YouCruit receives investment by Menmo Ventures
Sydsvenskans reports that Menmo Ventures invests over three million kroner (€ 330 000) in video recruitment startup Youcruit. According to Carl-Rafael Fredson, co-founder of Youcruit, their plan was not to seek venture capital active. But the offer they got from Menmo ventures was to good to pass up. “Actually, we are not looking for money […]
Labster qualified for the international Elance BIG IDEA Competition
Labster has won Elance pre-rounds to qualify for the Elance BIG IDEA international competition. Over 800 startup worldwide will participate in this event on February 6th. Trendsonline.dk has reported on the five finalist from Denmark that ran in the national competition: Labster, Ateo, M-PAYG, Discue and Roadrunner. They were pitching their ideas and innovations and […]
Stronger ties between Øresund and Silicon Valley – two new initiatives launched
This week two new initiatives that connect the region to Silicon Valley where announced. Michael Hoy in Silicon Valley First out was Invest in Skåne, and their ICT people who announced that they had opened an office in Silicon Valley, and have Michael Hoy as their man on the ground. Michael has a past as […]
Mojn raises € 3 million series A
Yesterday Mojn announced they had closed a series A round, raising in total $4 million (€ 3 million). Mojn, founded by Thomas Dahl Jensen and Carsten Hyldahl under the name RealTime Targeting, is a software-as-a-service company with the overall goal to create a convenient retargeting solution in the market. Their focus is on e-commerce costumers […]
Nordic Insurance Software acquired by Acturis for half a billion kroner
Summit Partners announced that UK Acturis has acquired Copenhagen based Nordic Insurance Software. NIC specializes in insurance for the travel industry, and according to computerworld the sum was around half a billion kroner, around € 65 million. This leaves the three founders of the company, Claus Tophøj, Erik Skaarup and Anders Højgaard in a good […]
Unified Remote in beta for iOS after more then 2 million downloads on Android
Unified Remote recently announced on HackerNytt TV that they had achieved over 2.2 million downloads of their app, which so far is only available for Android. The startup, making a single app for remote-controlling many different apps by phone, tablet or computers, was originally launched as a just-for-fun project. Since then the downloads have grown […]
The Eye Tribe makes it to the finals at 2014 SXSW Accelerator in Austin, Texas
More than 500 web-based companies applied for a chance to pitch their ideas at 2014 SXSW Accelerator pitch competition at Startup Village in Austin by Oracle and only the best ones have made it! Among a handful of companies outside of the North American region is Copenhagen-based The Eye Tribe. Back in December the Eye […]
SWIM LAB – a possibility for gaming and media projects that create impact
The leading transmedia project Boost together with CPH:DOX, Film i Skåne and New Danish Screen have created the SWIM LAB initiative that explores and stimulates innovation within media. This years program will focus on more then just film, and instead be open to all kind of media as well as gaming projects and commercial project. […]
Clue-d into women’s business
Copenhagen entrepreneur Ida Tin with Berlin-based startup Clue have officially launched the fertility tracking iOS Clue app in Denmark. The digital female health company has created an app that gives visual feedback and quickly and easily collects essential information about monthly cycles. “There is a basic need among women to understand their bodies and know […]
Rain World game – an unexptected success on Kickstarter
Project Rain World has been a great success in their ongoing Kickstarter campaign. Currently, with two weeks left to go, 1920 backers have pledged over $ 42 000, vastly exceeding the initial goal of raising $ 25 000. Rainworld is a game developed by Malmö game developer Joar Jakobsson and James Primate, a composer and […]