This on-site side event at Techarena 2026 is brought to you by a collaboration of Enterprise Estonia, Invest Estonia, Startup Estonia & Sweden Startup Nation. Register for the event here.
The New Nordics – spanning Sweden, Estonia and the wider Northern innovation corridor – are emerging as one of Europe’s most dynamic and resilient tech regions. With world-class talent, a deep-tech-strong research base, and some of Europe’s most active startup ecosystems, the region holds unique potential to power the next generation of European scaleups.
Yet to convert innovation capacity into global market leadership, the region must unlock more long-term, risk-tolerant capital. With accelerating deep tech breakthroughs, major green and industrial transitions, and shifting EU capital frameworks, the New Nordics can serve as a testbed for next-generation investment models that blend public ambition with private capital.
This session brings together policymakers, investors and ecosystem leaders to explore how the region can mobilise capital at scale and position itself as a unified Nordic-Baltic innovation powerhouse.
Key topics
- How the New Nordics can lead Europe in capital market innovation
- Unlocking institutional capital, including pension funds, for venture and growth investment
- Financing the next generation of scaleups across deep tech, climate tech and industrial transformation
- Estonia and Sweden as complementary models: speed, policy innovation & long-term capital capacity
- Building a New Nordics capital corridor that strengthens Europe’s competitiveness globally
Agenda
14:00 Welcoming remarks – Enterprise Estonia
14:05 Release: Data Insights – A new shared picture of the New Nordics investment landscape
Fresh data and insights on startup and scaleup activity across Sweden and Estonia – revealing where capital is flowing, where bottlenecks remain, and how the region can position itself as Europe’s most investment-ready innovation corridor.
Speakers:
Kati Pärn, Nordic Partnerships Lead, Startup Estonia
Stina Lantz, CEO, SISP & Sweden Startup Nation
14:20 Panel – “How do we build a globally competitive New Nordics capital region?”
14:40 Mingle
This on-site side event at Techarena 2026 is brought to you by a collaboration of Enterprise Estonia, Invest Estonia, Startup Estonia & Sweden Startup Nation. Register for the event here.
