Tagged: sweden

January 18, 2022 @ 11:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Doconomy has raised $19 million in an equity round led by CommerzVentures. Doconomy is a climate tech firm that helps banks, brands, and consumers to measure and reduce their environmental impact. Other backers include two new investors, Ingka Investments, part of the largest IKEA retailer… Read More

January 17, 2022 @ 11:36 am By JD Alois  |  

SaveLend Group has announced the hiring of Olle Asplund as Chief Product Officer as part of an expansion plan. According to SaveLend, Asplund will focus on business development, strategically as well as operationally. Starting in April, He will also be in charge of structuring new… Read More

December 27, 2021 @ 3:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European open banking platform Tink has finalized the acquisition of German open banking infrastructure provider, FinTecSystems, following regulatory clearance. FinTecSystems will now become part of Tink, according to a release. After the acquisition, the combination of Tink’s pan-European open banking platform and FinTecSystems’ product suite… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 1:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, CI reported that Uniti, a Swedish electric vehicle (EV) company that has raised capital several times with securities crowdfunding offerings, was close to shuttering operations. In recent years, Uniti has raised funding on both Crowdcube and FundedByMe. Uniti said it needed to raise… Read More

December 11, 2021 @ 3:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Norwegian climate and expense management developer Sonya has reportedly entered a partnership agreement with Swedish impact technology provider, Doconomy. As noted by its management, Doconomy aims to “provide digital solutions to help us all live in a more sustainable way.” The company added: “We believe… Read More

December 5, 2021 @ 5:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Uniti, an electric car firm based in Sweden that has raised funding online via crowdfunding offerings, a self crowdfunding round, as well as venture capital, says it must raise at least 5 million SEK (~$457,000) by December 10th or it is likely that Uniti will… Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 11:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sweden’s Fintech Unicorn Klarna has seen its losses increase significantly during the first 9 months of this year, as costs surged considerably amid growing demand for flexible payment options like Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services. The Stockholm-headquartered company is reporting a pre-tax loss of… Read More

November 25, 2021 @ 9:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Swedish Fintech firm Näktergal, which supports financial institutions with Cloud-powered platform solutions for digitized lending, has acquired EUR 1 million in capital via an investment led by Katalysen & Partners. Other investors are Stefan Backlund, ex- VP Marketing & Communications at Trustly, Jon Wimmercranz, ex-… Read More

November 24, 2021 @ 12:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, an international retail bank, payments, and shopping service provider, has announced the addition of “Pay Now” to its range of payment options available in the United States. As noted in the update, this payment method should allow clients to make payments immediately and in… Read More

November 23, 2021 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

One in every two UK residents is reportedly looking to give up their credit card completely for  Christmas shopping in 2021, with two-thirds or 66% of credit card holders saying they want to avoid having to pay excessive credit card interest. Even though credit cards… Read More

November 11, 2021 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Scila AB, the Stockholm-headquartered independent provider of trade surveillance, anti-money laundering and risk management tech, has established a new regional office in Singapore “covering the Asia-Pacific region.” As mentioned in a release, Scila has worked cooperatively with clients in the APAC region since 2009, and… Read More

November 6, 2021 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quartr, which is the app that gives investors on-the-go access to company details, has secured $4.5 million via a seed round from prominent investors. The firm’s investment round has reportedly been led by The Öhman Group with established investors such as Michael Batnick, Ben Carlson,… Read More

October 21, 2021 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Swedish Fintech firm Dreams has appointed Stefan Krafft as its new VP of B2B Marketing to support the next phase of international expansion Dreams, the financial wellbeing platform and leader in engagement banking solutions, notes in a release shared with CI that Krafft will focus… Read More

October 19, 2021 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TietoEVRY is announcing its new strategy to promote better customer value and growth via specialization. The technology industry is being transformed with the Cloud as the foundation, offering expansion opportunities for the firm. Expansion will mainly focus on Cloud-native services, data & software engineering and… Read More

October 8, 2021 @ 12:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FreedomPay, a consumer-focused commerce platform, has performed an integration with Klarna, the international retail bank, payments and shopping service. Beginning today (October 7, 2021), FreedomPay’s US merchants may provide Klarna’s interest-free payment services at checkout in-store, which should help with boosting sales and “bringing added… Read More

October 7, 2021 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Confidus Venture Capital recently revealed that it has concluded an agreement to acquire an equity stake in Centiglobe, a Stockholm-headquartered Fintech firm providing an Instant Global Payment platform. Peter Dahlgren will reportedly be joining the Board of Directors. The total investment will “exceed EUR 5… Read More

September 30, 2021 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zavann, a Sweden-headquartered SaaS firm that’s owned by EG and offers data-driven offerings for electricity suppliers across the country, has teamed up with Neonomics, an Open Banking platform for improving the way in which clients receive and settle their electricity bills. As noted by its… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 10:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eventus Systems, Inc., an international provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, reveals that it has made several key appointments in Europe as part of the company’s growth in the region and globally. Bringing considerable experience into the new roles are Ollie… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In August 2021, investors remained quite active on European online investment platform EstateGuru and financed a total of €17.0M worth of loans (84 loans). As expected, the top-performing markets on EstateGuru this past month were Estonia and Germany, with loan volumes of €5.3M and €6.9M,… Read More

September 13, 2021 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stockholm-headquartered Qred, a small business lending service provider, has reportedly received a substantial investment from Nordic Capital. Although the exact amount invested has not been shared publicly, Sweden’s Breakit.se reveals that Nordic Capital may have invested just over half a billion kronor (appr. €49 million)… Read More