Darcy Laceby, co-founder of Absolute Collagen, received the Growth Rings in Silver for Young Founder of the Year at the Founders Awards Gala on September 20, 2023.
The founder of Hyred, Ida Johansson, was awarded the Silver prize for Young Founder of the Year, in recognition of her revolutionizing recruitment with AI, at the Founders Awards Gala on September 20, 2023.
Peetu Nuottajärvi, co-founder of Buutti, received the global award Young Founder of the Year in Silver for his passion to develop society through technology and education at the Founders Awards Gala on September 20, 2023.
The Silver winners of the Young Founder of the Year, Johannes Salmisaari and Henrik Helenius, founders of Droppe, were awarded for their mission to bring the industrial community into the digital era at the Founders Awards Gala on September 20, 2023.
Celina Lorén Saffar, founder of STUCKIES®, was honored as the Gold winner of the Young Founder of the Year award, for her mission to simplify parenting and combat textile over-consumption at the Founders´ Awards Gala on September 20.
In recognition of his efforts to secure sustainable growth for future generations, Maiwand Rasouli, founder of the Rasouli Group, was awarded the Gold winner as the Young Founder of the Year at the Founders Awards Gala on September 20, 2023.
William Pearson and Nick Doman received the Growth Rings in Silver for the global award Young Founder of the Year at the Founders Awards Gala held at Stockholm City Hall on September 22.
Lova Svensson and Amanda Mattsson received the Growth Rings in Silver for the global award Young Founder of the Year at the Founders Awards Gala held at Stockholm City Hall on September 22.
Hugo Tilmouth and Charlie Baron received the Growth Rings in Gold for the global award Young Founder of the Year at the Founders´ Awards Gala held at Stockholm City Hall on September 22.
Madelene Törnblom, founder of Maya Delorez received the Growth Rings in Gold for the global award Young Founder of the Year at the Founders Awards Gala held at Stockholm City Hall on September 22.
Ida Norström - founder of Energy Effective Solutions and Anton Fast and Simon Geldner - founders of Ophena received the Growth Rings in Gold, and Petronella Gustafsson - founder of Progress Me and Sebastian Salomonsson - founder of SebSalo Energi received the Growth Rings in Silver for the Young Founder of the Year 2021 award.
The founders were awarded at the Founders´ Gala held at Stockhol
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
To start and run a company at an early age takes courage and vision. This year's finalists for Young Founder of the Year include four founders, two men and two women, who tirelessly navigated the challenges of entrepreneurship and have done so in the midst of this global pandemic.