The community for everyone building Sweden's cities — PropTech, CivicTech, ConTech, CleanTech, TransportTech, and every vertical in between.
Sweden is one of the world's most urbanised countries — 89% of us live in cities. And yet the people building those cities, from PropTech founders to CivicTech builders, ConTech startups to mobility innovators, are scattered across different events, networks, and conversations.
There's a real gap. Most urban tech energy goes toward environmental sustainability — energy, carbon, materials. The social side — placemaking, community, inclusion — gets far less attention. Sweden needs both. Cities aren't just economic infrastructure; they're where social health happens, where community lives or dies.
No one is holding the whole picture. There is no unified community in Sweden for people building across urban tech verticals together. Urban Tech Forum Sweden is here to change that.
We believe good places and strong community are essential — not optional. In a time of rapid change, the people working on urban outcomes need a shared space to connect, collaborate, and push the conversation forward.
"We are far from a socially sustainable society characterised by cohesion, trust and inclusion. At the moment, it is often claimed that there are no tools in the planning process to prevent us from going in a socially unsustainable direction." — Mistra Urban Futures
Urban Tech Forum Sweden brings together people who care about cities — across PropTech, ConTech, CivicTech, TransportTech, CleanTech and beyond. The ecosystem already exists. We're creating the space where it actually connects.
Our first year is anchored by two major moments: Nordic Tech Week 2026 in Stockholm (September 7–11), followed by the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona in October. These are opportunities to put Swedish urban tech on the international map — and for members to meet peers, partners, and collaborators they wouldn't find otherwise.
PropTech, ConTech, CivicTech, TransportTech, CleanTech — these verticals all care about urban outcomes, but rarely talk to each other. We're the connective tissue.
Connect with a strong network across Sweden and Europe, spanning urban innovation, placemaking, and sustainable city initiatives — the connections are already there.
A genuine white space. An urban community that centres placemaking, participation, and inclusion — nobody else is doing this in Sweden.
Visibility, connections, and shared knowledge. Meet investors, municipalities, and peers. Demo your product. Shape the conversation.
The community launches in three stages. First, we gather a core group of founding members. Then we go public at Nordic Tech Week Stockholm in September. Finally, we build international presence — starting with Smart City Expo Barcelona in October and Slush Helsinki in November.
The model is low-friction and high-signal. Events are intimate and tightly scoped. Membership starts by invitation. An online platform keeps the community connected between gatherings. No membership fees in the early phase — the value is in the people and the shared purpose.
Want in? Join the waitlist and be among the first to hear about events, openings, and opportunities as we grow.
Private event for the founding cohort. Set the tone, establish rituals, produce a first shared output. August: delegation trip to TechBBQ Copenhagen (Aug 26–27).
Panel + networking + product demos from community members. Target 50–80 attendees. First public moment for the community.
Barcelona. Build bilateral partnerships, establish international credibility.
Present during Slush — activity and format to be confirmed.
Urban Tech Forum Sweden sits at the intersection of people and place, centered on SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities) and intersecting with other SDGs. In a space where most urban tech conversations focus on environmental metrics, the social sustainability angle — placemaking, participation, community — is wide open.
This is a community built by and for practitioners. Founders, builders, researchers, municipal innovators — people who understand that technology alone doesn't make better cities. People do. And those people need a place to find each other.
The ecosystem already exists. We're creating the place where it comes together.
Join the waitlist for early access to events, community openings, and the founding cohort.