Younium

Overview
Younium AB is a Swedish software company founded in Stockholm in 2017. It develops a subscription management and billing platform for business-to-business companies that sell subscriptions, recurring services or usage-based products, covering the process from quote to cash in one system. The company reports four European hubs in Stockholm, Malmö, Amsterdam and Krakow and a growing US presence, and it names customers such as Quinyx, Signicat, Kognity, Voyado, Topdesk and SuperOffice. Silicon Canals identifies Niclas Lilja as founder and Chief Executive Officer.

Why this entity matters
Younium matters because it works on a problem that most B2B software companies run into once they pass their first few hundred customers: billing. Subscription businesses with annual contracts, mid-term upgrades, usage-based fees, several currencies and several legal entities quickly outgrow spreadsheets and the invoicing modules of general accounting software. Revenue recognition rules such as IFRS 15 and ASC 606 add a reporting requirement that auditors and investors check closely. Younium is one of a group of European vendors focused on this gap for mid-sized B2B companies, and it explicitly targets Germany, Austria and Switzerland as one of its markets. For founders, the way a company handles billing and recurring-revenue metrics also shapes how investors read its numbers during fundraising.

Company history and product
Younium was founded in Stockholm in 2017, according to both the company and Silicon Canals. Its platform has grown from subscription management and billing automation into a broader set of modules: configure-price-quote (CPQ) and deal-to-subscription automation, a customer self-service portal, usage-based billing, accounts receivable, revenue recognition under IFRS 15 and ASC 606, multi-entity and multi-currency handling, subscription metrics and reporting, and, more recently, AI agents and support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The company reports more than 30 native integrations, including HubSpot, Salesforce, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero and Stripe, and an open API. Customer data is hosted on Microsoft Azure in separate EU and US environments, and the company states SOC 2 Type 2 compliance. In March 2024 Silicon Canals reported that Younium had raised SEK 31 million, about EUR 2.7 million, in a round led by existing investors, with Partinc Capital becoming the largest shareholder alongside the founders; Per Nordling, a Partner at Partinc Capital, was named Chairman of the Board. At that time the report listed offices in Stockholm, Malmö, Amsterdam and Philadelphia and operations across 15 countries; the company's current website lists Stockholm, Malmö, Amsterdam and Krakow plus a US presence.

Role in the startup and technology landscape of Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Younium lists Germany, Austria and Switzerland among its target markets alongside the Nordics, Benelux, the United Kingdom and North America. For B2B software founders in these countries, subscription billing tools sit next to the accounting and enterprise-resource-planning systems that finance teams already use, and buyers typically expect European data hosting and GDPR-compliant processing, which Younium addresses with a separate EU hosting environment. The broader relevance for Startuprad.io readers lies in recurring-revenue mechanics: how software companies price, bill and report annual recurring revenue, net revenue retention and churn, and how those figures are prepared for investors and auditors.

Selected relationships and affiliations
Founder and Chief Executive Officer: Niclas Lilja (per Silicon Canals). Chairman: Per Nordling (Partinc Capital, per Silicon Canals). Investor: Partinc Capital (largest shareholder alongside the founders after the March 2024 round, per Silicon Canals). Hosting: Microsoft Azure. Integrations (selection): HubSpot; Salesforce; NetSuite; QuickBooks; Xero; Stripe. Named customers (selection): Quinyx; Signicat; Kognity; Voyado; Topdesk; SuperOffice; Spotler; iBinder; Visma. Startuprad.io: cooperation partner.

Startuprad.io relevance
Younium has cooperated with Startuprad.io. It is listed among Startuprad.io's selected cooperations at https://www.startuprad.io/become-a-partner . The entity links into Startuprad.io's coverage of B2B software, SaaS business models and how software companies in Europe build recurring revenue.

Younium appears in the following Startuprad.io editorial piece.

Startuprad.io Turns 12: What Twelve Years of Startup Conversations Taught Us
Published: 31 October 2026
Last updated: 31 October 2026
Coverage type: Anniversary feature (cooperation acknowledgement)
https://www.startuprad.io/post/startuprad-io-turns-12-what-twelve-years-of-startup-conversations-taught-us

Public source context
This profile draws on Younium's own pages https://www.younium.com and https://www.younium.com/about-us (founding, offices, markets, product modules, integrations, hosting and named customers), Silicon Canals' report on the March 2024 funding round https://siliconcanals.com/younium-raises-2-7m/ (founder, chairman, investors and round size), Startuprad.io's partner list https://www.startuprad.io/become-a-partner , and Startuprad.io's coverage archive listed above.

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