Battle of the Nordics – what happened at NSC
Missed the Nordic Startup Conference? Here is what happened. The conference, held for the first time, had set the ambition high – to gather leading investors and entrepreneurs in the Nordics, and have a day full with talks, panel discussions and, of course, pitches. The high ambition were achieved. Keynotes included venture capitalist Max Niederhofer […]
The 4 finalist from Internet i Fokus startup section
Internet i Fokus, one of the bigger conferences in the region this spring, is traditionally aimed at small and medium business and improving their knowledge in all areas digital. However, this spring, the conference organizers decided they wanted to use the conference to help promote and empower startups as well. Therefore a completely new startups […]
9 of the Red Herring Top 100 finalists from Øresund region
No less then 9 startups from the region made the Red Herring Top 100 finalists for Europe, which is a strong performance. Ok, granted, not as strong as last year, when a whooping 15 startups on the list where from the region. But none the less, a strong indication that there are a lot of […]
THINK Lean Startup Incubator Releases its Numbers
The lean startup incubator THINK recently released some numbers of its first 1,5 years of operation. The stats are focusing on the number of startups, revenue created and investments made into its startups. The incubator, which is run on public finances, has two tracks – one fast speed six month track, called preTHINK, and one […]
Nordic APIs Copenhagen
Nordic APIs Copenhagen event is approaching! Both startups and established enterprises are realizing that having an API is critical to success. Just as last year Nordic APIs will arrange a half-day conference in Copenhagen about APIs to discuss the business impact, technical best practices and security concerns. It is part of a Nordic tour where […]
Hampus Jakobsson on Dexplora, GetSalesDone, Brisk.io and lessons as a serial entrepreneur
Hampus Jakobsson might be one of the most active entrepreneurs and business angels, not just in this region but the Nordics in general. Having co-founded and run The Astonishing Tribe, often referred to as TAT, he made his biggest exit in 2010, when they where acquired by Blackberry. We catched up with him, about how […]
Unity acquires Applifier!
Gaming engine startup Unity has announced they have acquired Helsinki based Applifier, the startup behind Everyplay and GameAds. Both of these technologies add value to games. Everyplay lets gamers share instant replay videos of the game, helping good gamers reach a bigger audience. The ability to use instant replay will probably have a big influence […]
Bringrs receives angel investment from Better Collective founders
The new Copenhagen-based Startup Bringrs receives initial funding from Jesper Søgaard and Christian Dam Rasmussen, the founders of bettercollective.com. The investment is said to be in the six-figured euro size. Jesper and Christian will not be operationally engaged, but will aid from the sidelines with strategic review and advice – as helpful hands with +10 […]
Startup Tools of the Trade: Post-Mortem & Lessons Learned
The “Tools of the Trade” event series, which has had some of the most active entrepreneurs and business angels from the region as participants, is in on it’s third meetup. This time the focus is on failures, as well as post-mortems. On stage will be some very intersting people and ‘fallen heroes‘: Hampus Jakobsson, business […]
First #cphftw meetup!
Today the first meet up, the first town hall meeting, for the Copenhagen startups scene was held at Børsen in Denmark. 350 startup people on boxes It was definitely a somewhat different event. The location, the big hall in the historic Børsen, became a sharp contrast to the DIY chairs, that consisted of moving boxes, […]