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Best Oncology Companies in Stockholm County, Sweden

The 36 best Oncology companies in Stockholm County, Sweden in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Anocca.

36companies tracked
$302.9Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
19have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ONCOLOGY × STOCKHOLM COUNTY

Our analysis of 50 Oncology companies

$16.3b in tracked funding; 86% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
86%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2unicorns
2016median founding year

Ranked: Best Oncology companies in Stockholm County

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Anocca
Deevloper of personalized immunotherapeutics for oncology, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases
$120M13 mo ago100—Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Ruby+13Top 50M——
2InDex Pharmaceuticals
DNA-based immunomodulatory sequence medication for the treatment of inflammtatory bowel disease.
$45M84 mo ago7———251 patents
Oligonucleotide and small‑molecule therapies for ulcerative colitis via enema delivery
—
3Affibody
Developer of antibody mimetic and protein based drug for the treatment of multiple diseases
$43M44 mo ago113—WordPressMySQLPHP+18Top 10M422 patents
Therapeutic peptide binders for immune checkpoints and cancer targets
—
4Elypta
Provider of liquid biopsy-based molecular diagnostics for cancer detection
$28M51 mo ago27Karl Bergman
CEO
WebflowAmazon Web ServicesPlausible+10Top 50M25 patents
Diagnostic biomarkers for cancer and arthritis using glycosaminoglycan profiling
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5SciBase
Provider of POC device for the detection of malignant melanoma
$22M63 mo ago22Stig Ollmar
Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+22Top 50M62 patents
Bioelectrical impedance devices for assessing tissue health and epithelial barrier function
—
6One-carbon Therapeutics
Developer of therapeutics to treat cancers, inflammation, and autoimmune diseases
$16M9 mo ago3—————
7XNK Therapeutics
Developer of cell-based immunotherapy for the treatment of cancer
$14M53 mo ago35Johan Liwing
CEO
——10 patents
NK cell expansion methods and related immunotherapy formulations for cancer treatment
—
8iCellate
Cancer profiling tool for precision oncology through liquid biopsy test
$4M39 mo ago19Pelle Redare
Entrepreneur & Co-founder
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9Axelar
Anti-cancer treatments that target the insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor signalling pathway
$4M70 mo ago8———78 patents
Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials
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10Oxcia
Developing therapies targeting DNA Damage Response to cure cancer and inflammation
$3M42 mo ago—Ulrika Berglund
CEO
————
11Adduct Analys
LC-MS based drug response blood test for precise dosing of CPA for breast cancer
$907K141 mo ago—Achim Orzechowski
CEO
——8 patents
N‑terminal protein adduct analysis via mass‑spectrometry‑based proteomics
—
12Kancera
Developing small molecule therapeutics for Cancer
$898K97 mo ago4Thomas Olin
CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+11Top 10M122 patents
Design and synthesis of chiral heteroaryl pyrimidine kinase inhibitors for ROR1 and CX3CR1
—
13AAX Biotech
Developer of immunotherapies for cancer and autoimmune therapies
$685K7 mo ago—Maria Knudsen
CEO
Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+14Top 50M2 patents
Design and discovery of therapeutic biologics (antibodies, peptides, nucleic acids) and their targets
—
14NEOGAP
Developer of radiopharmaceuticals for the treatment of cancer
$473K7 mo ago21Samuel Svensson
CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+28Top 50M——
15Genagon Therapeutics
Developing antibodies for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases
$233K127 mo ago10Simon Fredriksson
Founder & CEO
——20 patents
Targeted peptide therapeutics modulating CLPTM1 and TGF‑β signaling pathways
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Top 12 Oncology companies in Stockholm County

#1
Series D · Sodertalje, Stockholm County · founded 2014 · 100 employees
$120Mraised
▾

Developer of personalized immunotherapeutics for oncology, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The company has TCR-modified T-cell therapies against multiple antigen classes, tumours, genetic mutations, and viruses that cause cancer. The proprietary Immuno-technology platform for its target discovery, validation, and product development.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 23.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2025Series D$46M
  • May 2023Series C$36.9M
  • Dec 2022Venture Debt$26.5M
  • Jul 2021Series B$47M
Investors
AMF, Mellby Gård, Michano, Swedbank, Nidoco, European Investment Bank
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCookie NoticeDiviEmotionGoogle Font ApiGsap
#2
Series B · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2019 · 3 employees
$16.2Mraised
▾

Developer of therapeutics to treat cancers, inflammation, and autoimmune diseases. It offers one-carbon metabolism pathway-based therapeutics that target DNA repair and DNA damage response for the treatment of BRCA mutated cancer with PARP inhibitors.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 859 LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Tempus AI) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2025Series B$16.2M
#3
Seed · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2020
$684.9Kraised
▾

Developer of immunotherapies for cancer and autoimmune therapies. It offers Seqitope an antibody epitope mapping method, Opti-mAb for CAR-T cells, and bispecific antibodies development for cancer treatment.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Seed—
  • Oct 2024Seed$684.9K
Founders & team
Maria KnudsenCEO
Investors
KI Holding, Northislet, Phase2Phase
Tech stack
AngularCart FunctionalityCore-JsGoogle Font ApiHstsMicrosoft 365
#4
Series A · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2016 · 21 employees
$473Kraised
▾

Developer of radiopharmaceuticals for the treatment of cancer. The company has pTTL cell therapy product, which targets neoantigens by using proprietary PIOR and patented EpiTCer technologies, targeting neoantigens using immune cells from cancer patients as starting material.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 9.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Series A$9.8M
  • Mar 2024Seed$473K
  • Nov 2023Grant (prize money)$2.6M
  • 2023Grant (prize money)$8.9M
Founders & team
Samuel SvenssonCEO
Investors
EIC Fund, Okomera, Eureka, Europa, Sciety, Northislet
Tech stack
Animate.CssCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookie NoticeCore-JsElementor
#5
Series D · Solna, Stockholm County · founded 1998 · 113 employees
$43.3Mraised
▾

Developer of antibody mimetic and protein based drug for the treatment of multiple diseases. Its proprietary technology platforms are Affibody molecules is used for developing antibody mimetics monoclonal antibodies and antibody fragments. The leading candidate of the company is for prevention of Alzheimers disease, autoimmune diseases, and psoriasis, along with diagnostic imaging program for metastatic breast cancer.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 29.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Investors
Kaupthing, International Biotechnology Trust, Healthcap, Investor Growth Capital, SV Health Investors, AP3
Tech stack
BootstrapCookiebotGoogle AnalyticsHstsHttp/3Jquery
#6
Series A · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2017 · 27 employees
$27.9Mraised
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Provider of liquid biopsy-based molecular diagnostics for cancer detection. The company offers a liquid biopsy platform for the detection and monitoring of the disease. The test is based on the measurement of various biomarkers. The test uses machine learning algorithms to generate a score against cancer-type specific signatures. The test is primarily meant for renal cell carcinoma. The test helps in early detection, differential diagnosis, and monitoring or prediction of treatment response, replacing or complementing medical imaging.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 10.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. GLYCOCALYX) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2022Series A$21M
  • May 2022Grant (prize money)$53.8K
  • Dec 2019Seed$6.9M
  • May 2019Grant (prize money)$2.6M
Founders & team
Karl BergmanCEO
Investors
Industrifonden, Sciety, Nina Capital, Chalmers Ventures, Norrsken VC, European Innovation Council
Tech stack
WebflowJsdelivrJqueryGoogle Hosted LibrariesGoogle Font ApiOpen Graph
#7
Public · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2000 · 7 employees
$45.4Mraised
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InDex Pharmaceuticals develops drugs for the treatment of ulcerative colitis. It offers Kappaproct, a DNA-based immunomodulatory sequence medication (TLR Agonists) that provides a local anti-inflammatory effect leading to healing of the mucosa and improvement of clinical symptoms for patients with severe ulcerative colitis; and DiBiCol, a diagnostic test that differentiates between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, the two major forms of inflammatory bowel disease.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2019PE$14.1M
  • Aug 2018Grant (prize money)$58.4K
  • Mar 2017Grant (prize money)$200.6K
  • Sep 2016Post IPO$14.4M
Investors
Vinnova, NeoMed, SEB, Industrifonden, EIC Fund, Linc
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpWordpress MultisiteCloudflare
#8
Public · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 1998 · 22 employees
$22.3Mraised
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SciBase AB has developed a point of care device Nevisense for the detection of malignant melanoma. It is based on Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), which uses the varying electrical properties of human tissue to categorize cellular structures and thereby detect malignancies. The company conducted a pivotal study in 2012 including 1,951 patients and 2,416 lesions at 22 sites in Europe and US.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 8.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • May 2021Post IPO—
  • Dec 2013Series B$18M
  • Feb 2005Series A$4.3M
Founders & team
Stig OllmarFounder
Investors
CapMan, SEB, Van Herk Groep, ÖstVäst Advisory AB, SEB Venture Capital, Fouriertransform
Tech stack
All In One SeoBootstrapContact Form 7Font AwesomeGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Maps
#9
Series A · Solna, Stockholm County · founded 2011 · 19 employees
$4.2Mraised
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Cancer profiling tool for precision oncology through liquid biopsy test. It offer CellMate a next generation circulating tumor test for the detection of cancer by analysing of blood and saliva samples to healthcare providers and individual consumers.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Series A$1.8M
  • Jul 2021Grant (prize money)$1.2M
  • Dec 2019Series A$2.4M
Founders & team
Pelle RedareEntrepreneur & Co-founder
Investors
Europa, Uppsala Innovation Centre, EIT Health
#10
Series B · Huddinge, Stockholm County · founded 2012 · 35 employees
$13.9Mraised
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Developer of cell-based immunotherapy for the treatment of cancer. The company’s platform technology and leading autologous drug candidate, CellProtect, has ideal properties for targeting cancer. The product pipeline inlcudes ACP - 001 and ISA-HC-NK​.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2022Series B$13.9M
Founders & team
Johan LiwingCEO
Investors
Flerie
#11
Funding Raised · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2014
$2.7Mraised
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Developing therapies targeting DNA Damage Response to cure cancer and inflammation. Their solution, OXC-101, is a mitotic MTH1 inhibitor that prevents cancer cells from repairing DNA and oxygen damage, leading to cell death. It also has OXC-201 that blocks the onset of both inflammation and fibrosis.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 943 LinkedIn followers — 2.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 partnerships · 1 expansions (incl. Associate Professor Jesper Säfholm, Karolinska institutet, Sweden) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2023Grant (prize money)$2.7M
  • Jan 2016Grant (prize money)$60K
Founders & team
Ulrika BerglundCEO
Investors
Europa
#12
Deadpooled · Solna, Stockholm County · founded 2003 · 8 employees
$3.8Mraised
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Axelar is developing anti-cancer treatments that target the insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor signalling pathway. The company’s lead drug candidate, AXL1717, is an orally bioavailable small molecule that targets the IGF-1R signalling pathway. The company has completed a randomised, controlled, multicenter, multinational Phase II study on non-small cell lung cancer. The company aims to partner with a pharmaceutical company to complete the clinical program and bring a product to market.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2020Seed$3.8M
Investors
Binance, DCVC, Lemniscap, Div

Funding & investor landscape

$302.9Mtotal disclosed funding
15companies funded
37disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa6 rounds
Uppsala Innovation Centre5 rounds
Flerie4 rounds
Almi Invest3 rounds
EIC Fund3 rounds
EIT Health3 rounds
Industrifonden3 rounds
Karolinska Development3 rounds
Northislet3 rounds
AP32 rounds

Notable founders

Maria Knudsen
CEO · AAX Biotech
Samuel Svensson
CEO · NEOGAP
Karl Bergman
CEO · Elypta
Stig Ollmar
Founder · SciBase
Pelle Redare
Entrepreneur & Co-founder · iCellate
Johan Liwing
CEO · XNK Therapeutics
Ulrika Berglund
CEO · Oxcia
Achim Orzechowski
CEO · Adduct Analys
Thomas Olin
CEO · Kancera
Simon Fredriksson
Founder & CEO · Genagon Therapeutics
David Rosen
CEO · A3P Biomedical
Per Andersson
CEO · Xspray
Prism market signals · Sweden · country-scoped Prism corpus, 817,876 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Oncology coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Sweden

How research on Oncology & Cancer Therapeutics is moving in Sweden

A read on the academic research around Oncology & Cancer Therapeutics — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 546 Sweden-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201120232026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and softening — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 59% → 54% across 2011–2026.
top research entities
  • Karolinska Institutet196
  • Ludwig Cancer Research115
  • Lund University86
  • Karolinska University Hospital56
  • Uppsala University50
leading researchers
Jonas Sjölund · Matteo Bocci · Ping‐Chih Ho · Mohanraj Ramachandran · Rebecca Rosberg · Paulina Bolívar · Clara Oudenaarden · Elinn Johansson
▲ Breakthroughs188 · 34%
▲ 30%→34% share
▲1.1× share momentum2 median citations86% since 2021mostly empirical
Breakthroughs are rising (30%→34% of field), led by Tumor microenvironment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Tumor microenvironment11→82
  • Cancer research9→56
  • Immune system5→49
  • Immunotherapy1→39
  • Stromal cell2→18
Newly emergingCancer immunotherapy 0→30 · Transcriptome 0→11 · Pancreatic cancer 0→11
Landmark Cross-Species Single-Cell Analysis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Reveals Antigen-Presenting Cancer-Associated Fibr · 2,055 cites
◆ Advancements249 · 46%
▲ 40%→48% share
▲1.2× share momentum2 median citations89% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (40%→48% of field), led by Tumor microenvironment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Tumor microenvironment8→115
  • Immune system6→84
  • Cancer research10→76
  • Immunotherapy7→56
  • Cancer immunotherapy4→24
Newly emergingMetastasis 0→14 · Breast cancer 0→13 · Immune checkpoint 0→11
Landmark Leukocyte Complexity Predicts Breast Cancer Survival and Functionally Regulates Response to Chemotherapy · 1,711 cites
▼ Concerns56 · 10%
▼ 10%→8% share
▼0.8× share momentum13 median citations71% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are cooling (10%→8% of field), led by Tumor microenvironment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Tumor microenvironment2→21
  • Immunotherapy5→19
  • Immune system5→17
  • Cancer immunotherapy1→13
  • Cancer research5→13
Newly emergingChimeric antigen receptor 0→5
Landmark Tumor angiogenesis: causes, consequences, challenges and opportunities · 1,863 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Sweden

Where oncology is researched across Sweden

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Stockholm244 · +0.56
Hot · Tumor microenvironmentAdvancing · Cancer researchOpportunity · T cellConcern · Cancer immunotherapy
Uppsala166 · +0.58
Hot · Tumor microenvironmentAdvancing · ImmunotherapyOpportunity · Computational biologyConcern · Crosstalk
Lund96 · +0.56
Hot · ReprogrammingAdvancing · GliomaOpportunity · Stromal cellConcern · Immunotherapy
Gothenburg40 · +0.41
Hot · CancerAdvancing · MelanomaOpportunity · Tumor microenvironmentConcern · Cancer research
Linköping14 · +0.64
Hot · Colorectal cancerAdvancing · Breast cancerOpportunity · Tumor microenvironment
Umeå11 · +0.57
Hot · Tumor microenvironmentAdvancing · CancerOpportunity · Colorectal cancer
Malmo6 · +0.50
Hot · Immune systemOpportunity · Tumor microenvironment

Common questions

How many Oncology companies are there in Stockholm County, Sweden?
Radar tracks 36 indexable Oncology companies headquartered in Stockholm County, Sweden that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Oncology companies in Stockholm County, Sweden?
The Oncology companies in Stockholm County, Sweden on this list have raised a combined $302.9M in disclosed equity funding across 15 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Oncology company in Stockholm County, Sweden?
Anocca is the highest-funded Oncology company in Stockholm County, Sweden, with $120M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Oncology companies in Stockholm County, Sweden are funded?
15 of the 36 Oncology companies in Stockholm County, Sweden on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Oncology unicorns are there in Stockholm County, Sweden?
None of the Oncology companies in Stockholm County, Sweden on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Stockholm County, Sweden Oncology companies?
The most active investors in Stockholm County, Sweden Oncology companies on this list include Europa, Uppsala Innovation Centre, Flerie, Almi Invest, EIC Fund.
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