> ## 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 March 9, 2022: Doktor.se, Acamp, Nothing, Insurely, Truecaller, Dance and more
- URL: https://www.swedishtechnews.com/news-march-9-2022/
- Published: 2022-03-09T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-24T15:06:55.000Z
- 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), Doktor.se, Acamp, Insurely, Truecaller, Insight Partners, Alfvén & Didrikson, Luminar Ventures, Philian, Neptunia Invest, EQT Ventures, EQT Growth, exits

Here is today's curation of news from Sweden's startup and tech sector, as well as some interesting reads.

💡

This post has been unlocked and made available for free a month after publication.  
  
[Subscribe to Swedish Tech News](https://www.swedishtechnews.com/#/portal/signup) to get access to a ****daily newsletter** that brings you a brief overview of news from the Swedish startup & tech sector, curated by [Martin Weigert](http://www.twitter.com/martinweigert).  
  
Or, if you prefer a ****free weekly newsletter**, [subscribe to Swedish Tech Weekly](https://swedishtechweekly.com/)!

**Mergers & acquisitions**

- [Doktor.se](https://doktor.se/) (Stockholm, digital healthcare provider) acquired Gothenburg-based [Kollarna.se](https://kollarna.se/), operator of digital care services for several diagnoses that do not need sampling or physical examination to be determined. Financials were not disclosed ([English](https://en.doktor.se/press/doktor-se-acquires-the-healthcare-company-kollarna-se/)).
- [Acamp](https://www.acamp.com) (Stockholm, campsite marketplace) acquired Swedish camping app [Ställplatser](https://apps.apple.com/se/app/st%C3%A4llplatser/id1176591480) from Borås-based app developer [Greenstream Apps](https://www.greenstreamapps.com/). Ställplatser reportedly has over 100,000 active users. Financials were not disclosed ([English](https://tech.eu/2022/03/09/swedish-travel-tech-startup-takes-new-app-in-its-camp-to-expand-backpacking-across-europe/)).

**Financing rounds**

- [Insurely](https://www.insurely.com/) (Stockholm, open insurance platform): SEK190M (€17.6M, $19.4M) in a Series A round led by Insight Partners, with participation from Alfvén & Didrikson, and existing investors Luminar Ventures, Philian, and Neptunia Invest. The company will use the funds to scale the business into new markets in Europe ([English](https://tech.eu/2022/03/09/swedish-open-insurance-platform-logs-in-eur19-million-to-enter-uk-and-france/), [Swedish](https://www.realtid.se/insurtechbolaget-insurely-tar-in-190-mkr-i-serie-runda)).
- EQT Ventures co-led a $70M Series B round raised by UK-based consumer tech company [Nothing](https://nothing.tech/), founded by Swedish entrepreneur Carl Pei ([English](https://techfundingnews.com/carl-peis-nothing-nabs-70m-to-launch-new-products-establishes-london-design-hub/)).
- EQT Growth led a $125M Series D round raised Norwegian enterprise architecture [Ardoq](https://www.ardoq.com/) ([English](https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/09/ardoq-125m-enterprise-architecture/)).

New exclusive subscriber feature: A daily updated Google sheet with all funding rounds raised by private Swedish startups and scaleups. [Request access here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a4JfphPOita15GMQBONzOHQwtkClDHubEkMkpF1b8eM/edit?usp=sharing).

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

- According to an investigative report, [Truecaller](http://www.truecaller.com)'s massive user growth in India is built on "rather dubious grounds" by having exploited India’s lack of a comprehensive legal framework surrounding data protection ([English](https://restofworld.org/2022/how-truecaller-built-a-billion-dollar-id-data-empire-in-india/)).
- [Dance](https://dance.co/), the startup co-founded by the former SoundCloud founders Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss and Alexander Ljung in Berlin, is expanding into several European cities, though no word on a possible launch in Sweden yet ([English](https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/08/e-bike-subscription-service-dance-adds-new-cities-and-mopeds/)).

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

- Partners at Tiger Global have committed $1B of their own cash to invest in seed funds ([English](https://news.crunchbase.com/news/report-tiger-global-seed-investing-better-tomorrow-ventures/)).
- The U.S. market for new IPOs is heading for its slowest period since the financial crisis over a decade ago ([English](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-08/u-s-ipo-drought-deepens-in-biggest-slump-since-financial-crisis) / *Bloomberg paywall*, [alternative URL](https://archive.ph/1bJHx#selection-3297.1-3297.144)).
- Which startups should consider an embedded finance offering and how to get from decision to launch ([English](https://medhaa.medium.com/embedded-fintech-who-should-consider-an-embedded-finance-offering-and-how-to-get-from-decision-to-b25adc549ea6)).

**Other interesting things from Sweden**

- Anders Tegnell, architect of Sweden's light-touch COVID response, gets job at WHO ([English](https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/architect-swedens-light-touch-covid-response-gets-job-who-2022-03-09/) / *Bloomberg paywall*, [alternative URL](https://archive.ph/6HLPm#selection-329.0-329.64)).

+++

That's it for today.