September, 2021

• 20 September

  Danish Edtech Justlearn works to democratize access to language training

  

  Justlearn is Danish ed-tech company founded in 2017 with a mission to democratize access to language learning.  The mission behind Justlearn it to be able to teach language without attending  any classes, educational institutions, or standardized language courses. Justlearn plans to democratize acces to language learning through customization. Each student learns at their own pace with a dedicated tutor, always …

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• 20 September

  Finnish biotech startup Kääpä raises Series A to grow mushroom product line

  

  The industry award winning Nordic Mushrooms product line by KÄÄPÄ Biotech, a Finnish biotechnology startup, has caught the attention of major global nutritional supplement manufacturers. The demand on the wholesale product line has increased rapidly and therefore KÄÄPÄ Biotech is now entering into the Series A investment stage to scale up the production capacity to match the high international demand …

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• 20 September

  Crowd For Impact disrupts the crowdfunding market through impact specific crowdfunding

  

  A Helsinki based startup, Crowd For Impact, has launched a crowdfunding platform for impact startups solving global issues. It offers both individuals and companies a chance to support impact projects, and receive responsibly produced goods and services in return. Crowd For Impact is a reward based crowdfunding platform that combines crowdfunding, corporate sustainability and startup funding into a unique tool …

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• 16 September

  Swedish Truecaller to IPO (aka what is in an exit)

  

  This week, tech platform Intuit announced they are acquiring marketing firm Mailchimp for $12bn. Altanta-based Mailchimp has grown to its 2.4 million monthly active users without raising a single dollar of external funding, making the exit a lucrative one for the owners. The owners of Mailchimp are its two founders.  Also this week, Stockholm-based caller-identification service Truecaller confirmed its intention …

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• 15 September

  Finland’s StemSight, first human stem cell startup from Finland, announces seed funding round

  

  All female founded StemSight is the first human stem cell startup from Finland to receive funding,  announcing a €500000 seed round from Voima Ventures. Stemsight aims to help over 12 million people suffer from corneal blindness regain their sight.   The all female-founded team, based in Tampere, has announced a new seed round from the DeepTech fund Voima Ventures and Avohoidan …

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• 7 September

  EU Agency for the Space Programme launches #myEUspace competition for startups

  

  The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) launches #myEUspace competition. The EU prize contest targets innovators and entrepreneurs ready to explore, develop and commercialize innovative solutions that leverage EU Space data and services, going beyond the current space-applications horizon, and fusing and testing new technologies in location-based services, smart mobility, smart agriculture, geomatics, and for the first-time, quantum …

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August, 2021

• 23 August

  Finnish startup Pibox raises funding for remote collaboration solution for audio content

  

  Pibox is a centralized/all-in-one remote collaboration solution developed for working with creative collaboration. It is used daily by the head of a production, music producers, managers and sound engineers. Now, Pibox has raised € 150,000 in funding from the Pitchdrive fund and several angel investors. Pibox was launched in 2018. The solution first raised interest among music producers, sound technicians …

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• 20 August

  Beauty-tech startup Watalook lands $1M in pre-seed

  

  The Lithuanian based startup Watalook is striving to redefine the beauty tech market with its digital assistant for independent beauty professionals across the U.S. Watalook has experienced a growth of over 30% in users each month and has recently raised $1M in the pre-seed round co-led by Startup Wise Guys, Crosspring, Launchpad Capital, and angel investors. Watalook provides a platform …

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July, 2021

• 28 July

  Estonian start-up helps to save up to 50% of EU housing energy consumption through intelligent building solution

  

   Bisly, the Estonian tech company developing intelligent building solutions, has raised 1.7 million euros to carry out its aggressive expansion plan into European countries. The tech start-up’s technology helps to make energy consumption up to two times more efficient. According to Siim Vips, founder and CEO of Bisly, buildings consume up to 40% of energy in the EU and automated …

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• 10 July

  Swedish startup ElByte combines comparison of electricity agreements to reduce energy consumption

  

  Elbyte started as a page with detailed guides about the Swedish electricity market, but now you can also compare and find cheap electricity prices and electricity agreements in their comparison service. Elbyte was started with a passion for sustainability and how you as a consumer of electricity could reduce your consumption. The founders of Elbyte felt that more sustainability is …

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