Malmö's Tech Industry

4TH PLACE Skåne ranks fourth in the Nordic region in terms of attracting investments in tech start-ups. Only Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Helsinki are ahead of us. (Sydsverige Live, 2018)

281 BILLION SEK is the Swedish tech industry’s contribution to GDP, almost as
much as the total contribution from traditional Swedish basic industries.

1,300 PERCENT is how much the Swedish tech industry’s combined contribution
to GDP has grown by since 1981.

Quick facts

• More than 800 companies and 8,000 employees within IT alone in Malmö. (Malmö Invest) Probably more with a broader definition of tech companies.
• Tech is the area that generates the most innovations in Skåne. (Region Skåne, 2023)
• Skåne’s tech industry is developing more strongly than the national average in terms of employment, added value, and productivity.

Company profiles

Focus on software as a service (SaaS), climate tech, and medtech. The tech companies in Malmö are a diverse range of large corporations, start-ups, scale-ups, software companies, consultancy companies, and e-commerce companies.

What's up in Malmö within the industry?

• The largest SaaS conference in the Nordic region, SaaSiest, is held each year in Malmö. It is attended by almost 1,000 companies from around 40 different countries.
• Europe’s leading climate tech event, The Drop, is arranged annually in Malmö. It attracted more than 950 participants in 2023, around half of whom were investors.
• ÖreDev, an annual conference/event for developers held since 2005.

How does the city of Malmö work with this industry?

• One important tool for the city is Minc, a start-up house with a tech focus owned by the City of Malmö. Minc makes a strong contribution toward making Malmö one of Europe’s most attractive cities in which to start and run tech companies.
• Support for Nordic Demo Day.
• Support for The Drop.

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