Praktikverket

What Praktikverket does

Praktikverket is a Sweden-based, two-sided marketplace platform that connects students seeking internship placements with companies looking to hire interns. Headquartered in Helsingborg, the company operates a digital, self-serve product under a product-led growth motion, with the founder — 19-year-old Lukas Sølvik at the time of founding — having onboarded more than 100 paying companies and students within five months of launch. The product surface is a single web platform serving both sides of the market, addressing information asymmetry in internship discovery and entry-level recruitment.

The company monetizes through a subscription / licensing model, with license periods that are automatically extended to compensate customers for service downtime — a contractual mechanic that signals small recurring contracts rather than enterprise anchor deals. No pricing tiers, contract values, or per-customer economics are publicly disclosed. Distribution is entirely digital and self-serve; there is no evidence of a dedicated sales force, channel partnerships, or marketing spend allocations. The customer base spans two structurally different segments (individual students and corporate employers) addressed through a horizontal segmentation approach.

Underlying technology is not described in available sources beyond the existence of a web-based platform. No AI/ML capabilities, integrations, APIs, SDKs, patents, certifications, or third-party technology partnerships are disclosed. The company is privately held, founded in 2025, and closed its first (pre-seed) funding round in December 2025 with the amount and investors undisclosed. Operational footprint is currently limited to Sweden / Scandinavia, and no geographic expansion, M&A, or partnership activity has been announced.

Name

Praktikverket

Legal name

Praktikverket

Website

https://info.praktikverket.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Praktikverket is a Sweden-based, self-serve digital marketplace that connects students seeking internships with companies looking to hire interns, operating on a subscription licensing model from its Helsingborg headquarters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Internship Matching Platform

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Course Bundle Subscriptions & Learning Membership Marketplaces (EDAFAIAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Software/SaaS Subscriptions (Consumer & Prosumer) (CRAFAIAB)

Keywords

• Internship matching platform
• Student recruitment software
• Talent acquisition platform
• Internship management system
• Student-employer matching

Headquarters

HQ city

Sweden

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Platform Licensing: The platform operates on a subscription/licensing model based on references to 'licensperiod' (license period) in the maintenance notice. The service automatically extends customer subscriptions for downtime experienced.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Praktikverket operates a web-based platform that directly connects students with companies seeking interns for short-term placements. Companies purchase subscription licenses (licensperiod) to access the candidate pool, while students access the platform to discover and apply for internship opportunities. The product is sold self-serve through the company's website with a pay-as-you-go / subscription pricing motion.

Product overview

Praktikverket is a single unified platform that connects students with internship opportunities. Based in Helsingborg, the platform serves both companies seeking interns and students looking for practical work experience, having gained over 100 paying companies and students within five months of founding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Praktikverket Platform Subscription-based web platform that connects students with companies offering internship positions; companies purchase recurring licenses to access student candidates, while students use the platform free of charge to discover and apply for internships.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Handshake: Handshake is a US-based career marketplace connecting college students with employers for internships and entry-level roles. It is the closest direct functional analogue to Praktikverket, serving the same two-sided student-employer market with a digital, self-serve platform.
• Graduateland: Graduateland is a Nordic-focused career network for students and recent graduates, operating across Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and beyond. It directly competes with Praktikverket's student-internship matching use case within the same Scandinavian geography.
• WayUp: WayUp is a US-focused platform matching students and recent graduates with internships and entry-level jobs. It shares Praktikverket's student-internship marketplace orientation and target demographic.
• Internshala: Internshala is one of the largest dedicated internship marketplaces globally, connecting students and employers across multiple geographies. It mirrors Praktikverket's core marketplace model for student internships but at substantially larger scale and with a different geographic focus.

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn: LinkedIn is the dominant global professional network with extensive job and internship listings functionality. It is a broad incumbent in the same space; while not specialized in student internships, it competes with Praktikverket for both student users and employer recruitment budgets.
• Indeed: Indeed is a global job-search engine with extensive internship listings. It is a broad incumbent competing for the same internship-search demand from students and recruitment demand from employers, though at a much larger scale and broader scope.

Regional players

• Jobylon: Jobylon is a Nordic applicant-tracking and recruitment platform with strong Swedish presence. While broader than Praktikverket, it overlaps on the company-side need to source interns and entry-level talent in the same Nordic market.

Others

• Universum: Universum is a global employer-branding and talent-insights firm that partners with universities to help employers attract students. It is thematically adjacent — operating in the same student-employer ecosystem that Praktikverket serves — though it focuses on branding and research rather than transactional matching.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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