> ## 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 September 27, 2022: Urb-it, Vembla, Juni, Female Founders Malmö, Klarna and more - URL: https://www.swedishtechnews.com/news-september-27-2022/ - Published: 2022-09-27T15:01:12.000Z - Updated: 2023-08-15T14:53:32.000Z - Description: Here is today's curation of news from Sweden's startup and tech sector, exclusively for subscribers of Swedish Tech News. - Author: Martin Weigert - Tags: Daily (PRO), vembla, Juni, Female Founders, Klarna, urb-it, Creandum Here is today's curation of news from Sweden's startup and tech sector, exclusively for subscribers of Swedish Tech News. 💡 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/)! ### Funding news - [Urb-it](https://www.urb-it.com/) (Stockholm, sustainable logistics platform): SEK23.3M (€2.2M, $2.1M) through a directed share issue ([English](https://www.bequoted.com/bolag/urb-it/pressmeddelande/urb-it-carries-out-a-directed-share-issue-of-approximately-s-98885/), [Swedish](https://www.breakit.se/artikel/34466/urb-it-gor-riktad-emission-pa-drygt-23-miljoner-kronor)). - Creandum co-led a €5.8M ($5.6M) seed round raised by Dutch digital timber marketplace [Timberhub](https://www.timberhub.com/) ([English](https://siliconcanals.com/news/startups/amsterdam-timberhub-raises-5-8m/)). \>> Daily updated, subscriber-exclusive Google sheet with all funding rounds raised by private Swedish startups and scaleups. [Request access](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19CzBwRojH%5FK8zin277bpLJ8KCgEUp2AWw%5F%5FJuFUujAs/edit?usp=sharing). ### News from Swedish startups, the tech sector and VCs - After recent signs of struggle, Swedish instant hyper-local grocery home delivery service [Vembla](https://www.vembla.se/) has filed for bankruptcy. Since its launch in 2019, the company had raised around SEK50M (€4.6M, $4.4M) ([Swedish](https://www.di.se/digital/efter-kapitalbrist-cykelbudet-gar-i-konkurs-dyrt-att-driva/) / *DI Digital paywall*, [Swedish #2](https://www.realtid.se/budbolaget-vembla-i-konkurs/), [no machine translation available](https://www-realtid-se.translate.goog/budbolaget-vembla-i-konkurs/?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)). - [Juni](https://www.juni.co/) is becoming the main sponsor of Gothenburg-based football club Gais. The banking platform for e-commerce is the 3rd tech company from Sweden opting for football sponsoring, after Spotify and Truecaller ([Swedish](https://www.di.se/digital/miljarduppstickaren-blir-ny-huvudsponsor-till-gais/), [machine translation](https://www-di-se.translate.goog/digital/miljarduppstickaren-blir-ny-huvudsponsor-till-gais/?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)). - 6 startups from southern Sweden will pitch at DI Digital's Female Founders Malmö event on Thursday: [Nikdev](https://nikdev.io/), [Speaksum](https://speaksum.com/), [Clowid](https://www.clowid.com/), [Payzlip](https://www.payzlip.se/), [Poasana](https://poasana.se/) and [Endbright](https://endbright.se/) ([Swedish](https://www.di.se/digital/sex-skanska-bolag-gor-upp-om-segern-pa-female-founders-i-malmo/), [machine translation](https://www-di-se.translate.goog/digital/sex-skanska-bolag-gor-upp-om-segern-pa-female-founders-i-malmo/?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)). - [Klarna](http://www.klarna.com) is launching in Greece and the Czech Republic ([Swedish](https://www.realtid.se/klarna-gar-in-i-grekland-och-tjeckien/), [machine translation](https://www-realtid-se.translate.goog/klarna-gar-in-i-grekland-och-tjeckien/?%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 - Estonia-based [Trind VC](https://trind.vc/) rolls out €55M fund to invest in consumer and SME-focused startups in Europe ([English](https://tech.eu/2022/09/27/estonia-based-trind-vc-rolls-out-eur55-million-fund-to-invest-in-consumer-and-sme-focused-startups-in-europe/)). - Over the past 5 years, the US has created net new unicorns at a rate of 52% year-over-year – half the rate of Europe ([English](https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.venturecapitaljournal.com%2F%3Fp%3D20000003663927)). ### Other interesting things related to Sweden - Cameras on 14 stations of Stockholm's subway are equipped with AI technology that is tasked to spot potential suicide attempts in order to quickly stop trains. So far, 4 attempted suicides were prevented ([Swedish](https://www.dn.se/sverige/ny-ai-teknik-ska-minska-sjalvmord-i-sl-trafiken/), [machine translation](https://www-dn-se.translate.goog/sverige/ny-ai-teknik-ska-minska-sjalvmord-i-sl-trafiken/?%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fsl=auto&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Ftl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fhl=en&%5Fx%5Ftr%5Fpto=wapp)). - The Swedish movie "Logistics" tracks, in reverse chronological order, the journey of a pedometer from a shop in Sweden to a factory in China. It was made in 2012 and is 857 (not a typo!) hours long ([English](https://readpassage.com/i-watched-an-857-hour-movie-to-encounter-capitalisms-extremes/)). +++ That's it for today.