Industrial reach.
Nordic focus.
For 43 weeks straight (well, more or less), we’ve mapped the Nordic hardtech ecosystem: Founders. Investors. Policy shifts. Deep industrial bets.
The platform continues to grow, and so do the collaborations around it. This issue, among other Nordic hardtech news of course, outlines how partners and podcast guests can be part of that. If you’re building in this space, you’ll likely recognise yourself.
Nordic Hardtech Current Partners 🤝
- Lightbringer: AI-powered patent service helping tech companies protect their edge fast, with in-house legal expertise. Book an intro.
- Recuro: Growth partner for hardtech and deeptech. Scale with profit.
- SISP (Swedish Incubators & Science Parks): The network for 60+ incubators and science parks in Sweden. Find yours here.
- The Yard: Gothenburg’s hub for co-working, community, and serious hardware. Explore their memberships.
Nordic Hardtech: Partner & Podcast
An open invitation to partners and future podcast guests shaping Nordic hardtech.
How to Work With Us
Who we reach. What we cover.
Each week, ~9,000 professionals across the Nordic hardtech ecosystem read this newsletter — founders, CTOs, investors and operators building industrial companies.
We focus on sectors where physical technology meets deployment: AI, automation and robotics, defence and space, transport and energy, materials and semiconductors, medtech and biotech, consumer products and industrial solutions. For organisations active in these areas, the alignment is natural.
Partnership
Our recurring partnership model is built around visibility, relevance and long-term presence within the Nordic hardtech ecosystem.
Partners gain presence across newsletter, website and LinkedIn, the opportunity to feature relevant voices in our podcast, highlight selected member companies, participate in events and co-create thematic activations.
We collaborate with organisations that see distribution as infrastructure and community as a strategic asset.
Join the podcast or pitch a guest 🎧
We’re currently in season three of the Nordic Hardtech Podcast, with 35 episodes released so far. Across those conversations, we meet Nordic entrepreneurs, investors and leaders shaping the future of hardtech. The focus is practical and grounded: revenue, manufacturing, regulation, export markets, supply chains and capital intensity.
If you’d like to join the podcast, or know someone who should be part of it, feel free to reach out.
Lately ⏮️
Selected news from the hardtech ecosystem
- Microsoft and Ericsson lead 15 companies in launching the Trusted Tech Alliance, the first coordinated industry response to rising digital sovereignty and data storage concerns.
- Nordic leaders see AI as the main driver of transformation, but resistance inside organisations remains the biggest failure factor, according to Midagon’s Nordic Transformation Study.
- Alstom moves from pilot to broader application with Sweden’s Stilfold, evaluating its lightweight, origami-based steel forming for train structures.
- Sweden’s largest electric aircraft so far completed a test flight at Bromma, underscoring regional, medical and preparedness use cases amid debate over the airport’s future. See it fly!
Up next ⏭️
What's brewing in the community?
- Denmark doubles down on hardware scale-up. Future Manufacturers is funded for four more years and is now open for applications until 24 February.
- Industrialisation in 60 minutes? Södertälje Science Park runs a crash course for hardware startups on 2 March, with a look into the Produktionsänglar program. Sign up here!
- Nordic Innovation seeks a Senior Innovation Advisor to shape Nordic competitiveness and green transition programs. Applications close 1 March.
- Nordic Air Defence opens 2026 intern applications across EE, AI, software, mechanical, production and GNC — for those ready to take real responsibility on defence systems from day one.
- FFI launches six funding calls focused on system demonstrators, traffic automation and circular production in road transport. Deadline 18 March.
Jennifer Bark
Discover more hardtech events across the Nordics and beyond during 2026.
Nordic Hardtech Funding List
See who’s raising, scaling and building across the Nordics.
Nordic Hardtech is a platform for the hardtech ecosystem — sharing knowledge, bringing inspiration, and building community through podcasts, newsletters, events, and more.
💸 Fuel up. Scaling takes capital — The Nordic Hardtech Funding List shows you where to find it.
💥Get involved. Pitch a topic. Join the podcast. Get on the investor list– if you're hardtech.
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