The Success Stories You Probably Haven’t Heard of: Sitecore
Following our previous post on Lund-based BI company Qlik’s journey from small-scale startup to global competitor, here is the next instalment in our series reviewing the most notable, but perhaps more obscure, success stories of the Oresund region. Sitecore: the iPhone of the Web content Management Industry Born in Copenhagen at the start of the […]
Nordic Startup Awards: And the Nominees are…
Time to roll out the red carpet: the grand finale of the Nordic Startup Awards is fast approaching. The 22nd May is the night that startup scenes of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Finland will go head-to-head in a battle of innovation and investment. The finalists have been announced and we are happy to see […]
Nordic Teamup: Swedish Creandum Invests in Danish Planday
Planning tool Planday has received an injection of $3.75 million in funds from VC Creandum, as recently reported by Trendsonline.dk. The SaaS-oriented startup provides an online employee scheduling solution, versatile enough for any business requiring flexible labour. With their all-in-one online system and mobile app, they claim to bring down staff costs by 5%, reduce administration time by 75% and increase […]
Linkfire’s ‘Deep Linking App’ Starts Off Strong
Big news for Danish startup Linkfire, whose mobile app deep linking came of to a great start last week when football star Cristiano Ronaldo (indirectly) used their services in a tweet linking his Sportlobster profile. This followed a strategic alliance with the sports-oriented social network site. Sportlobster has benefited from this transaction by ensuring, via […]
The Success Stories You Probably Haven’t Heard Of: Qlik
Qlik Formerly Qliktech, Qlik provides companies of all scales with business intelligence software solutions, delivering hassle-free data analysis and reporting solutions through their platform product QlikView. The company first sprung out of the Oresund Region in the early 90s and still have their Swedish headquarters stationed in Lund. Since their breakthrough in the early 2000s, […]
Crowdfunding: Next on the Danish Parliament Agenda
As recently published in an article from Trendsonline.dk, members of the Danish parliament have collaborated upon a proposal for a resolution which will ascertain crowdfunding as a proper form of financing in the country. This will urge the Danish government to increase funding for entrepreneurs and startups through the use of crowdfunding, by the end […]
Momio: the New Application from watAgame
Startup watAgame has recently released Momio: a new social app targeted at kids, which allows them to chat with friends, share videos and pictures and comment on others’ activities. Momio has been hailed ‘the Facebook for kids’, which is exactly what watAgame CEO and founder, Henrik Riis, had in mind when he developed it: “Many of […]
Unified Remote Releases iOS App
The Unified Remote app, which allows you to control most functions of your PC through your phone, has recently become available for use on iPhones, iPads, iPod Touch and Macs. After reaching over 2.2 million downloads in early February for the Android app, the next step was to make the software avaliable to a broader rage […]
iCycle Wins Phase Pitch in Venture Cup South
iCycle, a new kind of fertility monitor, won for its pitch at Venture Cup South’s Phase Pitch , Sweden’s only national pitch competition. Along with this win, the team earned consulting services worth 10 000 SEK provided by Malmö-based company Resultify. Mission: To Control Fertility without Affecting It iCycle is described as the ‘next generation’ fertility monitor. The device; a nifty little […]
Denmark’s Venture Investments Reach New Heights
Denmark has set a new high score in seed investment sums, according to a recent article published by Berlingske Business. An analysis from the DVCA (Danish Venture Capital and Private Equity Association) shows Danish venture funds rising from the ashes of the previous financial crisis. The analysis, which covers 77 percent of the venture market, concluded that companies […]