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Magnus Grimeland, Founder & CEO of Antler, delivers a keynote address at the Nordic Startup Festival 2022 around the theme “What’s The Nordic Secret Sauce for Building Unicorns.” Magnus leads a global team across 6 continents and 21 locations with the mission to fundamentally improve the world by supporting founders, who are building the defining companies of tomorrow. Antler has invested in, and helped build over 400+ portfolio companies worldwide and established the world’s largest early-stage investment platform, with an unparalleled global network of entrepreneurial leaders and advisors. Prior to Antler, Magnus co-founded ZALORA.com, Asia’s largest fashion e-commerce company. He served as COO and Managing Director of Zalora after it was acquired by Global Fashion Group (GFG) and expanded it across 26 countries. Magnus is an alumnus of Harvard University and McKinsey & Company. He was a Junior Partner at McKinsey & Co and worked in North America, Europe and Asia in the global telecommunications, media and tech industries. He served as a Navy Seal with the Royal Norwegian Navy Special Operations. Nordic Startup Festival is a virtual startup summit powered by Nutty Ventures AB (www.nuttyventures.com), an ecosystem acceleration organization based in Stockholm, Sweden. The 2022 summit was held on 31st August with thousands of attendees from 50+ countries (see details: https://www.linkedin.com/events/6957281880765292544). Ecosystem partners for the summit included Startup Grind Stockholm, Founder Institute Nordics, and Impact Hub Stockholm. #Nordic #Startup #Festival #Founder #Funding #Investors #VC #Impact #Tech #Ecosystem #Accelerator #NordicStartupFestival #NSF #NSF2022 #NuttyVentures

In her message to the Founder Institute Nordics, Mayor of Stockholm (Anna König Jerlmyr) talks about the importance of encouraging more women to join entrepreneurship & tech. #stockholm #startups #womenintech #femalefounders

Simon Olson, CEO & Founding Partner at XY Ventures speaks about what they are looking into when investing in startups, and how the sourcing flow for XY Ventures looks like - at the recent Founder Institute Sweden event.

Emmet King, Founding Partner at J12 Ventures speaks about what they are looking for when investing - at the recent Founder Institute Sweden event.

Julia Delin, CEO SSE Business Lab speaks about the importance of diversity & inclusion when building a team and how to raise capital - at the recent Founder Institute Sweden event.