Denmark
Rokoko started selling a $2,500 suit to change the way filmmakers do motion capture
Hugo Games are to collaborate with Barcelona and Real Madrid
Here’s what happened at Seed Capital’s Discovery Day
Finland
European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted 25MEUR to open source database company MariaDBGenomic data management solutions company BC Platforms raised 9MEURFreska has raised a further 2MEURMightifier won the Arctic15 pitching competition taking home FiBAN syndicate of €50k
Sleep monitor Beddit acquired by Apple
Nitro Games sets sights on €3.2m IPO
F-Secure acquires security consultancy Digital Assurance to strengthen its UK foothold
Utopia Analytics reduces volume of online abuse
Iceland
Takumi, the influencer marketing platform raised a $4 million Series A
The nine companies that pitched at Startup Tourism
Brad Burnham, Jerry Colonna, Ida Tin and more among speakers at Startup Iceland
Norway
FinTech startup Payr has raised 3.2MNOK
Creative Makerspace in Stavanger has raised 2MNOK
Norwegian.AI is a new $1BNOK fund
IntoFoods won the pitch competition at Katapult Future Fest
The co-founders of Kahoot! have left day-to-day operations
Krillbite’s ‘Mosaic’ wants to explore the confines of social isolation
Opera update lets you jump straight into WhatsApp chats from the browser
Sweden
Oden Technologies has raised $3.5 million more
Codeta raised 22MSEK
DNA Analytics company Dynamic Code has raised 10MSEK
Wrebit has taken in a further 10MSEK to accelerate growth
Tipser has raised 10MSEK
TRS Travel Right merges with Försenad.se and raises just under 10MSEK
Buyersclub has raised 7.5MSEK
Swedish Algae Factory raised 6MSEK
FinTech startup Zaver has raised 3.5MSEK more
RealSource expands and takes in new capital
Swedbank has acquired Payex
Frankly and HOWL merged to form the new Scandinavian innovation agency Above
Members.com has been acquired by Campadre from Qliro
Tata Technologies acquires Swedish engineering and design firm Escenda Engineering
Vaimo is aiming to go public
Acconeer are gearing up for an IPO
Boozt plans listing on Stockholm stock exchange
CLX has acquired Dialogue Group for 370MSEK
Bambora have acquired Devcode
Food startup Saffron has shut down
Electrolux partnered with Google Home
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Ericsson launches virtualisation solution for telcos
Nokia returns home for smart cities project
Nordic listings on path to new record year amid Swedish IPO boom
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