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Gothenburg, Sweden — since 2008

A hive of technology seniority.

North Collective is an umbrella for senior software engineers and technical leaders working as independent consultants. We deliver feature development, integrations and system optimisation for companies that need senior hands — and we build and back ventures of our own.

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Founded
2008
Minimum consultant tenure
10+ years
Base
Gothenburg, working anywhere

The collective

Not an agency. Not a fund. A collective.

North Collective is an umbrella for a small group of senior technology entrepreneurs. Each of us runs an independent practice; the collective is how we find each other, share what we know and take on work that needs more than one pair of hands.

We have founded companies, sold one, led engineering and product through hypergrowth, and shipped platforms that still run years later. That experience is the product — there is no bench, no juniors, no account managers.

We work with founders and leadership teams who need the judgement of someone who has been in the seat before, and the hands to actually do the work.

Practice

Four ways we work with a company.

Engagements are short on ceremony and long on ownership. One or three of us, embedded, with a clear brief and a clear end.

  • 01

    Build

    Hands-on senior engineering and product work: platforms, integrations, data pipelines, the difficult middle of a roadmap. Built to be maintained by the team that inherits it.

  • 02

    Lead

    Interim and fractional technical leadership — CTO, CPO, head of engineering. We have held the seat, hired the team and carried the consequences, so we know what a wrong call costs.

  • 03

    Back

    We invest time, and sometimes capital, in early ventures where our experience changes the odds — alongside venture partners who bring the rest of the funding.

  • 04

    Train

    AI training for leadership teams and staff — in-house, hands-on, on your own cases. Taught by engineers who build these systems, not by trainers reading slides.

    AI training

AI training

AI training for companies, from the boardroom to the floor.

Two tracks with one idea: practical, in-house, and taught by people who build these systems for a living. One track for the leadership team, one for the people doing the work.

Where
At your company or remote
Language
Swedish or English
Material
Your tools, your data, your cases
Follow-up
A check-in two weeks after each course

For the leadership team

AI for leadership

Three half-days · 1–6 people

A strategic programme for owners, CEOs and management teams: what AI changes in your business model, organisation and competitive position — and how to lead the shift without betting the company on hype.

The three half-days

  1. Day 1

    What AI changes

    Where the technology actually is, what it does to your business model and competitive position, and which of your use cases are worth money.

  2. Day 2

    Leading the shift

    Organisation, roles and skills, an AI policy people follow, and how to bring the board and the whole company along.

  3. Day 3

    AI in the whole workflow

    Hands-on for the leadership team: analysis, decision support and multi-step processes on your own material. You leave with working workflows, not slides.

You leave with

  • A shared, realistic picture of what AI can and cannot do for your business
  • A prioritised map of use cases, each with cost, risk and payoff
  • An AI policy people will actually follow: data, security, compliance and vendor choices
  • A twelve-month AI roadmap with owners and milestones
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For staff

AI at work

Three half-days · 4–12 people

Hands-on sessions that go from first use to working agents. Every level ends with something the participants use the next morning.

  1. Level 1

    Getting started with AI at work

    A practical, safe introduction to generative AI in real tasks. Understand the tools, use them well, and know what never goes into a prompt.

    Half-day

  2. Level 2

    AI as a colleague

    Work with an AI assistant as an active resource: plan, analyse, draft and drive tasks from idea to result — on your own cases, in your own tools.

    Half-day

  3. Level 3

    Build your own AI agents

    From prompts to workflows. Build simple agents that take repetitive work off your plate, no code required.

    Half-day

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What happens after the course

Most companies leave with a list of things they want built. We are the same people who can build them.See how we build

Network

How the collective works.

  • Seniority only

    Every member has at least ten years of shipping products and has founded, sold or led something that mattered.

  • Small by design

    One or three people on an engagement. Never a bench, never a handover to someone you did not meet.

  • Operators first

    We have sat on the founder side of the table. We plan like we are staying, because the code and the decisions outlive the engagement.

  • Independent, aligned

    Each member runs their own practice under their own name. The collective is the trust layer — who we vouch for, and who we call.

Ventures

Companies we have consulted, built or backed.

A short list, on purpose. Each one is a company where members of the collective have left their footprint, founded, led or invested — and did the work.

  • 2024Proptech

    Qasa

    Sweden’s marketplace for renting a home, with deposit-free leases and vetted tenants. Senior backend engineering on the core platform.

    Consulting, 2024–2025

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  • 2020HR & recruiting

    Teamland

    A recruitment platform that replaces the hiring spreadsheet: one place to source, screen and move candidates through a process.

    Active

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  • 2019Construction

    Byggro

    An on-demand platform for professional contractors to receive, respond to and deliver private assignments — cutting the middleman and empowering the craftsman.

    Active

    Visit

  • 2017Media & content

    Hapvis

    A media library for images and video that connects brands with creative production at scale.

    Active

    Visit

  • 2015Esports

    Battleriff

    An online esports arena for everyday gamers: a learning, social competitive platform where players improve, earn rewards and climb toward the big league.

    Acquired by Esen Esports, 2020

  • 2012Fashion & media

    Modekko

    Blog platform and fashion database engine.

    Acquired by Metro, 2014

Contact

Start with a conversation.

Tell us what you are building and where it is stuck. If we are not the right people, we will say so — and point you to someone who is.

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Email
info@northcollective.se
Based in
Gothenburg, Sweden — working across the Nordics and remote