Preview Networks Acquired by Rightster for EU expansion
Preview Networks, the leading international provider of digital distribution services for the movie industry, just announced that it has been acquired by Rightster. Preview Networks is found in Copenhagen, 2004, and has since been expanding across Europe and won several important prices, like a Silver Stevie during the International Business Awards in 2012. This acquisition […]
Private sharing App ‘Cupple’ acquired by Tenthbit
One of the upcoming trends in 2012 was private sharing, a social network for just two people. Many Apps for private sharing compete on the market these days. Cupple, one of FoundersHouse’s (CPH) companies, is one of those Apps which keeps ‘just the two of you’ connected. A short commercial video about Cupple/private sharing can […]
Rapid growth in sales for online fashion store Miinto
In the spring of 2011 the online department store Miinto entered the Swedish online fashion market and quickly reported a turnover of 6M SEK in the first quarter of 2012 with over 200.000 unique visitors a month. During the financial year they continued to show impressive growth figures. In 2012, their revenues grew by an astonishing […]
Start-up night #5 in CPH: Silver.spoon to answer burning questions
Silicon Vikings Copenhagen and Republikken organize their 5th start-up event where start-ups are being asked four burning questions regarding their entrepreneurial existence. This month, founder and CEO of Silver.Spoon Tiffany Ng will take the stage to answer questions about her company, plans, biggest obstacles, being an entrepreneur in Denmark, and on one topic of her […]
Deskwolf receives €1.2M investment from Seed Capital
Many firms recognize the potential of Facebook as a marketing tool, but how firms can leverage this potential remains somewhat unclear. Desk Wolf is a Copenhagen based start-up which offers tailored solutions for this particular customer problem; their platform enables SME’s to use Facebook as a marketing tool in an accessible way. After being on […]
Leikr reaches funding goal with kickstarter
Leikr, a Copenhagen based tech firm, set out a 250.000 USD funding goal on Kickstarter which they have successfully raised on the 1st of February. Traditionally startups use kickstarter to raise funding. However Christiano Cairo, from Leikr, reports to Trendsonline that Kickstarter has been beneficial to get publicity and media attention as well and shows […]
Discuss Lean & Agile @ FooCafe
On Thurday mornings FooCafe hosts the Lean Tribe Cafe in Media Evolution City. During this informal breakfast meeting participants discuss the lean and agile topic. No registration is required but it is advised to think a bit on the subject you would like to discuss. The agenda for the meetings can be found here. Where: […]
Further develop your ideas during the Venture Cup Kick-off event
The Swedish Venture Cup hosts a kick-off event on the 7th of february in Lund. During this event workshops will be given about idea generation and the business model canvas which are techniques used by the Venture Cup. This event provides a good opportunity to get advise on your business idea and to get inspired […]
QuickInspect wins Venture Cup in Mobile&Web category
During the Danish Venture Cup five teams in various categories have been rewarded with 25.000DKK to launch their idea. The team from DTU/ITU (Copenhagen) with their idea QuickInspect won this years’ Venture Cup in the mobile&web category. QuickInspect is a professional site inspection tool on the iPad. The team from DTU/ITU says that much time […]
Take your startup to the next level with Rockstart accelerator
There is just one day left to apply for the program that takes your startup to new heights. The Amsterdam based Rockstart Accelerator. Rockstart have for a while now been active in the Copenhagen region, and James Digby who is a partner at Rockstart is the CEO for the Nordic Startup Awards. The Rockstart program […]