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Interhuman AI is developing a social intelligence layer that integrates with any existing AI system.

Anirudh and Akshay joined Antler with a bold idea: rebuild code collaboration from the ground up on a decentralized protocol. Within months they hit the front page of Hacker News, grew to 7,000+ users organically, and closed a €3.8M seed round led by byFounders — with backing from Bain Capital Crypto and former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke.

Markku, Kalle, and Aleksi joined Antler with deep SaaS roots and a clear thesis: warm introductions are the most powerful sales channel, yet completely unscalable. They built, validated with 250+ companies including Supermetrics and Oneflow, and closed a €1M pre-seed round — before most teams have finished their pitch deck.

The QMill team joined Antler with a mission to make today's imperfect quantum hardware actually useful. They developed circuit compression algorithms that set records on the LUMI supercomputer — one of the world's most powerful — and shortly after, succeeded in raising €4M in seed funding led by Maki.vc.

The Nordics have produced some of the most successful tech unicorns in Europe—and the world—with Spotify and Klarna securing some of the highest valuations ever achieved by European tech founders. As the tech flywheel spins faster and faster in the region, Antler is excited to publish the largest study of tech founders in the Nordics ever conducted.

Antler's expansion into Finland consolidates our position as the most active early-stage investor in the Nordics.

Antler founder and CEO Magnus Grimeland as well as partner TC Høiseth spoke to Jacob Trumpy from Norway’s leading financial newspaper Dagens Næriningsliv, about the funding landscape and how Antler supports founders.

It’s no secret that cryptocurrency has always been known for its price volatility. Over the past year alone, we have seen Bitcoin achieve its all-time high (ATH) in 2021, as values exceeded over US$65,000, while also dipping to a range of US$30,000 earlier this year. As such, many hodlers have introduced additional methods to earn continuously with their crypto investments to hedge against market fluctuations.

TradeBay is about to revolutionize the fruit trade industry by offering a Global fruit trading platform. Here is why the Stockholm portfolio company, led by CEO Filippa Jedeur-Palmgren, enables new market opportunities and why this Global multi-billion dollar industry is ripe for VC investment.

At some point, most data scientists or developers have built something that they think has startup potential or dreamed of launching their own successful product. Yet, many developers end up sticking with their jobs. So, what makes someone take the leap and chase the startup dream? We asked three developers-turned-founders what prompted them to leave their jobs and start a company. From lacking a sense of purpose to feeling uninspired, stifled, or unappreciated, learn what motivated these successful founders to leave their full-time jobs to start a business.

Thinking about leaving corporate life behind? Looking for more freedom, control, and financial independence? Perhaps being a consultant has shown you that the business world isn't half as complicated as you thought, and you've played around with the thought of starting your own company. However, you're unsure if you're cut out for the startup journey. We asked four consultant-turned-entrepreneurs about the biggest lessons they learned along the way. From what these founders have discovered about themselves since becoming an entrepreneur, to how they've used their background in consulting to build successful tech startups in less than a year, here's what they had to say.

Read on to learn more about what prompted Radu to start RePack, what he’s learned about himself since becoming an entrepreneur, and how to hire top talent. Check out his tips on the startup recruitment process and how to maintain a healthy working relationship with your co-founder.

Learn about what keeps Jessica motivated and inspired as a founder, and how she and her co-founder, Puteri Myrasandri, have built the startup culture of their dreams. Check out her tips on building an autonomous startup culture, and how to push through rejections, all while building a successful company.

Longtime friends Marie Louise Sunde and Isabelle Ringnes have always been passionate about equality and the power of technology in solving some of the most pressing issues of our time. Inspired by Emma Watson's powerful speech for the #HeForShe campaign, they joined the very first Antler cohort in Stockholm to build Equality Check - a platform for reviews about culture, inclusion and equality in the workplace.

Following an investment of DKK 50 million into Antler's Nordic Fund from the Danish state's investment fund Vækstfonden, Antler is launching in Copenhagen to attract and support highly specialised founders from across the world and invest in the most promising 'green' companies of the future.

New jobs are created by new companies - which is why we need more hungry, creative and inventive entrepreneurs in Sweden, as a response to the pandemic. Everything starts with an idea. With the right conditions, an idea can flourish and become the next Spotify. And to grow these ideas into businesses, we need founders from all backgrounds. What is your idea and how can we help it grow? Let's build our future together.

Watch the video to get to know the team behind BrightBee - an Antler-backed AdTech startup that continuously explores the best audience to fully optimize social media ads using Machine Learning.

It is no secret that industry leaders face challenges when it comes to fostering innovation and growth. Take a closer peek into how Antler Norway has managed to unlock mutual benefits - by innovating at speed and creating a culture of entrepreneurship with the support of top entrepreneurs from all around the world.

Meet the Yayloh team! Nikhil Shikarkhane, CTO and co-founder, is a full-stack engineer and deep learning specialist as well as a serial entrepreneur. At Antler, he met his co-founder and CEO Sophie Aubard, who had the same entrepreneurial mindset but who could complement his skills well with deep knowledge about how to run and scale big businesses after having worked for big malls in the retail space.

Women make up 50% of the population but only 11% of capital is invested in female-led companies, even though data shows that diverse teams perform better. Antler wants to enable more women to launch and lead companies. Click to read the startup stories of 5 female founders and why they decided to become entrepreneurs.

Back in August 2019, 98 carefully selected founders were brought together to embark on their startup journey. This diverse group of people from 22 nations, and experience from more than 30 industries and academia, along with a female representation of 35%, all had one thing in common - the desire to create impact and build their own new venture.

I don't consider myself as much of a risk taker, but in summer 2019, I knew it was time. I quit my job in order to become an entrepreneur at Antler, without knowing what to build or with whom. My expectations were to work hard and develop a lot. Coming from the business side, predominantly from global organizations, I was also expecting to learn a lot in the tech field. Boy, was I in for a ride!

On Thursday the 21st of November 2019, about 100 leaders and influencers across the technology field were brought together to be part of the exclusive launch for Inspiring Fifty Nordics; men and women who see the value and positive impact that increased diversity has on all aspects of business including revenue growth, innovation and culture.

Skyqraft is an Antler-generated startup built to transform what the long-range power line inspection looks like today. Using manned helicopters and ground crew is not only outdated and time consuming, it's also dangerous, expensive and unsustainable. Skyqraft offers autonomous, long-range infrastructure inspections that gathers video and image data using drones. Their machine learning system will then use this data to detect any potential threats towards the grid. The startup was founded in the inaugural Stockholm cohort by CEO David Almroth, CTO Umar Chughtai and Sales Director Sakina Turabali.

Meet the Done team! Malin Granlund, CEO, and Alek Åström CTO, explain how they want to revive an industry that has been the most complained about in Sweden for over twelve years (Swedish Consumer Agency, 2017).

Antler has launched in Norway with a mission to enable exceptional individuals to build global businesses in industries with high potential for innovation: energy, property, mobility. Antler, a global startup generator and early-stage VC fund, recruits talented professionals to join a six-month program designed to support them in finding co-founders to build and grow a business that will go on to solve some of the most crucial problems of tomorrow.

On the third of September, Antler was fortunate enough to be paid a royal visit. Prince Daniel of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland, came to visit the Antler Stockholm office. Here is what happened behind the scenes.

The most common question I've been asked is "How does the co-founder matching process work?" Here are my thoughts.

June 12, 2019 | Stockholm: What do you get when you take 14 portfolio companies, 500 guests, almost 1500 people live streaming from across the world, one stage and a mission to build the next wave of tech?

This week, we speak to David Almroth, an experienced CTO and full stack developer with 20 years of software development experience and expertise in machine learning. After a decade in the startup ecosystem, David takes some time out to share with us his motivations, aspirations and overall founder journey. Come January 2019, he will also be joining our inaugural Stockholm program.