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October 12, 2022

Community

Community Power: Kasper Hulthin Steps in to Support Normative

Normative's fast growth came, as it usually does, with some challenges that Kasper Hulthin, co-founder of Peakon, had seen on his journey as well. Kasper took a very hand-on approach to supporting Kristian Rönn and his team. Here, they shortly speak about the importance of the business and the problem they're trying to solve for.

October 3, 2022

byFounders

Say Hello to byFounders' Fall Intern: Idil Tuysuzoglu!

With a background in operations & product at climate tech giants, Northvolt and Einride, and an engrained go-get-'em attitude brought on by her New Jersey roots, Idil comes with an impact-driven personality and focus to byFounders.

September 22, 2022

Portfolio

byFounders Leads the €2.3 Million Pre-seed Round in Cello

Cello is the world’s first user-led growth platform that helps businesses to harness their most passionate users to drive word-of-mouth growth at scale.

September 16, 2022

Portfolio

Smitten Raises $10 Million Series A

Smitten has secured $10M in Series A round funding. The dating app will utilize the funds to grow its team and expand to new markets.

September 14, 2022

Portfolio

Monta Raises Additional €30 Million to Power Europe’s EV Charging Ecosystem

Monta has raised an additional €30 million as part of its Series A+ round. The investment will be leveraged to open up new markets like North America, while strengthening its position in Scandinavia, the UK, and Germany,

September 7, 2022

byFounders

byFounders Welcomes Magnus Hambleton, and Expands the Team into Stockholm

We’re humbled to announce that Magnus Hambleton has joined the byFounders investment team. Currently sitting with us at our headquarters in Copenhagen, Magnus will be one of the first employees to join the Stockholm office, which is due to open its doors in late 2022.

July 21, 2022

Portfolio

Normative Raises €31 Million in Series B Funding

Normative has raised €31 million to further expand supply chain measurement services, aiming towards helping more customers reduce emissions through increased accuracy in the data.⁠

July 8, 2022

Portfolio

Our Investment in Salto X: the Platform Enabling Token Incentive Plans for Remote Companies

“The main bottleneck for European startup growth is not the lack of capital, it’s the lack of talent!” This sentence has been said by many and I’m now stating it again because it’s sadly the truth. If we are serious about wanting Europe’s tech scene to thrive (and one day be on par - or better - than the US) then we need to drastically improve our ability to attract and retain talent.

July 8, 2022

Portfolio

Lucinity Raises $17 Million Series B Round

Lucinity secures $17 million in its Series B round to fight financial crimes through AML. The company will utilize the funding accelerate growth and geographic coverage for its Human AI technology.

June 30, 2022

Portfolio

Vibrant Raises €4 Million Seed Round Funding

Vibrant has secured €4 million in seed round funding. The funding will be used use the funding to grow its customer base and prioritize extensions into new markets.

June 1, 2022

Insights

Environmental Social Governance Law Enhances Danish Tech Startup's Impact

Environmental social governance (ESG) became mandatory in Denmark in late 2021. This differentiation between impact funds and ESG will be a game-changer. The transition will provide much-needed differentiation from impact funds, and is one that the Danish tech startup scene will master the better than most.

May 20, 2022

Portfolio

Aumio Raises €3 Million to Support Children’s Mental Health Through Playful Learning

We’ve been truly excited by the emergence of parenting tech for a while now, and supporting children and their parents in dealing with mental health struggles is a mission we obviously want to stand behind. We’ve been actively looking for the right combination of a product market fit and founder drive. When we came across Aumio - a unique sleep and mindfulness cosmos for children - jumping onboard was a no-brainer for us. Let us tell you why.

May 5, 2022

Portfolio

Januar Raises €6 Million in Seed Funding to Build Financial Infrastructure for Crypto Economy

Danish financial infrastructure partner for crypto businesses Januar has raised €6 million in funding. Januar will use the new funding to roll out its crypto-friendly financial services for businesses across Europe, starting with payment accounts for crypto businesses.

April 21, 2022

Portfolio

SafetyWing Raises $35 Million Series B Round

SafetyWing just raised $35 million to scale its health insurance cover for remote workers! The new funds will be used to scale its flagship product Remote Health and create "global social safety net".

March 22, 2022

byFounders

Founders Have Spoken - and These are Their Top-rated 20 European Seed Investors

Anonymous VC review site Landscape has published the first list of the top 20 seed investors in Europe, based exclusively on feedback from founders - and byFounders made the list! Thank you to all of you who voted for us!

February 28, 2022

byFounders

Sara Rywe Becomes the Third Partner of byFounders

Do you know how difficult it is to find a needle in a haystack? That's how Tommy and I felt when we started to search for a third partner. Today, we're excited to announced that we actually managed to find the needle in the haystack. Please welcome Sara Rywe as the third partner of byFounders.

February 25, 2022

byFounders

Nytt milliardfond ser etter norske startups

Byfounders har hentet i underkant av milliarden til sitt andre fond. Innen våren er målet å ha 1,2 milliarder ferske kroner de kan strø over Norden og Baltikum.

February 25, 2022

byFounders

Ny miljardfond riktar sig mot svenska startups

Sara Rywe, som är ny partner hoppas att riskkapitalbranschen ska ta tag i allt som har att göra med att ta ansvar för de anställda, mångfald, klimatavtryck bolagen har och integritet gällande data och teknologi. ”Vi kan inte prata om en rättvis relation och ett partnerskap om inte det visas i kontraktet”, säger Sara Rywe.

February 25, 2022

Portfolio

Monta Establishes New Partnership with Copenhagen Airports A/S

Zapp/EWII and Copenhagen Airport will launch new ABB charge points, powered by Monta’s software, in a major move to expand Denmark's EV infrastructure.

February 7, 2022

Portfolio

Lucinity in Top 40 Solutions for UN SDGS

ucinity has been named a WSA Winner in 2021 for their efforts to fight financial crime with a next-generation, digital transformation-enabled anti-money laundering (AML) solution.

January 25, 2022

Portfolio

Kleoverse Raises $1.2 Million in Funding to Transform How Talent is Measured

CVs are old-fashioned - and they don’t give a realistic image of a candidate’s experience and skills. Web3 startup Kleoverse is on a mission to change how people measure and discover talent in the online native world.

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Community Power: Kasper Hulthin Steps in to Support Normative

Say Hello to byFounders' Fall Intern: Idil Tuysuzoglu!

byFounders Leads the €2.3 Million Pre-seed Round in Cello

Smitten Raises $10 Million Series A

Monta Raises Additional €30 Million to Power Europe’s EV Charging Ecosystem

byFounders Welcomes Magnus Hambleton, and Expands the Team into Stockholm

Normative Raises €31 Million in Series B Funding

Our Investment in Salto X: the Platform Enabling Token Incentive Plans for Remote Companies

Lucinity Raises $17 Million Series B Round

Vibrant Raises €4 Million Seed Round Funding

Environmental Social Governance Law Enhances Danish Tech Startup's Impact

Aumio Raises €3 Million to Support Children’s Mental Health Through Playful Learning

Januar Raises €6 Million in Seed Funding to Build Financial Infrastructure for Crypto Economy

SafetyWing Raises $35 Million Series B Round

Founders Have Spoken - and These are Their Top-rated 20 European Seed Investors

Sara Rywe Becomes the Third Partner of byFounders

Nytt milliardfond ser etter norske startups

Ny miljardfond riktar sig mot svenska startups

Monta Establishes New Partnership with Copenhagen Airports A/S

Lucinity in Top 40 Solutions for UN SDGS

Kleoverse Raises $1.2 Million in Funding to Transform How Talent is Measured

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