlm or #xdsthlm)

  ↵Borlänge

• Dalarna Science Park (@dalarnascience #dalarnasciencepark #scienceparkdalarna)

Gothenburg

• Gothenburg Startup Scene. By Teleport
• ​​​​​​​Linda Lindau, CEO of VC firm Chalmers Ventures speaks with Lisa Stenvik at Goteborgs Posten about Chalmers Ventures' mission and Gothenburg as an innovation hub (in Swedish) (Mar 2019)
• ​​​​​​​The Gothenburg's startup scen. By @didigital_se (in Swedish)
• Chalmers Ventures raises Gothenburg's startup scene. By @didigital_se (in Swedish)

• Artificial Intelligence
  • The AI, ML and Big Data ecosystem of West Sweden. By Johan Hogsved
• Sustainability
  • Is Gothenburg the world's most forward-thinking city? By CNN Travel

Helsingborg

• Skåne Startups
• The Øresund Startup Map (Copenhagen, Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg). By Nordic Tech List and Øresund Startups
• Why Skåne startups are attracting $100M+ from investors. By @breakit_se (in Swedish)
• Top 50 Startups and the State of the Greater Copenhagen Region. By Karsten Deppert

• Gaming
  • The Southern Sweden Game Industry [3:25 video]. By @GameHabitat (Aug 2018)
• Life Science
  • Danish-Swedish Medicon Valley still ranks high among Europe’s lifescience clusters, even though it is going through an transition period to remain the key gateway to Nordic life science. By Nordic Life Science News

• Skåne tech entrepreneurs launch 'Fintech Øresund' fintech hub. By @breakit_se (in Swedish)

Jönköping

• Jönköping Tech
• Science Park Jönköping @scienceparkjkpg

Kalmar

• Kalmar Science Park (@ksciencepark)

Linköping

• East Sweden Tech (@EastSwedenTech)
• Science Park Mjärdevi
• #eastswedentech on the rise. By Lena Miranda CEO at Mjärdevi Science Park
• The Linköping startup scene. By @didigital_se (in Swedish)
• Visual Sweden visualization and picture analysis @visualsweden
• The Linköping startups that compete for a spot on the swedentech 33-list 2017. By @nyteknik (SE)

Luleå

• Startup Luleå (@luleatech)

Lund

• Skåne Startups
• The Øresund Startup Map (Copenhagen, Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg). By Nordic Tech List and Øresund Startups
• Lund Startup City Guide by @StartUscc
• Infographic: How To Start Your Startup In Lund. By @StartUscc
• LEEM: Lund Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Map and Facebook page
• Why Skåne startups are attracting $100M+ from investors. By @breakit_se (in Swedish)
• Top 50 Startups and the State of the Greater Copenhagen Region. By Karsten Deppert

• Automotive
  • The Automotive Industry Comes to Skåne. By Invest in Skåne
• Gaming
  • The Southern Sweden Game Industry [3:25 video]. By @GameHabitat (Aug 2018)
• Life Science
  • Danish-Swedish Medicon Valley still ranks high among Europe’s lifescience clusters, even though it is going through an transition period to remain the key gateway to Nordic life science. By Nordic Life Science News

• Skåne tech entrepreneurs launch 'Fintech Øresund' fintech hub. By @breakit_se (in Swedish)

Malmö

• Skåne Startups
• Malmö Startups (@malmostartups)
• The Øresund Startup Map (Copenhagen, Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg). By Nordic Tech List and Øresund Startups
• Malmö Startup City Guide by @StartUscc
• Malmö Startup Scene. By Teleport
• Infographic map of Malmö startups by @rmanusmare
• Malmö: Sweden’s small but sturdy tech ecosystem. By @ComputerWeekly (April 2019)
• Despite its size, Malmö is the home of one of the most diverse tech scenes in Europe. By Sifted
• The Malmö startup scene 2018. By @didigital_se (in Swedish)
• The Malmö startup scene 2016. By @didigital_se (in Swedish)
• Startup Cluster Medicon Village Brings A Breath Of Fresh Air To Science In Sweden
• Malmö's hot startup scene is consistently producing many of the world's best-selling games. By Business Insider Nordic
• Why Skåne startups are attracting $100M+ from investors. By @breakit_se (in Swedish)
• Top 50 Startups and the State of the Greater Copenhagen Region. By Karsten Deppert
• Scandinavia’s most diverse city has taken in record numbers of immigrants fleeing conflict, but its startup culture, lifestyle and food scene also makes it magnet for expats. By @maddysavage @BBC_Capital

• Automotive
  • The Automotive Industry Comes to Skåne. By Invest in Skåne
• Gaming
  • Malmö: The Nordic Gaming Mecca. By Mundus International (May 2020)
  • ​​​​​​​Why Malmö is the hottest gaming city in Europe. By @TheLocalSweden
  • The Southern Sweden Game Industry [3:25 video]. By @GameHabitat (Aug 2018)
• Life Science
  • Danish-Swedish Medicon Valley still ranks high among Europe’s lifescience clusters, even though it is going through an transition period to remain the key gateway to Nordic life science. By Nordic Life Science News

• Startup Live ! #StartupsLive #MalmoStartups
• Skåne tech entrepreneurs launch 'Fintech Øresund' fintech hub. By @breakit_se (in Swedish)

Norrköping

• East Sweden Tech (@EastSwedenTech)
• ​​​​​​​#eastswedentech on the rise. By Lena Miranda CEO at Mjärdevi Science Park
• Visual Sweden visualization and picture analysis @visualsweden

Skellefteå

• Startup Skellefteå​​​​​​​

Skövde

• Gothia Science Park (#gspskovde)
• Sweden Game Arena @SwedenGameArena

Sundsvall

• Åkroken Business Incubator
• A Close Up on the Northern Swedish Startup Ecosystem. By @InScanBusiness (Aug 2018)

Umeå

• InfoTech Umeå (@InfoTechUmea)
• Umeå Tech Arena
• The Umeå startup scene. By @didigital_se (in Swedish)
• University paves the way for Umeå startup companies. By @didigital_se (in Swedish)
• The Umeå startups that compete for a spot on the #swedentech 33-list 2017. By @InfoTechUmea (SE)
• A Close Up on the Northern Swedish Startup Ecosystem. By @InScanBusiness (Aug 2018)

Uppsala

• UppStart, Uppsala (@UppsalaTech)
• Uppsala Startup Scene. By Teleport
• Here is all you need to know about tech and startups in Uppsala. By Breakit (in Swedish)

Västerås

• Robotdalen, Västerås (@Robotdalen)

Åre

• Sweden’s top ski resort has a startup scene with a special recipe - here's a sneak peek of its new tech hub. By Business Insider Nordic

Örebro

• Creative House Örebro
• The startup hub Creative House Örebro is putting Örebro on the Swedish startup map. By @didigital_se (in Swedish)