Sami Marttinen was keen to work even at the age of 13. He boasts that he was one of the fastest strawberry pickers while working a summer job in his early teens in his home country Finland. “When I was underage, I asked my mom if I could get a job because in Finland you have to be 15 to officially get a summer job,” he says. This appetite to work in Marttinen is still visible today as his company, Swappie, recently raised €35.8 million in a recent Series B funding round which is being used for growth into countries,…

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