About
Lucas Otterling is a co-founder at Brickanta, an AI platform for construction and real estate. He has prior experience as a professional footballer and indie app developer, and has lived and worked across multiple countries including Sweden, the US, the UK, Germany, South Africa, and Italy.
Founder at BrickantaYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Lucas went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Brickanta's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Lucas can intro founders to Brickanta's investors below.
Brickanta's investors · 2
Co-founders at Brickanta
LB
Linus Bein FahlanderFounder
RH
Rikard HanssonFounder & CEO
Experience
- BrickantaCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2025 — present
- Blendow GroupFractional Chief Growth Officer - Allt om Juridik2025Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
- KTH InnovationVenture Builder, Pioneer Program2025Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
- MavenoidDirector of Partnerships & Strategic Projects2020 — 2025New York, United States / Stockholm, Sweden / Cape Town, South Africa
- SSE Business LabAdvisory Board Member2020 — 2024Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
- Mobile App DeveloperFounder - OtterlingApps2015 — 2020Stockholm, Sweden / London, United Kingdom
- Procter & GambleSales2019Stockholm, Sweden
- Paradox InteractiveMobile Game App Publishing2018Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area
- Lesara GmbHOnline Marketing2017Berlin Metropolitan Area
- Fulham Football ClubProfessional Youth Football Player2014 — 2015London Area, United Kingdom
Skills & more
YouTube3Microsoft ExcelSwift (Programming Language)XcodeEntrepreneurship18Business Development14Leadership9Go-to-Market StrategySales ManagementDyslexic ThinkingiOS Development10Mobile Applications6
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ProgrammingSocial Media MarketingFootballMarketingInspirationPublic SpeakingSales & MarketingBusiness StrategyTeamworkFinal Cut Pro (video editing)Google DriveGoogle Apps ScriptLanguages English · Spanish · Swedish
- Forbes 30 under 30 - AI — Forbes
- Nova 111 - Best talent below 35. Top 10 in Software, Cloud & IT. — Nova
- Selling for Impact — Winning by Design
- Member, attended: Rising Executives School (Jan-June 2023), Coaching For High Performance (Oct 2022), Frontline Sales Manager School (Mar-Jun 2022) — Pavilion
- Member — Nova
- Participant of Google EMEA Insights - One of the 50 invitees of the two-days event at Google’s European HQ — Google
- iOS Development — Apple
From Lucas's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lucas Otterling?
- Lucas Otterling is a co-founder at Brickanta, an AI platform for construction and real estate. He has prior experience as a professional footballer and indie app developer, and has lived and worked across multiple countries including Sweden, the US, the UK, Germany, South Africa, and Italy.
- Where does Lucas Otterling work?
- Lucas Otterling is Founder of Brickanta.
- What companies did Lucas Otterling found?
- Lucas Otterling founded Brickanta.
- Where did Lucas Otterling go to school?
- Lucas Otterling studied at Y Combinator (Fall 2025 batch); Stockholm School of Economics (Bachelor's degree, Business and Economics); Università Bocconi (Exchange Student, Business & Management).
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