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The winners of Techarena Challenge 2026. Image cred: Camilla Svensk.

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The winners of Techarena Challenge 2026 were announced during TechMinglet at Kallis in Visby. Seven companies were awarded after an intensive competition process during the Techarena Challenge at Almedalsveckan.

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The 19 finalist companies competed for seven awards in total, including Startup Company of the Year, Growth Company of the Year, Audience Award, Social Impact Award, Industrial Award, Dream Award, and the new International Expansion Award.

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Startup Company of the Year by Techarena: Brickanta

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Growth Company of the Year by Techarena: Meela

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Audience Award by HPE & NVIDIA: Intric

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Social Impact Award by Nordea: Seapattern

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Industrial Award by Teknikföretagen: Seapattern

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Dream Award by SPP: Meela

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International Expansion Award by Business Sweden: Intric

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Out of hundreds of applying companies from across the Nordics, 19 finalists were chosen, representing a wide range of industries including deeptech, AI, healthtech, edtech, energy, and more.

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The winners of Techarena Challenge receive an exhibition spot at Techarena 2027.

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See all the finalists here.

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