Nustay raises € 450 000 – plans to launch in april
Nustay is a site that launches in April. The 25-year-old founder and CEO of Nustay, Mathias Lundø Nielsen, has just secured first round investment of € 450 000 ($ 500 000). “It is a large investment. Although we can not provide details of how much equity the investors have, I can guarantee that this investment […]
#cphftw celebration – successful funding and special guest Mikkel Svane
Last week a small scale but high-profile event was held at Plandays office in Startup Village: the foundation, that is the core of #cphftw, celebrated that it had been funded and established! With 85 startups having contributed a total of over € 100 000, it is enough to make the #cphftw movement being able to […]
Huge deals bolster the tech scene
The last weeks three large deals have been announced, with regard to tech companies in the region. Altho we do not regard two of them as startups anymore, as we draw the line at being publicly listed (read how we look at startups), all of the deals are very important for the tech scene in […]
Foo Café: Almost 30 events to choose from in February
This is part of the bi-weekly column from the event guys at Foo Café. Up to speed We have filled February with interesting events for you. With almost 30 events during the month there’s bound to be something that will interest you. The second meet-up for Python developers is onWednesday. Next week is packed with […]
PackBud takes in € 300 000 in investment to scale
8till5 reports that Packbud has received an investment of 3 Msek (€ 316 000). The investment comes from Aggregate Media and five business angels. It will be used primarily for marketing purposes. Packbuds idea is simple – using free space in trucks and match that with companies or people that need something moved. “We want […]
Neo Technology raises € 17 M series C
Second investment news for today – Neo Technology announces that they have raised $ 20 M (€ 17 M) led by Creandum! Previous investors Fidelity Growth Partners Europe, Sunstone Capital and Conor Venture Partners were also in the round, and Dawn Capital joins as a new investor. Neo Technology is nowadays based in part in […]
Mapillary announces € 1.3 M investment by Sequoia
Mapillary, the crowdsourced street view startup, has announced that they have received an investment of € 1.3 M ($ 1.5 M) lead by Sequoia. “We just closed a $1.5M seed round led by Sequoia. Also participating in the seed round are some great funds, Playfair, Wellington, and LDV Capital, and a number of prominent angel […]
Realityportalen acquired by Egmont
Media site realityportalen.dk has been acquired by Egmont. It will incorporated into Egmonts upcoming media strategy for it’s Her&Nu site. “Realityportalen.dk is a well established site in its target audience, which fits very well to what we want with Herognu.dk. It is a good fit for our digital projects, that are core for our strategy,” […]
Gaming on the next level – two gaming controllers that you want to support on Kickstarter
That gaming is strong in this region is nothing new. Lately, the mix of gaming experience and hardware have started to emerge – and currently there are two very interesting kickstarters from this region up and running. The mouse that knows your biology One of them is Moinix Labs, which runs a kickstarter for it’s […]
EasySize won 2nd place at LeWeb
EasySize, a data driven technology to predict the clothes size at online shops, has been recognised and awarded 2nd place at LeWeb. The startup competition event took place in Paris and was streamed live on 11th of December. Above you can see founder Gulnaz Khusainova pitch. “We are extremely happy and grateful to be recognized […]