Mentimeter announced its first dividend payout, distributing a total of 70 million Swedish crowns to shareholders, which the co‑founder described as a sign of the company’s maturity and growth.
Vlad Tislenko, a partner at Ukrainian VC SMRK VC, launched Startup Due Dil, an AI‑driven web platform that automates the collection, verification and structuring of information during startup due‑diligence, delivering an initial report in roughly ten minutes using ten specialized AI agents.
Maska is an AI-driven platform that enables companies in the food, textile and tourism sectors to verify and manage sustainability claims on websites, social media, packaging and reports, connecting each claim with supporting evidence and relevant regulations to mitigate legal and reputational risks and prevent greenwashing.
Lunar’s founders have secured €8.2 million in financing to create Repodo, a new startup that leverages artificial intelligence to provide audit services. The capital will support product development, market entry, and scaling of the AI‑native audit solution.
Swedish startup EcomID, which operates without a dedicated sales team and serves over 60 brands and 20 million monthly users, has completed a seed round of about 160 million Swedish crowns, bringing in notable backers like Stadium and actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
Dutch tech startup Butlaroo, which provides a QR‑code based ordering and payment platform for restaurants, hotels and holiday parks, raised its first multi‑million euro funding round from Jitse Groen, the founder of Thuisbezorgd. The investment gives Groen a minority share and will be used to accelerate product development and European expansion.
Icelandic energy‑software startup SnerpaPower secured €3.4 million in a seed round led by Encevo, with participation from Crowberry Capital, BackingMinds and a grant from the Icelandic Technology Development Fund. The funding will be used to scale its AI‑driven platform that forecasts electricity demand and automates procurement for power‑intensive industries, expanding the solution across Europe.
Fabian Haglund, frustrated with paper-based processes while working at ICA, co‑founded Storesprint, a digital platform for store‑floor staff. The solution now serves almost 1,000 stores, and with support from a Norwegian giant, the company aims to become the leading player in the Nordics and Northern Europe, targeting 5,000 stores in the coming years.
Spektre, an Amsterdam‑based startup, analysed 2,092 domains where garden‑furniture retailer Kees Smit advertised and found that high‑quality website placements can convert up to 40 times better than low‑quality ones, highlighting massive inefficiencies in programmatic advertising. The company will use the findings to create a new KPI for media quality and offer the dataset to advertisers and agencies.
Absia Legaltech has created Europe’s first self‑configurable network of legal AI agents for law firms. The SaaS platform can be set up in eight minutes using a QR code, requires no IT team, provides 24/7 WhatsApp customer support, assists in drafting legal documents and offers predictive court analytics.