CEO of Saxo Bank invests in Newsio
Thomas Heltborg Juul and Sillas Poulsen are the founders of the newly launched media platform Newsio. By using Newsio, the news from local, national and international media is collected and organized for the user based on his/ her interests. Now, the founders have convinced CEO of Saxo Bank, Lars Seier Christensen, to invest in Newsio. ”In […]
Blackwood Seven receives investment and continues to challenge ad-industry
The adtech industry is challenging the traditional advertising industry by finding resolutions to companies difficulties calculating results of an advertising campaign. The media analytics platform Blackwood Seven is one of these growing adtech players. Funding and acquisition Recently, Blackwood Seven announced the had raised an investment of € 6,7 million. The money was provided by Conor Venture Partners, Vækstfonden and Sunstone Capital, of […]
Colego raises further € 3,1 million
The Danish procurement portal Colego has created a digital platform, where a customer in need of professional help can find a local company with competence to perform the required work. It can regard the need of a lawyer to a gardener. The service is not only for individuals, but also for companies. About three months ago, […]
Engaging Care receives investment to fight diabetes and obesity
Engaging Care, formerly known as eDiabeat, is a technical platform that provides support to diabetic patients through an eight-week program. This will provide both the knowledge of the disease and give the person the motivation to change their lifestyle. Through the service, it is possible for the patient’s relatives to learn more about the disease […]
Founder of Nelly.com takes over Country-Dreams
In 2003, Jarno Vanhatapio founded Nelly.com, Scandinavia’s biggest fashion retailer online, and ran it during ten years. Now, Vanhatapio is focusing on his new global fashion business NA-KD.com and therefore buys the Malmö-based online store Country-Dreams. “NA-KD.com acquires the company because it fits well into our diversified fashion industry and it will kick-start our operational activities. […]
Lendino receives investment from London
The Danish crowfunding platform Lendino was founded in 2013 with a vision to make it simpler, cheaper and faster to lend money to companies while creating an attractive investment opportunity for investors. Today, Lendino is a marketplace for loans, where private and professional investors can lend directly to creditworthy businesses. Lendino announced in a press […]
Incentive receives € 1.5 M investments and aims for the US
In 2008, Rickard Hansson founded Incentive; a social collaboration platform. 8till5 describes the company as developing a social intranet, a kind of work- related Facebook for individual companies. Recently, Incentive announced at a conference in Las Vegas that they are receiving investments of approximately € 1,5 millions. ”The majority of the money comes from the US. […]
Remove The Background expands its concept and changes name to Pixelz
In 2011, the Danish company Remove The Background started as specialists in (as the name indicates) removing the background from product images. The service aimes primarily at online merchants, bloggers, designers, photographers and webmasters. Now, the company has extended its concept and hence changes its name to Pixelz, according to Trendsonline. “As one of the […]
SEED Capital sells EpiTherapeutics for € 57 millions
The Danish EpiTherapeutics ApS is developing new cancer drugs with primarily focus on prostate cancer. In the future, the medication may also be used for other clinical areas. This week, it has been announced that SEED Capital sells the company to Gilead Sciences for € 57 millions. “BRIC and the University of Copenhagen deserve a […]
Nordic APIs World Tour starts in Copenhagen
On the 11th of May the first stop on the Nordic APIs World Tour will be held in Copenhagen! During half a day, participants will learn to anticipate and respond to change throughout an API’s entire lifecycle. This is the first World Tour for Nordic APIs, but it is hardly something new: Nordic APIs have […]