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News October 10, 2022: Kive, Streamify, Nona, Della8, Spotscale, Cinis Fertilizer, Nilo and more

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

  • Kive (Stockholm, smart asset platform for creators): $7M in a seed funding round led by Heartcore, with participation from previous investors Creandum and EQT Ventures as well as angel investors such as Des Traynor and Sabba Keynejad (English).
  • Streamify (Ă–stersund, live video shopping platform): SEK4.4M (€400K, $390K) through a rights issue, which was subscribed by 73.6% (Swedish, machine translation).

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News from Swedish startups, the tech sector and VCs

  • Nona is a new startup from Stockholm that during the past 5 years has been developing a new personal health tracking app, to be launched this fall. The company was founded and funded by serial entrepreneur Fredrik Sidfalk (Swedish / Breakit paywall).
  • Nicely timed with an appearance at the TV-show Draknästet, Helsingborg-based Della8 launched its online solution for facilitating and managing collective ownership of larger physical assets (Swedish, machine translation).
  • Spotscale, Linköping-based developer of high-resolution 3D models for buildings, is developing "the world’s first 3D AI recognition system for concrete structures", together with the Dutch company Kiwa (English).
  • Cinis Fertilizer, Ă–rnsköldsvik-based greentech startup producing "the world’s most environmentally friendly mineral fertilizer through innovative upcycling", plans to go public on Sweden's Nasdaq First North Growth Market (English / PDF, Swedish).
  • 4 startups are joining the SSE Business Lab's incubate program and thus will receive an initial investment of SEK300K each: Chip, Biosphere Intelligence, Nilo and 1-Fits-All. Meanwhile 3 companies are joining the accelerate program: DebtPool, Flok, Guide.in (So far I haven't found working URLs for these 3) (English).

Other interesting things from the startup/VC world & beyond

  • Icebreaker.vc published its entire portfolio in an Airtable (English).
  • Wired spoke with Niklas Zennström about why the burgeoning European startup scene is poised to lead the technological revolution (English).
  • Founders should never ask friends or familly members if they like an idea (English).

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That's it for today.

Martin Weigert

Martin Weigert

Martin is the founder of Swedish Tech News. Every day he spends many hours gathering and curating the latest from Sweden's startup & tech sector. Contact: m@swedishtechnews.com
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