Nordic Next – an intimate conference building investor relations
Last week was the second time the Nordic Next was held. Organised by Invest in Skåne, the conference, an invite only, was held on the top floor of the Turning Torso. A fitting setting indeed, with a view over the whole Øresund region. A startup conference for investors The conference, which is an evening and […]
#CPHFTW Town Hall Meeting reveals its manifesto and sets agenda for the future
Today, June 3rd, was the second official #CPHFTW Town Hall Meeting, initiated by entrepreneurs of Copenhagen and it was great! The major development since the last gathering is a Manifesto draft to guide the development of Danish ecosystem. And here’s its major points: For startups by startups or peer to peer approach. “There are lots […]
TechBBQ: Daniel Glassow Friis Laursen on the story of creation and vision for the future
One of the highlights of the past week for the Danish tech startup community was definitely TechBBQ, a celebration of local entrepreneurship arranged by TrendsOnline. And according to Daniel Glassow Friis Laursen, the initiator of the TechBBQ, it is exactly a celebration – a celebration of success, failure, learning and basically everyone and everything that […]
What happens in the EdTech scene – EDUdisrupt
Today Innovation Centre Denmark organised the EDUdisrupt conference. It was a day packed with both academia, corporates and VCs as well as a lot of startups and tech. An interesting mix, and a collection of people that not meet regularly. The day consisted of many short keynotes, raging from the more historical perspective on where […]
Battle of the Nordics – what happened at NSC
Missed the Nordic Startup Conference? Here is what happened. The conference, held for the first time, had set the ambition high – to gather leading investors and entrepreneurs in the Nordics, and have a day full with talks, panel discussions and, of course, pitches. The high ambition were achieved. Keynotes included venture capitalist Max Niederhofer […]
Recurring mingle event “Business & Beer” in Lund creates a meeting point for entrepreneurial-minded people
Another interesting event this week was taking place in Lund. Black Pearl at Lund University is growing into a creative networking space for students and young entrepreneurs. FENA Lund, student entrepreneurship association, has been an active facilitator of this process. This fall they started hosting a series of recurring mingle events “Business & Beer” “Every […]
First #cphftw meetup!
Today the first meet up, the first town hall meeting, for the Copenhagen startups scene was held at Børsen in Denmark. 350 startup people on boxes It was definitely a somewhat different event. The location, the big hall in the historic Børsen, became a sharp contrast to the DIY chairs, that consisted of moving boxes, […]
Rickard Hansson from Incentive at Startup Dojo about US expansion
The first StartupDojo of 2014 was held yesterday. It was crowded, more then usual, and as always concepts and ideas where pitched and feedback was given by the participants. Apart from that a somewhat unusual presentation was held as well: Rickard Hansson was invited over Skype to talk about their current US expansion. Rickard is […]
#CPHFTW is born!
Today was a big night for the Copenhagen startup scene, and in the long run also the entire Danish and Øresund startup scene. Today, in a small, cosy inn in central Copenhagen, over 70 entrepreneurs, VCs, business angels and other important people met and came together – with the agenda to get the Copenhagen startup […]
Cyclicor winner of Venture Cup in Malmö
Today the regional events for Venture Cup Sweden where held, and chem-tech startup Cyclicor the grand winner. Apart from Cyclicor’s first place, 3 startups where runner-ups, in 3 different categories: Web, software & media: UserApp Society: Swiftcourt Life science & tech: IRezQ Cyclicor is a spin-off from Lunds University. Their unique and patented process for […]