Queue-it receives €350,000 from Innobooster to counter non-human online traffic
The 17th of January, Queue-it received a capital injection of €350,000 from Innobooster. The investment will enable the Danish startup to further develop features to counter non-human online traffic. Queue-it was founded in 2010 by Camilla Ley Valentin, Niels Henrik Sodemann, and Martin Pronk. The startup provides global SaaS queue page. During traffic surges on […]
Tattoodo receives $8,5 million (DKK 60 million) to conquer the American Market
The Danish tattoo platform Tattoodo has recently received a sizable investment of $8,5 million (DKK 60 million). The funding comes from Daniel Agger, Christian Stadil and Jimmy Maymann who have all previously invested in the company. Tattoodo was founded in 2013 by the serial entrepreneurs Mik Thobo-Carlsen and Johan Plenge. The platform covers all aspects […]
Founders House and MESH join forces
Last week, Founders House and MESH announced that they are going to merge and become one big startup facilitator. Both communities have each pioneered the startup industry for quite some time. Founders House in Copenhagen was established in 2011, while MESH was created in 2012 as the first Coworking space in Oslo. As the startup […]
SBT Aqua wins Green Tech Challenge 2016
The winner of Green Tech Challenge 2016 has been decided. The prize goes to SBT Aqua for their groundbreaking new technology, which makes it faster, better, and cheaper to measure water. This year’s final was held at the Confederation of Danish industry and SBT Aqua’s victory was announced by the well-esteemed business woman Stine Bosse. […]
Kenneth Svenningsen becomes the new product manager of ChurchDesk
The Copenhagen-based startup, ChurchDesk have recently hired Kenneth Svenningsen to be their new Product Manager. ChurchDesk’s ambition is to become the primary partner of the church. They stress the importance of a close collaboration so that the platform is formed to mirror the actual needs of the institution. As the connection point between the church and […]
The Participants for Green Tech Challenge 2016 have been chosen
The participants for this year’s Green Tech Challenge has finally been decided and twenty young Danish startups are now waiting eagerly to begin the two-week program. The challenge will kick off at the 31’th of October with the mission to make green business into good business. During the 14 days of the program, the twenty […]
Pleo receives DKK 20 million ($3 million) in first-round investment from Founders.
Pleo, a provider of a digital debit card for companies, has just received an investment amounting to DKK 20 million ($ 3 million). The investment has been provided by the startup studio Founders A/S as part of Pleo’s first funding round. In addition to Founder, other prominent names such as Kirkbi A/S, Anders Holch, and Oticon […]
GetAccept returns to Malmö to benefit from the entrepreneurial culture
After a year in Stockholm, GetAccept has chosen to return to Malmö where it all started. By moving their main office to Malmö, GetAccept hopes to benefit from the strong entrepreneurial culture of the city and the proximity to the rest of Northern Europe. “In Stockholm, it is a completely different type of entrepreneurial spirit […]
Thorleif Krarup invests in Cardlay and becomes its new Chairman
The Danish fintech startup Cardlay has recently received a major capital injection amounting to more than DKK 1 million ($ 150000). The investment has been made by the previous CEO of Nordea, Thorleif Krarup, who also will be acting as chairman of the company’s board. Cardley is a platform that streamlines expense management and administration […]
November First offers warrants as payment to employees
Mikael Langseth Nilsson, CEO & Founder of November First, is using a new system to compensate his employees for their work. Instead of offering high salaries, the employees of November Firs are offered stock options in the company. While this is a method widely utilized in the USA, implementing it in a Danish IT company […]