
Top News
- The Nordic Blockchain Conference brings together the web3 network to explore opportunities in web3. Use your member discount: MESHxNBC2023. (link)
- Jeppe Rindom shares his experiences with scaling from 2 to 1000 in 7 years, as well as the challenges Pleo has faced. (link)
- Jesper Johansen from Northstake talks about the future of institutional crypto staking with Dylan Grabowski (link)
- With valuations getting lower, Lars Jensen, founder at Scale Capital, believes founders’ attitudes have changed and they are ready for new investments. (link)
- After announcing its first fund of 70 million DKK, the young venture fund Blackwood Ventures has invested in seven companies across five countries. (link)
- Women in AI Denmark share an open public database of female experts in AI. Find the open database here. (link)
- According to Kapitalwatch, the number of Danish private investors has reached a record high in 2022. (link)
- McKinsey interviewed Miro founder Andrey Khusid on product-led growth and the importance of experimentation. Worth a read. (link)
- List of EC Pitch Deck teardowns on Tech Crunch (link)
- Here is the list of companies pitching at TechBBQ (link)
Latest on Funding
🧠 Musk’s brain chip startup Neuralink raised $280 million after securing its first in-human clinal trial. (link)
💸 Tradeshift, the Danish founded fintech offering e-invoicing and AP automation, raised $70 million, led by HSBC joined by existing investors (link)
🚀 Bactolife, the biotech, raised €30 million in Series A, led by ATHOS, joined by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and existing investors. (link)
📚 LMS365 acquires UK’s Weekly10 for €4.5million to enhance AI powered learning (link)
🔋 Nordic Alpha Partners invest in battery storage innovative startup Stabl Energy, which raised a €15 million round. (link)
📈 Taxhelper, a platform to make it easier to claim refunds from tax authorities seemlessly, raised 5.2 million DKK from investor Rune Mai, Rasmus Jensen and Gustav Thybo. (link)
🥊 Jabbr, the platform helping improving combat skills in sports, raised a €685K seed round from PreSeed Ventures and Accelerace. (link)
😄 Ugly Duckling Ventures invested €500k in Unioo, the compliance tool for financial institutions. (link)
🥗 Foody raised an undisclosed amount from existing investors and an investor from Keystones. (link)
✈️ The air travel data provider, Infare has been acquired by OAG in a deal worth over $500 million, in collaboration with Ventiga Capital. (link)
Latest on Talent
👩💻 Looking for a new addition to your team? Post your job on The Hub and get a headhunter to help with your search. (link)
⭐️ Ida Åsle is leaving byFounders and will share her new endeavor in the fall. (link)
🏆 Danish Scaleup Leadership Awards will announce its winner at TechBBQ, read more on the different categories. (link)
🎤 Attending TechBBQ? Get your startup featured in their catalogue here. (link)