The UK‑based fintech Revolut secured a banking licence from the French regulator, enabling it to offer full banking services to its customers in France and further expand its European footprint.
The article highlights Omio’s role in guiding travelers to optimal dark‑sky locations in Italy for the Perseids and to top spots in Spain for the August 2026 total solar eclipse, using its multimodal booking platform to suggest routes and transport options.
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.
Funnel, a Swedish SaaS startup founded over a decade ago, announced that it has finally turned cash‑flow positive, marking a major milestone after years of operating at a loss of roughly SEK 1.7 billion.
The popcorn startup The Popping Company appointed the founder’s son as CEO as a student gift and subsequently posted a record year with revenue growth of nearly 700%.
The loan‑brokerage startup Sambla, owned by private‑equity firm Nordic Capital, posted a loss exceeding 500 million SEK according to its new annual report, with the CEO Hans Skruvfors indicating a specific factor behind the loss and preparing for the next phase of the business.
Aloi, backed by some of Sweden’s biggest tech billionaires, has quietly built an AI platform aimed at reshaping legaltech. After an aggressive expansion last year, the company added roughly €6 million from a secret VC fund and existing investors, bringing its total raise to €67 million to support further growth.
Founded more than 20 years ago, HF Agency (formerly Husfoto) supplies photographs for property listings and now accounts for about one‑third of the images in Swedish real‑estate ads. The company says it has managed to grow and increase average earnings for its photographers despite a tough housing market, and it is now entering a new international market.
Italian software developer Bending Spoons announced a $2.25 billion acquisition of US workflow platform Airtable, marking its first deal after listing on Nasdaq and continuing its aggressive European software‑acquisition strategy.