What Tillväxt Helsingborg does

Tillväxt Helsingborg (legal name: Stiftelsen Tillväxt Helsingborg) is a non-profit foundation established in 2014 and headquartered at Södergatan 15 in Helsingborg, Sweden. The foundation provides business development, leadership coaching and capital-matching services to owner-led growth companies located in the Helsingborg region. It was founded by entrepreneur Jenny Lindén Urnes in collaboration with Helsingborgs stad, modeled after the Uppstart Malmö initiative of Dan Olofsson and Luciano Astudillo. Services are offered free of charge or heavily subsidized to qualifying companies with 5-75 employees and annual revenue above 5 million SEK, with funding sourced from the European Union and Helsingborgs stad (municipality).

The foundation delivers four core business development programs — Scale Up (leadership and operational structure), Revenue Boost (sales and profitability acceleration), Growth Capital (investment readiness and capital matching), and Go Global (international expansion) — supplemented by tailored consulting, peer CEO groups (VD-Grupper), specialist network access, and capital matching services. Programs are delivered directly by an in-house team of approximately 10 staff, including four business developers on Team Företag (Aron Wahlberg, Johan Flodgren, Tomas Björk, Mia Tjärnlund) and a separate Team Individkraft handling labor-market programs, supported by a broader network of specialist advisors, mentors and senior business leaders.

Since 2014, the foundation has supported over 200 companies and facilitated more than 700 job placements, including many for young people entering the labor market. Current VD (CEO) is Jeremie Poirier, who succeeded founding-era leader Bengt Ericsson. The board is chaired by Acke Salem and includes representatives drawn from local business and public-sector networks.

Name

Tillväxt Helsingborg

Legal name

Stiftelsen Tillväxt Helsingborg

Website

https://tillvaxthelsingborg.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tillväxt Helsingborg is a non-profit Swedish foundation providing free business development programs, leadership coaching, and capital matching to owner-led growth companies with 5-75 employees in the Helsingborg region, funded by EU and municipal grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Helsingborg

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Foundation Operations: Non-profit foundation funded by EU and Helsingborgs Stad (municipality). Services are provided free of charge or heavily subsidized to qualifying growth companies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Tillväxt Helsingborg is a non-profit foundation that delivers free or subsidized business development programs to owner-led growth companies in the Helsingborg region. Its offering centers on four programs — Scale Up (leadership, structure, processes), Revenue Boost (sales and profitability), Growth Capital (investment readiness and investor access), and Go Global (international expansion) — supplemented by tailored business consulting, peer CEO groups, a specialist/mentor network, and capital matching.

Product overview

Tillväxt Helsingborg is a foundation that provides a unified business development program with multiple specialized modules. The core offering includes four main programs: Scale Up (leadership and operational structure strengthening), Revenue Boost (sales and profitability acceleration), Growth Capital (investment readiness), and Go Global (international expansion). These core programs are supplemented by tailored business consulting, CEO peer groups, specialist network access, and capital matching services. The organization acts as a growth accelerator for established companies in the Helsingborg region, helping company leaders grow in parallel with their businesses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Scale Up A business development program that helps companies strengthen leadership, structure, and work processes to grow quickly and sustainably. Addresses common obstacles such as time constraints, unclear roles, low productivity, and challenges in leading during growth phases.
• Revenue Boost
• Growth Capital
• Go Global
• Skräddarsydd affärsrådgivning (Tailored Business Consulting)
• VD-Grupper (CEO Groups)
• Tillgång till Specialistnätverk (Access to Specialist Network)
• Kapitalmatchning (Capital Matching)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 700 jobs mediated for individuals, many young people far from the labor market

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered foundational and core.

• Uppstart MalmöfoundationalStrategic or Co-development PartnerSource of inspiration for Tillväxt Helsingborg. Project started by entrepreneur Dan Olofsson and politician Luciano Astudillo to help entrepreneurs grow while creating pathways into the labor market. Astudillo later became board member of Tillväxt Helsingborg.
• Specialist network, mentors, and senior advisorscoreOthersExtensive network of specialists, mentors, and senior business leaders available for needs-based matching with participating growth companies. Enables access to expertise, contacts, and resources.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Y Combinator: The archetypal global accelerator offering cohort-based growth, network, and investor matching; useful as a model/adjacent reference for the Scale Up and Growth Capital programs.

Direct peers

• Ignite Sweden: Public-private partnership catalyzing business and innovation collaborations between startups and large corporates; comparable mechanism of matching growth firms to networks and capital partners.
• Almi Företagspartner Skåne: Swedish state-owned finance and business development company that Tillväxt Helsingborg itself cites as a complementary actor. Targets the same growth-stage Swedish SMBs with advisory and capital.
• Nyföretagarcentrum Sverige: National nonprofit network offering business advice and coaching to entrepreneurs; explicitly named by Tillväxt Helsingborg as a complementary provider serving a similar owner-leadership audience.
• Connect Sverige: Nonprofit organization providing mentor capital and advisory services to Swedish growth companies; comparable offering and audience of growth-stage Swedish SMBs.
• Uppstart Malmö: Foundational sister initiative started by Dan Olofsson and Luciano Astudillo to help entrepreneurs grow while creating labor-market pathways. Direct model for Tillväxt Helsingborg and operates an almost identical growth-and-jobs mandate in Skåne.

Emerging players

• Venture Cup Sweden: Swedish startup competition and accelerator providing mentorship, network access, and seed-stage capital matching to growth-oriented Swedish ventures; comparable in mechanism if not in maturity stage.

Others

• Tillväxtverket (Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth): National government agency funding and coordinating regional growth initiatives; functions in the same policy ecosystem and channels much of the EU and municipal funding behind Tillväxt Helsingborg.

Regional players

• Malmö Innovation District / Sting Sweden: Southern Sweden-based accelerator and incubator ecosystem serving growth-stage firms with capital-readiness and network support comparable to Tillväxt Helsingborg's Growth Capital module.
• Coompanion Sverige: Swedish cooperative-development advisory body supporting entrepreneur-led businesses with similar coaching and network services, but operating across Sweden rather than focused on Helsingborg.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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