It is with great pleasure that we present this year's nominees for the award Young Founder of the Year. Now Founders Alliance members have the opportunity to vote to appoint the finalists, two women and two men.

Young Founder of the Year is awarded to young founders for the ability to develop products and services that employ people and contribute to the benefit of the customer. The purpose of the award is to encourage further success, acting as a catalyst to growth for the young founders. The award is part of the Founders Awards.

The Founders Alliance criteria for Young Founder of the Year 2021 is that the nominee:

  • is under 30 years of age at the time of nomination
  • has started and runs a Swedish limited company
  • the founder and any co-founders together are majority owners
  • has a turnover of at least EUR 50,000
  • has the potential to become a successful founder

The finalists introduce themselves and their companies to a jury of qualified founders who select the winners who receive their honorary award, Young Founder of the Year 2021 during the Founders Awards Gala at Stockholm City September 16. 

 


Founder:  Ida Norström
Company: Energy Effective Solutions Mälardalen AB (EES)
Founded: 2018
Website: www.eesolutions.se
Nominated by: Founders Alliance

Short description of the company: Energy Effective Solutions AB (EES) is an installation company in the electricity industry whose main focus is to perform energy-smart electrical installations. Our main business consists of: Solar Cells (Photovoltaic), Electric car charger (EV-chargers), Smart home systems and Electrical installations. 2019 – first year went very well. We wanted to increase the pace in 2020, but at the same time grow organically and build a buffer for future ventures. We have had organic growth in sales from 2019 to 2020 of approximately 35% - and we are considering raising capital to increase our growth at a higher pace in 2022-2023, when we have a strong buffer. 


Founders:  Anton Fast och Simon Geldner
Company: Ophena AB
Founded: 2018
Website: www.ophena.com
Nominated by: Founders Alliance

Short description of the company: Ophena revolutionized the equestrian industry with the world's first magnetic safety stirrup sold direct-to-consumer. With 750 verified customer reviews, averaging 4.9 / 5 stars, riders are craving our products. Our philosophy is to deliver the very best products with world-leading customer service for a reasonable price. With customers in over 70 countries and a growth of factor four in the last year, our goal is to become the most desired equestrian brand in the world.


Founder: Stephanie Spindler Jonsson
Company: MyPauze International AB
Founded: 2019
Website: www.mypauze.com
Nominated by: Företagsfabriken

Short description of the company: - My mum needs one of your mobile cases, she spends more time on her mobile phone than with me. I received this comment from a 12-year-old boy and it highlights WHY MyPauze is needed. Our mobile phone is constantly grabbing our attention – in classrooms, at meetings and at the dinner table. MyPauze lockable phone case blocks signals and helps people reduce screen time, increase focus and protect against radiation. We are not anti-mobile, we just want people to be more social. Disconnect and reconnect.


Founder:  Adrian Andersson
Company: MicroAA Labs AB och Meitner
Founded: 2017 samt 2019
Website: www.microaalabs.se / www.meitner.se
Nominated by: YEOS 

Short description of the company:
MicroAA Labs AB
MicroAA Labs develops apps, websites and IT software for smaller companies. We can offer these services at a lower price than our competitors, while we keep the same quality, by finding and recruiting only high-performing top students in IT from Sweden's best universities. With this solution, we can offer a great part-time job for students and attract companies who cannot afford to pay the market price.

Meitner AB
Meitner is a comprehensive digital school platform that replaces the 5-7 different systems schools are using today with just one. Our simple platform brings together all the school's needs in a very user-friendly place to facilitate and streamline everyday work for both teachers and students. We also have integrated tools for analyzing and detecting mental illness among students at an early stage.


Founder: Linnea Jämtin
Company: Hollywood Skin AB
Founded: 2014
Website: www.hollywoodskin.com
Nominated by: YEOS 

Short description of the company: We bridge the gap between Hollywood glamour and your own home beauty routine. Our  skincare brand is built on values and a promise of honesty and integrity, quality, and results, while progressing a culture of freedom, defiance, and the expression of one's own sexual  identity. Beauty shouldn't be a homogenous dictation forced upon people. We aim to push boundaries of self acceptance, by encouraging our followers to express their true self, in full glory and  with pride.


Founder: Oliver Titikic
Company: AURIX-Law/Project/Finance AB
Founded: 2018
Website: www.aurix.se
Nominated by: UF Alumni Skåne

Short description of the company: Aurix is a law firm with a vision to make the law accessible to small businesses and ordinary people - through legal advice and education. We have already won a case against Redbull and are on Företagarnas list of the 103 best business ideas of young entrepreneurs. We have also worked with companies like Swedbank and various institutions for professional higher education. We want to change the norm and modernise the legal system. At Aurix, we strongly believe in giving back to society and to pay it forward.


Founder: Robin Hörnkvist
Company:  Scenklart AB
Founded: 2017
Website: www.scenklart.se
Nominated by: Founders Alliance

Short description of the company: An older man once thanked me for playing piano saying; ”Thank you, now I can live a bit longer”. Today, joy is my business concept. Scenklart is an event and production agency that creates moments for life. The concept of joy is created with a clear structure, a high quality, and a careful fingertip feeling. Concerts, corporate events, artists, and more are packaged and delivered to you for the love of joy.


Founder: Ida Johansson
Company:  Turn Consulting AB
Founded: 2019
Website: www.turnconsulting.se
Nominated by: UF Alumni Älvsborg och UF Alumni Skåne

Short description of the company: Turn Consulting offers an automated recruitment platform for part-time jobs where we have integrated AI and machine learning as a complement to traditional recruitments where employment decisions risk being based on a gut feeling.Turn started with a simple purpose. We want to make it easier for students to enter working life. Entering as a new player in a traditional industry allowed us to redefine the concept of recruitment. For us, it means doing things differently.


Founders:  Attila Farkas och Keihan Darvishi
Company: Proffas i Mälardalen AB
Founded: 2015
Website: www.proffas.se
Nominated by: Founders Alliance

Short description of the company: Proffas is a cleaning company that makes everyday life easier for hundreds of customers - every day. The business idea is simple: You give us the key, we take care of the rest. No hidden fees or additional costs. We are the only company in Sweden that lends and moves cars - completely free of charge to our moving cleaning customers.


Founder: Sebastian Salomonsson
Company: SebSalo Energi AB
Founded: 2015
Website: www.sebsalo.se
Nominated by: Founders Alliance

Short description of the company: At SebSalo, we work with everything related to heating and plumbing installations in properties and homes. We work dedicatedly and are involved in large and small projects. We want to provide the best service and the highest quality in the industry. We are constantly working to develop new ideas and solutions. We offer efficient and sustainable solutions, we want to help our customers and take responsibility for our work.


Founder: Klara Kågefors
Company: Fiorella Floristdesign AB
Founded: 2013
Website: www.fiorefloristdesign.se
Nominated by: Founders Alliance

Short description of the company: Welcome to Fiore florist design where entrepreneurship and creativity blossom! Indulge your senses with the fragrances, colors and shapes of our floral creations which pushes design to a whole new level. With a burning compassion for floral design we’re aiming to break new ground and create the unexpected. Experience and get inspired by our wholesome solutions where fresh cut flowers meet interior design, for your home, your workplace or any type of event. Let nature's beauty be a part of your everyday life, visit us at Fiore!


Founder:  Staffan Taylor
Company: Taylors Dream Big AB
Founded: 2015
Website: www.staffantaylor.se
Nominated by: Emax 

Short description of the company: Staffan Taylor and his team works through lectures, social media and summer programs to focus on the importance of training young people's self-leadership. Staffan is a constant advocate that we shall lift each other, which he was praised for when he became a finalist in the award NetAngel of the Year for his work in being a voice against bullying and spreading positive messages. Dream Big and Be Kind echoes wherever they go. 


Founder:  Petronella Gustafsson
Company: Progress Me AB
Founded: 2018
Website: www.progressme.se
Nominated by: Founders Alliance

Short description of the company: Progress Me’s vision is to prevent eating disorders. Petronella Gustafsson, founder and CEO has herself fought with an eating disorder and later on discovered the lack within the healthcare system. Through experiential knowledge Progress Me works with digital tools where the solution consists of an mobile app, a web-community and SaaS-solution with focus on both the affected and relative.


Name:  Felix Kollin
Company:  LeadPilot AB
Founded: 2019
Website: www.leadpilot.com
Nominated by: Åke Lundén

Short description of the company: LeadPilot automates prospecting and outreach in one platform. Companies and key decision makers are found and contacted with personalized messages, so sales and marketing teams can spend their time elsewhere. We use localized company information databases and AI-driven prospecting in order to achieve the best possible accuracy in lead generation and outreach.


Founders:  Joel Renander och Josef Hallquist
Company:  iService Karlstad AB
Founded: 2015
Website: www.iservicesverige.se
Nominated by: Founders Alliance

Short description of the company: The cellphone is now a requirement for dealing with all parts of our everyday lives. It's a great development, but what happens when it breaks down? Through our high quality standards iService will repair and save your phones life – quick and easy. If you already were about to upgrade your phone, we can purchase your old one and offer you a refurbished phone with 1 year of warranty. Why not save time and money while contributing to a better environment?