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Stockholm's startup community has really blossomed in recent years. I think two reasons behind it are: 1. A more competitive tax policy (http://forumblog.org/2014/06/europes-top-ten-competitive-eco...). 2. More VC and Angel captial available as a result of previous Swedish unicorns such as Skype, Spotify and King.

If you happen to visit Stockholm you should check out STHLM Tech Meetup (http://www.meetup.com/STHLM-Tech-Meetup/) and SUP46: http://sup46.com/.



Skype is not Swedish. It was developed in Estonia and incorporated in Luxembourg.


True, though it was founded by a Swede and a Dane (and with some of its initial capital being from Sweden).

But I partly agree, saying it's a Swedish company is a stretch.


One of the founders is Swedish. Therefore the Skype exit increased the supply of VC money in Sweden (through Atomico), which was my point.




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