Silicon Vikings

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13 hours ago

Scaling Europe #33 Vinted hits $1bn of revenue, Europe gets its first robotaxis and I sat down with the MP of Seedcamp

.@ScalingEurope #33 wk 15, 2026 by @sebjohnsonUK:

🇪🇪 Handhold €3M
🇱🇹 Vinted sales €1.1B
🇪🇪 Starship & Just Eat partner
🇫🇮 Atol Aviation acquired by Sensofusion

#NordicMade #cphftw #helyes #icemade #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
scaling-europe.beehiiv.com/p/scaling-eu...

Silicon Vikings

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2 days ago

🇳🇴 #norwegiantech News #185 weeks 13-15, 2026: Lace Lithography ($40M), Heimdall Power ($8.4M), Sunday Storage ($4.2M), OriPatch ($1.36M), EnergyExe ($210K) By @kjetil1 Holmefjord

#NordicMade #siliconfjord #trdtech #startupbergen #stavangertech
https://mailchi.mp/holmefjord/on-norwegian-tech-185

Silicon Vikings

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2 days ago

market look #265

.@sundaycet #265 weeks 14-15, 2026 #eutech Update:

🇪🇪 ​Pickmybrain
🇸🇪 Creandum’s bet on crypto
Nordic startups have their most significant YC contribution in history

#NordicMade #cphftw #helyes #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
sundaycet.beehiiv.com/p/mixed-bag-1

Silicon Vikings

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4 days ago

.@tech_eu Week 15, 2026 #eutech:

🇫🇮 Sensofusion acquires Atol Aviation
🇱🇹 Vinted’s revenues €1BN
🇱🇹 Inside Lithuania’s effort to build founders from the classroom
🇪🇪 Handhold €3M

#NordicMade #cphftw #helyes #icemade #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
tech.eu/2026/04/10/a...

Silicon Vikings

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1 week ago

Scaling Europe #32 xxx

ScalingEurope #32 wk 14, 2026 by @sebjohnsonUK:

🇫🇮 Sensmet €1.5M
🇫🇮 Jan Goetz at IQM
🇩🇰 Sara Rywe at byFounders
🇸🇪 Legora surpassed $100m ARR
🇸🇪 Readly acquired

#NordicMade #cphftw #helyes #icemade #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
scaling-europe.beehiiv.com/p/scaling-eu...

Silicon Vikings

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1 week ago

Mistral raises $830M, 9fin hits unicorn status, and new Tech.eu Summit speakers unveiled This week, we tracked more than 60 tech funding deals worth over €1.2 billion and over 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.

@tech_eu Week 14, 2026 #eutech:

🇫🇮 IQM €50M
🇪🇪 Estonia launches €10M push to cut business paperwork
🇪🇪 Pickmybrain $2.1M
🇸🇪 Endform €1.5M
🇫🇮 Test of Things €1.2M

#NordicMade #cphftw #helyes #icemade #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
tech.eu/2026/04/03/m...

Silicon Vikings

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2 weeks ago

Scaling Europe #31 Three new unicorns in Europe this week

.@ScalingEurope #31 wk 13, 2026 by @sebjohnsonUK:

🇸🇪 PaperShell €40.3M
🇳🇴 Lace Lithography $40M
🇸🇪 Newly raised $2M
🇸🇪 Lena Hackelöer at Brite Payments

#NordicMade #cphftw #helyes #icemade #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
scaling-europe.beehiiv.com/p/scaling-eu...

Silicon Vikings

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2 weeks ago

mixed bag #264

.@sundaycet #264 weeks 12-13, 2026 #eutech Update:

🇸🇪 newly - framework for fast deployment of mobile apps
🇪🇺 Europe’s most active angels

#NordicMade #cphftw #helyes #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
https://sundaycet.beehiiv.com/p/neither-bull-nor-bear-1

Silicon Vikings

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2 weeks ago

Norway's Unleash secures $35M Series B to bridge the gap between AI speed and software stability - ArcticStartup Oslo-based Unleash has raised $35 million in a Series B round led by One Peak, with participation from existing backers Spark Capital, Frontline Ventures, and

#siliconfjord Unleash secures $35M Series B round led by One Peak, bringing its total funding to $51.5M, to bridge the gap between AI speed and software stability. By ArcticStartup

arcticstartup.com/unleash-rais... #NordicMade #NordicAI

Silicon Vikings

@siliconvikings.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

🇳🇴 #norwegiantech News #184 weeks 11-12, 2026: Ofiniti ($6.8M), Newcode ($6.5M+), Adminflow ($1.2M), Stackbyme (€680K), Vyer Eco (€180K), Vouch (Undisclosed), Space Lab (Undisclosed). By @kjetil1 Holmefjord

#NordicMade #siliconfjord #trdtech #startupbergen #stavangertech
mailchi.mp/holmefjord/o...

Silicon Vikings

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3 weeks ago

Commission presents flawed EU Inc., Upvest raises $125M, and UK government pledges £1BN quantum computing investment This week, we tracked more than 55 tech funding deals worth over €504 million and 3 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.

@tech_eu Wk 12, 2026 #eutech:

🇪🇺 EU Inc marks major win for startups as Commission unveils 28th regime proposal
🇸🇪 Noru raises €560,000 to develop an agentic compliance platform

#NordicMade #cphftw #helyes #icemade #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
tech.eu/2026/03/20/e...

Silicon Vikings

@siliconvikings.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

(+) Henter 7,5 mill. i crowdfunding-kampanje Stackbyme hentet mer enn planlagt i en fersk crowdfunding-runde.

#siliconfjord savings and investment platform Stackbyme has closed a €680K crowdfunding campaign led by @AggregateMedia Fund. By @Shifter_no (in Norwegian)

www.shifter.no/nyheter/henter-75-mill-i... #NordicMade #nordicfintech #fintech @FintechNordics @FintechMundi

Silicon Vikings

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4 weeks ago

(+) Newcode.ai har sikret seg 65 millioner til å revolusjonere advokatbransjen Det norske AI-selskapet Newcode.ai har hentet 65 millioner kroner i en såkornrunde.

#siliconfjord / #SiliconValley-based Newcode_ai has raised a $6.5M+ seed round to build the world’s first AI-native operating system for legal, enabling firms to delegate complex, multi-step work and receive complete deliverables. By @Shifter_no

www.shifter.no/nyheter/newc... #NordicMade #legaltech

Silicon Vikings

@siliconvikings.bsky.social

4 weeks ago

Scaling Europe #29 The biggest week in European Tech history?

.@ScalingEurope #29 week 11, 2026 by @sebjohnsonUK:

🇸🇪 Legora $550M
🇪🇪 Black Forest Systems $400K
🇸🇪 Niklas Zennström
🇪🇺 EU-INC
🇩🇰 Denmark’s wealth tax

#NordicMade #cphftw #helyes #icemade #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
scaling-europe.beehiiv.com/p/scaling-eu...

Silicon Vikings

@siliconvikings.bsky.social

4 weeks ago

neither bull nor bear #263

.@sundaycet #263 wk 11, 2026 #eutech Update:

🇸🇪 Endform browser-based end-to-end tests for web apps
🇳🇴 ​Space Lab reusable rockets
🇸🇪 Legora $550M
🇸🇪 Lovable crossed $400M ARR

#NordicMade #cphftw #helyes #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
sundaycet.beehiiv.com/p/on-a-roll-1

Silicon Vikings

@siliconvikings.bsky.social

1 month ago

EU–INC campaign warns: Without a pan-European standard, founders will keep choosing Delaware Ahead of the European Commission’s March 18 proposal, ecosystem groups say the EU must deliver a single corporate framework rather than fall short of its promises.

EU–INC campaign warns: Without a pan-European standard, founders will continue choosing Delaware. By @tech_eu

tech.eu/2026/03/13/e...
#NordicMade #cphftw #helyes #icemade #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups

Silicon Vikings

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1 month ago

This Norwegian startup is automating one of business’s most frustrating admin tasks Tendermore is building AI-powered software to help SMEs, startups, and other businesses find relevant tenders, cut application time, and avoid costly submission errors.

#siliconfjord Tendermore is building #AI-powered software to help SMEs, startups, and other businesses find relevant tenders, cut application time, and avoid costly submission errors. By @tech_eu

tech.eu/2026/03/13/t... #NordicMade #NordicAI #tender

Silicon Vikings

@siliconvikings.bsky.social

1 month ago

Tech.eu - European Startup, Funding and Technology News The premier source of European technology news, data, research, analysis and in-depth market intelligence.

Tech.eu Week 11, 2026 #eutech:

🇸🇪 Legora $550M
🇸🇪 Legora makes first acquisition
🇫🇮 ŌURA acquires Doublepoint
🇸🇪 Billhop acquired by Ramp
🇩🇰 VASUQI €500K
🇫🇮 Bliss $270K

#NordicMade #cphftw #helyes #icemade #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
tech.eu/2026/03/13/n...

Silicon Vikings

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1 month ago

🇳🇴 #norwegiantech News #182 weeks 09-10, 2026: Unleash ($35M), Photoncycle (€15M), Monil (€8.8M), Amino (€717K), Culture Intelligence (€717K), Kelpinor (€628K). By @kjetil1 Holmefjord

#NordicMade #siliconfjord #trdtech #startupbergen #stavangertech
mailchi.mp/holmefjord/o...

Silicon Vikings

@siliconvikings.bsky.social

1 month ago

Scaling Europe #28 Ukraine got its first defence unicorn!

.@ScalingEurope #28 week 10, 2026 by @sebjohnsonUK:

🇸🇪 Validio raised a $30m Series A
🇫🇮 Doublepoint acquired by Oura
🇱🇹 FIRSTPICK launched a €25m fund

#NordicMade #cphftw #helyes #icemade #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
scaling-europe.beehiiv.com/p/scaling-eu...

Silicon Vikings

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1 month ago

on a roll #262

.@sundaycet #262 weeks 09-10, 2026 #eutech Update:

🇸🇪 The Token Company - LLM compression middleware

#NordicMade #cphftw #helyes #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
https://sundaycet.beehiiv.com/p/the-big-miss-1

Silicon Vikings

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1 month ago

PLD Space raises €180M, EIF makes largest defence investment yet, and February funding rebounds This week, we tracked more than 60 tech funding deals worth over €1 billion and over 15 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.

.@tech_eu Week 10, 2026 #eutech:

🇱🇹 FIRSTPICK raises €25M
🇸🇪 Swedish tech ecosystem
🇱🇹 Kilo's quiet rise
🇸🇪 Qura €1.5M
🇩🇰 Synca Therapeutics €1.3M

#NordicMade #cphftw #helyes #icemade #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
tech.eu/2026/03/06/p...

Silicon Vikings

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1 month ago

Unleash raises $35M to rein in AI-driven software risk - SiliconANGLE Unleash raises $35M to rein in AI-driven software risk - SiliconANGLE

#siliconfjord software operational risk management startup Unleash raised $35M in Series B funding. One Peak led, joined by Spark Capital, Frontline Ventures, and Firstminute Capital. By SiliconANGLE

siliconangle.com/2026/03/04/u... #NordicMade

Silicon Vikings

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1 month ago

Photoncycle raises €15m to scale its ‘summer sun to winter power' energy solution Norwegian solid hydrogen startup Photoncycle has raised a €15m Series A led by NordicNinja and Voima Ventures, to commercialise its energy solution.

🇳🇴 #siliconfjord solid hydrogen scaleup Photoncycle raised €15M Series A led by NordicNinja VC & Voima Ventures to scale its ‘summer sun to winter power’ energy solution. By @MimiBilling via @Siftedeu

sifted.eu/articles/solid-hydrogen-... #NordicMade #energytech

Silicon Vikings

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1 month ago

Scaling Europe #27 Nuclear Fusion, a new unicorn, and Wayve raises at $8bn...

.@ScalingEurope #27 week 09, 2026 by @sebjohnsonUK:

🇪🇪 Frankenburg Tech €30M
🇫🇮 @meetIQM to go IPO via a SPAC
🇸🇪 Einride $113M
🇫🇮 Founders House Helsinki

#NordicMade #cphftw #helyes #icemade #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
scaling-europe.beehiiv.com/p/scaling-eu...

Silicon Vikings

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1 month ago

New speakers for Tech.eu Summit London, the reality of Ukraine’s tech ecosystem four years on, and IQM to go public This week, we tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €2 billion and 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.

.@tech_eu Week 09, 2026 #eutech:

🇫🇮 Finland-based quantum computing startup IQM to go public in the US via a SPAC
🇫🇮 Founders House launches in Helsinki

#NordicMade #cphftw #helyes #icemade #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups
tech.eu/2026/02/27/n...

Silicon Vikings

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1 month ago

AI-psykologen fyller kassan – Hagströmer investerar AI-bolaget Braive, som utvecklar verktyg för behandling av mental ohälsa, tar in 30 miljoner kronor för att skala upp sin tjänst.Bolaget backas av finansräven…

#siliconfjord / #sthlmtech #AI company Braive, which develops tools for treating mental illness, raises €2.8M to scale up its service. By @didigital_se (in Swedish)

www.di.se/digital/ai-psykologen-fy... #NordicMade #mentalhealth #healthtechnordic

Silicon Vikings

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1 month ago

Top 10 Fastest-Growing Fintech Startups in the Nordics - Fintech in Nordics 25 fintech, insurtech and regtech ventures are featured in this year's top 100 fastest-growing startups in the Nordics and Benelux ranking.

Top 10 Fastest-Growing #Fintech Startups in the Nordics: @narvi_com, Anyday, Opti, Indo, @folio, Formalize, @lassie_co, Kompasbank, @SesamyOpen, @GetJuni. By @FintechNordics

fintechnordics.com/8980/various... #NordicMade #cphftw #AARsome #helyes #icemade #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #gbgtech

Silicon Vikings

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1 month ago

The most active US investors in European tech Silicon Valley backers ramped up investments in Europe by almost a quarter last year

The most active US investors in European tech. By @Sifted

sifted.eu/articles/most-active-us-... #NordicMade #baltictech #cphftw #helyes #icemade #siliconfjord #sthlmtech #estotech #startinLatvia #LTstartups

Silicon Vikings

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1 month ago

🇳🇴 #norwegiantech News #182 wks 07-08, 2026: Trener Robotics ($32M), @Kilter_systems (€6.5M), Hemi (€4M), Odins ($2.3M), 3LC ($2M), Flip ($1.26M), @MazeMap ($1M). By @kjetil1 Holmefjord

#NordicMade #siliconfjord #trdtech #startupbergen #stavangertech
mailchi.mp/holmefjord/o...