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# News November 15, 2022: Hedvig, Sesamy, Safeture, Navari, Cresponix, Bumpy, Powermind, C-Green and more
- URL: https://www.swedishtechnews.com/news-november-15-2022/
- Published: 2022-11-15T15:56:48.000Z
- Updated: 2023-08-15T14:56:56.000Z
- Description: Here are today's news from Sweden's startup and tech sector, sent as daily email newsletter exclusively to subscribers of Swedish Tech News.
- Author: Martin Weigert
- Tags: Daily (PRO), Sesamy, safeture, Navari, cresponix, Bumpy, powermind, C-Green, Brite, Sting, Hedvig, Neptunia Invest, holta invest, anthemis, Cherry Ventures, commerz ventures, obvious ventures, GP Bullhound, Co_Made, tham invest, brofund, Almi Invest, Chalmers Ventures, GU Ventures, vasa angels

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### Funding news

- [Hedvig](https://www.hedvig.com) (Stockholm, digital insurance provider): SEK84M (€7.8M, $8.1M) from new investors Neptunia Invest and Holta Invest, as well as existing shareholders Anthemis, Cherry Ventures, Commerz Ventures and Obvious Ventures. The round valued Hedvig at SEK950M – 40% lower than when the company raised its Series B in September 2021 ([English](https://www.swedishtechnews.com/hedvig-raises-more-funding/), [Swedish](https://www.breakit.se/artikel/35055/krisdraget-nar-forlusterna-skenar-hedvig-tar-in-84-miljoner-och-varderingen-rasar-rejalt)).
- [Sesamy](https://sesamy.com/) (Stockholm, pay-as-you-go content service): $3.4M in a seed round led by GP Bullhound, with participation from Co\_Made, Tham Invest, Brofund, Hållbar and the Sesamy founding team themselves ([English](https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/15/from-the-founders-of-acast-sesamy-wants-to-de-wall-digital-content/)).
- [Safeture](https://www.safeture.com/) (publ) (Lund, employee safety platform): SEK27.1M (€2.5M, $2.6M) through a rights issue ([Swedish](https://news.cision.com/safeture-ab/r/safeture-ab-s-foretradesemission-overtecknad,c3667293), [machine translation](https://news-cision-com.translate.goog/safeture-ab/r/safeture-ab-s-foretradesemission-overtecknad,c3667293?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).
- [Navari](https://navarisurgical.com/) (Gothenburg, AR-based software tool for minimally invasive liver surgery): SEK7.5M (€700K, $720K) in a pre-seed round from Almi Invest, Chalmers Ventures, GU Ventures, VASA Angels and angel investors Peter Rundlöf, Tommy G. Klein, Kristoffer Klein, Michael Frisk, Kristoffer Kullberg and Fredrik Westman  
([English](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/navarisurgical%5Fchalmers-ventures-investerar-i-navari-som-activity-6998259913579765760-2aI-/), [Swedish](https://news.cision.com/se/almi-invest-ab/r/almi-invest-investerar-i-navari-som-utvecklar-framtidens-ar-baserade-cancerkirurgi,c3667165)).
- [Cresponix](https://cresponix.se/) (Örebro, technology for sustainable land-based shrimp farming): SEK3M (€280K, $290K) from angel investor Pär Svärdson ([Swedish](https://www.breakit.se/artikel/35039/cresponix-ska-odla-skamfri-scampi-backas-med-miljoner-fran-par-svardson), [machine translation](https://www-breakit-se.translate.goog/artikel/35039/cresponix-ska-odla-skamfri-scampi-backas-med-miljoner-fran-par-svardson?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).
- [Bumpy](https://www.bumpyapp.se/) (Stockholm, fertility support app): undisclosed amount from angel investors such as Karin Forseke, Caroline Hjelm, Niklas Lundberg, Johanna Öberg, Sofia Wingren, and Johan and Elisabeth Blomquist ([Swedish](https://www.breakit.se/artikel/35042/techprofiler-bakom-fertilitetsappen-bumpy-vill-bli-ledande-globalt) / *Breakit paywall*).

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

- [Powermind](https://powermind.app), Stockholm-based startup founded and led by Lovisa Strömsholm offering a mobile app for hypnosis, launched a version for Spanish speaking markets and is gearing up for the release of an English version ([Swedish](https://finanstid.se/powermind-lanserar-sin-app-pa-den-spansktalande-marknaden/), no machine translation available).
- Profile of [C-Green](https://www.c-green.se/), Stockholm-based startup founded in 2015 that specializes in technology to convert wet biowaste into solid hydrochar. CEO Michael Sjöberg says the company plans to raise around SEK220M (€20.3M, $21M) during the coming months ([Swedish](https://www.techarenan.news/2022/11/15/c-green-cleantech-sverige-slam-nobelpris-avlopp-aktie-solna/), [machine translation](https://www-techarenan-news.translate.goog/2022/11/15/c-green-cleantech-sverige-slam-nobelpris-avlopp-aktie-solna/?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)).
- [Brite](https://britepaymentgroup.com/), Stockholm-based provider of payment solutions based on direct bank-to-bank technology, is expanding into the Baltics ([English](https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/94894/brite-payments-enters-the-baltics)).
- [Sting](http://www.sting.co) published version 1.0 of of a map showing Sweden's hottest healthtech startups in 2022 ([English](https://apply.sting.co/startup-healthtech-map/)).

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

- Pan-European provider of non-dilutive growth capital for software and technology companies [Round2 Capital](https://round2cap.com/) has raised €62M on the path to its €100M target, and it's now preparing to find as many as 40 portfolio bets across Europe, especially in Nordic and DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) markets ([English](https://tech.eu/2022/11/14/round2-capital/)).
- There’s been a 35% drop in the number of European startups advertising fully remote roles in the last 12 months ([English](https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsifted.eu%2Farticles%2Fstartups-hiring-less-remote-roles%2F)).
- "Better managers enable more efficient organizations. Companies who ignore span of control grow soft in the middle" ([English](https://tomtunguz.com/the-shape-of-your-company/)).

### Other interesting things related to Sweden

- 72-year-old climate activist Dorothee Hildebrandt cycled more than 8,000km from Sweden to Egypt ([English](https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/11/13/this-72-year-old-grandmother-cycled-more-than-8000km-from-sweden-to-egypt-for-cop27)).
- The Department of Physics at Umeå University has a new laser system which is "the most powerful in Sweden, and one of the most powerful lasers in the world" ([English](https://www.umu.se/en/news/unique-laser-system-inaugurated-in-umea-%5F11681834/)).
- Inflation fell slightly more than expected to 9.3% in October, from 9.7% in September ([English](https://www.thelocal.se/20221115/swedish-inflation-slows-as-energy-prices-drop/), [Swedish](https://www.realtid.se/inflationen-nagot-lagre-an-vantat/)).

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That's it for today.