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# News March 25, 2022: Ella, Ekobot, Carl Pei, Teenage Engineering and more
- URL: https://www.swedishtechnews.com/news-march-25-2022/
- Published: 2022-03-25T14:52:55.000Z
- Updated: 2023-08-07T14:50:47.000Z
- 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), Ella, ekobot, Spotify, Teenage Engineering, Add Health Media, Creandum

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

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**Financing rounds**

- [Ella](https://www.ella.se/) (Stockholm, upcoming digital healthcare app for women during and after pregnancy): SEK10.5M (€1M, $1.1M) from Add Health Media and angel investors Joo Emmy Sundström, Ninke Liebert, Anders F. Börjesson, Monika Lindquist, Johan Hasselblad, and Louise Engwall Edholm ([English](https://arcticstartup.com/ella-closed-over-e-450-k/), [Swedish](https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/ella/pressreleases/3171177)).
- Creandum participated in a $60M Series A round raised by German startup [Leapsome](https://www.leapsome.com/), a platform for performance management and employee engagement ([English](https://siliconcanals.com/crowdfunding/leapsome-raises-54-40m/)).

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

- [Ekobot](https://www.ekobot.se/), a publicly listed Västerås-based startup developing autonomous tools for precision agriculture, signed a deal with one of Sweden's major vegetable farmers. The company describes the order as its "commercial breakthrough" ([Swedish](https://www.dagensps.se/ps-partner/genombrottsorder-for-svensk-jordbruksrobot/), [machine translation](https://www-dagensps-se.translate.goog/ps-partner/genombrottsorder-for-svensk-jordbruksrobot/?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).
- [Spotify](http://www.spotify.com) paid out over $7B to artists, labels, and the other moving pieces of the music industry last year, up from $5B in 2020, according to its 2021 royalty report ([English](https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/24/22994404/spotify-2021-royalty-report-music-streaming-industry-revenue-artists-loud-clear)).
- Wired writes about Swedish entrepreneur Carl Pei's plan to once more start a smartphone revolution (with London-based [Nothing](http://www.nothing.tech)), together with Stockholm-based [Teenage Engineering](https://teenage.engineering/) ([English](https://www.wired.co.uk/article/nothing-phone-1-smartphone-carl-pei-revolution)).

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

- EU ushers in brave new world of Big Tech regulation ([English](https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-landmark-rules-big-tech-anti-trust-digital-markets-act-dma/)).
- Fintech "has been eating up the money" ([English](https://sifted.eu/articles/europe-fintech-startups-2022/) / *Sifted paywall*, [alternative URL](https://archive.ph/P5Ckv)):

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cb/aa/cbaa9996-4d93-4f6d-b930-d76c908df0d1/content/images/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-25-at-11.03.01.png)

**Other interesting things from Sweden**

- 678 Swedish volunteer fighters are known to participate in Ukraine's military defense against Putin's invasion ([Swedish](https://www.svd.se/a/y4M04E/678-frivilliga-svenskar-strider-i-ukraina)[,](https://www-svd-se.translate.goog/a/y4M04E/678-frivilliga-svenskar-strider-i-ukraina?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp) no machine translation available).
- Ukrainian President Zelenskyy spoke to the Swedish Parliament on Thursday ([English](https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/ukrainian-president-zelenskyy-speaks-to-swedish-parliament)).

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That's it for today.