Traces.Dreams

What Traces.Dreams does

Traces.Dreams (legal entity Traces&Dreams AB, Swedish org. nr 559336-2196) is a Stockholm-based global transdisciplinary agency that builds and distributes narrative-driven content and educational programs aimed at cultural transformation, societal change, and futures literacy. The company's core platform is FutureFramed.TV, a free digital library and video podcast featuring conversations with researchers, scientists, and changemakers from institutions such as the Global Young Academy, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, NSTDA Thailand, and the World Sustainable Development Forum. It also operates the Global AI Impact Academy (established January 2025 with Prof. Nevine Labib) focused on democratizing AI knowledge and promoting gender equality through AI, alongside projects including Future Narratives (Erasmus+), MERITA (European cultural heritage in music), Women in Science Without Borders, and Islanders.

The company monetizes through a mix of EU-funded project work, partnership and sponsorship agreements, and bespoke project collaboration services (co-developing, narrating, and disseminating scientific and cultural projects for institutional clients). All video content on FutureFramed.TV is provided free of charge, consistent with the company's stated belief that knowledge should be free. The underlying technology stack is a web-based content management and video production infrastructure with a WordPress/React-based site and a YouTube distribution channel; there are no disclosed APIs, SDKs, mobile apps, or proprietary AI/ML models. The company is founder-led by Nerina Finetto and operates with a small core team including a head of projects, head of growth, fullstack developer, communications journalist, and the AI Academy founder. It claims global reach across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas through partnerships, though no headcount, revenue, or funding figures are disclosed.

Name

Traces.Dreams

Legal name

Traces&Dreams AB

Website

https://tracesdreams.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Traces.Dreams is a Stockholm-based global transdisciplinary agency producing free narrative-driven video podcasts (FutureFramed.TV), futures-literacy workshops, and the Global AI Impact Academy, serving researchers, innovators, and educational organizations worldwide via partnerships and EU-funded projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Sollentuna

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Free Knowledge Dissemination: All video content on FutureFramed.TV platform is available free of charge as the company believes knowledge should be free. Revenue is not generated directly from content consumption.
2. Partnerships and Sponsorships: The company seeks partnerships, collaborations, and content sponsorships as a revenue stream. Organizations can sponsor content or partner with Traces.Dreams for project collaboration.
3. Project Collaboration Services: Enabling, guiding, and describing transformative processes for clients including co-developing, narrating, and disseminating scientific projects, facilitating conversations, and curating ideas.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Traces.Dreams (legal entity Traces&Dreams AB) is a global transdisciplinary agency based in Stockholm that harnesses narrative power to drive cultural transformation. It produces and distributes video-podcast content through the FutureFramed.TV platform and delivers project-collaboration, education, and narrative-strategy services to researchers, innovators, changemakers, and institutions. It also runs the Global AI Impact Academy and multiple sub-projects including Future Narratives, Fairnews, Merita, Islanders, and Women in Science Without Borders.

Product overview

Traces.Dreams is a global transdisciplinary agency that operates primarily through its digital platform FutureFramed.TV, a video podcast library featuring conversations with researchers and changemakers. The company also runs the Global AI Impact Academy with its sub-initiatives AI Academy and AI Goes Pink, focused on democratizing AI education and promoting gender equality through AI. Additional products include Future Narratives methodology, Merita (cultural heritage in music), Women in Science Without Borders, Traces.Dreams Academy (media literacy), Islanders (cultural heritage for island communities), and Fairnews. The portfolio centers on using narrative, knowledge, and education as levers for cultural transformation and sustainable futures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Future Narratives Erasmus+ project engaged youth workers and young people from across Europe in futures literacy workshops
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Prof. Nevine LabibcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024Collaboration with Prof. Nevine Labib, Professor of Computer Science & Information Systems at Sadat Academy for Management Sciences and Vice President of the Egyptian Society for Information Systems and Computer Technology, to launch the AI for a Better Future initiative in September 2024. In January 2025, this collaboration established the Global AI Impact Academy, led by Prof. Labib, dedicated to democratizing AI knowledge and fostering global collaborations for sustainable and equitable societal advancement.
• Future Narratives Erasmus+ Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023European consortium project bringing youth workers and young people from across Europe together for futures literacy workshops. First workshop held in Sollentuna, Sweden. Project combines narratives with Futures Literacy methodology to enable young people to become authors of their own stories.
• Global Young AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration with the Global Young Academy (international society of young scientists, membership capped at 200) on various video projects including Women in Science working group content, Global Health initiatives, and biodiversity research features.
• European Capitals of CulturemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject collaboration with European Capitals of Culture program, promoting cultural heritage and arts across European cities.
• MERITAmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with MERITA, a European platform championing new forms of classical music performance by connecting the new generation of string quartets with sites of European cultural heritage. Platform celebrated three years of innovation in July 2025.
• Women in Science Without Borders (WISWB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with WISWB initiative founded by Amal Amin, associate professor at National Research Center Egypt, to empower women in science. Traces.Dreams produces video content documenting WISWB conferences including events in Cairo (2017, 2019), University of Johannesburg (2018), and Rio De Janeiro (2020).
• Brazilian Academy of SciencesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Brazilian Academy of Sciences (founded 1916) producing mini-series 'Science creates development' featuring Brazilian scientists and their contributions to science.
• NSTDA ThailandmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with National Science and Technology Development Agency Thailand, featuring video conversations with President Dr. Narong Sirilertworakul about Thailand's scientific research and technology development goals.
• World Sustainable Development ForummajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with World Sustainable Development Forum, a global platform bringing stakeholders together to address economic growth patterns affecting the planet. Traces.Dreams produces content introducing the forum and its mission.
• GlobalNet21minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with GlobalNet21 on Conversations Across Borders podcast series, covering topics including asylum seekers, climate change, global justice, and international relations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• StoryCorps: StoryCorps is a nonprofit oral history project that records and shares personal stories for cultural preservation. Like Traces.Dreams, StoryCorps uses storytelling as a tool for cultural transformation and intergenerational connection, particularly through projects like Traces.Dreams' Islanders.
• TED: TED is a global nonprofit media platform that hosts short video talks from researchers, innovators, and changemakers. Like Traces.Dreams, TED's core model is mission-driven video storytelling featuring experts across disciplines, distributed freely online.
• The Conversation: The Conversation is a nonprofit news outlet publishing articles written by academics and researchers. Traces.Dreams' FutureFramed.TV shares the same approach of amplifying expert voices from academic institutions (Global Young Academy, Brazilian Academy of Sciences) for public audiences.
• Global Citizen: Global Citizen is a movement and media platform using storytelling, campaigns, and content to drive action on global issues including women's empowerment and SDGs. Traces.Dreams shares Global Citizen's UN SDG alignment, global south engagement, and women in science/AI focus.
• The Moth: The Moth is a nonprofit storytelling platform featuring true stories told live and distributed via podcast/video. Traces.Dreams' emphasis on narrative as a tool for understanding and the Future Narratives methodology align with The Moth's storytelling-for-impact mission.
• Big Think: Big Think is a video platform featuring expert interviews and ideas from thought leaders across disciplines. Its video-first, expert-led content model and mission of democratizing access to expert knowledge closely mirrors Traces.Dreams' FutureFramed.TV approach.
• De Correspondent: De Correspondent is a mission-driven journalism platform funded by members rather than advertisers. Traces.Dreams shares the values-based, non-commercial content stance and focus on underserved topics like sustainability, democracy, and global justice.

Broad incumbents

• MasterClass: MasterClass is a premium streaming platform featuring video courses from leading experts and celebrities. It is comparable as a video-first educational content business model, though MasterClass operates at much larger scale with paid subscriptions rather than free access.

Emerging players

• PopTech: PopTech is a smaller innovation and impact community that runs programs, events, and content around social innovation and emerging futures. Its focus on changemakers and futures thinking is closely aligned with Traces.Dreams' innovation and Futures Literacy themes.
• Tortoise Media: Tortoise Media is a member-funded journalism startup focused on 'slow news' and considered coverage of major issues. It is comparable as a values-driven, non-advertising-supported media business operating at similar scale to Traces.Dreams.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCoIWQdSPOZdWqh6D60EA34w
• Xx.com/tracesdreams

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