• Happy Plugs

  Led · Equity · Jun 2017

  Happy Plugs designs and sells fashionable headphones and mobile accessories. The company sells its products in over 10,000 stores across 70 countries. Happy Plugs reported €11 million in sales over the past year and has recorded 62% annual growth over the past four years. The brand positions mobile accessories as fashion items and has focused on reaching a female audience. With new capital from Scope, the company plans to grow in existing markets and expand its product line, delivering more products to strengthen its market position.

• Artificial Solutions

  Led · Equity · Jun 2013

  Artificial Solutions, based in Stockholm, Sweden, offers Teneo, a unified natural language development and analytics platform for creating conversational AI applications. Teneo enables business users and developers to collaborate to build intelligent conversational AI that runs across 35 languages and multiple platforms and channels. The company has signed contracts across the automobile, energy, entertainment, financial and telecom sectors. It also maintains strategic partnerships with global service companies including Accenture, KPMG, Cognizant, Wipro and Puplicis.Sapient. Artificial Solutions raised $15.8m in funding and intends to use the proceeds for global growth and expansion of the Teneo platform. The article names Lawrence Flynn as CEO and Fredrik Oweson as Chairman. Artificial Solutions develops a language‑independent natural language interaction (NLI) platform called Teneo, plus a device and operating system, to enable two‑way, humanlike conversations with applications and services. Teneo is deployed as web‑based virtual assistants for customer service and sales and as embedded speech‑enabled applications for mobile computing. The platform supports 21 languages and includes analytics that provide insight into customers’ needs and behavior. The company’s customers include Agria, Banca Sella, Credit Suisse, IKEA, Vodafone, The Cooperative Banking Group, Telenor and The Swedish Social Insurance Agency. Artificial Solutions has development centers in Barcelona, Hamburg, London and Stockholm and maintains offices across Europe, Asia‑Pacific and South America. The company intends to use new funding to expand into the US and further develop its solutions.

• Footbalance System

  Led · Equity · Feb 2010

  Footbalance System Ltd. develops individually moulded insoles designed to correct and support foot position and gait. The company is based in Helsinki, Finland and sells its products through retail partners. Its products are available in 250 stores across the United States, France, Denmark, Norway and Finland, and it operates a subsidiary in California. Key customers include Intersport and Road Runner Sports. The company plans to use new capital to continue expansion in the U.S. and to grow in existing and new European markets via its strategic partner Intersport International Corporation. Scope, a Swedish private equity firm, has invested to support these growth plans.

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