What’s driving Sweden’s startup boom, from Lovable to Legora

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What’s driving Sweden’s startup boom, from Lovable to Legora Theresa Loconsolo 9:00 AM PDT · August 26, 2026 29 min Loading the player…

Vibe-coding darling Lovable just raised $400 million at a $13.3 billion valuation , roughly doubling its worth in eight months. But Lovable isn’t the only Stockholm startup putting up huge numbers lately — legal AI company Legora and health tech startup Neko Health are right there with it.

On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Dominic-Madori Davis is joined by Sophia Bendz , a partner at Cherry Ventures and longtime fixture of Europe’s startup scene, to unpack what’s driving startup growth in the Nordic ecosystem, from Sweden’s social safety net to the wave of U.S. capital flowing in.

Theresa Loconsolo is an audio producer at TechCrunch focusing on Equity, the network’s flagship podcast. Before joining TechCrunch in 2022, she was one of 2 producers at a four-station conglomerate where she wrote, recorded, voiced and edited content, and engineered live performances and interviews from guests like lovelytheband. Theresa is based in New Jersey and holds a bachelors degree in Communication from Monmouth University. You can contact or verify outreach from Theresa by emailing theresa.loconsolo@techcrunch.com . View Bio October 13 – 15 San Francisco Don’t miss out . The startup community will gather to answer a pivotal question: How do you build sustainably in the AI era?

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