The former investment manager of SEED Capital proceeds to Templafy
Jakob Ekkelund has extensive experience in startups. In recent years he has worked as Investment Manager at SEED Capital, but will now proceed to the Copenhagen- based startup Templafy according to Trendsonline. Ekkelund will take on the role as COO, performing tasks such as budgeting and responsible for the company’s growth. “I didn’t plan to change workplace. It’s […]
IPO next up for Hövding
In 2006, Hövding launched a new kind of helmet for cyclists: the airbag helmet. The company was originally founded by the students Anna Haupt och Terese Alstin. Both of them have now left their operational roles, but are still active as minority shareholders. Hövding started out as a master’s thesis and today the helmets are available in […]
Hotel magnate invests in hostel- and backpacker app Comundu
The Danish startup Comundu is an app for hostels and potential guest to communicate. The hostels provide information about the destination, such as events, tours and offers, and in return the backpackers rate the hostels, stay updated about the destination and can communicate with fellow guests. Yesterday, Comundu announced that Henning Arp-Hansen, chairman of the hotel […]
First Nordic incubator for E-commerce announced
The Helsingborg based E-commerce Park of Sweden, an office space for online retailers, has launched a new incubator program, which will start in May. The incubator will exclusively be for e-commerce startups and companies. This is the first incubator of its kind in the Nordics. ”Many believe that e-commerce is a gold mine. But there are many who […]
Vaavud Wind Meter raises € 940 000 to crowd source weather
The Danish company Vaavud has developed the world’s first hand-held wind meter for smartphones. By attaching the Vaavud Wind Meter to your smartphone, you will get information about the current, average and maximum wind speed. Naturally, Vaavud is optimal for those dependent on wind, such as kite surfers and sailors, but also golfers, hunters, fly- fishers and […]
PinMeTo raises funding from D-Ax
The location based startups PinMeTo helps companies get the right location data about their business on the biggest platforms such as Google, Facebook and Foursquare. The company caters primarily to retail, restaurants and hotels. Clients of PinMeTo inlcude Fitness 24 Seven, Elite Hotels, Malmö stad och Clarions. ”Much of the information on Google and Facebook are […]
Fitbay – third fastest growing fashion / e-commerce startup worldwide
For many, clothing purchases are linked to ill-fitting clothes and wrong purchases that will never be used. Nowadays, there is a company that helps out in jungle of clothes: Fitbay. By signing up on the site and briefly describe your body shape, weight and height, Fitbay finds a “Body Doubles”: a person with similar dimensions […]
A true dream year for Trustpilot
Today, Trustpilot is one of the leading online platforms for user reviews. Customers review their shopping experience with a company and thereby allowing other customers to get more knowledge before deciding for a purchase. For the companies, the reviews, both good and bad ones, opens possibilities to build credibility, popularity and reputation for the companies. […]
Conferize: free social event website for everyone
Recently Conferize launched a new feature, which will make the service relevant for a large new set of uses. Having previously focused on conferences, the new service also makes it easy to host smaller events as well as meetups on the service. The new product is called Conferize Organizer. Conferize Organizer is aimed to help professional events to […]
A new owner for RoligaPrylar
It has now been announced that Sortiment.se buys all the shares in AlphaGeek, which runs the e-commerce store RoligaPrylar in Sweden and AlphaGeek in the rest of the Nordics – an online store for presents, toys and fun gadgets. At the same time, the previous owner Net Departo will invest 13 percent in Sortiment.se, which […]