Nordic Venture Pulse

Swedish autonomous trucking pioneer Einride raises oversubscribed $113M PIPE from new/existing investors including EQT Ventures and a U.S. West Coast...

Finland's tech ecosystem gets a boost with Founders House Helsinki, a selective equity-free workspace uniting elite founders, Slush, and VCs.

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Talent drain alert: Indian entrepreneur Abhijith Nag Balasubramanya sells Hydro Space Sweden AB after Migrationsverket forces his exit.

• 'Xenophobic'...

Major VC Moves & Exits

• 🔥 Finland's IQM SPAC Listing: Finland's IQM plans a US$1.8B SPAC listing in New York, aiming to become Europe’s first...

State of the Nordic Region 2026 launched, tracing patterns and variations of regional development and resilience across the Nordics in a period characterised by challenges.

Nordic shipping pioneer RFOcean signs fully executed, bankable long-term off-take with ETFuels for fixed-price e-methanol from 2030, ensuring fuel...

Copenhagen's Hybrid Greentech raises over €15M from Nordic Alpha Partners to scale AI-powered virtual power plants.

Key impacts:

• Aggregates EV...

Nordic tech eyes global scale with major AI and quantum moves:

• Denmark's True Collective launches DKK 200M fund for early-stage AI-driven B2B...

Acute shortages in engineering, IT, and green sectors amid aging population and transitions.

• Denmark: Updated Positive Lists (Jan 2026) highlight...

• Fast-tracked referendum: Talks to reopen EU accession possibly this year, ahead of 2027 timeline, driven by geopolitical tensions and economic...

Nordics pivot from green ideals to energy resilience, leveraging fossil-free power and interconnectors for security.

• Interconnectors link...

• Winding down cycle: Major central banks nearing end of rate cuts, inflation largely tamed.
• ECB stance: No February change, March hold expected;...

Nordics scaling sustainable capacity via landmark investments in data centers, batteries, hydrogen, and renewables:

• atNorth's 300MW data center in...

Nordic digital ambitions ramp up: Norway's Minister Tung eyes India's scaling success for lessons.

• NOBID project advances identity matching and...

Stora Enso, the low-profile Finnish forestry group, is reshaping into a higher-margin biomaterials and packaging player as a big green transition bet. Strategic shift unlocks sustainable growth potential.

Swedish agentic AI platform Agaton emerges from stealth with €8.4M raise, turning customer conversations into actionable sales opportunities.

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