defibrio raises €13.5M, scaling saffron cultivation + iceland is a hotspot for video games.
*TGI(m)F. edition 147. 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 💌
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nordic pov
‣ Denmark
Jennifer Montague joins the advisory board of Scalign - The GTM Platform.
Droplet IV, the startup solving residual medicine waste in IV lines secures €1.7 million from a list of leading healthcare investors.
Noahs, the digital infrastructure startup powering the next-gen of food retail, partners with Q8 to bring tech-enabled kitchens to 75 stations across Belgium and Luxembourg.
After 5 years, Carsten Gjørtler Salling a General Partner at Dreamcraft Ventures, is stepping away from the fund.
Scaleups in Aarhus goes live, an initiative to connect CEOs, CTOs, and CMOs of later-stage startups.
Danish Maritime Fund sets aside €2.2 million to invest in maritime technology projects.
‣ Sweden
Hymeth, a green hydrogen production company, secures €3.7 million in a funding round led by Thisbe AB.
Embedl, the startup developing technologies related to efficient deep learning inference, raises €5.5m in a funding round co-led by Fairpoint Capital, SEB Greentech VC, and Spintop Ventures.
BlueRedGold, the startup building the world’s first scalable indoor saffron cultivation system, raises €2.7 million in a round led by PINC.
Studio555, the startup merging interior design with gaming mechanics has raised €4 million in seed funding co-led by HOF Capital and Failup Ventures.
Mai, the app simplifying the process of selling clothes on the second-hand market, secures €630.000 in a round led by VEQ.
Impulso, giving fashion brans visibility into sell-through and stock data, has raised €6 million in a round led by 42Cap.
Polar, the monetization platform for your digital products & SaaS, has raised a €8.6 million round led by Accel alongside a list of angels.
‣ Norway
Defibrio, the company turning your smartphone into an AED, raises a €13.5 million funding round with Kistefos AS joining as new lead investors.
Renée C. Amundsen joins the Hadean Ventures team as Venture Partner.
Renewable energy company, Tibber, files a formal complaint against Statnett - the system operator of the Norwegian power system.
Katapult Ocean will launch a €43.4m fund in Singapore in 2026 to invest in start-ups that support ocean health in Asia.
ONiO, the startup specialising in ultra-low-power microcontrollers, has raised a €5M Series A from node.vc and Maki.vc.
Read more on the debate about Norways wealth tax ahead of the upcoming election.
‣ Finland
Startups in the Maria 01 community raise a combined €19 million in funding, last week alone.
ŌURA partners with Maven Clinic - the worlds first women’s health unicorn - to integrate their health insights directly into Maven’s care platform.
Hypermine, the has secured a seed funding round from Stephen Industries, Sage Enterprises + more.
Kuva Space’s Hyperfield-1B satellite is launching into space today from California - watch the live stream.
ICEYE launches an investment program exceeding €250 million with €41.1 million provided by Business Finland.
Renow, the recommerce platform, secures €1.8 million in a seed funding round led by Greencode Ventures.
AI-powered, IT sourcing company, Nvelop Technologies, raises €1.2 million in seed funding with the round led by Failup Ventures.
Swarmia, the software engineering intelligence platform, raises a €9.5m round from Karma Ventures, DIG Ventures, Cal Henderson + more.
Ovido, the platform for supply chain and product data automation, raises a €2.4 million seed funding round led by Lifeline Ventures and Kvanted.
Filtrabit, the greentech flow-how company secures €1.2M for a new development project, with €600.000 coming from Business Finland.
Iceland
“Iceland is becoming a video-game hotspot”
job board
☺︎ Meela are hiring Senior Fullstack Developers.
☺︎ ATLANT 3D are hiring a Brand Marketing, PR & Event Specialist
☺︎ Supercell are hiring a Global Communications Specialist
dates and action points
→ Slush are launching summer discounts for tickets for 1 week only from next wednesday. get your hands on some while you can.
→ Listen to Bryan Johnson’s interview on Dagens Industri w/ Ida Hansson Brusewitz
→ Even Founders Run & Wine, July 3rd at Kastellet, CPH.
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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