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What started as a tiny café in Rydebäck has grown into Lilla Fiket, a beloved local spot serving homemade fika, breakfast, lunch, and catering. Behind the counter is Jessica Liljedahl Marin, whose commitment to local ingredients and Swedish traditions defines everything she does.
"I make everything from scratch," Jessica says. "I use Skåne butter for my buttercream, Bjäre chicken for the lunch menu, and I always source locally. That’s important to me."
Originally operating from a small space with no kitchen, Jessica knew she had to either give it her all or give it up. When the opportunity to expand came, she acted fast and turned to Froda after a tip from a LinkedIn contact. "I applied and within no time, I was up and running. It was such a smooth process."
Jessica appreciates Froda's transparent setup, daily repayment structure, and how seamlessly it fit her cash flow. "You don’t feel the weight of the full loan all at once. It just ticks away in the background while you keep going."
Founded
2021
Headquarters
Rydebäck
Employees
1
Through Froda, she also had three months of unemployment insurance with SMÅA covered, which gave her breathing room during the startup phase. "That security gave me the courage to go for it. I’ve been with SMÅA since 1996, and for us small business owners, that kind of support makes a big difference."
Looking ahead, Jessica dreams of expanding with a small food truck and hiring one or two people to ease the workload. "I’ll always work hard, but it would be nice to take a day off now and then."
Running Lilla Fiket is no walk in the park, but Jessica has no regrets. "I wouldn't have made this investment if I didn’t believe it would work. This really is the dream."
Om Froda AB
Froda was founded in 2015 with a clear mission to democratize the access to financing and provide small and medium-sized businesses with the same opportunities to grow as large ones. Through digital processes and technological innovation, Froda has shortened the loan process from months to minutes, making it easy for entrepreneurs to invest in their ideas.
Today, Froda is one of Sweden's fastest-growing tech companies with a 1.7 billion SEK valuation and well known investors such as Karl-Johan Persson, Nicklas Storåkers and Victor Jacobsson among the owners.
In 2021, Froda launched a strategic initiative within embedded financing and through it, we have expanded to the Nordics and the UK, as well as having established partnerships with Visa, Lunar and Checkout.com among others.
Froda is a credit market company regulated by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority.
