Instagram startup Sponsta gets angel investment
Trendsonline reports that the instagram-startup Sponsta has just announced that they have received investment from the two Danish business angels. Sponsta gives companies a platform where they can find instagram-users that matches their brand to sponsor them, has just received an investment from the two business angels, Tommy Ahlers and Andreas Rasmussen. The contact between […]
Praice raises money from business angels – Christian Birk among the investors
The platform Praice caters to companies and job seekers. Their angle: in addition to the normal CV and a cover letter, to leverage social media to create a better profile. The aim is to make recruitment easier for employers by crowdsourcing the job seeker’s personality profile via social media, so that companies can see their […]
Sprinkle gets traction, acquires Saplo & changes name to Strossle
Sprinkle, the recommended post service for media sites, is on a roll. Changing name to Strossle, it has made a series of announcements. Acquires semantic analytic startup Saplo Saplo, a high profile semantic analytic startup, announced that it had been acquired by Strossle. Mattias Tyrberg, former CEO of Saplo will take over as CTO at […]
CPHFTW evolves further – welcomes Christoffer as the new face
#CPHFTW, the community initiative by startups for startups, has today announced who will take over after Jasenko Hadzic, as the new ‘Head of CPHFTW’. Christoffer H. Malling will take that role, and the high profile task of doing the best things for the startup ecosystem. As previously, a lot of the focus by #CPHFTW is […]
IoT startup Mistbase gets investment from LU innovation
Mistbase, a startup developing a wireless communication solution within the Internet of Things (IoT) field, gets its first external investors when Lund University’s holding company, LU Innovation AB, becomes a minority shareholder. The startup is working to develop a system that enables wireless communication between devices, and aims at an upcoming standard that is not […]
Coldfront approaching
Coldfront, the conference focusing on front-end, will be held for the second time the 3rd september, at The Grand Theater. The line-up for the one day conference include prominent names. In total there will be 8 speakers. One of them is Vitaly Friedman, editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine, who will talk about real-life responsive web design […]
CloudCutout gets € 500 000 to remove background from images automatically
Danish startup CloudCutout has just received funding from SEED Capital to develop a plug-in for Photoshop that automatically removes the background from images. Using machine learning CloudCutOut has just received € 500 000 from SEED Capital. The startup focuses on machine learning as the core technology, a field that has been getting a lot of […]
Foo Café: Let’s go
This is part of the column that the crazy event-space Foo Café runs. After a long break we’re back on track. Regardless of your profession, you’ll be split for choice with the events you can attend. There’s a smooth start this week, thanks to Chris Hughes (a techie entrepreneurial geek from Los Angeles) who is […]
EasySize expands to Germany
EasySize, the data-driven service solving the sizing and fitting issue in fashion e-commerce, launched in Germany this month after rapid growth in Scandinavia and UK. Stylepit.de clients will be the first to use the sizing tool in Germany while shopping for clothes online. “German online shops face one of the highest return rates in Europe. […]
Colego reinforces management team
Internet service portal Colego today announced the accession of two experienced profiles from the Internet world. These are Mads Transel, former VP at the telecommunications company 3, who will be taking the role of Chief Sales Officer and Peder Skjalm Lissner, former CFO of Saxo.dk, who joins as Chief Financial Officer. Both enter Colego’s management. […]