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# News March 22, 2022: PS Auction, Call Knut, WeTal, Landfolk, Klimatkollen and more
- URL: https://www.swedishtechnews.com/news-march-22-2022/
- Published: 2022-03-22T15:59:05.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-24T15:06:06.000Z
- 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), ps auction, call knut, WeTal, SmiLe Inject Capital, Kinnevik, Summa Equity, exits

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

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**Mergers & acquisitions**

- [PS Auction](https://psauction.se/) (Malmö, online auction platform) was acquired by Dutch online auction company [TBAuctions](https://tbauctions.com/). Financials were not disclosed ([English](https://ecommercenews.eu/tbauctions-acquires-2-auction-companies/)).

**Financing rounds**

- [Call Knut](https://www.callknut.com/) (Helsingborg, developer of an upcoming communication software designed to check in on the elderly): SEK2M (€190K, $210K) from SmiLe Inject Capital ([English](https://arcticstartup.com/smile-inject-capital-invests-e191-k/), [Swedish](https://www.medtechmagazine.se/article/view/841331/rostrobot%5Fska%5Fupptacka%5Foro%5Fhos%5Fensamma%5Fgamla)).
- Kinnevik co-led a $120M Series B round raised by UK-based SaaS employment platform [Omnipresent](https://www.omnipresent.com/) ([English](https://tech.eu/2022/03/22/making-global-and-remote-employment-hassle-free-lands-120-million-for-london-startup/)).
- Summa Equity invested an undisclosed amount in Dutch online auction company [TBAuctions](https://tbauctions.com/) ([English](https://news.cision.com/summa-equity/r/summa-equity-joins-as-a-shareholder-in-online-auction-platform-tbauctions-to-accelerate-growth,c3529454)).

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

- [WeTal](https://wetal.com/), Stockholm-based career marketplace for coders, [launched a tool](https://wetal.com/ukraine) to match Ukrainian developers with Swedish companies that would relocate them or support remote workers ([Swedish](https://www.breakit.se/artikel/32410/techjattar-i-nytt-initiativ-vi-har-sjalva-vart-utvecklingsteam-i-ukraina), [machine translation](https://www-breakit-se.translate.goog/artikel/32410/techjattar-i-nytt-initiativ-vi-har-sjalva-vart-utvecklingsteam-i-ukraina?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).
- With fresh funding from Heartland Ventures, Danish summerhouse sharing platform [Landfolk](https://landfolk.com) plans to expand into Sweden ([English](https://arcticstartup.com/landfolk-received-a-huge-funding/)).

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

- Europe’s budding recruitment tech platforms, compared ([English](https://sifted.eu/articles/recruitment-tech-platforms-compared/) / *Sifted paywall*, [alternative URL](https://archive.ph/pXvZi)).

**Other interesting things from Sweden**

- [Klimatkollen](https://klimatkollen.se/) is a newly launched project highlighting the progress of Sweden's municipalities since the 2015 Paris Agreement ([Swedish](https://www.breakit.se/artikel/32419/sa-gar-klimatomstallningen-nytt-verktyg-visar-hur-det-gar-dar-du-bor), [machine translation](https://www-breakit-se.translate.goog/artikel/32419/sa-gar-klimatomstallningen-nytt-verktyg-visar-hur-det-gar-dar-du-bor?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).
- Swedish bank SEB will finally support Apple Pay for its payment cards, starting later this year. SEB is the last of the country's major banks to do so ([Swedish](https://www.realtid.se/efter-kritiken-i-realtid-nu-infor-seb-stod-apple-pay), [machine translation](https://www-realtid-se.translate.goog/efter-kritiken-i-realtid-nu-infor-seb-stod-apple-pay?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).
- Swedish royal finances are going to become more transparent ([English](https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/swedish-royal-finances-to-become-more-transparent)).

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That's it for today.