Simon Schock’s tragic death – a loss for the startup community
Trendsonline reports that the startup environment has lost a unique personality last Monday in France. Simon Schock has, sadly and unexpected, passed away. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. A message went out from his family: Simon Schock, our beloved son and brother, died on the 23rd of June 2014. On the […]
Touchless selfies: Gesture controlled photoapp from Crunchfish
Crunchfish, the touch-less technology startup, released today the GoCam iPhone app that lets you take photos without touching the phone. It also lets you record videos, without needing to press a bottom or holding the phone. The app is a different step then their usual approach – making it more as a technological showcase then […]
Assemblage acquired by Cisco
Assemblage has announced that it has been acquired by Cisco. Any financials of the deal has not been made public. Assemblage operates amongst other the kollaborate.io and presentation.io services – real-time collaboration apps for shared whiteboarding, presentation broadcasting and screensharing. Cisco especially touted Assemblage’s support for one-click browser-to-browser configurations without requiring extra downloads, plugins, or […]
Libratone acquired by Hong Kong consortium
Audio and speaker startup Libratone announced that is has been acquired by Hong Kong based investor group for a two-digit million euro amount. “We have always been a Danish company that has been working to establish a global brand in audio. It is expensive to create a brand in the world, and this will mean […]
Veridu wins PayExpo’s “Future of Payments” in London
Two-year-old startup Veridu could very well hold the key to the future of secure payments. Right from the get-go the company has focused on bringing trust to online businesses, and the jury at PayExpo’s “Future of Payments” conference agree: Veridu was named 2014’s ‘Winning Innovator’. Veridu offers a service that enables verifying online profiles. It’s […]
Newshubby receives angel funding: Alexandra Bylund’s thoughts about upcoming investments
Sydsvenskan reports that startup Newshubby, started recently by Alexandra Bylund, former co-founder at Foap, announced that they have landed a first investment. The investment is an early investment from the London-based business angel Russell Glenister, who previously has invested in amongst other Tweetdeck. Russell Glenister is investing € 33 000 in Newshubby. Newshubby is a […]
Sprinkle recieves investment and shows interesting numbers
Startup Sprinkle, which has a service for websites and blogs that helps finding other relevant articles and results in better monetization, has revealed that they have received a lead investor, Spintop Ventures in a round of € 1.1 million. MILLIONS OF VISITORS Sprinkle currently consists of a 13 people team, and its service is giving 155 million recommendations […]
Jon Schäffer from Conferize reveals numbers and upcoming investment round
Recently at the Nordic Next, Conferize was one of the startups presenting themselves for the audience of investors. Some very interesting numbers where mentioned, and also that Conferize had raised half of their current round of € 1.4 Million, and the recently announced partnership with TEDx. We catched up with Jon Schäffer, CCO and co-founder […]
Bownty Acquires Spanish Competitor Yunait
Deal aggregator startup Bownty has acquired Spanish Yunait. The deal will see Yunait adopt the Bownty brand. Together they will have a combined 2 million users, making it Europe’s leading aggregator for deals based on “experiences”. Expanding to south Europe and south America Yunait is regarded to be the leader in Southern Europe. It operates […]
Milestone acquired by Canon, rumoured over € 150 million
Milestone, the startup which has been referred to as the “most unknown of the big startups”, announced today they have been acquired by Canon. Milestone has grown into a leading provider of open platform video management software. With over 400 people and 13 offices, Milestone has been one of the largest startups emerging from this […]