> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.swedishtechnews.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # News July 4, 2022: Vivium, Klarna, Everdrone, Care to Translate, Spintop Ventures & more - URL: https://www.swedishtechnews.com/news-july-4-2022/ - Published: 2022-07-04T14:59:47.000Z - Updated: 2023-07-21T11:45:24.000Z - 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), Everdrone, Care to Translate, Spintop Ventures, Alliance VC, vivium, Klarna Here is today's curation of news from Sweden's startup and tech sector. 💡 This post has been unlocked and made available for free a month after publication. 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If you have suggestions for a better way, please hit reply and let me know. ## Funding news - [Vivium](https://www.vivium.se) (Stockholm, cloud-based healthcare platform for efficient and reliable staffing and scheduling): SEK9M (€840K, $870K) from angel investors such as Saeid Esmaeilzadeh, Oliver Kylington and Patrik Nemeth. The money will be used to prepare for an international expansion, among other things ([Swedish](https://finanstid.se/vivium-tar-in-9-msek-for-att-vaxa-och-utveckla/), [machine translation](https://finanstid-se.translate.goog/vivium-tar-in-9-msek-for-att-vaxa-och-utveckla/?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)). \>> Daily updated, subscriber-exclusive Google sheet with all funding rounds raised by private Swedish startups and scaleups. [Request access](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a4JfphPOita15GMQBONzOHQwtkClDHubEkMkpF1b8eM/edit?usp=sharing). ## News from Swedish startups, the tech sector and VCs - [Klarna](http://www.klarna.com)'s valuation could drop to as low as $6.5B during the planned fundraising round, reports the WSJ. That would be a painful 85% down from last year's valuation ([English](https://www.wsj.com/articles/klarna-to-raise-fresh-cash-at-slashed-6-5-billion-valuation-11656692324), *WSJ paywall*, [alternative URL](https://archive.ph/9LXVR), [Swedish](https://www.dagensps.se/fintech/wsj-och-ft-klarna-krasch-rasar-470-miljarder-i-varde/)). - [Everdrone](https://everdrone.com/), Gothenburg-based software and drone service developer, has established a hangar in the city of Aalborg in Denmark, to provide lifesaving drone services for cardiac arrest patients from there. It's the startup's first location outside of Sweden ([English](https://everdrone.com/news/2022/06/29/aalborg-denmark-next-in-line-for-everdrones-lifesaving-drone-system/)). - [Care to Translate](https://caretotranslate.com/), Stockholm-based medical translation app for healthcare professional, secured a major deal in Norway, which eventually could bring the service to all hospitals in the country ([Norwegian](https://www.dagensmedisin.no/artikler/2022/07/02/nytt-digitalt-oversettelsesverktoy-i-sykehus/), [machine translation](https://www-dagensmedisin-no.translate.goog/artikler/2022/07/02/nytt-digitalt-oversettelsesverktoy-i-sykehus/?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)). - Sweden's digital health care providers are burning a lot of money, and are additional facing potential cuts of the compensation which Swedish regions pay for taking care of patients ([Swedish](https://www.svd.se/a/eEjaQK/min-doktor-gor-storforlust) / *SvD paywall*, [Swedish #2](https://www.dagensps.se/foretag/natlakarna-bloder-forlorar-en-miljon-om-dagen/), [machine translation](https://www-dagensps-se.translate.goog/foretag/natlakarna-bloder-forlorar-en-miljon-om-dagen/?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)). - Stockholm-based early-stage VC [Spintop Ventures](https://spintopventures.com/) unveiled its new Spintop Fund IV, which already started to invest in the beginning of 2022\. So far SEK800M (€74M, $78M) have been secured, with the target of SEK1B expected to be reached during fall ([English](https://spintopventures.com/old-news-the-new-spintop-fund/), [Swedish](https://www.breakit.se/artikel/33619/nu-har-spintop-ventures-nastan-1-miljard-att-shoppa-for-varderingarna-ar-mer-sunda) / *Breakit paywall*). - Oslo-headquartered VC firm [Alliance Venture](https://alliance.vc/) is looking for an analyst for its Stockholm office ([English](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3152149509/)). ## Other interesting things from the startup/VC world - Ways for early stage startups to reduce the odds of a newly signed team member ghosting before their start date ([English](https://hunterwalk.com/2022/07/02/more-new-hires-are-ghosting-before-their-start-date-heres-how-to-prevent-that/)). - The advantages of founding a startup with a sibling ([English](https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsifted.eu%2Farticles%2Frunning-startup-as-siblings%2F)). ## Other interesting things related to Sweden - SAS pilots are about to go on strike after talks break down, putting the struggling airline into an even more challenging situation ([English](https://www.thelocal.se/20220704/breaking-sas-pilots-in-norway-sweden-and-denmark-to-strike/), [Swedish](https://www.nyteknik.se/fordon/sas-piloter-i-strejk-riktigt-daliga-nyheter-7035205)). - In Sweden, a boom of renewable-powered industries has given rise to what has been dubbed a “green revolution" ([English](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2022/sweden-green-revolution-steel-climate-change/)). - At its western coast, Sweden got its first fast charging station for electrical boats ([Swedish](https://www.tv4.se/artikel/1pZFIvrA78T5oQRDDLLgC8/haer-aer-foersta-snabbladdningsstolpen-foer-elbatar), [machine translation](https://www-tv4-se.translate.goog/artikel/1pZFIvrA78T5oQRDDLLgC8/haer-aer-foersta-snabbladdningsstolpen-foer-elbatar?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)). +++ That's it for today.