About The Ground

From left: Karl-Anders Johansson and Hampus Jakobsson

The Ground is a unique place that started in 2015 with two successful entrepreneurs: Hampus Jakobsson and Karl-Anders Johansson, which recently had sold their company TAT to Blackberry. They were looking for a space to work on their exciting new projects alongside other digital experts. They decided to buy a house, and so The Ground and the Groundlings began...

Groundling is an affectionate name for the tenants of The Ground; it is a play on the word ‘seedling,’ as companies and individuals come to The Ground and grow, which sometimes results in them also adding new colleagues, needing more space and The Ground helps cater to those changes with several room sizes on offer.

When The Ground turned 10 years old, In 2025, the entrepreneur and business angel Filip Larsson acquired The Ground and is now making sure that the Ground and the community lives on at least another 10 years.

From left: Hampus Jakobsson, Karl-Anders Johansson and Filip Larsson in september 2025

I’m a business angel since 2008 and since 2012 I’m also building a real estate company here in Malmö (Laris Fastigheter). So when the previous owners asked me for some advice on how they could develop and take better care of the property that they owned, a seed was planted that I was going to acquire The Ground from them. A couple of months later the transaction was done. Today this is where I have my own office and we have moved in with the whole team of Laris Fastigheter, also making it a playground for us to test new technology in a place where we can see how people react and interact with the changes we make. Being at The Ground puts me in a place where I can hang out with other great company builders, which helps me fulfill my biggest interest in life: building companies.

- Filip Larsson, owner The Ground