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# News June 28, 2022: Laget.se, Polarium, Quizrr, Gritify, Natural Cycles, Min Doktor and more
- URL: https://www.swedishtechnews.com/news-june-28/
- Published: 2022-06-28T14:55:09.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-24T14:59:09.000Z
- 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), Heja, Polarium, Quizrr, gritify, natural cycles, Breakit, norrsken, Min Doktor, laget.se, artax invest, ACACIA, exits

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

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**Mergers & acquisitions**

- [Laget.se](http://www.laget.se) (Örebro, communication and management platform for sports teams and associations) is selling a majority stake to [Tempeludden](https://www.tempeludden.com), an aggregator of small Swedish software companies. Financials were not disclosed ([Swedish](https://www.breakit.se/artikel/33511/drog-igang-nar-de-var-17-ar-nu-saljer-de-laget-se-har-haft-en-fantastisk-resa) / *Breakit paywall*, [Swedish #2](https://www.tempeludden.com/news/laget.se-och-tempeludden-i-partnerskap), no machine translation available). The founders Mikael Blix and Johan Berglund are now focusing on [Heja](https://heja.io/), which is a smiliar similar service but with an international profile. Heja raised a $4.2M seed round [last year](https://tech.eu/2021/06/07/stockholms-youth-sports-management-social-platform-heja-scores-4-2-million-goes-for-the-gold).

**Funding news**

- [Polarium](https://polarium.com/) (Stockholm, smart modular energy storage solutions): SEK178M (€17M, $18M) from 3 new, undisclosed Swedish investors. This news comes less than 2 months since the company [announced](https://www.swedishtechnews.com/news-may-3-2022/) a SEK955M financing round ([English](https://news.cision.com/polarium/r/polarium-raises-sek-178m-from-new-investors,c3592142)).
- [Quizrr](https://www.quizrr.se/) (Stockholm, digital training solutions to advance corporate responsibility and worker well-being): SEK25M (€2.3M, $2.5M) from existing investors such as Artax Invest, to accelerate the global expansion ([English](https://www.quizrr.se/news/quizrr-raises-new-funds-to-fuel-global-expansion/), [Swedish](https://www.di.se/digital/deras-quiz-forebygger-daliga-arbetsforhallanden/)).
- [Gritify](https://www.gritify.io) (Stockholm, anonymous job market platform): SEK9M (€850K, $900K) from Acacia ([English](https://nordic9.com/news/gritify-in-a-sek-9-million-funding-round-backed-by-acacia/), [Swedish](https://www.breakit.se/artikel/33553/ska-gora-det-lattare-att-gora-det-svara-nu-fyller-gritify-kassan-med-farska-miljoner)).

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

- [Natural Cycles](https://www.naturalcycles.com/), Stockholm-based birth control app, says it's working on a completely anonymous version of its service, in the wake of the US Supreme Court's ruling to end the constitutional right to abortion ([Swedish](https://www.breakit.se/artikel/33561/abortbeslutet-i-usa-leder-till-appstorm-natural-cycles-jobbar-pa-helt-anonym-tjanst-fatt-hogsta-prioritet), [machine translation](https://www-breakit-se.translate.goog/artikel/33561/abortbeslutet-i-usa-leder-till-appstorm-natural-cycles-jobbar-pa-helt-anonym-tjanst-fatt-hogsta-prioritet?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).
- Swedish startup news site Breakit launched a [native iPhone app](https://apps.apple.com/se/app/breakit/id1611026827?l=en) ([Swedish](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/breakit-se%5F%C3%A4ntligen-som-ni-har-v%C3%A4ntat-som-vi-har-v%C3%A4ntat-activity-6947152631467274241-EzLc/)).
- Norrsken built a list of impact-focused investors active in the Nordics ([English](https://www.norrsken.org/nordicimpact)).

**Swedish tech earnings reports**

- [Min Doktor](https://www.mindoktor.se/) (Malmö, digital healthcare provider): [Swedish](https://www.di.se/digital/forlusten-vaxer-for-natlakaren/), [machine translation](https://www-di-se.translate.goog/digital/forlusten-vaxer-for-natlakaren/?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp).

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

- [Plural](https://pluralplatform.com/) is a new €250M ($260M) early-stage venture fund (or "investment platform for the unemployables", as it dubs itself) launched by the 4 top European founders Taavet Hinrikus, Sten Tamkivi, Ian Hogarth and Khaled Helioui - with more founders/operators expected to join ([English](https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/27/these-four-iconic-european-founders-plan-to-kick-the-asses-of-vcs-who-never-started-a-company/)).
- The many ways how a venture financing can implode post-term sheet ([English](https://www.saastr.com/how-a-venture-financing-can-implode-post-term-sheet/)).

**Other interesting things related to Sweden**

- Swedish Radio News created a made-up online pharmacy that has been visited by fictitious customers to show that Facebook saves sensitive information instead of filtering it, as it claims ([English](https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/swedish-radio-created-fake-pharmacy-reveals-how-facebook-stored-sensitive-information)).
- Sweden's state power company Vattenfall is looking into building a series of small modular nuclear reactors ([English](https://www.thelocal.se/20220628/swedens-state-power-company-to-study-new-nuclear-plants/) / *The Local soft paywall*, [alternative URL](https://archive.ph/aA0MI), [Swedish](https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/vattenfalls-plan-satsa-pa-mindre-karnkraftverk/)).
- 400,000 people in Sweden can't get a digital-ID because they lack a Swedish personal number ([English](https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/400-000-people-cant-get-swedish-digital-id)).

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That's it for today.