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Endra raises $50M Series A to scale AI-powered MEP platform

Endra raises $50M Series A to scale AI-powered MEP platform

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Oplane raises $5.2M seed to build automated security architecture for AI-native systems

Oplane raises $5.2M seed to build automated security architecture for AI-native systems

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eternal.ag expands autonomous harvesting fleet with Van Noord Growers

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Swedish HealthTech Pioneer Diet Doctor Files for Bankruptcy After Nearly Two Decades

Swedish HealthTech Pioneer Diet Doctor Files for Bankruptcy After Nearly Two Decades

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C-Green raises SEK 40M to scale hydrothermal biowaste-to-hydrochar technology

C-Green raises SEK 40M to scale hydrothermal biowaste-to-hydrochar technology

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Sportway Raises €20M to Scale AI-Powered Sports Broadcasting Across 20+ Countries

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Swedish NeuroTech Startup BRYM Raises €650K to Advance Wearable EEG Technology

Swedish NeuroTech Startup BRYM Raises €650K to Advance Wearable EEG Technology

By Nastya Zelenovska July 7, 2026

Stockholm AI Startup Blaise Joins Y Combinator, Raises $500K

Stockholm AI Startup Blaise Joins Y Combinator, Raises $500K

By Nastya Zelenovska July 7, 2026

Swedish HealthTech Startup Brain Stimulation Files for Bankruptcy

Swedish HealthTech Startup Brain Stimulation Files for Bankruptcy

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Swedish Startup Cognivity AI Partners with California Luxury EV Maker to Bring AI Directly Into Battery Systems

Swedish Startup Cognivity AI Partners with California Luxury EV Maker to Bring AI Directly Into Battery Systems

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Most Leading AI Models Lean Left in Swedish Election Compass Test, Says Nordan AI

Most Leading AI Models Lean Left in Swedish Election Compass Test, Says Nordan AI

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Sergii Kravtsov Explains Why AI Is Rewriting the Startup Playbook

Sergii Kravtsov Explains Why AI Is Rewriting the Startup Playbook

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FinTech

Equipal, a British asset finance platform helping businesses access equipment financing, secured €18.84 million to expand its team, increase lending capacity, and support further growth across the UK market.

By Nastya Zelenovska June 29, 2026

UK FinTech Equipal Raises €18.84M to Scale SME Equipment Financing Platform

The British Business Bank, the UK government’s economic development bank, has committed €104 million (£90 million) through its new Investor Pathways Capital initiative to support a new generation of UK VC fund managers.

By Nastya Zelenovska June 29, 2026

British Business Bank Commits €104M to Back New Generation of UK Micro Venture Funds

Seedcamp, a British venture capital firm backing Europe's earliest-stage startups, raised €279 million for new funds to invest in the next generation of globally ambitious European founders.

By Nastya Zelenovska June 29, 2026

Seedcamp Raises €279M to Back Europe’s Next Generation of Global Tech Startups

Crossing The Atlantic: APSentra Brings Enterprise Procurement Control To North America

By Nastya Zelenovska June 16, 2026

Crossing the Atlantic: APSentra Brings Enterprise Procurement Control to North America

By Nastya Zelenovska June 12, 2026

EUR 2,1 Million for Paymove: Polish Fintech Targets the Multi-Billion Offline Payments Market

By Nastya Zelenovska June 1, 2026

Berlin FinTech finperks Raises €3.4 Million to Build the “Stripe for Prepaid”

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ClimateTech

Swedish Startup Original Creation Raises SEK 7.7M to Build Product Traceability Platform

By Nastya Zelenovska July 7, 2026

Swedish Startup Original Creation Raises SEK 7.7M to Build Product Traceability Platform

Swedish ClimateTech Startup Caplyzer Raises SEK 7M to Scale Next-Generation Green Hydrogen Technology

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Swedish ClimateTech Startup Caplyzer Raises SEK 7M to Scale Next-Generation Green Hydrogen Technology

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Wattlab launches WEstack: standardized battery system accelerating decarbonisation of inland shipping

Anferra (Gothenburg; technology that turns steel grinding swarf, a waste today largely landfilled, into high-quality input for producing water treatment chemicals): SEK4.7M (€420K, $480K) SKF Ventures, Stephen Industries and existing investor Chalmers Ventures

By Nastya Zelenovska June 29, 2026

Swedish ClimateTech Startup Anferra Raises €420K to Turn Steel Waste into Water Treatment Chemicals

Aire, formerly Energy Director (Jönköping; AI-powered real-time energy optimization solution): SEK15M (€1.4M, $1.5M) led by new investor Starbright Invest, and existing investor Spectria Invest

By Nastya Zelenovska June 29, 2026

Swedish ClimateTech Startup Aire Raises €1.4M to Expand AI-Powered Energy Optimization Across Europe

• Wayout (Stockholm, developer of a system for local production and distribution of perfect drinking water): SEK26.6M (€2.4M, $2.7M) in a Series A extension from existing shareholders and new strategic investors (English, ℹ️ database).

By Nastya Zelenovska June 29, 2026

Swedish ClimateTech Startup Wayout Secures €2.4M to Scale Distributed Drinking Water Infrastructure

HealthTech

TRIMTECH Therapeutics Raises Total €41M Seed Round to Advance Neurodegenerative Disease Treatments

By Nastya Zelenovska July 7, 2026

TRIMTECH Therapeutics Raises Total €41M Seed Round to Advance Neurodegenerative Disease Treatments

Swedish NeuroTech Startup BRYM Raises €650K to Advance Wearable EEG Technology

By Nastya Zelenovska July 7, 2026

Swedish NeuroTech Startup BRYM Raises €650K to Advance Wearable EEG Technology

Swedish HealthTech Startup Brain Stimulation Files for Bankruptcy

By Nastya Zelenovska July 7, 2026

Swedish HealthTech Startup Brain Stimulation Files for Bankruptcy

Bristol-based Astral Systems, a nuclear technology company developing compact fusion reactors for medical isotope production, just raised €26 million Series A to accelerate commercialisation of its medical isotope technology and expand production capabilities.

By Nastya Zelenovska July 6, 2026

Astral Systems Raises €26M Series A to Scale Fusion-Based Medical Isotope Production

• Diet Doctor, the almost 20-year-old Stockholm company that offers a subscription service for low carb-centered diet advice and also the satiety-focused nutrition app Hava, is bankrupt, following "several challenging years", and a funding round that fell apart

By Nastya Zelenovska June 29, 2026

Swedish HealthTech Pioneer Diet Doctor Files for Bankruptcy After Nearly Two Decades

• Neko Health, the Stockholm-headquartered preventive healthcare provider also co-founded by Daniel Ek, is expanding its health scan to include body composition analysis, and launches the option to let patients provide their wearable health data (English).

By Nastya Zelenovska June 29, 2026

Neko Health Expands Preventive Health Scan with Body Composition Analysis and Wearable Data Integration

AITech

Swedish AI Startup Tendavo Raises SEK 10M to Transform Public Procurement

By Nastya Zelenovska July 7, 2026

Swedish AI Startup Tendavo Raises SEK 10M to Transform Public Procurement

Stockholm AI Startup Blaise Joins Y Combinator, Raises $500K

By Nastya Zelenovska July 7, 2026

Stockholm AI Startup Blaise Joins Y Combinator, Raises $500K

Swedish Startup Cognivity AI Partners with California Luxury EV Maker to Bring AI Directly Into Battery Systems

By Nastya Zelenovska July 7, 2026

Swedish Startup Cognivity AI Partners with California Luxury EV Maker to Bring AI Directly Into Battery Systems

Most Leading AI Models Lean Left in Swedish Election Compass Test, Says Nordan AI

By Nastya Zelenovska July 7, 2026

Most Leading AI Models Lean Left in Swedish Election Compass Test, Says Nordan AI

The Startup Playbook Is Being Rewritten by AI — And Most Founders Are Reading the Wrong Chapter

By Nastya Zelenovska July 6, 2026

Sergii Kravtsov Explains Why AI Is Rewriting the Startup Playbook

• Stackship, a Borlänge-based sovereign cloud-like platform, is launching Circuit, an AI software builder for the public sector and regulated industries (Swedish, machine translation). ➡️ Startup first covered in PRO in October 2025.

By Nastya Zelenovska June 29, 2026

Stackship Launches “Circuit” — AI Software Builder for Public Sector and Regulated Industries

BioTech

TRIMTECH Therapeutics Raises Total €41M Seed Round to Advance Neurodegenerative Disease Treatments

By Nastya Zelenovska July 7, 2026

TRIMTECH Therapeutics Raises Total €41M Seed Round to Advance Neurodegenerative Disease Treatments

• LivingFilters (Malmö; develops AI-designed proteins that act as biosensors and filters to capture specific molecules, substances or pathogens in water): SEK4.6M (€420K, $470K) in a pre-seed funding round led by Turbine Capital (English, ℹ️ database). ➡️ Startup first covered in PRO on January 14.

By Nastya Zelenovska June 29, 2026

LivingFilters Raises SEK 4.6M to Develop AI-Designed Protein Filters for Water Purification

PredictMe (Linköping, AI-powered epigenetic analysis to identify early biological changes): SEK5M (€450K, $520K) in a seed funding round from Linus Gunnarson (English, ℹ️ database).

By Nastya Zelenovska June 29, 2026

PredictMe Raises SEK 5M to Bring AI-Powered Epigenetic Disease Detection into Preventive Healthcare

By Nastya Zelenovska June 26, 2026

Emulsi Biotech Raises €640K Pre-Seed Round to Advance Oral Drug Delivery for Biologics

By Nastya Zelenovska June 10, 2026

Celluminova raises SEK 20M to advance stem cell research tools

By Nastya Zelenovska June 10, 2026

HAGA.BIO raises SEK 20.9M to advance spatial biology for clinical translation