Founders Gala 2020 was broadcast live from Stora Salongen at Berns in Stockholm on September 24. It was a memorable evening where we got to listen to emotional and inspiring speeches from the stage, and pay tribute to the winners of Founders Awards Growth Rings in gold and silver.
Earlier in the day, the finalists in each category had introduce themselves and their companies to a jury of qualified founders, and during the evening, the Founder of the Year Honorary Award, Founder of the Year and Young Founder of the Year awards were presented.
The complete list of Founders Awards winners:
Founder of the Year Honorary Award 2020
- Monica Lindstedt, founder of Hemfrid.
Winners Young founder of the Year 2020
- The Growth Rings in gold were awarded to Elvira Eriksson, founder of Mockberg and Viktor Stensson, founder of Bokio.
- The Growth Rings in silver were awarded to Julia Wrede, founder of Gravel and John Drakenberg Renander, founder of Alex Therapeutics.
Winners Founder of the Year category 1
In the 1st category of Founder of the Year active main founders with at least a 20% ownership share in a Swedish company with more than SEK 1 million in profit for the year and maximum 20 million in turnover based on financial results in 2019.
- The Growth Rings in gold were awarded to Margareta Andersson, founder of Lexter Ljuddesign and Fred Boström, founder of Bitlog Software.
- The Growth Rings in silver were awarded to Lisa Henningsson Önnerlid, co-founder of W Communication Agency and David Holmberg, founder of The Information Company Sverige.
Winners Founder of the Year category 2
In the 2nd category of Founder of the Year active main founders with at least a 20% ownership share in a Swedish company with more than SEK 2 million in profit for the year and SEK 20-100 million in turnover based on financial results in 2019.
- The Growth Rings in gold were awarded to Carina Roth Schramm, founder of Patrix and Mattias Andersson, founder of Antura.
- The Growth Rings in silver were awarded to Therése Lorentzon & Johanna Deras, founders of PRO TEMPORE and Tobias Petersen & Magnus Sonander, founders of Transformant Group.
Winners Founder of the Year category 3
In the 3rd category of Founder of the Year active main founders with at least a 20% ownership interest in a Swedish company with more than SEK 3 million in profit for the year and SEK 100 - 500 million in turnover based on financial results in 2019.
- The Growth Rings in gold were awarded to Anastasia Georgiadou, founder of Alminia and Rickard Zetterberg, founder of S-GROUP.
- The Growth Rings in silver were awarded to Susanne Bagger, founder of Amendo Group and Patrik Brandt, founder of ISAB Group.
Winners Founder of the Year category 4
In the 4th category of Founder of the Year, active main founders with at least a 20% ownership interest in a Swedish company with more than SEK 10 million in profit for the year and more than SEK 500 million in turnover based on financial results in 2019.
- The Growth Rings in gold were awarded to Helena Casserlöv-Kvist, founder of Meritmind and Johan Ihrfelt, founder of OX2.
- The Growth Rings in silver were awarded to Nicklas Persson, Robert Schön, Nicklas Henriksson and Rickard Hagman, founders of AddPro.
- It feels good that this year's Founders Gala, the 19th in a row, gathered the most founders so far, and that we put a stronger focus on more equal entrepreneurship and company ownership and highlighted entrepreneurs in several company phases. It is now that entrepreneurs are needed more than ever to take society out of this crisis and become more sustainable and better than before, says Niclas Carlsson, CEO and founder of Founders Alliance.
The purpose of Founders Gala is to promote and inspire successful founders by highlighting entrepreneurial role models, increasing the pace of development in Sweden's existing entrepreneurial companies and creating value for participating founders through inspiration, exchange of knowledge and valuable relationships.