Nordic Insurance Software acquired by Acturis for half a billion kroner
Summit Partners announced that UK Acturis has acquired Copenhagen based Nordic Insurance Software. NIC specializes in insurance for the travel industry, and according to computerworld the sum was around half a billion kroner, around € 65 million. This leaves the three founders of the company, Claus Tophøj, Erik Skaarup and Anders Højgaard in a good […]
Unified Remote in beta for iOS after more then 2 million downloads on Android
Unified Remote recently announced on HackerNytt TV that they had achieved over 2.2 million downloads of their app, which so far is only available for Android. The startup, making a single app for remote-controlling many different apps by phone, tablet or computers, was originally launched as a just-for-fun project. Since then the downloads have grown […]
Rickard Hansson from Incentive at Startup Dojo about US expansion
The first StartupDojo of 2014 was held yesterday. It was crowded, more then usual, and as always concepts and ideas where pitched and feedback was given by the participants. Apart from that a somewhat unusual presentation was held as well: Rickard Hansson was invited over Skype to talk about their current US expansion. Rickard is […]
SWIM LAB – a possibility for gaming and media projects that create impact
The leading transmedia project Boost together with CPH:DOX, Film i Skåne and New Danish Screen have created the SWIM LAB initiative that explores and stimulates innovation within media. This years program will focus on more then just film, and instead be open to all kind of media as well as gaming projects and commercial project. […]
Fitbay receives investment by Creandum and Jesper Buch – and media attention
Fitbay, the startup that has a novel solution for finding the right sizes when shopping online, recently announced an investment by Creandum and Jesper Buch. Creandum, who has invested in Spotify as well as multiple local startups, and Jesper Buch from Just-eat and now Hungry.dk fame, are both heavy names in the industry. ”We are […]
The places to be – a map of entrepreneur-prefered cafés and places in the region
After the kick-off with #cphftw and in an effort to make it easier for entrepreneurs to meet and share knowledge, a mission was started: to list and choose different cafés where entrepreneurs usually are present. Be it that they have informal business meetings there, that they like to work from them or that they are […]
Airtame raises over $ 1 million – biggest crowdfunding ever in the Nordics
Airtame, the wireless HDMI startup, has gotten a lot of attention lately. Already when they launched their crowdfunding campaign they made news, with over $ 24 000 in the first day. Soon afterwards they won the AppGarage demoday and just recently they where picked best startup at CES in Las Vegas! And today the crowdfunding […]
Robin Yjord from UserApp about being accepted to DreamIt Ventures
UserApp, the startup focusing on making user management for developers easy, was in late 2013 accepted to the DreamIt Accelerator in Austin, TX. Having moved there now and being in the program, we wanted to ask them some questions and share some insights. Robin Yjord was kind enough to answer some questions about their experience […]
Easier to start businesses in Denmark
Neil Murray has done a great write-up over at TrendsOnline (in English) about changes in requirements for starting business in Denmark, as well as other thoughts about the governments approach to entrepreneurship. Both highlighting the change of capital needed to start a limited corporation has been lowered to 1 kr (from 80 000 kr), as […]
Airtame wins big at CES in Las Vegas
Airtame, the wireless HDMI startup, struck gold in Las Vegas. Last week at the 2014 Consumer Electronic Show, Airtame was selected as the winner in the ‘best startup’ category! With over 200 other startups that exhibits in a special area of innovation, called Eureka Park TechZone, this was no small feat! “The Airtame is a […]