Europe’s future GDP growth needs tech: Niklas Zennström, CEO at Atomico

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Zennström calls Klarna his proudest deal after decade-long backing

2026-03-09 · 4 company · 8 thematic

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niklas zennström

Serial entrepreneur (Skype, Kazaa) turned investor; founded Atomico 20 years ago to champion European tech. Advocates for pension-fund allocation to venture, European tech sovereignty, and ambition scaling. Published State of European Tech report for 11 years.

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“So I'm going to stick with Stockholm in this case with with with um with Klarna. Uh and the reason for that is that um is a few reasons like because it's like you know, Sebastian went to the same high school as I did like long time you kno…”

—niklas zennström

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