Author: Hiroto

Hiroto is a student in Lund University from Japan. He is interested in startups in the Nordic region, especially in Sweden, and what makes the region special.

BioPrio’s new app will help strawberrys grow

BioPrio, a consulting company which is based on Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU), has developed a mobile app called “Jordgubbsappen”. Jordgubbsodlare is a Swedish word which means strawberry farmer in English. The function of the app is to identify and report the presence of pests in strawberry cultivation. The app focuses on everything from […]

Supercell invested in Malmo-based Luau Games

Finish game giant Supercell has invested in Malmo-based game startup Luau Games. Supercell has made some of the most successful mobile games ever, including Hay Day, Clash of Clans and Boom Beach. The company was bought by Chinese tech giant Tencent in 2016, valued at more than € 7.5 billion. Supercell has now announced that […]

Delivery Hero acquires Lund-based food delivery company Hungrig.se

Berlin-based food delivery giant, Delivery Hero, has acquired Hungrig.se. This acquisition, although financial detail is not revealed, was made with a clear vison that Delivery Hero increases its presence in Southern Sweden. “We are extremely happy to have Hungrig.se on board. With its strong local presence and entrepreneurial spirit, it complements Delivery Hero perfectly.” says […]

eHealth startup Engaging Care sign new customers

Engaging Care, Malmö-based healthtech startup, is reported to have gotten its first paying customers. Among them are three major Swedish university hospital: Sahlgrenska in Gothenburg, Karolinska in Stockholm and Lund University hospitals. It goes as they planned so far. “We released the first version of the product last year. We are still in the early […]

Ethereum based game startup MarbleCards prepares for launch

A new type of gaming startup has emerged. MarbleCards, founded by Johan Unger, co-founder of Strossle, and Mattias Tyrberg, founder of Saplo that was later acquired by Strossle. The game, that transforms URLs on the internet into collectible cards, has already been tested by 300 players in a beta version. A block-chain based game is […]

eHealth startup PainDrainer secures funding from angels

Lund-based eHealth startup PainDrainer is getting much attention from various investors. One of them is the former KappAhl-top . PrainDrainer has developed cloud-based applications for self-management of chronic pain, using multilevel Artificial Intelligent Systems being worked on in White Sands rehab Orlando FL. According to themselves, the product is the first drug free, self-management tool […]

Notified acquired by West Corporation

Notified, Malmo-based social media listening and management startup, announced that they have been acquired by West Corporation, a private telecommunications services provider based in Omaha, the U.S. Notified was founded in 2010 by Marcus Norrving and Kristopher Stenkula as a platform for comprehensive solution within PR and communication, aimed at helping companies making better decisions […]

EdTech startup StudyBee raises second investment round

Malmo-based EdTech startup StudyBee has raised a € 500.000 (4.5M SEK) in investment, their second investment round. Among the investors are two Swedish national football team stars, Pontus Jansson and Robin Olsen, who have previously invested through their joint company PJ and PL Invest AB. In addition to them, ALMI Invest, Djäkne and Fast Track […]

Techfestival is back!

Techfestival, the annual big tech event since 2017, will return in September, the 5th to 9th, 2019. The goal of the festival is “to find human answers to tech progress”. It is literally “where humans and technology meet”. Over the last two years, Techfestival has been highly successful. More than 16,000 people gathered during the […]