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# News May 16, 2022: Findity, Sileon, Meme.com, Bower, Gordon Delivery and more
- URL: https://www.swedishtechnews.com/news-may-16-2022/
- Published: 2022-05-16T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-21T11:36:22.000Z
- 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), Findity, sileon, paynova, meme.com, Bower

Here is today's curation of news from Sweden's startup and tech sector, exclusively for subscribers of Swedish Tech News.

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**Funding news**

- [Findity](https://www.findity.com/) (Stockholm, SaaS solution for business expense management): SEK50M (€4.8M, $5M) from Johan Blomquist, Niklas de Bésche, and existing investors as well as employees ([English](https://ffnews.com/newsarticle/findity-raises-sek-50-million-to-accelerate-its-international-expansion/), [Swedish](https://www.di.se/digital/annu-en-pleo-utmanare-fyller-kassan/)).

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

- Stockholm-based Paynova is rebranding as [Sileon](https://sileon.com/) to offer a buy now pay later SaaS solution aimed at financial institutions globally ([Swedish](https://news.cision.com/se/sileon-ab/r/paynova-byter-namn-till-sileon-och-lanserar-buy-now-pay-later-saas,c3565416), [machine translation](https://news-cision-com.translate.goog/se/sileon-ab/r/paynova-byter-namn-till-sileon-och-lanserar-buy-now-pay-later-saas,c3565416?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).
- The founders of Helsingborg-based tokenized meme platform [Meme.com](http://www.meme.com), Mattias Tyrberg och Johan Unger, paid $1.25M for the .com domain, financed by a token sale the company conducted in May 2021 ([Swedish](https://www.breakit.se/artikel/33035/miljonaffaren-sa-gick-det-till-nar-svenska-startupen-kopte-domannamnet-meme-com-definitivt-ett-fynd), [machine translation](https://www-breakit-se.translate.goog/artikel/33035/miljonaffaren-sa-gick-det-till-nar-svenska-startupen-kopte-domannamnet-meme-com-definitivt-ett-fynd?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).
- [Bower](https://www.getbower.com/), the Stockholm-based recycling app, aims to grow its user number from 300,000 to 10 million in 2024, according to founder and CEO Suwar Mert ([Swedish](https://www.ehandel.se/panta-ar-hett-10-miljoner-anvandare-om-tva-ar), [machine translation](https://www-ehandel-se.translate.goog/panta-ar-hett-10-miljoner-anvandare-om-tva-ar?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).

**Swedish tech earnings reports**

- Some financial figures from [Gordon Delivery](https://gordondelivery.com/), Stockholm-based urban logistics provider for food home deliveries: [Swedish](https://www.di.se/digital/levererar-mat-pa-natet-vaxer-med-300-procent/), [machine translation](https://www-di-se.translate.goog/digital/levererar-mat-pa-natet-vaxer-med-300-procent/?%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**

- What a great board prep contains ([English](https://hajak.se/what-a-great-board-prep-contains-3b5e31e26414)).
- Don’t hire designers too late ([English](https://blog.creandum.com/dont-hire-designers-too-late-583908136c92)).

**Other interesting things from Sweden**

- Sweden will apply for Nato membership ([Swedish](https://www.realtid.se/sverige-soker-medlemskap-i-nato/), [machine translation](https://www-realtid-se.translate.goog/sverige-soker-medlemskap-i-nato/?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).

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That's it for today.