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Blog, Sweden

Swedish Truecaller to IPO (aka what is in an exit)

This week, tech platform Intuit announced they are acquiring marketing firm Mailchimp for $12bn. Altanta-based Mailchimp has grown to its 2.4 million monthly active users without raising a single dollar of external funding, making the exit a lucrative one for the owners. The owners of Mailchimp are its two founders.  Also this week, Stockholm-based caller-identification …

Finland, Health

Finland’s StemSight, first human stem cell startup from Finland, announces seed funding round

All female founded StemSight is the first human stem cell startup from Finland to receive funding,  announcing a €500000 seed round from Voima Ventures. Stemsight aims to help over 12 million people suffer from corneal blindness regain their sight.   The all female-founded team, based in Tampere, has announced a new seed round from the DeepTech …

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Space, The EU

EU Agency for the Space Programme launches #myEUspace competition for startups

The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) launches #myEUspace competition. The EU prize contest targets innovators and entrepreneurs ready to explore, develop and commercialize innovative solutions that leverage EU Space data and services, going beyond the current space-applications horizon, and fusing and testing new technologies in location-based services, smart mobility, smart agriculture, geomatics, …

Finland, Funding, MusicTech

Finnish startup Pibox raises funding for remote collaboration solution for audio content

Pibox is a centralized/all-in-one remote collaboration solution developed for working with creative collaboration. It is used daily by the head of a production, music producers, managers and sound engineers. Now, Pibox has raised € 150,000 in funding from the Pitchdrive fund and several angel investors. Pibox was launched in 2018. The solution first raised interest …

Climate, Estonia

Estonian start-up helps to save up to 50% of EU housing energy consumption through intelligent building solution

 Bisly, the Estonian tech company developing intelligent building solutions, has raised 1.7 million euros to carry out its aggressive expansion plan into European countries. The tech start-up’s technology helps to make energy consumption up to two times more efficient. According to Siim Vips, founder and CEO of Bisly, buildings consume up to 40% of energy …

Climate, Social entrepreneurship, Sweden

Swedish startup ElByte combines comparison of electricity agreements to reduce energy consumption

Elbyte started as a page with detailed guides about the Swedish electricity market, but now you can also compare and find cheap electricity prices and electricity agreements in their comparison service. Elbyte was started with a passion for sustainability and how you as a consumer of electricity could reduce your consumption. The founders of Elbyte …

Data/Analytics, Denmark, E-commerce, Enterprise SaaS

Denmark’s Custimy raised $800K round to help SMBs understand their customers

Danish software start-up Custimy.io has developed a Customer Data Platform (CDP), to help SMBs challenge the multinational e-commerce giants through smarter use of customer data. Less than a year into its existence, Custimy.io raises more than $800k in pre seed funding to take the next steps in their journey towards empowering SMBs through data insights. Software …

Entrepreneurs, Funding, The Nordic

SNÖ Ventures launch new $100m Nordic venture fund backed by Peter Thiel

Oslo-based SNÖ Ventures has launched its second fund to  invest in visionary Nordic entrepreneurs and connect the Nordics  with the US and broader Europe. The new fund targets $100M to invest  in early stage, high-growth Nordic tech companies with the potential to disrupt,  create or capture large markets through transformative technology or  solutions.  By Kremena …

Climate, Communities, Denmark, Social entrepreneurship, The Nordic

Ten startups chosen to accelerate the development of sustainable cities in Nordics

The Copenhagen-based Nordic accelerator Urbantech Program, hosted by BloxHub, has announced the 10 most promising and innovative sustainable technology startups for their 2021 batch. This announcement comes after a global search for urbantech startups. According to the UN, up to 70 percent of the world’s population is expected to live in cities by 2050. This …

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