Denjo Dogs, a Swedish startup that sells luxury accessories for dogs, reported a drop in operating profit and a steep decline in revenue for the previous year, despite having previously attracted backing from several well‑known investors.
Swedish nicotine startup Haypp Group posted a 28% YoY revenue jump to SEK 1.2 billion in Q2 and is now focusing on a large push into the British market.
AQUANANO, a Polish startup, has developed a method to produce transparent, stable perfumes based on water and is now starting to commercialise the technology, aligning with the growing market for alcohol‑free fragrances championed by luxury brands like Dior, Guerlain and YSL.
Swedish podcast platform Acast is expanding its global reach by buying the strategic U.S. network Backyard Ventures for about 200 million Swedish crowns, bringing well‑known personalities like Piers Morgan into its roster and strengthening its claim to be the world’s largest podcast network.
Zoofabriken, a Swedish online pet‑supplies retailer linked to Samuel Wennberg, has applied for bankruptcy due to delivery failures and customer dissatisfaction.
Ellos saw 64 million SEK of its shares traded after its recent IPO, including a 44 million SEK support purchase by Danske Bank, which can no longer buy additional shares.
Christian Tour partnered with netSIM to provide travelers from Romania with instant eSIM data packages for use abroad, eliminating the need for physical SIM cards and reducing roaming costs.
In just two years Arkiv has gone from zero to more than 30 million SEK in sales of murder‑mystery games and is now entering new markets. The founders quit their jobs to start the company.
At Techsylvania 2026, Super Technologies founder Sacha Dragic recounted the bootstrapped origins of Superbet, its early €500k seed from personal networks, the path to profitability in 2012 and the landmark €1.3 billion refinancing by Blackstone and HPS Investment that pushed the company into unicorn status.
Polish mobile free‑to‑play game studio Funventure secured a $1 million bridge round to fund its own production platform and boost user‑acquisition efforts.