Linkura secured a $700k capital round from 3T Invest, Gamlegård Invest and Almi Invest.

Sweden Investments 28 August 2019
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Linkura, a Linköping and Stockholm, Sweden-based company operating a mobile application providing advanced medical electrocardiograms (EKG), announced in a press release that it secured a fresh capital investment round totalling SEK 7M ($720k).

The money was provided by new and existing investors, including the investment companies 3T Invest and Gamlegård Invest matched by the governmental agency Almi Invest. The announcement comes shortly after appointing Henrik Tegelström as CEO and co-owner in charge to continue the company's further development.

Linkura, founded in 2013 by Johan Gunnarsson, Gustaf Hansen and Anders Johansson based on research made at Linköping University, built a mobile app providing access to unique research-based heart rate measurement and data analysis indicating stress and increases well-being for individuals and organizations. As such, the company offers advanced and unique research- based measurement of heart rate variability (HRV) , analysis, insight and measures to enable improved health and reduced stress levels for people in everyday life. Linkura works with clients including Saab, Verizon, Nordic Capital and Bokadirekt.

Prior to this transaction, Linkura raised a little more than $1M from outside investors.