mondayfriday: €40m to alternative hospitality company, at-home blood sampling + plug and playtech center lands partnership.
TGI(M)F. edition 95, week 07. i’m kay, and this is your weekly round-up of curated startup news from the nordics, delivered to your screen for easy reading every sunday.
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🇩🇰 Denmark
Aegir Insights, the intelligence company serving the offshore wind sector raises €8.5 million in a series-a round led by Seaya Andromeda.
Portchain, the logistics startup using AI to create a step-change in operational performance for shipping companies raises €4.6m in a round led by Angular Ventures.
Write With LAIKA, a startup developing next-gen creativity tools joins Rockstart’s Emerging Tech Spring 2024 program.
Go Autonomous, the company leveraging AI to help simplify B2B commerce raises a €9.5m series-A funding round from Octopus Ventures, Ridge Ventures, EIFO, and 42Cap
🇸🇪 Sweden
Skincare brand known for it’s clean and clinical formulations, MANTLE, has announced a €2.8m funding round led by Venrex, to further expand Mantle’s reach in Europe, including the U.K.
Fever, a power technology company building an API-centric platform for virtual power plants to make the power grid more flexible, raises €10m in seed funding from General Catalyst.
Capitainer, the medtech company developing an at-home, blood sampling device to be sent via mail as dried blood to laboratories, has raised €2.6m from We Venture Capital, to expand and innovate the self-sampling solutions.
🇫🇮 Finland
Bob W, a tech-powered hospitality operator offering an alternative to hotels & short-stay apartments, raises €40 million in a series-B funding round led by Evli Growth Partners.
🇳🇴 Norway
Vitalthings, the medical technology for human vital signs detection and analysis raises €3.6m led by Tore Stiles, the founder of Checkware.
Midio, the company building a visual programming interface for backend development raises €557k in pre-seed funding led by Sondo Capital.
Dutch/Norwegian eCommerce platform for global companies, Ciloo, is raising €1.1m in pre-seed funding, and closes a first round led by Alliance VC.
// Grundfos partners with Plug and Play Tech Center
Grundfos, one of the world's leading pump manufacturers (16 million pump units per year to be precise) wants to collaborate with the world of startups to continue to innovate within the AI and sustainability space. They’ll be working with Plug and Play Tech Center to make that happen. More on the partnership here.
🍽 Kanpla are looking for a new Operations Manager Lead.
💸 2021.AI are hiring a new Finance Manager.
👾 BLAST are hiring a new Global Mobility Specialist.
⚠️ Applications to Nordic BioVentures’ Venture Creation Studio Program to bring bioindustrial solutions to life is ending TOMORROW.
Are you looking for a new office space for your team? Send me an email to Pil Byriel at pb@developdiverse.com who has 30 kvm worth of space, seating for 8-10 people and located near Frederiksberg Allé. More on the office here.
byFounders are taking applications for their 48h voyage from Oslo to Copenhagen (and back) on the Christian Radich → 21-23 May | 25-27 May
Danske Bank applications for their Angel Investor Academy are now open! Read more about the criteria and how to apply here.
Thanks 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 sources themselves! so, feel free to reach out and fill me in on any startup related news in the nordics ✨
yours weekly,
kay