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Best Online Photos Companies in Sweden

The 32 best Online Photos companies in Sweden in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Narrative.

32companies tracked
$44.7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
13have raised
Sources & further reading
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Ranked: Best Online Photos companies in Sweden

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Narrative
Provider of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-based wearable cameras
$12M146 mo agoSeries BSebastian Bjorkelid
Co-Founder & Product Manager
2012Cart FunctionalityUbuntuVimeo+14—
2Pickit
Online marketplace for curated presentation images
$8M116 mo agoSeries A—2012HubSpot CMS HubBootstrapAmazon Web Services+29—
3Polar Rose
Facial recognition software
$5M239 mo agoAcquiredJan Erik Solem
Founder & CTO
2006——
4Foap
Mobile stock photo marketplace
$5M143 mo agoPublic—2011WordPressUnbounceMySQL+26—
5Focus Nordic
Online retailer offering multi-category electronics products
$4M62 mo agoFunding Raised—2010Node.jsTypeScriptGraphQL+16—
6Scapin
App-based social metaverse for like-minded people
$4M63 mo agoDeadpooledLeo Nilsson
Founder & CEO
2021——
7jAlbum
Web galleries & album creating software
$3M216 mo agoSeries B—2006JavaApache WicketZURB Foundation+16—
8YouPic
Photographers community platform
$3M124 mo agoSeries A—2012Node.jsFacebook LoginReact+8—
9Once Upon
Mobile app for photo books creation
$2M88 mo agoSeedLinus Nilsson
Chief Product Officer & Co-founder
2016Builder.ioSentryNode.js+26—
10Purplefox
Printing of Instagram photos
$232K131 mo agoDeadpooledFredrik Johansson
Founder
2013——
11Postify
Photo prints and postcards provider
$198K172 mo agoDeadpooledFredrik Schoon
ex-CEO & Co-founder
2012——

Top 12 Online Photos companies in Sweden

#1
Funding Raised · Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland County · founded 2010
$3.7Mraised
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Online retailer offering multi-category electronics products

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 32.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 3 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2021Grant (prize money)$3.7M
Investors
Land
Tech stack
ApolloCivicCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsCrazy Egg
#2
Deadpooled · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2021 · 16 employees
$3.5Mraised
▾

App-based social metaverse for like-minded people. It enables users to create their avatars, organize micro-events, hangouts, and dance-offs, and interact with a community of individuals who share similar interests. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS devices.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2021Seed$3.5M
Founders & team
Leo NilssonFounder & CEOJoachim HedeniusFounder
Investors
Creandum, Heartcore Capital, Emblem
#3
Series B · Lund, Skane County · founded 2012 · 38 employees
$11.6Mraised
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Provider of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-based wearable cameras. The product catalog includes Narrative clip1 and Narrative Clip2, which is a WiFi and Bluetooth-based camera that automatically takes photos and videos. It also offers intelligent image analysis solutions through its patented technology. The application is available for iOS and Android devices.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2014Series B$8M
  • Oct 2013Series A$3M
  • Jul 2012Seed$612.3K
Founders & team
Sebastian BjorkelidCo-Founder & Product ManagerBjorn WesenCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
True Ventures, Passion Capital, LDV Capital, Khosla Ventures, Creandum, Faber Ventures
#4
Series A · Visby, Gotland County · founded 2012 · 31 employees
$7.6Mraised
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Online marketplace for curated presentation images. It provides user-ready images in terms of size and format for the existing presentation tools. Sources photos from stock unlimited, Flixel, Arcaid images, and from its own community of photographers. It monetizes through a subscription-based pricing model.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 24.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2017Series A$4.6M
  • Feb 2014Series A$3M
Investors
M12, Almi Invest, Spiltan
Tech stack
AlbacrossAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAosAzureAzure Front Door
#5
Public · Kristianstad, Skane County · founded 2011 · 49 employees
$5Mraised
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Foap is an online and mobile app based marketplace for stocking authentic royalty free stock photos where users can sell photos to brands and agencies looking for tailored and unique photo content for their digital and social media marketing campaigns. Allows users to take a snap or upload a photo and if approved it can be published on the website for editorial/commercial sale to companies looking for marketing material. The application is available for Android and iOS platforms.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 40.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 awards · 1 expansions (incl. TikTok for Business Europe) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2014Series A$2.3M
  • Aug 2013Seed$1.5M
  • Jun 2013Seed—
  • Nov 2012Seed$500K
Investors
Industrifonden, Venture Collective, Vayner/RSE
Tech stack
AhoyAnimate.CssAtlassian StatuspageCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#6
Seed · Skelleftea, Vasterbotten County · founded 2016 · 63 employees
$1.7Mraised
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Once Upon is a photo book creation app. It allows users to create photo stories by adding text and photos in the photo books. Allows users to change the series of the photos and designs of the photo books. Users can order the photo book through the app. Available for iOS and Android devices.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2019Seed$1.7M
Founders & team
Linus NilssonChief Product Officer & Co-founderLina AnderssonCo-FounderJohan SchillerCo-Founder
Investors
Spintop Ventures, Partnerinvest Norr, Arctic Business, Lunova, Verdane
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAppsflyerBootstrapBuilder.IoCookiebotCore-Js
#7
Series A · Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland County · founded 2012 · 56 employees
$2.8Mraised
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YouPic is a community platform for photographers to learn from others, share their photos, vote on them and get better in photography. Founded in 2012 in Sweden.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2016Series A$1.8M
  • Mar 2015Seed$531.7K
  • Aug 2012Seed$450K
Investors
Chalmers Innovation, InReach Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAws Certificate ManagerExpressFacebook LoginGoogle Ads
#8
Acquired · Malmo, Skane County · founded 2006 · 11 employees
$5.1Mraised
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Facial recognition software. It is a software that allows users to tag and identify individuals in photos across the web.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2006Series A$5.1M
Founders & team
Jan Erik SolemFounder & CTO
Investors
Nordic Venture Partners
#9
Series B · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2006 · 3 employees
$3.2Mraised
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Jalbum is a web gallery and album creating software that enables users to create photo albums on browsers or through downloading the photo album software on the computer. Users can create their own galleries, customize with themes, upload them online, share with family, friends, & more. Users can also like, comment and interact with other users online and follow renowned photographers and their collections. It has free, standard, pro, premium and power licensed memberships which provide features for personal and commercial usage. It also provides hosting features and cloud storage for personal creations.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2008Series B—
Investors
Nordic Naturals
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApache WicketBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#10
Deadpooled · Skelleftea, Vasterbotten County · founded 2013
$232Kraised
▾

Purplefox is the provider of the service Printasquare, which helps users print their instagram photos as physical products. Users can also track the order through till delivery and access the product preview system.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2015Seed$232K
Founders & team
Fredrik JohanssonFounderJohan FahlgrenCo-Founder
Investors
Ackra Invest
#11
Deadpooled · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2012 · 3 employees
$198.4Kraised
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Postify is a photo prints and photo post cards provider. Offers two separate apps named Real Postcards and Photos through which users can upload their photos and order for the prints. The photos are printed in the recipient's country. Also provides sponsored postcards bearing the logo fo the brands as a marketing channel for them. The apps are available for download for both Android and iOS devices. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden

Funding rounds
  • 2012Angel$198.4K
Founders & team
Fredrik Schoonex-CEO & Co-founder
#12
Deadpooled · Falkenberg, Halland County · founded 2011 · 1 employees
$15Kraised
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Copygram, a photo printing service is a platform for users to view Instagram photos, back them up and print them. Users can get square prints, contact cards, framed prints and large posters from the photos aggregated from Instagram. The company is deadpooled on 1st January,2016.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2012Seed$15K
Founders & team
Magnus JansonCo-FounderLinus EkenstamCo-founder & Product Developer
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpBootstrapAnimate.CssWpbakery

Funding & investor landscape

$44.7Mtotal disclosed funding
12companies funded
18disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Chalmers Ventures2 rounds
Creandum2 rounds
Ackra Invest1 rounds
Almi Invest1 rounds
Antler1 rounds
Antonelli Lab1 rounds
Arctic Business1 rounds
Centrecourt1 rounds
Chalmers Innovation1 rounds
Climate KIC1 rounds

Notable founders

Leo Nilsson
Founder & CEO · Scapin
Joachim Hedenius
Founder · Scapin
Sebastian Bjorkelid
Co-Founder & Product Manager · Narrative
Bjorn Wesen
Co-Founder & CTO · Narrative
Linus Nilsson
Chief Product Officer & Co-founder · Once Upon
Lina Andersson
Co-Founder · Once Upon
Jan Erik Solem
Founder & CTO · Polar Rose
Fredrik Johansson
Founder · Purplefox
Johan Fahlgren
Co-Founder · Purplefox
Fredrik Schoon
ex-CEO & Co-founder · Postify
Magnus Janson
Co-Founder · Copygr
Linus Ekenstam
Co-founder & Product Developer · Copygr
Prism market signals · Sweden · country-scoped Prism corpus, 809,613 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Online Photos coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

Common questions

How many Online Photos companies are there in Sweden?
Radar tracks 32 indexable Online Photos companies headquartered in Sweden that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Online Photos companies in Sweden?
The Online Photos companies in Sweden on this list have raised a combined $44.7M in disclosed equity funding across 12 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Online Photos company in Sweden?
Narrative is the highest-funded Online Photos company in Sweden, with $11.6M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Online Photos companies in Sweden are funded?
12 of the 32 Online Photos companies in Sweden on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Online Photos unicorns are there in Sweden?
None of the Online Photos companies in Sweden on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Sweden Online Photos companies?
The most active investors in Sweden Online Photos companies on this list include Chalmers Ventures, Creandum, Ackra Invest, Almi Invest, Antler.
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