My ppt from today's presentation at the EdTech Seminar organized by Ulf Skarin of Veckans Affärer at Swedish Parliament, http://riksdagsseminarium-svensk-edtech.confetti.events/

1. May 2016

2. Stockholm – a unicorn breeding ground
Unicorns: Private companies valued at more than USD 1 bln

3. 263 Swedish startups raised USD 23.7 bln
2000-2014
Creandum

4. Stockholm #2 in Fintech after London –
USD 659 mln invested in last 5 years
100 Fintech startups
in Stockholm

5. Moving in on traditional bank territory
Inspiration from CB Insights, SEB base webpage slightly modified to make more room

6. Stockholm’s long path to Fintech success

7. Technology with a focus on the User
LinkedIn Stockholm Economic Graph 2015
Stockholm’s top industries Stockholm’s unique skills

8. # 1 in the world in 9 months – Amazing Brands

9. Strongly
connected
formal
networks
Klarna

10. 11 unicorns or potential unicorns within a few
minutes walk from each other

11. “Stockholm has accumulated a
high degree of entrepreneurial
experience that continues to be
fed back into the ecosystem.”
- Stockholm entrepreneur
“I really think that there is something special here in Stockholm
that I haven’t seen anywhere in the world. I came here with no
networks and less than six months later, I have an extensive
network in the Stockholm startup community.”
- Hong Kong entrepreneur

12. Hoffice – a Swedish concept gone global

13. Thomas Jefferson (1816)
“Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the
progress of the human mind.”
The problem is that the human mind itself can’t keep
pace with the advances that computers are enabling.
http://wadhwa.com/2014/04/15/mit-technology-review-laws-and-ethics-cant-keep-pace-with-technology/

14. How do I
declare the
sale of my
bitcoins?

15. Does
Stockholm
have it all?
World Economic Forum

16. Results from our preliminary study
 A historically conducive business climate
− Global outlook with international business skillset founded in multinational success stories
− Flat, non-bureaucratic management empowering innovation and collaboration across boundaries
− Strong engineering culture encouraging problem-solving while focusing on solving user needs over
creating most advanced technical solutions
 Supportive economic conditions and government policies
− Foresighted politicians and economic crisis creating enabling conditions
− Substantial social safety net reducing entrepreneurial risks
− Stable government and strong regulatory framework
 Today’s enabling business climate
− Local market of demanding users with high Internet and computer literacy throughout society
− Access to variety of financing sources and “smart money”
− High level of knowledge and other resource flows enabled by a “pay-it-forward” culture through
strong informal networks both locally and internationally

17. To be launched before summer….

19. Robin Teigland
robin.teigland@hhs.se
www.slideshare.net/eteigland
www.funnovation.se
@robin.teigland
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