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Over the past ten years a lot has happened to how we view the workspace as a result of multiple factors, such as the tech race, the pandemic and digitisation. What these factors have in common is that they have contributed to shifting what your most important resources - your employees - require from the workspace, and how it should fuel innovation and growth within your business.
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GLOBHE is a global drone service provider helping its clients get access to new perspectives, information & solutions while creating a better planet at the same time.
The company was founded in 2015 by Helena Samsioe as she saw the potential in drone photography as data and started to connect freelance drone operators worldwide who wanted to be a part of a social impact movement.
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Airspace is an industry-first automated platform, focusing on time-critical shipments, like organ transplants or aircraft parts. The logistics startup was created in 2016 in California, by Nick Bulcao and Ryan Rusnak, to eliminate the transparency issues and challenges that are so prevalent in the logistics industry today to create the most trusted delivery network the world has ever seen.
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On May 4th, 2022 we hosted the Future of Workspace at Epicenter Stockholm. A summit was organized to discuss how the new way of working is changing the way companies think and act around the workplace.
During the past few years, the world of work has changed dramatically and the workspace is being reshaped into a place with new meaning and relevance. The flexible lifestyle has become a norm...
Telavox was founded in 2002 by Viktor Karlsson (current CEO) and two of his friends at the University of Lund. “There has to be a better way”. They were on a mission to make a more cost-effective and easier to use cloud PBX service, making it easier for companies to communicate and collaborate.
With HQ in Malmö, and on a journey to keep growing in Stockholm, Telavox decided to relocate rece...
Netskope is an American Cybersecurity company, founded in 2012 in Silicon Valley by Sanjay Beri (current CEO), Lebin Cheng, Ravi Ithal, and Krishna Narayanaswamy. Connecting users directly to the internet, any application, and their infrastructure from any device, on or off the network, they rapidly became the SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) leader.
With approximately 2000 people worldwide...
Pimm is a concept and design agency founded by Cira Wikström and Kristine Lium, with the vision of helping brands move from strategic concept to a business opportunity. Branding, communication, design & experiences - they have it all.
Combining expertise in design and branding in tech for start-ups, scale-ups, agencies and big companies, the founders started working together with a comm...
Massfluencer was founded in 2017 in Singapore. It is now the world-leading influencer performance platform helping companies to scale up, by having them access a poll of 100M influencers in 213 markets. Through their platform, companies can be matched with the right influencers given their needs in influencer marketing.
With clients all around the world, Massfluencer focuses on attracting a...
Voicemachine was founded in 2019 by a team of media professionals with over 25 years of experience in media & voice production. The business-to-business web app is designed specifically for professional voice talents and media clients and has radically simplified the process of selecting and recording voices.
Connecting voice talents with agencies, without intermediaries
The voice-over m...
It is no news that Sweden is booming and that the Swedish tech industry is having a hard time finding the skills and talent they need. As Almega report shows, 70.000 people will be needed in the tech sector by 2024, leaving recruiters crying out for a fast and sustainable solution.
On the other end, most companies who are looking for developers want to hire people with extensive experience...
DBT is a Stockholm based SMEs specialist lender, founded in 2017 by Alexis Kopylov, with the ambition to enable innovation and growth for fast growing start-ups and scale-ups.. The company is built by a strong team with backgrounds from companies such as iZettle, Klarna, Aldermore, OakNorth Bank, DICE, and Spotify to name a few.
Being part of the Epicenter community since 2017, they now hav...
Wndy was founded in 2021 by Daniel Eriksson to offer small and medium-sized companies quick and easy access to digital HR expertise.
By gathering knowledge easily accessible in a digital platform, and combining it with the expertise from HR consultants, entrepreneurs can get quick access to the guidance they need.
Inspired by the genuine entrepreneurial vibe and the creative brains aroun...
DingDong was founded in April 2021 by Anders Carlsarv, Nadine Kolbe, and Louis Kaufman. Leveraging the approach called quick commerce', they are establishing small warehouses, called “dark stores”, where customers located in the area can order groceries within the DingDong app and have them delivered within 10 minutes.
Joining Epicenter, the DingDong team was inspired by the innovative clim...
Wanda was founded in 2019 in Oslo, Norway by five entrepreneurs with the goal of giving people in big cities easy, flexible, and affordable access to space. They want to help create sustainable cities which are easy to live in where you can use your living space for living, and look after and use your things in a smart way, reducing the material footprint from consumption.
Building a new ki...
The diplomatic relations between Sweden and Korea goes back more than 60 years and with the Korea Startup Center at Epicenter Stockholm the relationship has grown even further. The center was established in 2020 when the Korean government was looking for a place to educate some of their most promising talent into becoming their next big companies. The solution was to partner with Epicenter to ...
Founded by Queen Silvia and members of WHO , Mentor is a non-profit organization working to empower 13-17 year old children, focusing on socioeconomically challenged areas in Sweden. Internationally also operating in Denmark, Germany, Lebanon, USA and Latvia, they passionately believe that good role models can change society. In this article we meet Cecilia Bernard, Secretary General at Mentor...
When it comes to building a fast-growing company, you need the right people onboard. Having the right people with the right skills and mind-set becomes crucial and at the very core of creating business growth. In this interview with Epicenter member UrbanUrban, we learn how you can work with HR in a flexible way to support your growth
UrbanUrban is an HR and recruitment partner to fast grow...
The topic of AI and ethics is exploding due to primarily different company and government crises around privacy, discrimination, lost autonomy and the proliferation of fake news. The transformative benefits that AI will bring are undisputed, but companies need to get ahead of the unintended negative impacts of AI before they occur. Meet Epicenter member AI Sustainability Center. With their uni...
Meet Epicenter member, Future Ordering - a digital ordering platform working to disrupt the global restaurant industry. The Future Ordering platform is enabling restaurants to offer their customers an ordering experience directly through app, web, or self-service kiosks. The company is today powering some of the most profitable and innovative restaurant chains, are deployed across 10...
Morpheus Tribe is a company interested and invested in tech and development, holding tech as a powerful tool to solve technical challenges and issues, based in Sweden. Morpheus Tribe uses technology to build things technically advanced from scratch. If you have an idea but you are struggling to find the right team, Morpheus Tribe can help you make it happen. Together with a confident and exper...
Gelato is a software company that today represents the world's largest network of printers and logistics options. Its platform enables eCommerce entrepreneurs and creators to produce and deliver customized products such as clothing, wall art, and books to customers anywhere through a network of more than 100 local production partners in 32 countries including Brazil, Russia, India, and China.
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The Sweden Israel Chamber of Commerce was founded in the early fifties to stimulate trade and cooperation with the Israeli market. From supporting agricultural products imported to Sweden and the export of trucks to Israel, they aim today at supporting networks and ecosystems in both countries that are in particular strong at innovation, as they believe that trusted-, long term, business relat...
Innovation can be seen as the cornerstone of sustained economic growth and one of the most important parameters for companies to stay relevant. According to the Global Innovation Index, Sweden is ranked as the second most innovative country in the world. Why is that? What are the most important innovations from Sweden? And which innovations will define our future?
Today we are w...
Concerns about the future of our planet and efforts to combat the impacts of global warming is on the rise. Various studies have found that the number of people alarmed and concerned about global climate change has multiplied especially in recent years. This situation has impacted, influenced, and created a greater concern for sustainability, especially in e-commerce, where some of our greates...
Your mental and physical health is important for success in your work or business. If you are an entrepreneur or a person who works extremely hard it is important to take some time for your personal well-being. Taking care of yourself not only gives you a longer life but also a higher quality one.
Physical strength influences everything else. People who work hard should be aware of a health...
The knowledge about SEO is not only important for SEO experts but for anyone who wants to advance their business through the best digital marketing techniques.For startups in the first steps, for consolidated businesses and marketers, SEO is a key tool to increase profits and gain clients.
SEO consists of knowledge about search engines, key marketing factors, and helpful tools to facilitate...
In the already fast-changing world of human resources, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is leading to unprecedented attention on HR technology to help employers manage these new challenges. As a data-driven talent acquisition partner, Adway actively guides customers in finding, connecting with, and converting talent efficiently and strengthening their unique employer brand.
Their team has coun...
Boost.ai is a Norwegian scale-up headquartered in Stavanger, nestled amongst the fjords of southwestern Norway. They build chatbots for large-scale organizations, banks, governments, e-commerce, etc. - that are powered by the proprietary conversational AI platform.
It is a conversational AI platform for enterprises that love fast returns on investment. This platform helps businesses by fac...
While paper checklists can work for employees in a small office environment, they may not work in large offices that are a fast and often hurried environment. But technology has made it easier in recent years with digital checklists. Digital checklists are often a catalyst for productivity and accountability and the tool many managers rely on to make sure things get done. They help with organi...
The hospitality industry has always been about luxury, pleasure, and excellent customer service; about giving a unique experience that would make them come back for more stays. Nowadays modern guests travel both for business and pleasure or relaxation. Therefore, they expect to experience something unique, something comfortable, and to be the center of attention. If your company is not doing i...
In a world full of buzzwords and business trends it’s easy to get lost. At the end of the day and what it all comes down to is that every business starts with a transaction. But how can you increase the amount of transactions and at the same time lower the threshold for getting the transactions through? The simple answer is spelled smart interactive campaign formats for conversion and leads. W...
Mobile ownership and telecommunications technologies are driving the digital economy forward and the demand for real-time payments is accelerating. The payments landscape has gone through a significant transformation in recent years where technological advancements have led to step changes in innovation. However, the demand seems to have always been the same. That is that payment systems shoul...
Tech giants of the world deliver not only tools, softwares and hardwares that we use in our day to day life – they also carry a lot of responsibility in supporting other parts of the tech ecosystem as pioneers in their field. It’s said that if you’re strong you gotta be kind and a great example of believers in this are our friends at Microsoft. But what are the concrete actions that an actor l...
Success in a new venture often requires more than just a strong will and a good business concept. You also need capital and, in many cases, support from experienced advisers who are knowledgeable about growth and operating a business. Luckily, that's what Epicenter member and partner Almi's very expertise revolves around! Who are they, you might ask?
To dive a bit deeper into what their ins...
Leading with emotions has been the it word for some time, but nevertheless, its importance is not going to vanish, even if AI is taking huge leaps in every direction. On the contrary, emotions are directly needed in 2021, when leading has been shifted to virtual channels and face-to-face interaction has been scarce, says Epicenter’s Fireside chat guest, forerunner of emotional l...
Belonging to a community is now more important than ever. And why is that? Well, individuals and companies feel a need to connect. In the pandemic that we’re currently in, The Epicenter-community-vibe is still standing strong and you’ll feel it as soon as you walk in the doors.
In October 2020, we asked 200 of our members to give their thoughts on the value of belonging to a community,...
We are living in extraordinary times. The way we live, work and do business is being disrupted. Working from home has proven itself to be efficient. BUT – does that really mean that employees want to spend all of their working life at home?
Let’s find out!
We asked 200 of our members within our tech savvy business environment around the topic of the future of work. Now that a majority ha...
Just two weeks after COVID-19 turned conference spaces the world over into ghost-towns, Epicenter Studio was welcoming delegates across the globe to hugely engaging digital events, live-streamed from the heart of Stockholm. Our own Head of Brand Experience Fia Nordin reveals how it’s done – and what digital events can do for you.
As anyone who’s ever run a Zoom presentation will confirm, ca...
The pace of change is relentless, and nowhere is this more evident than in the evolving nature of office spaces.
Tap the link below to get insights from Patrick Mesterton, CEO and Co-founder of Epicenter, as he shares his valuable insights on how the workplace can serve as a catalyst for creativity, collaboration, and innovation, rather than a burdensome expense.
This crucial topic was al...
SPRING 2024, MOOD DISTRICT:
AMF Fastigheter AB enters a new collaboration with the Epicenter founders Ola Ahlvarsson and Patrick Mesterton. Let us proudly announce Elements Stockholm - a brand new hub for the most important issues of our time that brings together businesses in dynamic clusters. A modern sustainable office space where innovation and collaboration are top of mind.
This was an...
No big dreams about becoming an entrepreneur, but here she is. Founder of 3mintalk, Profile Agency and now the rising star Booky. We sat down at Epicenter to learn more about her entrepreneurial journey - meet Charlotte Dunhoff!
How “coincidence” led to success
Charlotte’s entrepreneurial journey started when she was 24 years old, combining her studies and working with an international sp...
Twenty years of experience from politics, media, culture/arts, consulting and almost fifteen of them in managing positions. On top of that, Speaker of the Year in 2017 in the category Moderator. Meet Epicenter member Nisha Besara - freelancing moderator, speaker, advisor and board member! We sat down here at Epicenter to learn more about her work life experience and future plans.
Making an...
October 27th Epicenter Oslo co-hosted an event with Sopra Steria about the Metaverse in relation to the retail industry. The topic at hand was: will the Metaverse disrupt the retail value chain? And if so, how? We welcomed Sopra Steria’s very own experts on virtual reality, Erik Eskedal, Jelmer Verhoog and Scott Leaman, Meta Vertical Lead, Nina Hareide, and CEO of Wilfa, Morten Hoff to the stag...
At Epicenter we believe that we reach more impact when we collaborate within and across industries, businesses and even competitors. With our clusters we gather companies and individuals around a common challenge or question that we innovate around together.
One example of this is our PropTech cluster REDI.City - a group of companies and individuals with passion that have launched an initia...
During Oslo Innovation Week this year SMOC.ai and Epicenter co-hosted an event about the power of modern business ecosystems. This event sought to both educate and inspire the 200 people in the audience to get a deeper understanding of what a business ecosystem is, and how we are both responsible for (and reliant on) them to thrive, both in business, and as a species.
Event host, ...
Stockholm, home to companies like Spotify, iZettle, and Minecraft. Oslo, home to EcoOnline, Ignite Procurement and Spacemaker. Helsinki, home to Wolt, Supercell, and Aiven. The Nordics is a unique place for innovation and producing global tech unicorns. South Korea and Singapore are now teaming up with Nordic Innovation House Epicenter to provide their most promising local startups with a scale...
