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atupis
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Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O.
Mojang, Skype, Klarna, King and couple others. Sweden produces probably more unicorns per capita than any other country.
tigroferoce
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Don't forget Supercell and Nokia (which are Finnish). And it might not be a startup, but Ikea too.
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Skype is Estonian.
tskaiser
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Skype (the company) was founded by Niklas Zennström, a swede. Skype (the software) was originally developed by estonians.
The company is what is pertinent to the discussion :)
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It was founded by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis (Danish) in equal measure. The software was based on Janus Friis' earlier work (the Kazaa p2p network). It was developed by an outsourced team in Estonia.
tskaiser
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As a Dane I'm a bit embarrassed to forget Janus Friis. Thank you for the correction and elaboration.
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