Casper Blom invests in Drinkster
Serial-entrepreneur Casper Blom reports that he has invested in the startup Drinkster. This makes Casper the second investor in Drinkster, after previous investment by Jesper Buch. How much he invests in the startup has not been disclosed publicly. Drinkster, who specialize in making it easy to order drinks and services for bars, have had a […]
VIP over VoIP launched – DHH from Ruby on Rails announced as guest
Today the VIP over VoIP (“Very Important People over Voice over IP) concept was announced, arranged by Neil Murray (from Silicon Drinkabout fame). The concept is rather simple: get important people from the international tech scene to talk aver Skype / Google Hangouts or similar, with entrepreneurs here. “The concept is to have Very Important […]
Airtame on a roll – wins AppGarage Demo Day and reaches crowdfunding goal!
Airtame, the wireless HDMI device, made it big today! Not just did they win the Demo Day at AppGarage DTU (Technical University of Denmark). They also managed to reach their funding goal on their IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign. Airtame got a lot of attention already when they launched, less then two weeks ago. And now they […]
CSE reception and investment day – 9 startups pitched
The CBS observer reports that on that last month the Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship reception and investment day was held. The Observer reports that the audience, with 60 business angels, was gathered to hear 9 startups pitch. It was organized together with the Business Angels Copenhagen society. CSE received also praise from both Fonden for […]
Over 200 startups in our listing – interesting stats about them
A little over a year from our start, we can proudly say that we have over 200 startups in our listing. And there are more – we know that the list probably is still missing startups, as we continue to receive mails and notifications from both newly founded but also established startups. As always, the […]
Startupbootcamp Mobility Investor Demo Day
With H.R.H. the Crown Princess of Denmark being at the Investor Demo Day and the event itself being held in the City Hall, says something about how important the work of Startupbootcamp Mobility is for this region. Startupbootcamp was launched in Copenhagen in 2010 as an alternative to US accelerators, and in just 3 years […]
Open News Manifest – we want to make our news ‘open source’
How to do it When I started this site, the aim was to encourage better cooperation in the startup scene in the region, and to highlight all the interesting and cool startups that are here and the massive amounts of events going on. I also wanted to make the news coverage in English, in order […]
Geniebelt takes in over € 360k in funding
Geniebelt, who work in the construction field, have announced that they have recieved $ 500k (€ 360k) in funding! Geniebelt work with “the future of constructions” – making planing and project management in constructions easier. “Let’s face it, construction projects are inherently difficult to manage, you know it, we know it. One of the reasons […]
Hackernytt TV – Ola from On The Flea as well as news about funding for Addimotion
Hackernytt TV, a videopodcast with a focus on tech startups done by Erik Starck, Jimmy Wilhelmsson and Niklas Lagström, recently aired episode #4. In this Ola Andersson, from the startup On The Flea talks about their equity crowd-funding start and their “megaloppis“, 9000 people indoor flea market, that was held in Malmö recently. Ola tells […]
Bonnier acquires 49% of Hittahem
Hittahem, a Malmö startup focusing on house and real estate listings, has taken Bonnier as a major shareholder, with 49% of the shares. Bonnier, founded in Copenhagen but now a Swedish media conglomerate, owns many of the biggest Swedish brands such as: Sydsvenskan, Dagens Nyheter and Dagens Industri. “This will make a significant difference [for […]