News October 24, 2024: Lumera, Mine Storage, Hemla, Voltoss, Traktorarvid, Forecasterly, EVNXS, Textual, Klang.ai, Cardo, Levels, Kry, The Drop, and more

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Mergers & acquisitions

  • Lumera (Stockholm, insuretech company, founded 2003): SEB Group is acquiring a minority stake from majority owner Monterro, in preparation for an IPO (English).

Funding news

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  • Mine Storage (Stockholm; developing and operating fast-response and medium to large scale pumped hydro systems in underground mines, founded 2020): €22M ($24M) grant from the EU Innovation Fund (English).
  • Hemla (Stockholm, developing a solution that provides families with intelligent home security for smart homes, founded 2024): SEK30M (€2.6M, $2.8M) in a first funding round from Flat Capital, Bust, Neptunia Invest, Fredrik Hjelm, Johannes Schildt, and the Hemla founders Fredrik Hamilton and Axel Möller. In an interview with SvD, Fredrik Hamilton talks a bit more about Hemla's upcoming product (English, Swedish / SvD paywall). ℹ️ Company details added on April 2 to the early-stage startup tracker page, and to the "new startups" Google Sheet.

Unannounced funding

Martin Weigert

Martin Weigert

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