€13.5 million for dental care company, the flame hard launches + the best interview questions for recruiting.
*TGI(m)F. edition 148. i’m kay, and this is your 360º-view of the nordic startup ecosystem. covering culture + growth on a weekly basis, delivered to your screen for easy reading every sunday 💌
“There’s one thing Finnish startup community organizations could be doing differently….” - Kim Oguilve
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nordic pov
‣ Denmark
InsurTech startup, Leaf, raises €1.7 million from EIFO & Caesar Ventures.
CELLUGY®, the biotech company replacing microplastics, secures €8.1 million from the EU’s LIFE Programme to scale EcoFLEXY.
“The 25 female entrepreneurs you should know 2025” by Dansk Industri.
Flatpay officially opens their new office in Paris with 40 new employees and 2,000+ m2 space.
Ento Labs, the startup supporting the sustainable energy transition with scalable, AI-software secures investment from AURA Ventures.
Epione Medicine, the company supplying high-quality, low-cost medicine to the Danish Healthcare System, receives investment from Strive Ventures.
Danish entrepreneur (now NY based), Henrik Werdelin, is building an ‘AI-factory’ and has raised €9.8 million to do it.
‣ Sweden
Follow the “Top 10 LinkedIn accounts in Sweden 2025” and see comments for additional, influential accounts.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is calling for a pause on the AI Act.
Circulose, the startup turning discarded textiles into a new material for fashion, lands multi-year deal with H&M.
Zymego, the digital health startup, raises €3 million in a round led by Industrifonden.
Echandia, the company challenging the marine industry with safer electrification, secures investment from S2G bringing the total round to €29 million.
Jasenko Hadzic, investor at BackingMinds VC (their boots on the ground in DK) is stepping away from the fund after 2.5 yrs.
Perspetivo, the SaaS platform offering representative data raises €900K from Lotus One Investment and angel investor, Laura Sprechmann.
Norrsken Launcher and Norrsken Accelerator, are pledging to invest €300M in founders using AI to fix the worlds biggest challenges.
Voi scooter photographed in Dua Lipa’s instagram: best caption wins €100 voi-credits on the platform.
BackingMinds are investing “millions” of SEK into the technology conference, TECHARENA.
“The 996 Debate, continued” - Sara Landfors, Normain.
Dental care services company, Dentme, has secured €13.5 million from a series of angels.
‣ Norway
2024 report: Investinor's portfolio companies and funds raised more than €340 million in new capital in 2024.
Brim Explorer, the more sustainable ocean excursions company, has raised €3.4 million from Enova SF.
Mia Health, the personalised health platform, hit 75.000 users and raise €1.6 million.
‣ Finland
TIME magazine recognizes Oura as one of the 100 Most Influential Companies of 2025.
Fiberwood, the developing climate-smart building materials, secures €3.1 million in funding from the EU LIFE Programme.
Robes.Rental have partnered with Finland’s biggest festival Ruisrock, to encourage festival-goers to rent outfits instead of buying new.
Swarmia, the software engineering intelligence platform, has secured €10 million in series A funding led by DigVentures and Karma Ventures.
Ville Vesterinen hard launches The Flame - a network kicking off with a four week remote program for pre-seed and seed stage startups.
Ilkka Paananen (Supercell) on the BBC: “We need to take bigger risks”
CloEE, the AI-manufacturing startup raises $520 in pre-seed funding led by Miro Vertanen and the Innovestor angel co-fund.
☼ spotlight
Looking for inspiration during a hiring process? Wanna know what questions really cut through the noise and get to the real stuff? Joel Hellermark, CEO & Founder of Sana is crowdsourcing ideas. get involved or get inspired 👇
job board
☺︎ ReOrbit are hiring a Head of Marketing & Communications.
☺︎ Skyfri are hiring a Chief Commercial Officer.
☺︎ hormona are hiring a Senior React Native Developer.
Angela Namere, founder of MyBelly leaves a raving recommendation of Nanna Lykke Larsen - if you’re hiring for a comms role, take a look.
dates and action points
→ Help Chloe Atwood start building her sports nutrition brand designed around women’s bodies, Rebel Move, by responding to this survey.
→ Apply to join The Drop, Malmö, 16-18 Sept. With 90% investors and roughly 10% startups, the odds are in founders’ favour.
Thank you for tuning in! i’m always on the hunt for newsworthy content to bring to the mondayfriday audience. and, if you ask me, the best place is from the community itself. so, please drop your updates above and fill me in on any startup related news in the nordics. additionally, please leave me some feedback so i can keep improving ✨
yours weekly,
kay
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