Social entrepreneurship, Sweden

Swedish-Kenyan EV startup Opibus announces $7.5 million investment

Opibus, Sub-Saharan Africa’s leading electric vehicle manufacturer, announced that it has raised $7.5 million in funding led by Silicon Valley fund At One Ventures, further supported by Factor[e] Ventures and Ambo Ventures managed by former Google and Uber executives. The investment is the largest ever in an electric mobility company in Sub-Saharan Africa and is …

Communities, Denmark, Government, Insight

Covid-19 has not stopped growth in the Danish tech ecosystem, but demand for talent is serious roadblock

A new survey from Digital Hub Denmark shows that the need for digital talent among Danish companies has significantly increased since the spring of 2020. As of Q2 2021, the Danish demand for digital talent is 22 per cent higher than before the pandemic.  While many companies continued to thrive during Covid-19,  they have struggled …

Events, Norway, Social entrepreneurship, The Nordic

What is the Future of the Nordic Model? Insights from Oslo Innovation Week

It is often argued that the Nordic Model offers an environment where value-driven innovation can flourish, meaning innovation that improves society by creating value for all stakeholders in an ethical and responsible way.  Anchored in a liberal market and a strong societal structure,  the Nordic Model is reputed for creating more ethical companies that seek …

Finland, Space

Finland’s Kuva Space raises funding for precision farming and global carbon sequestration from space

Climate change is already strongly changing our environment and the global  food security is beginning to halter. Finnish startup Kuva Space aims to help farmers in precision farming as well as bio asset owners, businesses  and governments get better insight for making effective decisions towards  sustainable farming, carbon binding and reduction of climate effects. Kuva …

Gaming, Norway

Sky Mavis raises Series B for blockchain-enabled games

Sky Mavis, the creators of Axie Infinity, have announced a $152M USD Series B round led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from Accel and Paradigm. The round will be used to further build out a global team, scale infrastructure, and build their own distribution platform to support game developers to create …

Denmark, EdTech

Danish Edtech Justlearn works to democratize access to language training

Justlearn is Danish ed-tech company founded in 2017 with a mission to democratize access to language learning.  The mission behind Justlearn it to be able to teach language without attending  any classes, educational institutions, or standardized language courses. Justlearn plans to democratize acces to language learning through customization. Each student learns at their own pace …

Finland, Funding

Finnish biotech startup Kääpä raises Series A to grow mushroom product line

The industry award winning Nordic Mushrooms product line by KÄÄPÄ Biotech, a Finnish biotechnology startup, has caught the attention of major global nutritional supplement manufacturers. The demand on the wholesale product line has increased rapidly and therefore KÄÄPÄ Biotech is now entering into the Series A investment stage to scale up the production capacity to …

Communities, Finland, Funding

Crowd For Impact disrupts the crowdfunding market through impact specific crowdfunding

A Helsinki based startup, Crowd For Impact, has launched a crowdfunding platform for impact startups solving global issues. It offers both individuals and companies a chance to support impact projects, and receive responsibly produced goods and services in return. Crowd For Impact is a reward based crowdfunding platform that combines crowdfunding, corporate sustainability and startup …

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