Omid Ekhlasi: Founder & CEO of Techarena - Scandinavia's Biggest Tech & Business Event

from Scaling Europe · host Sebastian Johnson

Techarena has been a key player in growing the Nordic ecosystem, including recent success stories such as Sana, Tandem, Flower, and Too Good to Go. The 2026 Techarena event will play host to a star-studded line-up including Boris Johnson, Northvolt founder Peter Carlsson, Legora’s CEO Max Junestrand, and Lovable Co-founder Fabian Hedin. Omid was a former Swedish semi-professional footballer turned entrepreneur, scaling Techarena from a small, community-driven startup competition in 2014 - which had eight attendees in a rented cinema - to a global meeting place for 10,000+ attendees.

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