Swiss Tamedia acquires Trendsales for double-digit million euros
Swiss Tamedia, which also owns the Danish commuter newspaper Metroxpress, announced that it has bought the majority of the shares in Trendsales. Trendsales is the largest service of it’s kind in Scandinavia, focusing on new and second-hand clothing and textile. Trendsales can boast with having more then 1 in 10 Danes as a customer. According […]
#cphftw summer-party: a party for all startups!
Even if we are nearing the end of the official summer period this does not mean it is to late to for summer parties! One of those that are happing is the #cphftw summer party – which will be held at the 29th of august at the Copenhagen Cable Park – a cool outdoor venue. […]
Fieldly raises € 140 000 to digitalize construction companies
Startup Fieldly, which is developing a project management system specially designed for construction companies, has announced that they have closed an investment round. The investment is from both regional and german investors. The funding is from LUIS (Lund University Innovation) and K5 Partners Prefund. They have together invested a total of € 140 000 in […]
Savivo launched crowd-funding campaign for EdTech project EduWatch
Danish EdTech Savivo launches an crowd-funding campaign to fund it’s first hardware project for helping kids learn the time. Savivo is mostly known for the Mingoville series, with their apps to learn English, Math and the time are the most successful. This new project aims to work with the last part – teaching kids the […]
Expanding to the U.S. – Mik Strøyberg explains about lemonsqueeze and the NYC incubator
Recently the Geist initiative, 9 high profile entrepreneurs giving advice to the danish government, was announced. One of the points was that there should be one stop shop for startups to get help (#7 on the list) when expanding abroad. It turns out for the U.S. market there already exists one of these – however […]
The 15 startups selected for the new Accelerace batch
Accelerace has just selected 15 of the most promising and ambitious startup companies on the Danish entrepreneur scene for a 5-month, intensive accelerator program. With a team of experienced entrepreneurs and business developers, Accelerace offers customized expertise, investments, and networks to help start-ups succeed through a 5-month customer driven accelerator program. Accelerace is also dedicated […]
Serial entrepreneurs launching a new search engine for fashion
The Fashion is a new search engine dedicated to fashion. It brings together products from the leading Danish and international web shops and brands, allowing you to search across more than 100 online shops and 1000 brands from a place. On the website, it is possible to search for everything from new brands and designers […]
Slashing legal prices: Interview with Johan Hedén Hultgren about Swiftcourt
Last week Swiftcourt was released, an online service aiming at using technology and crowdsourcing to slash costs of juridical services. The first version, targeted at smaller business, has now been made public. Swiftcourt has been mentioned in multiple sources in the last couple of month, and managed to be winner in the Swedish Venture Cup […]
Geist: Experienced entrepreneurs give 10 rules to the government
A new initiative to help more startups reach international success has been announced. The program, initiated by the Danish government, has support by some of the most successful recent startups. Called Geist, the entrepreneurs have given the Danish authorities 10 recommendations which should enable them to better help startups. The aim is that more startups […]
Online voucher service gavekortet.dk acquired by Nordisk Film
Earlier this week it was announced that gavekortet.dk was acquired by Nordisk Film and Egmont. The acquisition of gavekortet.dk is part of a broader strategy to build a major digital business unit at Nordisk Film. The aim is to reach over 1 billion DKK (€ 130 million) in revenue in digital sales. Together with a […]