new palo alto HQ, €17M in agentic ai, sweden visa tips.
*TGI(m)F. edition 150. 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 💌
notices
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nordic pov
‣ Denmark
GetWhy, the AgenticAI for consumer research, are extending their Series A round with an additional €17 million led by PeakSpan Capital, with participation from Arbejdernes Landsbank.
“Denmark Aims to Use Copyright Law to Protect People From Deepfakes” - read.
Renewable Energy company, Copenhagen Energy has partnered up with Thy-Mors Energi.
‣ Sweden
“The Swedish companies everyone is talking about” - read!
Saaya Sorrells-Weatherford (co-founder of Emigreat) shares tips on how to avoid getting rejected when applying for Sweden’s self-employed visa.
Nimt.ai, the tool helping you optimise your visibility on AI platforms have raised a €360.000 from Loop Capital & Skåne Ventures.
Wingbits is partnering up with DeCharge Network and GEODNET to enable fully autonomous drone operations.
Lead Biologics developing targeted immunotherapies in cancer, have raised €126.000 from I Love Lund.
“What’s needed for ⚔️Silicon Valhalla⚔️ to win in the AI platform shift?” - Erik Lindblad.
Alex Patist joins Paebbl as their fractional COO.
‣ Finland
Top 10 trending startups in Finland for July.
Steady Energy, the nuclear technology company raises €32 million a new funding round including Tesi and LocalTapiola as investors.
‣ Norway
Remora Robotics, the company building automated robotics solutions for the aquaculture industry, raises €14 million in growth capital led by Hatch Blue.
Robotics (humanoid) company 1X are consolidating their Sunnyvale [CA] and Moss [Norway] team under one roof in their new HQ in Palo Alto.
Actithera, the radiopharmaceutical company building next-generation radioligand therapies, raises €64.6 million co-led by M Ventures and and Hadean Ventures, Sofinnova Partners, and 4BIO Capital.
Emil, Growth lead at Data Button is launching a Penny Challenge for charity - taking 1 penny and turning it into $1m in 365 days.
Kongsberg Ferrotech, the company offering robotic services for inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) of underwater installations raises a €12 million seed round from Investinor and the NATO Innovation Fund (NIF).
Over Easy Solar, the company doing pre-fabricated vertical installations, are crowdfunding on Folke Invest.
job board
☺︎ Tekla is hiring a Sustainability Coordinator.
☺︎ Luca Benderet is looking for a Founder Associate to help build a new company in energy/climate (powered by AI).
☺︎ Lovable careers.
dates and action points
→ The European Commission is asking for feedback on their EU Inc Proposal. Feedback period runs until September
→ Fundraising Master Class at Dansk Bank with 1:1 investor feedback, TechBBQ week: Monday, August 25th.
→ Cohort 1.f applications for the FR8 Hacker House are now open, and their accepting people immediately.
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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