Denmark
Highlights of TechFestival 2017
Finland
Iceland
Skynjun was acquired by Storytel for 200,000 euros
Norway
Headean Ventures is a 900MNOK fund to invest in Norwegian and Nordic health technology and life science
Statoil launches a global accelerator program with Techstars for energy startups
Sweden
iZettle has been given €30 million from the European Investment Bank
Podcast platform Acast raises $19.5 million to go global
SaaS startup Funnel.io secures $10 million to help more marketers to automate their online marketing data
Inriver has raised 100MSEK from the European Investment Bank
Dogbuddy has taken in a further 50MSEK
FinTech startup Capcito has raised 20MSEK more
Starcounter receives 20MSEK from EU funds
Mortgage startup Hypoteket has raised 10MSEK
Triple has raised 4.5MSEK
Stoer has raised 4MSEK
Tölve has raised 2.6MSEK for their “sales assistant”
Designtech company Beleco has raised 1.6MSEK
Brandbassador has raised an undisclosed amount
Bublar is going public
Weareqiwii aims at SEK 13 million in new capital and a listing on Aktietorget
Interesting Reads
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Nordic VR: A dive into the Finnish VR ecosystem
StartupLaps kickstart day in Helsingborg
We just learned 5 key features of the Swedish e-krona, potentially the world’s first national digital currency
Unity debuts open-source beta of a new machine learning AI toolkit
A taste of Nordic strength in life science
Finland’s favorite US ambassador: Here’s why Slush and Supercell ultimately won’t solvethe country’s biggest innovation problem
Arctic Startup celebrated turning 10
Nordic countries launch Nordic Innovation House – New York
Co-founder and CEO of TocaBoca resigns
Tencent tried to buy Spotify earlier this year
5 reasons why Aarhus is a startup tech hub
Landslide victory for Next Step Dynamics in Venture Cup
CBS Entrepreneurial Day to be held with ambitious Ideas
Copenhagen’s startup ecosystem finds that it’s time to scale and mature |