Unplug a little.
Stay curious.
While the Nordic tech scene slows for summer, we’re keeping the gears turning, just in a lighter gear. This is one in a series of our vacation-edition newsletters: less packed, still potent!
This week, we rewind to a sharp conversation with Dora Palfi, co-founder and CEO of imagi, the edtech startup making coding click for girls through playful hardware and inclusive design.
As always, we’re also keeping tabs on what’s moving across the hardtech space —because even in July, this ecosystem doesn’t fully clock out.
Nordic Hardtech Partners 🤝
Nordic Hardtech is a community for builders of complex tech companies based on physical products. Here are some of our outstanding partners.

- Lightbringer: AI-powered patent platform helping tech companies protect their edge fast, with in-house legal expertise. Missed our recent IP webinar? Watch the replay!
- Recuro: Growth partner for hardtech and deeptech. Strategy, marketing, and scalable business models that drive real traction. Book an intro.
- SISP (Swedish Incubators & Science Parks): The network for 60+ incubators and science parks in Sweden, powering innovation and scaleups across the country. Find yours here.
- The Yard: Gothenburg’s industrial-chic hub for startups. Co-working, community, and serious hardware energy. Explore their memberships.
Nordic Hardtech Podcast
This week: How image is rewiring how girls learn tech.
Teaching Tech With a Twist: the mission to diversify coding

“They literally scream with excitement”
Dora Palfi, co-founder and CEO of imagi, is on a mission to make coding creative, inclusive – and actually fun. Her startup turns Python into pixel art, and classrooms into places where tech feels like play.