Conversations and updates from Nordic founders and leaders building abroad.
How a sleep-tracking ring built by three engineers in Oulu, Finland became a near-$11 billion company on the verge of a US public listing — and the specific, traceable decisions, years apart, that made it possible.
Neko Health opens its first US clinic in SoHo on September 24, with more than 25,000 New Yorkers already on the waitlist — the first of four planned US locations following last month's $700 million Series C.
Oura has purchased its own San Francisco headquarters — and is preserving the building's original fireplace as a nod to its Finnish roots, even as the company's center of gravity shifts west.
Modal Labs, co-founded by former Spotify engineer Erik Bernhardsson, is opening its first London office — its fourth location after New York, San Francisco, and Sweden.
Stockholm-founded Neko Health has closed a $700 million Series C — and is opening its first US clinic in New York.
Finland's Vaisala to acquire San Francisco-based AI weather company Atmo for $70 million — an established Nordic industrial player buying into Silicon Valley capability.
Norwegian founder Rune Nilsson's fintech company FlexM became the first Norwegian-led business to secure a Major Payment Institution license from Singapore's central bank.