
Julia Delin: SSE Ventures
In this episode, Joel Palathinkal chats with Julia Delin from SSE Ventures about her educational and entrepreneurial journey. They compare US and European educational systems and discuss Julia's shift to incubator management, covering incubator and accelerator stages. The episode highlights Stockholm startups, university roles in the ecosystem, and Swedish policies affecting entrepreneurship. Julia contrasts New York's emerging manager scene with Sweden's VC landscape, exploring business models, AI investments, and the post-COVID emerging manager movement. They wrap up with resources for emerging managers and closing thoughts.
Key Points
- Government-funded incubators in Sweden support startups from ideation to seed stage, providing a unique safety net that encourages entrepreneurial risk-taking.
- The Stockholm School of Economics' venture fund employs an evergreen model, reinvesting a portion of exits to sustain long-term growth and support early-stage companies.
- The Swedish startup ecosystem benefits from a strong foundation in engineering education, a collaborative culture among successful entrepreneurs, and early tech adoption initiatives that have collectively fostered global tech leaders like Spotify and Klarna.
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