News February 16, 2024: HomeQ, Starfish of Sweden, Vividye, Surfboard Payments, Learnster, Polar, Eivora, Superangel Base Camp, and more
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Mergers & acquisitions
- HomeQ (Stockholm, market place for first hand rental contracts) is being acquired by Schibsted Nordic Marketplaces. Financial details were not disclosed. According to the press release, HomeQ grew revenue by 67% in 2023. Reported net revenue for 2022 was SEK7.6M (English). HomeQ was founded by Hedi Kurda in 2016 and has since then raised around SEK60M in funding, according to a Di Digital article from January 2022. However, only SEK35M has been registered with Bolagsverket. The company's major institutional investor is London-based Piton Capital.
Funding news
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- Starfish of Sweden (Lund, developer of medical devices for preventative care of pressure ulcers, founded 2020): SEK2.5M (€220K, $240K) from angel investors Percy Nilsson och Greg Dingizian, in an ongoing round with the goal of SEK5M (Swedish / Rapidus paywall). This is the startup's first seven-digit funding round.
- Vividye (Gothenburg, resource-efficient dyeing technology for textiles, founded 2020): undisclosed amount from existing investor Chalmers Ventures (Swedish, machine translation). The startup raised its first round of SEK4.1M around two years ago.