Author: Iryna

Startup enthusiast

Design-inspired Magazine Hotels website launches today

Magazine Hotels, a website that offers help in finding and booking design hotels all over the world, is launching today! Founded by two Swedes passionate about traveling, Sofia Franzén and Petter Palander, Magazine Hotels has a very hard and thorough selection of only what is considered the best hotels. “We travel a lot and what […]

Foap receives 1.13 million euro investment

Foap, Malmö-based photo stock website, has received 1.13 million euro investment from Swedish VC Industrifonden and Maxwell Ventures, reports ArcticStartup. The money will be used for further expansion of sales team, opening a new office in New York and launch of Android app in September. On top of this comes new design for the website […]

Billetto: fast growth and internationalization to revolutionize the culture

Billetto, a Danish start up that offers online sales of tickets, has shown explosive growth both national and internationally. In 2012 company’s turnover was 40 million Danish kronor while in 2013 it is expected to surpass 100 million, according to the company’s press release. Rapid internationalization that took place as a result of 16 million […]

Sales proposition improvement event in Copenhagen

“Silicon Sells – Copenhagen” is event set up by Neil Murray of sussd.it and directed towards helping startups with their sales propositions. The goal of the event is improve company’s sales propositions by analyzing other company’s deals. “With the help of the expert panel and the power of the collective audience, we provide feedback on […]

Vivino receives the largest Series A investment in Denmark

Vivino, a Danish startup that offers a wine app with world’s largest wine database, has received 60 million Danish kronor (over 8 million euro) in Series A investment from Skype co-founder Janus Friis, SEED Capital, Creandum and Balderton Venture Capital, reports Trendsonline.dk. “I am very happy and proud for the team that we were able […]

Be My Eyes receives 1.7 million funding from Velux Foundation

Be my eyes, an app that aims to connect blind people with a group of normal sighted volunteers, has received a funding of 1.7 million Danish kronor from Velux Foundation reports TrendsOnline. Be my eyes project took off during the Startup Weekend in Aarhus in 2012 when Hans Jørgen Wiberg shared his idea and managed […]

SkickaTårta.se makes a move across the Baltic Sea

Pastry Sweden AB known by its website SkickaTårta.se, is a Malmö-based startup that aims to making pastry as gifts popular – taking the business model from the flower market to new products. They recently announced that they are expanded their operations to Poland and have launched a sister website at Tortdekoracje.pl according to Ehandel.se. “We […]

Sussd.it is launched to challenge traditional commission based sales

Sussd.it, a startup that focuses on providing outsourced sales service, is officially launched today! Initiated four months ago as a commission-only consultancy to provide startup with cost-effective ways to sell their products, Sussd.it is now a fully fledged business. What is so interesting about this startup up is that it challenges traditional sales techniques. “We […]

Everplaces opens API to share content with third parties

Everplaces, Copenhagen-based platform for sharing recommendations about interesting locations, has launched API to share user-generated content with travel agencies and hotels shares The Next Web. The service also includes “expert recommendations” from locals in each city that give advice on best restaurants, cafés and other worthy places. “The deal is that insider tips are the […]