Exclusive: Swedish founders launch accelerator to prep scale-ups for institutional capital

From left: Jonas Jonsson, Siavash Habibi, and Ulrika Tornerefelt. Image supplied
24 mars 2026
10:02
Less than one in five European startups survive the journey from the seed stage to Series A.

Team Scaleup, a new Swedish accelerator, has launched to bridge the gap – and prepare companies to attract institutional capital.

"Europe simply cannot afford to lose promising impact companies," CEO Siavash Habibi tells Impact Loop.

Prominent Swedish founders have launched Team Scaleup, a new accelerator programme specifically targeting Europe's scale-up capital gap.

Behind the platform are Ulrika Tornerefelt and Jonas Jonsson – who previously built and sold Stella Futura to battery unicorn Polarium – alongside CEO Siavash Habibi, formerly of McKinsey and TechBuddy.

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