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Swedish health tech innovator Yazen has just secured a €19.5M Series A, led by Evli Growth Partners and Helsana HealthInvest, with support from Almaz Capital, Yabeo, Luminar Ventures, and Aggregate Media. Founded in 2021 by healthcare experts from Min Doktor, Yazen provides a digital service that combines GLP-1 weight-loss and diabetes medications with personalized lifestyle guidance. With 20K active users who’ve collectively lost over 200 tons of weight, Yazen is already making a significant impact. This new funding fuels Yazen’s international expansion, with soft launches in the Netherlands, Norway, and Spain, plus pilot projects in the UK and Germany. Rather than opening new offices, Yazen employs healthcare professionals with dual certifications, reducing operational costs and enhancing scalability. As CEO and co-founder Fredrik Meurling highlights, this model supports expansion across Europe and lets Yazen scale its impact responsibly. Currently profitable in Sweden with €18M in annual recurring revenue, Yazen is paving the way as a European leader in GLP-1 treatment pathways, even as supply chain challenges persist. While GLP-1 drug demand has caused shortages, Meurling believes these issues will ease over time, especially as the urgency around global obesity — now affecting a billion people — continues to grow. For Yazen, the potential is clear. Meurling envisions a future with new payers, from corporate clients to public funders, recognizing the value of holistic, digitally-driven obesity treatment. Yazen’s commitment to combining medical treatment with lifestyle coaching positions it as a unicorn in the making, poised to redefine the obesity treatment landscape in Europe and beyond. https://lnkd.in/fzpnPPW #healthtech #digitalhealth #obesitytreatment #startupfunding #europeanstartups #healthcareinnovation #telemedicine #weightloss #medtech #healthcare #innovation #patientcare #healthstartups #healthinvestment #globalhealth #weightmanagement #obesitycare #digitaltransformation #healthsolutions #telehealth #medicalinnovation #chronicdisease #healthrevolution #healthcarestartups Yazen Health

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This week, I’m continuing with an overview of the Scandinavian private markets for the previous month 🇸🇪 Notably, there was a significant $50 million deal in the biotech industry👩🏻‍🔬🧬 Let’s dive deeper 🔎 SmartCella Holding AB | US$ 54.14 M | 290% vs industry SmartCella is an early-stage biotech and medtech company that develops cardiac progenitor cells. Founded in 2024 in Stockholm by Christian Kinch and led by Niklas Prager (CEO) Johan Rugfelt (COO), Ricardo Baptista (CTO), Staffan Holmin (CMO) among others. They raised US$ 54.14 M in venture funding from new investors AstraZeneca, Handelsbanken Fonder , and RoosGruppen AB, with participation from returning investors AMF Tjänstepension, Fjärde AP-fonden (AP4) and SEB Pension as well some Individual investors. Greenely | US$ 8.69 M | -10 9% vs industry | Series A Founded in 2014 by Tanmoy Bari (CEO) and Fredrik Hagblom in Stockholm, Greenely provides a mobile energy management tool that helps users control and analyze their electricity usage, sending notifications when something abnormal occurs. They raised US$ 8.69 M in series A funding led by new investor Korys. Returning investors Luminar Ventures along with other unspecified investors also participated in the round. Maurten | US$ 21.78 M | -46% vs industry | Growth Capital Founded in 2015 by Olof Sköld (CEO) in Gothenburg, Maurten operates as a fitness and wellness company that produces and sells high-energy food products like drinks, gels, and bars. They raised $21.78 million in growth capital funding, led by new investor IRIS Ventures, with participation from individual and other unspecified investors. Lemonado | US$ 1.4 M | -50% vs industry | Pre-Seed This AI-native platform helps non-developers build business software to automate their work and streamline business processes. Founded this year by Albert Lundberg, Rikard Javelind, and Daniel A. in Stockholm. They secured $1.4 million in pre-seed funding, with Christopher Albinsson of node.vc leading the round. The funding also saw participation from Alexander Aghassipour, co-founder of Zendesk and partner at Nordic Makers, along with other investors. I am one of the co-founders of DealPotential, an investment intelligence platform designed for institutional investors such as VCs and PEs, as well as family offices and angel investors. We provide up-to-date data on private markets and actionable insights. So, if you want to find, analyze, and evaluate your next investment opportunity, do not hesitate to reach out via DM! Also, stay tuned for next week’s analysis of Danish investments! 🇩🇰

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Superbugs or antibiotic-resistant germs will be a growing issue globally. From an investor perspective this is a mega problem that needs a solution. With different novel approaches, like phage therapies and vaccination ,it is likely that the future is not as bleak as the article depicts. But, clearly more investment and innovation is needed to combat superbugs. https://lnkd.in/didJXTgj

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Power of a community & the voice of an eco-system. 💪 This week, an important event took place in Oslo. NAST (Norwegian Alliance for Startups & Tech) was launched at Mesh Community with Anders Mjåset & Per Einar Dybvik. 👉 The goal is for Technology to be the 5th largest export industry in Norway by 2030. To reach this, the framework for businesses and governmental trust needs to be aligned with increased globalization and competition. Key success criterias; 💡 Tax - Competitive exit, option, wealth & employer tax as well as incentives for early stage investors. 💡 Talent - Attract talent with visa's and STEM education. 💡 Capital - LP mandates, allowing Government Pension Fund & Folketrygdfondet to allocate 3-5% into unlisted shares. 💡 Automated & effective policy instruments & the state as a buyer. It all starts with people and a good idea. Let us make sure the businesses of tomorrow have all the tools they need to succeed. 🚀 #nast #startups #Innovation #oxidaneventure

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Sweden: 'Beef & Veg burger' In 2023, Swedish Axfood launched the Beef & Vegetable mincemeat, which has become a big seller with sales of over 1 ton per day, reports Carina Malm in the article included below. 'Now this hybrid mince has a sequel: the Nöt & Grönt burger. Like the mince, it contains equal parts of beef and vegetables and thus halves the climate footprint compared to a regular beef burger. The new Beef & Vegetable Burger is a pre-seasoned burger that is ready to put on the grill or in the frying pan. It is described as having a similar flavour to a beef burger but is slightly juicier and softer in texture, as it contains half vegetables. The Nöt & Grönt burger contains 48% beef, 24% carrots, 24% cauliflower and a spice and texture enhancing mixture (4%) of potato starch, salt, potato flakes, onion and pepper.' #protein #hybridmeat #hybridveg #Sweden Dario Blok Marleen Onwezen Marijke H. Louise Ungerth

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Massive congrats to founders Hans Henrik H. Knudsen, Nikolaj Thomas Zinner, Allan Grønlund and rest of Kvantify for raising this €10m seed round 👏 Plus, proud of the Dreamcraft Ventures gang who led alongside amazing co-investors Lundbeckfonden / Lundbeck Foundation and Redstone WITH strong backing from existing investors 2degrees (big shout-out Clive Eley, Soren Wiberg Holm and Mikkel Bulow-Lehnsby for playing the key roles you did), 2xN, Export and Investment Fund of Denmark, many others. 🏗️ The Copenhagen-based quantum co's first attack vector is drug discovery, where their suite accelerates the discovery process by improving efficiency and accuracy of in-silico simulation testing, enabling the rapid creation and evaluation of different potential drugs. Their approach yields an order-of-magnitude delta for drug development and addresses major causes of failure💡 The round provides the team with the resources and strategic partnerships needed to accelerate development and growth 🚀 Let’s make some noise for the Kvantify team 📣👏 Read more in Børsen, Tech.eu, Silicon Canals - European Technology News and more - find the links in the comments 👇 #venturecapital #B2B #startup #quantum

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