Hello and welcome to the Controlled Burn and the third part of our four-part series on Sweden and its startups. This week I spoke to Epidemic Sound co-founder Oscar Höglund (the full interview is below). Here in the UK, I attended the Insurtech Insights conference at the O2 and learned
When I first heard about the $1.1bn deal that saw Swedish AI startup, Sana, acquired by Workday in late 2025 I felt a range of emotions. Intrigue, of course: nothing gets the juices flowing like some red hot M&A. But also relief, because as a one-time employee
February marked my first trip to Stockholm where I had a series of chats with the great and good of Swedish tech. So far, my work has appeared in Euronews and the Financial Times (and there is more to come). But given that those proud publications (rightly) want reported features
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