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.
- 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
Three 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.
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
Visit2020HR & recruiting
Teamland
A recruitment platform that replaces the hiring spreadsheet: one place to source, screen and move candidates through a process.
Active
Visit2019Construction
Byggro
An on-demand platform for professional contractors to receive, respond to and deliver private assignments — cutting the middleman and empowering the craftsman.
Active
Visit2017Media & content
Hapvis
A media library for images and video that connects brands with creative production at scale.
Active
Visit2015Esports
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.
- Based in
- Gothenburg, Sweden — working across the Nordics and remote