🇸🇪 In the latest episode of Patric blir Ängel, we meet Johan Siwers, an angel investor and advisor to some of Sweden’s most promising entrepreneurs. Johan shares his insights on investing in personal interests, the risks of chasing trends, and his top tips for maximizing returns on 100,000 SEK. Listen to the episode here!
🇸🇪 Nordic Angels member Lars Lindgren is launching his book “My Life as a Business Angel,” where he reflects on his 40 years in the industry. He reveals the keys to successful investments, the secret to selling shares at the right time, and the mistakes you absolutely must avoid as an angel investor. In this article, Lars shares his 31 most valuable insights from over 80 angel investments.
🇸🇪 🙌🏻 A new Nordic AI center is being established to strengthen the region’s competitiveness and address societal challenges through AI. The project is co-funded by Nordic Innovation, the innovation organization under the Nordic Council of Ministers.
🇺🇸 💰 OpenAI plans to raise new capital at a valuation exceeding $100 billion, equivalent to 1.1 trillion SEK. Thrive Capital is reportedly leading the round, with funding aimed at building GPT-5.
🇸🇪 ✨ Europe’s most powerful computer is being built in Sweden. A supercomputer is under construction in Falun, featuring Nvidia’s sought-after AI chips. The initiative is backed by Swedish Ecodatacenter and American Coreweave, with a joint investment of around 8 billion SEK in the Falun facility.
🇫🇮 ♻️ Finland is set to become the world’s first country to bury spent nuclear fuel in a geological repository, where it will be stored for 100,000 years. This groundbreaking project is being hailed in the media as a crucial step for the long-term sustainability of nuclear energy and “a model for the entire world.”
🌏 🧫 New studies show that Ozempic has even greater effects than previously expected. Researchers have discovered that people taking the drug die at a lower rate from all causes, not just cardiovascular diseases. Now, scientists believe that Ozempic may actually slow down the aging process.