Porvoo-headquartered SEATOM has been selected for NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) 2026 programme, joining the Operations in Extreme Environments challenge track. The Porvoo-based company, which is developing dual-use nuclear-powered maritime systems, will receive €100,000 in initial contractual funding and take part in DIANA’s six-month accelerator, working with defence stakeholders and test […] Read more ›
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Riga-based 35 million euro longevity-focused venture capital fund LongeVC launched an in-house acceleration programme for professionals with education and work experience in the biotech industry, aiming to create high-quality startup teams. “The venture capital fund LongeVC has created its own accelerator. This means that from time to time LongeVC will define verticals that we see ... Read more ›
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Cloud-based IP (intellectual property) solutions provider IamIP said it has raised an investment from Black Pearls VC without defining any details of the investment round. The intellectual property industry is plagued by complexity with over 3.3 million new patents filed every year, and over €17 billion is lost in double work in R&D in Europe ... Read more ›
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Finnish talent acquisition startup Jobilla said it has closed a 2.16 million euros funding round led by Trind VC for expansion to new markets and product development. This latest investment round will fuel further expansion in Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands, while also scaling up the company’s operations in the USA. The funding, of which ... Read more ›
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Estonia’s Grünfin, a sustainable investment platform created by a team of mostly early Transferwise employees, opened a waitlist on April 22 as it prepares for launch later this year. Grünfin was founded by two mothers, Karin Nemec and Triin Hertmann, who saw how difficult it was for anyone to create a sustainable, values-based investment portfolio ... Read more ›
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When Swedish startup Klarna raised $1 billion in March, it put $10 million aside for a yet-to-be-launched new initiative that focuses on the key sustainability challenges worldwide. Sebastian Siemiatkowski, cofounder of the most valuable startup in Europe, said it was time for Klarna to tackle bigger, more complex issues than global payments. “I believe our industry ... Read more ›
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VideoCV, a startup offering simple, transparent, and personality-based hiring solutions, said it has raised 410,000 euros in the pre-seed investment round from Zenith Family Office, EstBAN, and several other investors to enter new markets and further develop its product. VideoCV is an Estonian-based B2B start-up, offering an AI-powered video screening tool to screen and manage ... Read more ›
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Deep Tech is on the rise and making a bigger and bigger impact on our daily lives as we as a humanity need to solve various major challenges. Scientists, researchers and engineers put a lot of work into coming up with amazing solutions on multiple fronts. But they cannot do it alone and need support ... Read more ›
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Driven by large investment rounds of HMD, Wolt, ICEYE and Varjo investments in Finnish startups grew 88% last year from a year ago, with the firms raising higher ever amount of 951 million euros ($1.15 billion), Finnish Venture Capital Association said. “Due to the successful cooperation between entrepreneurs and investors, Finland is one of the ... Read more ›
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Stockholm Water Technology (SWT), which offers smart, clean and sustainable water purification solutions primarily for industrial use has raises 10 million Swedish crowns in funding for going to the market and product development. Investors in the financing round included Almi Invest and the private investors STOAF III SciTech and SEA (Sustainable Energy Angels). Stockholm Water ... Read more ›
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Icebreaker.vc said it completed the final closing of its second fund at 100 million euros and also raised a separate 20 million fund that will be used to continue investing in its Fund 1 portfolio companies. The teams backed in Icebreaker’s first fund over 2017-2019 have so far turned 6 million euros of initial investment ... Read more ›
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The main startup hub of Belarus, Imaguru, said it would become homeless as it has to move out from its current premises by April 30 as its landlord has terminated the lease due to “an order from above”. “The Belarusian regime shuts down the space of free-thinking innovative entrepreneurs and the birthplace of a large ... Read more ›
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Sweden’s NA-KD said it has raised 40 million euros from Ernström & Co and its existing shareholders for expansion to new markets and business areas. NA-KD saw its sales almost tripling in 2020 to 2 billion crowns from around 700 million a year before, and it almost reached full-year profitability. “In 2021, NA-KD will continue ... Read more ›
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Game On Mid Sweden, which is focused on building the games and digital entertainment industry in Västernorrland, in central Sweden, launched this week following a major investment from the EU, Region Västernorrland, Näringslivsbolaget Sundsvall, and Kramfors Kommun. Game On’s aims to build the necessary infrastructure that will facilitate the establishment of new jobs, companies, and ... Read more ›
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When a designer who created iconic logos for Instagram and Oculus recommends his clients to use young Latvian startup for managing their brand visuals one has to ask – WHAT?! Corebook launched in February 2020 and already in the first month, it gained recognition for its concept and design in various international design forums. The ... Read more ›
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Denmark-based AI startup Abzu has announced a 5.8 million euro seed round led by Danish Seed Capital, Inventure, and PreSeed Ventures after Abzu has seen increased traction with several of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. “Abzu’s commercial traction in the pharmaceutical industry should put them on everybody’s radar as one of the most interesting deep ... Read more ›
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Recruitment software startup RecruitLab has raised 300,000 euros investment round from founders of Pipedrive and Superangel to expand to new markets and grow their team. The 2020-founded RecruitLab is a platform for applicant management and recruitment marketing tools, automating everything that can be automated in recruiting, saving on average 50% of the time spent on ... Read more ›
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CO2 removal startup Carbo Culture said it has raised a $6.2 million seed financing round led by True Ventures, co-led by Cherry Ventures with participation from Übermorgen Ventures and Adrian Bührer and a fleet of experienced angels and its early investors. “This marks a new stage for us, which means new resources into people, engineering, R&D and product development. ... Read more ›
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Swedish startup Klimato, which is developing a tool for restaurants to keep track of their climate impact, has raised 6.5 million Swedish crowns from Almi and private investors for product development and expansion. Klimato has developed a user-friendly and cost-effective tool that makes it possible for restaurants to calculate, monitor and communicate their climate impact. ... Read more ›
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Finnish early education concept, HEI Schools, has raised 2 million euro Series A round of financing, which was co-led by Practica Capital and Tesi, Finnish Industry Investment. The 2015-founded HEI Schools is offering a premium learning centre concept, an easy-to-use digital curriculum platform and pedagogical tools for educational operators and teachers outside of Finland to ... Read more ›
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Latest ArcticStartup post on LinkedIn has been seen by 2,970 people and it has had 72 reactions at the moment of writing this. In early 2021 the numbers were often 10-fold smaller. What happened? When our CEO Jan told me that logically Arctic’s main social media channel should be LinkedIn I checked the numbers and ... Read more ›
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