Stockholm-based Endform has raised €1.5M in fresh funding to accelerate its mission of eliminating one of modern software development’s biggest bottlenecks: slow end-to-end testing. The round was led by Alliance VC alongside First Fellow Partners, Greens Ventures, and Antler, with additional backing from strategic angel investors. Endform’s platform dramatically reduces Playwright test execution times—from 30 minutes to under two—by spinning up thousands of browsers to run tests fully in parallel, offering developer teams near-instant feedback loops in an era of AI-driven code velocity. The startup will use the capital to expand its core team and scale go-to-market efforts as it positions itself as the default testing layer for web-based product organizations.
Founded by former Mentimeter engineers Jakob Norlin and Oliver Stenbom, Endform is building infrastructure to dramatically accelerate browser-based testing. Its platform enables developer teams to run existing Playwright test suites fully in parallel by spinning up thousands of browsers simultaneously—cutting execution times from around 30 minutes to under two. The promise is simple: faster feedback loops for engineers working in an environment where AI-assisted coding is rapidly increasing both code output and iteration speed.
The company is targeting the growing QA infrastructure market, estimated at $8 billion, as legacy testing systems struggle to keep up with modern development cycles. By decoupling the number of tests from the time it takes to run them, Endform aims to eliminate delays in CI pipelines that can slow product releases and, ultimately, impact revenue.
Early traction suggests strong demand. The platform has already been adopted by several organisations across Sweden and the US, including Lovable, one of the fastest-growing software companies globally.
Jakob Norlin, co-founder of Endform, commented, “As test suites grow, they inevitably become a bottleneck that slows down the entire engineering organisation. Endform solves this by decoupling the number of tests from the time it takes to run them, allowing developers to focus on shipping code rather than waiting for CI pipelines. Our software is already helping some of the world’s best companies to scale and accelerate their code development.”
Endform plans to use the fresh capital to expand its core team and accelerate growth, as it positions itself as a default testing layer for web-focused product companies. Investors are betting that as AI continues to reshape how software is built, the need for real-time testing infrastructure will only intensify—creating an opening for new players to redefine the category.
Anders Hallin, General Partner at Alliance VC, said: “We are seeing an unprecedented surge in code volume due to AI generation, which places an immense strain on legacy testing infrastructure. We are backing Endform because Jakob and Oliver are the right founders to tackle this massive problem. The platform they have built is significantly faster than anything else on the market, helping the tech sector solve a direct revenue loss problem caused by slow release cycles.”
The founding team consists of technical founders Jakob Norlin and Oliver Stenbom, who worked together at Mentimeter between 2020 and 2023. Jakob, a Swedish national with an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from Linköping Institute of Technology, has previously worked at startups including Starhive and Grafbase. Oliver, who is half Swedish and half British, holds an MEng in Computer Science from Imperial College London and led technical platform teams at Mentimeter until founding Endform.
Tobias Bengtsdahl, Partner at Antler, added: “Jakob and Oliver are a formidable technical founding team who have lived the problem they are solving. Their experience at high growth startups like Mentimeter has given them a unique perspective on the infrastructure needed for modern web development. Endform is perfectly positioned to become an essential part of the developer toolkit, and we are delighted to support them as they scale.”
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