Founders Alliance presents the jury members for the Founders Awards 2021

To encourage long-term, sustainable and equal ownership, Founders Alliance pays attention to women and men in every step of the entrepreneurial journey and honor winners in six categories: from the young founder, through all phases of a company’s growth cycle to the founder who through a lifetime achievement has developed one or more companies, and who embodies a true role model for other founders.

The winners are chosen by qualified founders acting as jury during the Twenty Year Anniversary Founders’ Gala on September 16, where they will receive The Growth Rings Gold and Silver Award.

Our esteemed jurys are the following.

The jury of Young Founder of the Year is comprised of the following founders: Gustaf Brandberg - Gullspång Invest; Patricia Olby Kimondo - People Productions; Elvira Eriksson - Mockberg and Viktor Stensson - Bokio.

The jury of Founder of the Year’s 1st Category is comprised of the following founders: Margareta Andersson - Efterklang, Birgitta Brodin - Recepta, Kristina Lindhe - Lexington, Fred Boström - Bitlog, Rickard Zetterberg - S-Group, and on stage to present the winners - chairman of the jury - Emma Rozada - The Techno Creatives.

The jury of Founder of the Year’s 2nd Category is comprised of the following founders: Anastasia Georgiadou - Alminia, Johanna Wollert Melin - Trice imagine, Thomas Rogalin - Workz, Melker Andersson - F12-Gruppen, and on stage to present the winners - chairman of the jury - Klas Orsvärn - Tacton.

The jury of Founder of the Year’s 3rd Category is comprised of the following founders: Corina Papadopoulo - Fontana Foods, Pontus Frithiof - Pontus Group, Mattias Andersson - Antura, Thomas Blendow - Blendow Group, and on stage to present the winners - chairman of the jury - Sofi Franzén - Eventyr.

The jury of Founder of the Year’s 4th Category is comprised of the following founders: Shori Zand - Avesina Group, Sven Hagströmer - Creades, Johan Ihrfelt - OX2 Group, Martin Gren - Axis, and on stage to present the winners - chairman of the jury - Helena Casserlöv Kvist - Meritmind.

Read more about Founders’ Gala and the finalists

The Growth Rings

What all founders have in common is that they themselves are a seed that grows into a successful company. Just like the trees in a forest, founders are the most important organism in the ecosystem that creates growth in the world.

The symbol that pays tribute to these successful founders we call the Growth Rings.

“It starts as a seed in the founder’s mind. For it to grow strong, patience is required and real perseverance. During a company's development, strong years with good conditions alternate with meager and tough years without development. The Founders Awards annual growth rings symbolize this story”