
Top News
- FT 1000: Annual ranking of top EU fastest-growing companies. 14 Nordic tech companies made it to the list 👏 (link)
- Schibsted will keep Nettbil, which was concluded by the Supreme Court. (link)
- New gold rush in San Francisco .. AI & ChatGPT (paywall link)
- Crypto exchange company, Firi, announced launching the option of staking (link) and Spetalen sells out of Firi (link)
- DN feature profile piece of Tibber’s CEO Edgeir Aksnes (link)
- Interview with Geir Førre about the strategy of Firda, the investment company that recently collected 154 million NOK in investment. (link)
- A list of Norway’s top athletes who are active in the startup world as investors or entrepreneurs. (link)
- Lena Nymo Helli, CEO of Norway Health Tech, believes health tech is the future and will bring great success. (link)
- Auk CEO Didrik Dimmen shares “2022 is the best turnover year yet” and how they’ve adapted their strategy for the better. (link)
- Danish legaltech company Jurio entered the Norwegian market and founder of Lexolve Merete Nygaard, welcomes them. (link)
Latest on Funding
☀️ Otovo‘s largest owner, AxSol AB, bought an extra 3.3 million shares on 22nd Feb resulting in 25.87% outstanding shares and voting rights. (link)
💸 Sarsia Seed, VC based our of Bergen, closed 370 million NOK in their third fund. (link)
💸 Askeladden & co has raised has raised 158 million NOK, which approximately puts the company at 1 billion NOK valuation (link)
💸 Ignite Capital, an investment fund focused on e-commerce, have secured a commitment between 150 and 200 million NOK. (link)
💸 Stavanger based Gateway.fm, a decentralized blockchain node raised $4.6 million in a seed round led by Lemniscap (link)
🌳 Removr, remove CO2 from the air, raised 36 million NOK from Enova (link)
💸 Trondheim based Vitalthings raised 35 million NOK, three of the founders (Alf Egil Bogen, Ole Johan Ellingsen og Bård Benum) backed 11 million of this round. (link)
🛥️ Zeabuz, which plans to build driverless renewable energy ferries, raised 20 million NOK from Statkraft Ventures and Malaysian Yinson Green Technologies.(link)
🪙 Arcane Crypto secures 20 million SEK in convertible loan from crypto actor Cowa (link)
🐟 Blue Lice, combatting salmon lice, raised 13 million NOK, round led by Strawberry (Petter Stordalen), existing investor Ekko Invest and new investors SeaGrow and Westcon. (link)
🎾 Norway’s top 3— Casper Ruud, Ødegaard and Zuccarello all invest in startup Recharge Health as owners (link)
Latest on Talent
🌎 Explore 223 active remote job openings at Nordic startups (link)
📖 Norwegian industry “needs to attract more international talent if we are to compete internationally”, says report released by Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (link)
🧠 Why adopt a venture mindset? byFounders says “It’s the key to success” (link)
🇳🇴 Explore 86 active job openings at Norwegian startups (link)
💼 Profile feature piece on one of the VC godfathers, Bjørn Stray of Northzone (link)
🏦 Finance Christen Ager-Hanssen new CEO of Craig Wrights company Nchain (link)
🦆 Explore 8 jobs at Spoor (link)
🔋 Explore 8 jobs at Evyon (link)
🇸🇪 The Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson will cut 8,500 jobs… (link)