BoosterDinner: co-living space Nest hosts dinners for startups
The Copenhagen co-living space for entrepreneurs, Nest, has announced that they will start hosting BoosterDinners, in a collaboration with Væksthuset. Startups get input from residents The new collaboration with Væksthuset entails a sponsored “BoosterDinner” with Nest Copenhagen. Væksthuset picks one startup. Before the dinner, the company sends a one-page pitch and with 4-5 main challenges […]
Unity + Oculus = the future of storytelling?
This week BoostHBG, a media institute, holds a long series of workshops and session about interactive storytelling for the Oculus Rift. Special guest is Oscar Raby from Melbourne, Australia, who recently released the immersive documentary “Assent” for the Oculus Rift. The focus will be on exploring both the storytelling concept as well as the technical […]
Mobile health startup Cope it receives investment to minimize anxiety
Trendsonline reports that startup Cope it has received an investment by CAPNOVA and private investors. Cope it is a startup that focuses on calming anxiety for patients, starting with dentist anxiety. Studies conducted estimates that approximately 40 % of the population in varying degrees, suffer from dental phobia, of which 90 % may be treated […]
#cphftw recognised by Danish Parliament – receives prize by politicians
The #cphftw initiative has come a long way. Started less then a year ago as a hashtag, driven by group effort by numerous entrepreneurs in the city, it got it’s official first grand Townhall meet-up in February. Yesterday, the initiative was awarded the “Best entrepreneur initiative of 2014” by the politicians at the Danish parliament, […]
Foo Café: upcoming events
This is part of the bi-weekly column from Foo Café, the extra-ordinarily event space. Their ambition, to create the never ending conference, certainly seems not far away with events in these numbers the next weeks! We are working hard to get interesting and inspiring events that develop your competence. We’re now starting a new meet-up […]
Starting a startup on the sea
This weekend Startup Weekend Oresund was held, what has been said is only a first, As is common at startup events like this, the energy was buzzing – teams where evaluating business ideas, researching competitors, designing prototypes. Unusual was the setting – being arranged on board the ferry between Sweden and Denmark – between Helsingborg […]
Jabong, AirBnB and 3Doodler at Nordic e-commerce Summit
Nordic E-commerce Summit, which previously has been held in Stockholm throughout the years, will now for the first time be held in this region. The conference, which has established itself as the biggest e-commerce conference in the Nordics, is also heavily focused on not just B2C products, but also B2C service, sold online. “We are […]
New leadership at Unity – former EA CEO Riccitiello takes the lead
Big news this week – it was announced that Unity, the game engine startup, gets a new CEO – none other then John Riccitiello, formerly at EA. With the move David Helgason, current CEO and founder, will be stepping down to an EVP role “We keep our eyes out for the best talent and help […]
Extraordinary startup events – at the parliament and on the water
October seems to be a month of Startup Weekends with a twist! As we have already covered before, Startup Weekend Øresund will be held this weekend – on the boats going over Øresund from Denmark to Sweden. And as if that was not a exotic enough setting, the week after, the 30 oct – 2 […]
Momondo Group receives € 100 million investment by Great Hill Partners
Momondo Group has announced that Great Hill Partners invests € 100 million ($ 130 million) in the company, to help it continue expand and grow. The money is partly a takeover, as the valuation is said to be € 166 million, which means the U.S. private equity group will be the major shareholder in the […]