Swedish Tech Weekly #316: Water in Sight, 12iD, Quartr, Tzafon, Single Technologies, Certan, Coffydoor, Zellify, Random State, Careifai, Klarna, Spiich, Intergiro, Stackend, Scout Park, Secure AI, and more
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Mergers & acquisitions
• Water in Sight (Stockholm, easy collection of water & weather measurements for climate resilience using simple mobile tech & data integration) has been acquired by Luxembourg-based startup RSS-Hydro (English).
• 12iD (Stockholm, next-gen identity management) has been acquired by Bangladesh-based conglomerate Nazihar Group (English).
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Funding news
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• Quartr (Stockholm, data platform for qualitative public market research): $10M from existing investors Altos Ventures, Yanno Capital, and Öhman (English).
• Tzafon (San Francisco/Tel Aviv/Stockholm, research firm building scalable compute systems and advancing machine intelligence): $9.7M in a pre-seed funding round from HV Capital, Streamlined VC, Kakao VC, and angel investors. This includes $4M already announced in April. Tzafon will soon launch Lightcone, a tool that is "able to automate any task" on a Mac computer. (English). ➡️ Tzafon first covered in PRO in September 2024. Lightcone first covered in PRO on July 18.
• Single Technologies (Stockholm, develops a new type of single molecule sensitive 3D sequencing system): SEK30M (€2.7M, $3.15M) from existing investors including Achilles Capital, Jens von Bahr, and Simon Josefsson (Swedish, machine translation).
• Certan (Stockholm, online store and knowledge platform for people interested in fitness): SEK25M (€2.2M, $2.6M) in first funding from Martin Lorentzon (Swedish, machine translation).
• Coffydoor (Stockholm, D2C subscription service for coffee capsules): SEK5M (€450K, $510K) from existing investor Martin Lorentzon as well as new angel investors (Swedish).
• Zellify (Stockholm, upcoming platform to drive mobile subscriptions through the web): €200K ($230K) from Project Europe, as Zellify was chosen for the debut accelerator program (English). ➡️ Zellify first covered in PRO in December 2023.
• Random State (Gothenburg, SaaS platform for lottery and bingo operators): undisclosed "significant" amount in a funding round co-led by FDJ UNITED Ventures and ZEAL Network (English).
• Careifai (Luleå, AI-powered solution to shorten the queues for an ADHD diagnosis): undisclosed amount in first funding from Friman Investments and Saminvest (Swedish, machine translation). ➡️ Startup first covered in PRO in October 2023.
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News from the Swedish startup & tech sector
• Klarna is reportedly preparing to revive a public listing in New York this fall, months after being forced to abort a previous attempt amid tariff-induced market turmoil (English).
• Spiich, a new Stockholm-based startup, has emerged from stealth mode and launched its AI agent that eliminates sales administration and gives users the ability to interact with their CRM and sales tools like they would interact with a colleague (English). ➡️ Startup first covered in PRO on February 28.
• Lovable has reached over $100M in annualized revenue, just eight months after launching. The company claims that it's the fastest growing software startup ever (English).
• Lovable also launched an experimental Backend feature, to allow users "to add APIs, databases, or even Claude/Stripe directly" into a Lovable-built app (English).
• Intergiro, Stockholm-based digital banking infrastructure provider, has filed for bankruptcy, after the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority revoked the company's license, and a prolonged ownership dispute further worsened the situation (English).
• Stackend, a Stockholm-based SaaS solution providing social features and shoppable content for Shopify shops, is shutting down, as the company ran out of money (English). ➡️ More bankruptcies – and startups at the end of their life cycle – covered in PRO during the past weeks.
• Scout Park, Uppsala-based startup offering an app that lets users earn money by reporting wrongly parked cars, is expanding outside of Sweden for the first time, with an upcoming launch in Zagreb (Swedish).
• Cryptocurrencies worth SEK7.8M were stolen from a small number of customers of Swedish crypto exchange Trijo, following unauthorized access to internal systems (English).
• Voi, Stockholm-based e-scooter & micromobility operator, touts its strongest Q2 quarter to date (English).
• Spotify is facing scrutiny from some musicians over co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek's investments in defense tech startup Helsing (English).
• Secure AI, a conference dedicated to advancing the safety and security of AI, will take place in Stockholm on September 23-24 (English). ➡️ Added to the Swedish tech event calendar
• EWOR, Germany-based accelerator which "backs the top 0.1% of founders with up to €500k and unicorn-builder mentorship to build €1B+ companies", is expanding its Venture Scout network towards Sweden (English).
• Magnus Hambleton, Stockholm-based investor at byFounders (who led the firm's Lovable pre-seed investment), is joining Finland-based byFounders portfolio startup DataCrunch as temporary Chief of Staff for six months (English).
• Malin Carlström, Stockholm-based General Partner at pan-European climate VC fund Climentum Capital, has passed away, "following the rapid spread of a highly aggressive form of cancer" (English).
PRO subscribers learned about many more news during the past two weeks, including many exclusives on early-stage startups that have not been covered or reported anywhere else.
Some of the exclusives recently covered in PRO
• Swedish Tech Startup Report for July 2025
• A Stockholm-based consumer app startup, which grew revenue by over 350% last year, raised its largest funding to date, yet-to-be-announced, from a Polish VC firm.
• A Swedish trio, including a serial entrepreneur and a well-known angel investor, founded a startup currently in stealth mode, building an AI-driven search for product discovery.
• A Swedish startup which was one of the first in the AI-automated meeting notes space, is pivoting with a new product, though not entirely giving up on AI meeting notes.
• A Stockholm-based startup aiming to reduce socially-triggered student drop-outs, is raising a seed round, and shares its pitch deck.
• A new angel-backed Stockholm-based startup applying AI to a specialized vertical within healthcare, revealed first details.
• A profitable, not widely covered Swedish crypto scaleup grew net revenue 50% YoY to over SEK3B.
Selected Swedish tech startup jobs
A non-exhaustive selection of open positions at Swedish tech startups.
• Member of Technical Staff (Tzafon)
• Founding AI Engineer (Spiich)
• Founding AI Engineer (Monoscope)
• Founding Designer (stealth mode social startup)
• Various roles including Onboarding Specialist (Qopla)
• Junior fullstack developer (Nimt.ai)
• Fullstack developer (Rebaba)
• Visual Designer (Intric)
• Various roles including Customer Success Manager (Magma)
• iOS Developer (Majority)
• Sales Director – North America (Echandia)
• Machine Learning Engineer – Energy Optimisation (Aira)
• Senior Plant Scientist (Ljusgårda)
Special shout-out to my partner Eivora for providing me with access to their awesome AI-powered ownership database of Swedish companies.
Other interesting things from the startup/VC world & beyond
• Nordic growth investor Verdane is gearing up to buy entire portfolios from struggling VC firms that need liquidity (Swedish / Di Digital paywall, Swedish #2, machine translation).
• The applications for the Y Combinator Fall 2025 Batch are open until August 4 (English).
• GP Bullhound launched the fourth edition of their annual European SaaS Survey (English).
• The AI Metric: $ / MWh (English).
• What it takes for hardware startups in Europe to raise VC capital in 2025 (English).
• Generative AI apps have seen tremendous growth in both downloads and in-app revenue during H1 2025 (English).
• Vibe code is legacy code (English).
Other interesting things related to Sweden
• The Swedish police initiated the shut down of a 70,000 members strong chat group on Snapchat, which was used to recruit children and young people to commit violent crimes (English).
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Martin
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