Airhelp raises impressive € 10.8 million round
AirHelp, the startup focusing on making claims from delayed flights easy for everyone, has raised over € 10 million ($12 million) in Series A funding. The funding comes from a group of investors and big names, including Khosla Ventures, Evan Williams (co-founder of Twitter, and CEO at Medium), Naval Ravikant (co-founder of Angellist), Jimmy Maymann […]
Coinify raises € 3.5 million from SEB Venture Capital
Fintech-startup Coinify has recoived an investment from SEB Venture Capital. “Coinify is a blockchain payment company with the mission to bridge the gap between emerging blockchain and traditional finance industries. The fact that our current investors are joined by a classic, yet very visionary bank dating back to 1856, sends a strong message to both […]
French carmaker acquires majority stake in Autobutler
PSA Group, Europes’ second biggest carmaker behind the brands Peugeot, Citroën and DS — has acquired a majority stake in auto-repair marketplace Autobutler. Autobutler, founded 6 years ago by Christian Legêne and Peter Zigler, lets car owners get car repair quotes online from garages in Denmark, Sweden, U.K. and Germany, thus bringing greater transparency to […]
Copenhagen based startup uses sharing economy to bring biking to the world
The Donkey Republic bicyclesharing service expands globally with an € 1,5 million investment from The Danish Growth Fund and the Luxembourgbased venture capital fund Howzat. Donkey Republic is setting up to disrupt urban transport around the world, with a business model not relying on public subsidies. Instead by using an AirBnb like model, bike owners […]
A game-changing week for the region
This week has seen some truly big announcements for this regions gaming scene. The biggest, was Unity’s announcement that is raised € 165 milions – and it thus became a “unicorn”, valuing the company at over 1 billion USD. This is a big milestone for the entire region, having a startup from here that has […]
Social Icebreaker app Plane hits 1 million Messages
After launching in San Francisco in March, the social app Plane hits a messaging milestone and garners press from across the globe, including the LA Times, as well as tech features such as Product Hunt and a global feature by Apple. Plane offers a simple yet refreshingly clean approach to social communication, and the ephemeral […]
The world’s biggest social network for conferences to IPO on Nasdaq First North
Earlier this week Conferize, the social network for conferences, announced their plans to file for IPO on Nasdaq First North. “We see an exciting opportunity, for both Conferize and investors, in financing our growth via the stock market. A venture company like ours will usually only IPO after the majority of the value increase has […]
Three winners from this region at the Nordic Startup Awards grand finale
Three startup from the Oresund region were among the winners as the Nordic region’s biggest award show for startups was held in the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik, yesterday. The Grand Finale of Nordic Startup Awards was held Tuesday evening in the beautiful, Danish designed Harpa Concert Hall in the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik. The winners The evening’s […]
Realm reaches 1 billion users
Realm has reached a major milestone: more than 1 billion end-users use the iOS & Android apps that it powers. Realm has become a key component of the global mobile infrastructure: if you order a latte on the Starbucks app, post a video on Vine — or use mobile apps from Amazon, Google, eBay, Alibaba, […]
Pleo awarded the Best Startup at Pioneers Festival 2016
Update: Not just best Fintech startup, Pleo won the entire contest, becoming the Poineer Challenge winning Startup 2016! Fintech startup Pleo that offers smart company payment cards for employees has been awarded the Best Fintech Startup and a Top 7 finalist startup, selected from more than 3 000 company applications from 92 countries, at the […]