Rising selection · No. 21 in The Rising 100
Sebastian Hjärne
Founder & CEO · Talentium
- Country
- Sweden
- City
- Stockholm
- Industry
- AI / recruitment
- Stage
- series-a
- Region
- Europe
- Rising rank
- No. 21
01 / The founder
Biography
Sebastian Hjärne skipped college to found Talentium, a Stockholm-based AI recruiting platform used by companies like Google and Klarna, backed by EQT Ventures.
02 / The company
Talentium
Sebastian Hjärne works as founder & ceo at Talentium, a ai / recruitment company based in Stockholm at the series-a stage.
03 / Why they’re rising
Why they're rising
22-year-old founder profiled by Forbes and backed by Klarna's CEO and EQT Ventures; raised roughly $4-6.5M and secured enterprise customers, indicating strong early trajectory relative to age/experience.
04 / Verification
What we verified
Confirmed founder/CEO, operating, recently raised funding from EQT; note there are two related domains (talentium.io and talentium.se), consistent with a real operating company.
05 / References