091STOCKHOLMBY KATIA MOSKVITCH 59.3293° N, 18.0686° EEinrideA Swedish autonomous
trucking startup, Einride
has recently been
trialling an all-electric
self-driving delivery
truck, the 5G-enabled
26-tonne T-Pod. Founded
in 2016 by Filip Lilja,
Linnéa Kornehed and
Robert Falck, the aim is
to make movement of
goods smarter, safer and
emission-free. einride.techPeltarionPeltarion launched its
cloud-based platform
in 2016 – it brings AI
capabilities to small
businesses. “Modern
AI at scale is limited to
big tech giants,” says
CEO Crnkovic-Friis.
But Peltarion enables
pay-as-you-go access to
cloud-based AI compute
for data analysis and
more. peltarion.comResolution GamesFounded in 2015 by
Tommy Palm of King
(developer of Candy
Crush Saga), Resolution
Games is a VR and AR
games studio. Besides
VR versions of Angry
Birds, it makes fishing
game Bait!, which has
more than two million
downloads. Funded to
$13.5m, the startup was
Google Ventures’ first
investment in Europe.
resolutiongames.comLifesumA health app co-founded
in 2013 by CEO Henrik
Torstensson, Lifesum
tracks your diet and
exercise routine. But
unlike similar apps, its
new (premium-only)
image-recognition
technology can analyse
a snap of your meal
and instantly estimate
the number of calories.
The company has just
surpassed 35 million
users. lifesum.comNorthvoltBattery startup Northvolt
was founded in 2016
by two former Tesla
executives, Paolo Cerruti
and Peter Carlsson.
Northvolt recently
raised €350m from the
European Investment
Bank, and is planning
to raise €1.5bn to build
a battery factory in
Skellefteá, near the Arctic
Circle. northvolt.comCoala LifeFounded in 2014, Coala
Life developed a heart
monitor that can be used
by both patients and
doctors. Without wires
or sticky electrodes, it’s
a matchbox-size device
users hold to the heart to
get an ECG on the Coala
app in one minute. It’s
just been FDA approved,
so entering the US market
is up next. coalalife.comOver the past decade, Stockholm has experienced a spike in venture
capital and government funding – but the biggest change, says Anna Gissler, the
CEO of Invest Stockholm, is startups trying to make a positive impact on society.
“Stockholm is on the way to becoming an impact unicorn factory,” she says.
Natalia Brzezinski, CEO of tech conference Brilliant Minds, agrees. “So many
women work full-time, everyone has access to healthcare and people believe in
climate change, so Swedish startups use data to solve serious global challenges.”STOCKHOLMWHERE TO WORK
The Castle Slottet,
Slottsbacken 8, 111 30
Located in the old
town in a landmark
Art Deco building,
this workspace has a
great view of the old
Royal Palace across
the street – and
features a dog-
friendly third floor.
thecastle.nuMavenoid StorytelMavenoid is an industrial
troubleshooting startup
founded by Shahan
Lilja and Gintautas
Miliauskas in 2016. The
automated platform
can be the first level
of technical support,
asking customers a
series of multiple-choice
questions to specify the
issue with their product.
In 2018, Mavenoid raised
$1.9m in a seed-funding
round. mavenoid.comStorytel users can
stream e-books – and
also publish them.
Launched in 2005, it
has expanded into India,
Russia and several
European countries.
The startup licences
contemporary and
classic titles, and uses
actors and celebrities to
voice them. Founded by
Jonas Tellander, Storytel
has $14.8m in total
funding. storytel.comGimiLaunched in 2015 by
footballer-turned-CEO
Philip Haglund, the Gimi
app teaches children
about digital finance,
familiarising them with
the concept of interest
rates and overdrafts.
It’s been downloaded
more than 800,000
times in the Nordics, and
entered the UK in 2018.
gimitheapp.comKrySweden’s first digital
medicine platform allows
patients to list their
symptoms in the app
and book a 15-minute
video consultation with
a doctor – employed by
Kry. Its founders claim it
can provide consultations
in 20 languages, and has
held more than 350,000
patient meetings in Spain,
Sweden and Norway. kry.se09-19-SUstartup02.indd 91 24/07/2019 14:03