mondayfriday: U.S. Department of Defense backs ovarian cancer research, Hakio raises €4m + revolutionising hair salons 💇♀️
TGI(M)F. edition96, week08. 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
BeCause, the AI-powered hub making sustainability management flow simpler and more efficient for travel and tourism companies, has secured a total of €2.3m in seed funding, with a recent €554k investment injection from Curiosity VC.
CAPSULE, the digital wardrobe app, has just welcomed Søren Alminde from Unridden Ventures to their board and as a new investor into their company.
Januar ApS, a financial infrastructure provider for crypto businesses, raises a €1.5m seed extension round from investors including CMT Digital, Third Prime and Skyfall Ventures.
Hakio, the platform changing demand forecasting in the fashion and apparel industry, raises a €4 million seed round from People Ventures and Dreamcraft Ventures.
Spektr, the startup turning compliance into a revenue driver with their solution with their due diligence platform, raises €5m led by Northzone, Seedcamp, and PreSeed Ventures.
🇸🇪 Sweden
Serverpod, the open-source, scalable app server, written for the Flutter community, raises €1.8m led by PreSeed Ventures.
DealGuru AB, the platform that gathers offers and deals into one place for shoppers secures €900k in an oversubscribed seed round led by Gorilla Capital and Innovestor.
Digmi, the SaaS-platform targeting hairdressers and stylists raises over €500k from a mix of existing and new investors.
🇫🇮 Finland
WellO2, the company behind a unique breathing exercise device that supports respiratory health enters exclusive partnership with London’s West Ham United Football Club, becoming the club’s official Respiratory Supplier.
TILT Biotherapeutics, a clinical stage company working in oncology has been granted €1.8m from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for a three-year project focusing on ovarian cancer immunotherapy research.
Vapaus, the company providing mobility benefits for employees raises €15 million in a debt facility from Norion Bank with aims of expanding its market presence in Finland and Sweden.
🇳🇴 Norway
Cartesian, the provider of modular and cost-effective energy storage systems for large heating and cooling systems has raised €2.6m from SINTEF TTO & Venture, Eviny Ventures and Kongsberg Innovasjon
sensiBel, the deep-tech company developing the next generation MEMS microphone raises a €7m funding round from Sennheiser and including existing shareholders.
// Only 1 in 100 of the most powerful people in the Danish labour market have an ethnic minority background
Dr. Poornima Luthra summarises her insights from this article in a LinkedIn post (due to the article being behind a paywall and in Danish) tackling the lack of representation of people with minority backgrounds in Denmark in top positions of power. Read herbreak-down here.
📈 Growblocks are hiring a Senior Full Stack Developer
🚗 Connected Cars are looking for a new Finance Coordinator
🎥 Veo Technologies are hiring a Head of Customer Care.
Applications for the Future Manufacturers program supporting hardware startups on their journey from prototype to (sustainable and local) production are now open. Deadline → March 13th 2024.
Save the date: Navigating Digital Censorship in SexTech and FemTech → April 30, 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM.
Navigating the climate deep tech funding landscape → March 19th
From 13.00 to 17.00, @ Dansk Industri H.C. Andersens Boulevard 18.PropTech Symposium 24: exciting debates, startup showcases, and insights from international thought leaders in the real-estate innovation space → May 13th, @ Langelinie Pavillonen.
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