We hope you’re enjoying your summer! We’ll be taking some time off as well, so the next edition will return on Thursday 27th July. Have a great one! 👋
Top News
- Denmark ranks #57 in global startup ecosystem and #2 in the EU. Aarhus is now in the top 200, jumping 60 places. Four Danish cities are in the global top 600. (link) Report here. (link)
- Angella Invest & The Confederation of Danish Industry released their top 10 female angel investors report. Find out how these women are important to the ecosystem! (link)
- TechBBQ is approaching quickly, and speaker lineups are being released as we speak. Check out the latest lineup. (link)
- Roskilde Festival wants to become a permanent testing pad for entrepreneurs in the Circular Labratory. (link) These are the 40 startups who tested their solutions this year. (link)
- DiverseEksperter.dk aims to increase the representation of women in media through their portal which is a database of women and their expertise. (link)
- Robotics is one of Denmark’s fastest growing exports, and Germany is one of the most attractive markets to enter for Danish robotics. (link)
- Pride Capital Partners expand to the Nordics and open their first office in Copenhagen. (link)
- According to Atomico’s report on the state of European tech, European VCs are outperforming their US counterparts. (link)
- Meta has released Threads, a challenger to Twitter. Within 7 hours of launching it received 10 million registrations. (link)
- Meet the company that’s helping farmers and producers with its technology and bringing accurate local weather information to help the global needs of food. (link)
Latest on Funding
🫁 Neko Health, co-founded by Daniel Ek raised €60 million Series A, led by Lakestar and joined by Atomico and General Catalyst. (link)
🤝 Atobi, the collaboration platform for retailers and brands, raised €3.8 million from the Danish Export and Investment Fund and Thomas Kvorning, who will join the board. (link)
💸 Northstake, the cryptocurrency staking platform, raised $3 million from PreSeed Ventures, Morph Capital, The Aventures Fund, Funfair Ventures and Delta Blockchain Fund (link)
🏠 EIFO invests 200 million DKK in Home.Earth, the sustainable real estate startup. (link)
💳 Flatpay, the one year old fintech company, raised 112 million DKK from new and existing investors, including Seed Capital (link)
⛺️ Backingminds invest €1 million into Swedish Campcation, the booking platform for camping and glamping in the Nordics (link)
🧬 Molecular Quantum Solutions, helping biotech, chemistry and pharma industry with r&d efforts, raised €600k led by Scale Capital along with Rockstart and Stokbro Invest. (link)
🗑️ AquaGreen, sustainable biomass treatment, has received 30 million DKK from Nordic Alpha Partners and Swedish FMG Circular Invest AB. (link)
🌱 Climentum Capital invests in Swedish Kärnfull Next, which has secured 23 million SEK. (link)
💧 Hydract, water hydraulic technology for breweries, will receive loans and sell shares to Michael Kaa Andersen to help stay afloat. (link)
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