Swedish start-up is implanting microchips into its employees
Epicenter, Swedish startup hub, has offered its workers to implant microchips that function as swipe cards. These small implants that are about of a size of rice grains use the same technology as contactless credit cards. When the implanted chips feel the presence of a reader, they allow a small amount of data to flow […]
Lars Kolind and Allan Søgaard Larsen invest millions in Conferize
Allan Søgaard Larsen, co-owner of Falck and its former CEO, and Lars Kolind, investor and former director of Oticon, has invested 16.2 million DDK (2.2 million euro) in a Danish startup – Conferize. “When I met Lars Kolind, he was very excited about what we were doing. So, when we got an offer we could […]
Lund University is investing in digital construction company
Lars Dahlen, business angel together with Lund University’s holding company – LU Holding AB has just invested SEK 3.2 million (€ 0.3 million) into Fieldly, Sweden-based company. “Fieldly has a great potential to change the future of the construction companies like those who use equipment that are listed for sale by owner. Personally, I find it […]
Young entrepreneurs: running student startups at Venture Lab
Oresund region without any doubt is one of the Northern Europe’s leading startup hotpots. With several prominent universities the region is rich with young professionals, talented students and recent graduates that are ready to challenge themselves and start their own businesses. However, how does it feel to be a young entrepreneur? To answer the question, […]
DrugStars – global patient movement with venture investment
Just imagine that by simply taking prescribed medication, you provide a donation to patient associations. This is the main concept that stands behind DrugStars, a Danish company founded by former professor of social pharmacy Claus Møldrup. To support the project, SEED Capital and former CFO of Pandora and business angel, Henrik Holmark invested millions in […]
Dating.dk owner says goodbye to partners
Established in 1998, Freeway group, well-known for such projects as Dating.dk, Lejebolig.dk and Studieportalen.dk becomes a family-owned enterprise. Morten Wagner and his father Morten Wagner senior have chosen to not collaborate further with their partners Peter Johan Sønderby-Wagner and Henrik Back and bought their shares in the company. “We have been partners for 19 years […]
Jesper Buch Invests in Reshopper
It took three long years for the investor Jesper Buch and the team behind the app Reshopper to finally agree on cooperation, reports TrendsOnline. Timing, patience and the belief that both sides can help each other were the ingredients that made this agreement possible. “Reshopper has created an impressive product. Very few Danish apps have […]
ShopGun has signed an agreement with the Swedish company PostNord
ShopGun, one of the most popular apps in Denmark with more than 1,7 million downloads, has just entered into a big, strategic partnership with Swedish postal service, PostNord. What is ShopGun? It is an app that provides it users with online catalogs and search engines that help customers to optimize and plan their shopping. These […]
Nine new companies will participate in the accelerator program Health2B
This autumn in Lund, 50 startups from different countries applied for participation in the second edition of eHealth accelerator program – Health2B. Eventually, nine companies have been selected to participate in the program. During the next three months, with the support of a group of mentors they will be developing their business ideas. As Ebba […]
Crowdfunding helped Swedish startups to collect 1,6 million euro
Air ducts, electronic car and Iamrunbox – from the first sight seems to be absolutely incomparable ideas. However, they have in common one important aspect: these are the ideas that people want to invest their money into. This fall three startups from Skåne, Uniti, Iamrunbox and Block Zero have chosen crowdfunding as a way to raise […]