Deskwolf gets €1.5 M investment
Deskwolf, a startup that helps small and medium sized enterprises using Facebook as a marketing-tool have just received additional funding of DKK 7.5 million (euro 1.5 million) from existing investor SEED Capital, Vækstfonden and two business angels: Rasmus Helmich and Peter Elbek. Deskwolf will use the additional funding for product development and international expansion. Impressive […]
Updated: The year of 2013 – investments in startups in the region
We wrote an update earlier this year, about investments during the first two quarters of 2013. Now it has come to make a summary of the fall as well, and thus the entire 2013. Above is a spreadsheet from my investment newsletter club with all the investments that we have gotten to our attention during […]
No bull**** – Fashimodo relaunched as Stylebark
There seems to be a dog theme going strong right now… FashiModo recently announced are relaunching their service, under the brand Stylebark. Stylebark has been in beta for a while, and now it has been opened to the public. The concept is still similar, but the style is different and definitely more edgy. The business-idea […]
No More Woof aims to read dogs minds – and surpassed crowdfunding goal already
Earlier this month No More Woof was announced as a IndieGoGo project. The idea is simple – use modern EEG sensors to read the emotions from the dogs brain, and translate that to something which can be communicated thru speakers! ‘Among the patterns we have found are “I’m Tired”, “I’m excited” and possibly “I’m Hungry” […]
Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship grows – from 0 to 100 startups a year!
CSE, the Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship, has since the start grown dramatically. It recently moved to bigger offices and this week Martin B. Justesen, founder of the incubator, announced that they had had over 100 startups going thru them. A milestone indeed! “We [at CSE] are very proud to have business number 100 assigned per […]
#CPHFTW is born!
Today was a big night for the Copenhagen startup scene, and in the long run also the entire Danish and Øresund startup scene. Today, in a small, cosy inn in central Copenhagen, over 70 entrepreneurs, VCs, business angels and other important people met and came together – with the agenda to get the Copenhagen startup […]
Hello World Mobile wins European Venture Contest 2013!
Last week, the Copenhagen based startup Hello World Mobile was picked as ICT winner in Europe’s biggest venture competition; European Venture Contest 2013. The competition jury consists of investors from all over Europe, and more than 800 early stage startups from more than 20 countries participates every year. Hello World Mobile is a startup still […]
Cyclicor winner of Venture Cup in Malmö
Today the regional events for Venture Cup Sweden where held, and chem-tech startup Cyclicor the grand winner. Apart from Cyclicor’s first place, 3 startups where runner-ups, in 3 different categories: Web, software & media: UserApp Society: Swiftcourt Life science & tech: IRezQ Cyclicor is a spin-off from Lunds University. Their unique and patented process for […]
NEST Copenhagen co-living is ready to launch
NEST Copenhagen, the rumored co-living space for entrepreneurs in Copenhagen, did officially announced yesterday that it will launch in April! It is currently accepting applications, which are open until 20th December. The plans for NEST have been around for a while, but it has been problematic with getting the lease for a great enough space. […]
Location Day – defying storms, interesting talks and a digital “på spåret”
Location Day, an event that was, somewhat spontaneously, organized by Petter Palander (co-founder of PinMeToo), got a great responses and lots of interest when announced in November. Unfortunately, the weather was not on Petters side, and due to the Sven / Bodil storm the schedule had to be redrawn at the last minute. Fortunalty, enough […]