peter carlsson's new ai-venture, encord raises €44M + june events.
*TGI(m)F. edition 144 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
Augmented Hearing, a startup developing advanced speech understanding, raises a €3 million seed funding round led by Crowberry Capital.
Pluto markets launches Danish shares without commission.
PreSeed Ventures announce the first closing of PSV Tech Fund II, with 65% of the capital of their €67m target.
AI-software startup, Encord raises €44M and eyes up potential unicorn status, backed by CRV and WndrCo.
Guidly, the AI-powered cultural companion, was awarded the Advancement Award at the DTU X-Tech Lion’s Den, securing a spot on the DTU X-Tech+ accelerator.
Again, the company turning CO₂ into carbon negative chemicals, breaks ground on their next production site: a first-of-its-kind commercial carbon transformation facility in Texas.
Business Continuity Management (BCM) platform, Fortiv, raises €3M from Seed Capital.
Eye-testing company, OptikosPrime, secures major backing from EIFO and industry leaders: Bjørn Bruun, Klaus Kongsted + more.
‣ Sweden
Northvolt founder Peter Carlsson and Siddharth Khullar have raised €5m+ for a new AI compan, Aris Machina.
AI-platform for legal professionals, Legora, raises a €71 million Series B, led by ICONIQ.
“a masterclass on creating VC fomo from Max Junestrand”
After nearly a decade as CEO, Robert Falck is stepping into the role of Executive Chairman of the Board at Einride.
Saminvest invests €1.2m in Propel Capital VII matching the €1.2m contributed to the fund by 38 business angels.
See the scholarship winners of XO Foundation awards, spotlighting visionary young talents with bold ideas: Sabelle Beraki, Taufeeq Saleh, Mohamed Elfituri and more.
Treyd, the B2B, consumer fintech company raises €5 million in additional funding from existing investors and appoints Knut Frängsmyr, the ex-Deputy CEO at Klarna, to Chairman of the Board.
300+ Swedish tech startups & scaleups founded and led by women.
NorthX Biologics, a contract development and manufacturing organization has secures investment from Signet Healthcare Partners.
‣ Norway
See this live map of all the startups on the Oslo scene.
Birdsview is the winner of the first ever ConTech Connect Award, an international award for groundbreaking construction technology.
Norwegian Hydrogen has secured €13.2 million in funding from EU Hydrogen Bank and Innovation Norway for a project in Rjukan in Norway.
Thomas Falck invests in Visual360, the company creating a multi-layered information & documentation system on top of totally immersive digital twins for project planning.
‣ Finland
Susanna Lyytikäinen joins Innovestor as the latest edition to their Energy Storage team.
Filtrabit, a flow-how company in the greentech sector, raises €2 million in financing.
☼ spotlight
“To my Swedish network: the Migration Agency may be one of the few government institutions you’ve never had to deal with. But look around you—at tech companies, universities, hospitals, and research labs. You’ll see us—immigrants contributing to Swedish society in every way” - Mehdi Satei
job board
☺︎ Klimate are hiring a Sales Development Representative
☺︎ IQM Quantum Computers are hiring a new Senior People Operations Specialist
☺︎ Attensi are hiring a Project Manager.
dates and action points
→ Georg Grimm built a Soft Funding Database with over 70-opportunities for Danish startups (with a few EU grants).
→ GAIN Sweden launch event, Tuesday, May 27 5:30 PM - Stockholm.
→ Even Founders Demo Day & Ecosystem Mixer, 12th June, 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM in CPH.
→ Maria 01 Community Yard Party, 4th of June in Helsinki.
→ Innovestor’s Future Female Founders event as part of Wild Norway Summer Summit: June 3rd, Oslo.
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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