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# News April 5, 2022: X Shore, GOALS, Flower, House Be and more
- URL: https://www.swedishtechnews.com/news-april-5-2022/
- Published: 2022-04-05T14:58:30.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-25T07:13:52.000Z
- Description: Here is today's curation of news from Sweden's startup and tech sector, as well as some interesting reads, exclusively for subscribers of Swedish Tech News.
- Author: Martin Weigert
- Tags: Daily (PRO), X Shore, GOALS, Flower, house be, Northzone, not boring capital, cassius, Cherry Ventures, moonfire, banana capital, 41an invest, Almi Invest

Here is today's curation of news from Sweden's startup and tech sector.

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**Financing rounds**

- [X Shore](https://xshore.com/) (Stockholm, maker of all-electric boats): SEK500M (€48M, $53M) from existing investors as well as new angel investors Peter Carlsson, Hélène Barnekow, Silvana Imam, and Siduri Poli ([English](https://siliconcanals.com/news/startups/swedish-firm-x-shore-bags-45-5m/), [Swedish](https://www.realtid.se/x-shores-tar-in-halv-miljard-har-ar-kandisarna-som-vill-aka-med)).
- [GOALS](http://www.goals.co) (Stockholm, multiplayer football game that provides for players to earn and own in-game digital assets): $15M in a seed round led by Northzone, with participation from new investors Not Boring Capital and Cassius, as well as existing investors Cherry Ventures, Moonfire Ventures, and Banana Capital ([English](https://tech.eu/2022/04/05/northzone-feeds-pique-assists-goals-takes-the-shot-scores-15-million/), [Swedish](https://www.di.se/digital/svenske-spelveteranen-utmanar-fotbollsjattarna-tar-in-140-miljoner-i-riskkapital/) / *DI Digital paywall*).
- [Flower](https://flowertech.se/), formerly Krafthem (Stockholm, virtual power plant operator): SEK42M (€4.1M, $4.5M) in a funding round led by existing investor 41:an Invest ([Swedish](https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/flower/pressreleases/flower-tar-in-47-mkr-i-nytt-kapital-3173467), [machine translation](https://www-mynewsdesk-com.translate.goog/se/flower/pressreleases/flower-tar-in-47-mkr-i-nytt-kapital-3173467?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).
- [House Be](https://www.housebe.com/) (Åre, operator of co-working spaces in northern Sweden): SEK6M (€580K, $640K) from Almi Invest and undisclosed "private investors" ([Swedish](https://news.cision.com/se/almi-invest-ab/r/almi-invest-investerar-i-coworkingforetaget-house-be,c3539341), [machine translation](https://news-cision-com.translate.goog/se/almi-invest-ab/r/almi-invest-investerar-i-coworkingforetaget-house-be,c3539341?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).

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**News from Swedish startups, the tech sector and VCs**

- Nothing today.

**Other interesting things from the startup/VC world & beyond**

- Swiss [Climeworks](https://climeworks.com/) raises $650M in largest round for carbon removal startups ([English](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-05/climeworks-raises-650-million-in-largest-round-for-carbon-removal-startup) / *Bloomberg paywall*, [alternative URL](https://archive.ph/kIwtN)).
- The myth of exponential hypergrowth - the common reality is "Elephant-shaped" growth ([English](https://longform.asmartbear.com/docs/exponential-growth/)).
- Representation of "climate tech" Y Combinator startups by batch ([via](https://climatetechvc.substack.com/p/-yc-tints-green-96?s=r)):

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cb/aa/cbaa9996-4d93-4f6d-b930-d76c908df0d1/content/images/2022/04/climatetech.png)

**Other interesting things from Sweden**

- Sweden's steel industry has set out plans to achieve "fossil-free" operations by 2045, and a small Luleå pilot plant is spearheading this undertaking ([English](https://techxplore.com/news/2022-04-green-steel-sweden-frozen-north.html)).‌‌
- In 2021, Sweden defended its second place in the ranking of European countries with the largest number of patent applications in relation to population size, beaten only by Switzerland ([Swedish](https://computersweden.idg.se/2.2683/1.764694/pandemin-gav-manga-digitala-patent--sverige-okar-mest-i-europa), [machine translation](https://computersweden-idg-se.translate.goog/2.2683/1.764694/pandemin-gav-manga-digitala-patent--sverige-okar-mest-i-europa?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).
- The top 10 of most common names among Swedish CEOs: Lars, Anders, Erik, Per, Johan, Peter, Karl, Mikael, Jan, Hans och Carl. Only at #12 comes the first female name: Maria ([Swedish](https://www.breakit.se/artikel/32571/har-ar-de-vanligaste-entreprenorsnamnen-forsta-kvinnliga-pa-plats-11), [machine translation](https://www-breakit-se.translate.goog/artikel/32571/har-ar-de-vanligaste-entreprenorsnamnen-forsta-kvinnliga-pa-plats-11?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).

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