Gothenburg-based industrial technology firm Digiclean Solutions AB has secured SEK 28 million (EUR 2.5 million) in a seed funding round. The financing round was co-led by Almi Invest GreenTech and Unconventional Ventures. S-E-Bankens Utvecklingsstiftelse (SEBs Utvecklingsstiftelse), Impact Shakers and early-stage investor Feminvest Ventures also participated in the transaction.
Founded in 2024, Digiclean develops software and hardware solutions to help manufacturing companies reduce the consumption of chemicals, water and energy within industrial cleaning and laundry operations. The platform integrates internet of things (IoT) sensors, data analytics and artificial intelligence models to monitor cleaning baths in real time, replacing manual chemical sampling with automated dosing systems.
The company plans to deploy the capital to accelerate product development, expand customer installations and drive commercial growth across Sweden, the Nordics and wider Europe. The company will also build out its data platform to enable predictive and standardised cleaning routines across multiple factory sites. At present, the technology is operational at more than 20 industrial facilities in Sweden, serving companies across the automotive and manufacturing sectors.
Charlotte Stigen Låstberg, CEO and co-founder of Digiclean, said: “Industrial cleaning processes are a fundamental part of how factories work, but they have largely remained unchanged for a long time. We are building the tools needed to make the processes measurable, optimizable and adapted to today’s demands for efficiency and sustainability. With the support of our new investors, we can accelerate our commercialization, continue to develop the platform and help more industrial companies reduce their use of chemicals, water and energy,”
The founding team draws on long-term experience within the chemical sector through the family business Industrikemiproduktion i Viared AB. As part of the investment deal, Jonathan Lannö, Investment Manager at Almi Invest GreenTech, will join the board of directors at Digiclean.
Jonathan Lannö said: “What impresses us about Digiclean is the combination of clear sustainability impact, great customer value and a team with deep industry knowledge. The company has developed an advanced solution for a process that has long been characterized by manual routines and limited data. With several leading industrial companies as customers, we see good opportunities for Digiclean to continue growing in the Nordics and, in the long term, internationally ,”
Lannö added: “Digiclean has done something most early-stage companies struggle with: they have built a technically differentiated product and secured validation from leading industrial customers. The team’s ability to translate a complex technical solution into commercial traction at such an early stage is particularly impressive. Combined with strong unit economics, favourable regulatory tailwinds, and deep domain expertise, we believe Digiclean is exceptionally well positioned to capitalise on a significant market opportunity.”
Alexis Horowitz-Burdick, Partner at Unconventional Ventures, said: “At Unconventional Ventures, we look for companies working in places that have been overlooked — where the problem is real, the founder has lived it, and the commercial logic is inseparable from the impact case. Digiclean is all three. Charlotte grew up inside the industrial chemical industry. She knows the problem from the inside out. And every sensor her team installs reduces chemical consumption, wastewater, and CO2 while generating recurring revenue — impact and returns are not in tension here, they are the same thing. That is exactly the kind of company Unconventional Ventures was built to back.”
Mareauline Bernitz, General Partner at Feminvest Ventures, said: “Backing exceptional founders before others see the opportunity is central to our investment philosophy. We believed in Charlotte and the Digiclean team from the very beginning because they combined deep industry expertise with a bold vision to solve a significant industrial challenge. Seeing the company now attract leading European investors validates both the market opportunity and the team’s execution,”
