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# News December 2, 2022: Go North, iZafe, Dogdater, Gigstr, H2 Green Steel, Vividye and more
- URL: https://www.swedishtechnews.com/news-december-2-2022/
- Published: 2022-12-02T15:30:28.000Z
- Updated: 2023-08-12T14:10:58.000Z
- Description: Here are today's news from Sweden's startup and tech sector, sent as daily email newsletter exclusively to subscribers of Swedish Tech News.
- Author: Martin Weigert
- Tags: Daily (PRO), izafe, gigstr, Stegra (formerly H2 Green Steel), Vividye, sofie wahlström, brightact, dogdater, Go North, Access Capital Partners, qualitas equity, Almi Invest, lundevall family office, Hype Ventures

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### Funding news

- [Go North](https://gonorth.co/) (Gothenburg, e-commerce aggregator acquiring and scaling brands on Amazon and beyond): SEK79M (€7.3M, $7.7M) from new investors including Access Capital Partners and Qualitas Equity. This is the second closing of a funding round first announced in October, which now totals SEK154M ([English](https://news.cision.com/go-north-group-ab/r/go-north-group-ab--publ--successfully-raises-sek-79-000-000-of-equity-from-new-co-investors-and-the-,c3676648)).
- [iZafe Group](https://izafe.se/) (publ) (Stockholm, provider of a robotized solution for safe medicine distribution in municipal professional home care): SEK5M (€460K, $480K) through a directed share issue, from Jan Hardenborg, Eva Redhe, Fredrik Sjödin, Filippa Lindström, Karin Forseke, Peter Jörgensen, Lars Wedenborn and Mangold Fondkommission ([English](https://www.accesswire.com/729065/iZafe-Acquires-Pilloxa-Carries-Out-a-Directed-Issue-of-Shares-and-Warrants-to-Qualified-Investors-and-Issues-Warrants-Free-of-Charge-to-Existing-Shareholders)).
- [Dogdater](https://dogdater.com/) (Stockholm, mobile community app for dogs): SEK2.25M (€210K, $220K) from Almi Invest and the Lundevall family office ([Swedish](https://www.breakit.se/artikel/35232/schulmans-skamlosa-pr-kupp-bambusers-katapultstol-och-hetaste-power-paren) / *Breakit paywall*)
- Swedish VC firm [Hype Ventures](https://hypeventures.io/) participated in a €1.3M funding round raised by Dutch offline dating platform [Breeze](https://breeze.social/) ([English](https://siliconcanals.com/news/startups/dutch-dating-app-breeze-bags-1-3m/)).

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

- Sofie Wahlström, CEO and co-founder of Uppsala-based digital support tool for domestic violence [BrightAct](https://www.brightact.org/), won Di Digital's reader vote for "female founder of the year" ([Swedish](https://www.di.se/digital/arets-grundare-syftet-ar-att-radda-liv/), [machine translation](https://www-di-se.translate.goog/digital/arets-grundare-syftet-ar-att-radda-liv/?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).
- Stockholm-based gig worker platform [Gigstr](https://www.gigstr.com/) is completing a pivot it initiated in 2021, with a newly launched platform that aims to connect fulltime and freelance creatives with brands ([Swedish](https://www.techarenan.news/2022/12/02/gigstr-jobb-frilans-plattform-creatives-pr-marknadsforing-digital/), [machine translation](https://www-techarenan-news.translate.goog/2022/12/02/gigstr-jobb-frilans-plattform-creatives-pr-marknadsforing-digital/?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).
- [H2 Green Steel](https://www.h2greensteel.com/), the Swedish developer of a fossil-free steel plant to be built in northern Sweden, shares how new employees are introduced to the startup's culture and purpose: A three day long group activity called "Nature Quest" that takes place somewhere on the Swedish countryside. Participants are unaware of where the Nature Quest will be held but provided with a list of things to pack. And they are asked to part with their mobile phone ([English](https://www.h2greensteel.com/stories/h2-green-steel-shapes-company-culture-through-outdoor-excursions-in-nature)).
- 📺 [Vividye](https://www.vividye.com/), the Gothenburg-based startup that developed a resource-efficient dyeing technology for textiles, was visited by the BBC ([English](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GBVD007xZU), *4 minutes*)

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

- Guide for startups to get internal documentation right ([English](https://review.firstround.com/investing-in-internal-documentation-a-brick-by-brick-guide-for-startups)).
- Strategies and tools for performing migrations on platform, by Spotify ([English](https://engineering.atspotify.com/2022/11/strategies-and-tools-for-performing-migrations-on-platform/)).

### Other interesting things related to Sweden

- Sweden’s plugin electric vehicle share hit record highs in November before incentive cut, gaining 64.6% of the auto market, from 54.3% a year ago ([English](https://cleantechnica.com/2022/12/02/swedens-bevs-hit-new-high-before-incentive-cut/)).
- Sweden might try to ban gasoline-powered mopeds, typically operated by food delivery couriers, from bike lanes ([Swedish](https://omni.se/hellden-vill-satta-stopp-for-mopeder-pa-cykelbanor/a/rlMREa), [machine translation](https://omni-se.translate.goog/hellden-vill-satta-stopp-for-mopeder-pa-cykelbanor/a/rlMREa?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=sv&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).

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That's it for today.