New leaders for Plexian
Malmö-based startup Plexian operates within FinTech and is providing mobile wallet systems and digital loyalty programmes. IKANO Bank’s previous CEO in Russia, Staffan Mattson, and previous Head of Application Development, Per-Anders Eriksson, have become CEO and CTO of Plexian respectively. The startup is creating personalised communication – they raise focus on customized messages for each client. That […]
Queue-it’s Virtual Waiting Room Surpasses 3 Billion End-Users
Startup Queue-it announces a historic milestone: over 3 billion end-users have passed through the company’s virtual waiting room platform. That means 3 billion concertgoers, streetwear enthusiasts, university applicants, and taxpayers have gone through one of the online queues set up by Queue-it’s customers in the ticketing, ecommerce, education, and public sectors. In 2010, co-founders Niels […]
Danish startup wins exclusive €1M EU grant
Airtame, the Danish startup that makes a wireless HDMI solution for both business and education sectors, was recently awarded a € 1.15 m grant by the European Commission as part of the Horizon 2020 programe. Airtame started out as a record-breaking crowdfunding campaign in 2014 during which they raised over € 1 million. Since then, […]
Pee Fence raises money to bring urinals to the masses
Danish startup Pee Fence, a somewhat different startup within the cleantech field, has received new investments and is already planning to join foreign markets after summer, according to Rapidus. The idea came from students of the Technical University of Denmark. The main aim of the startup is to simplify urinating in public places and during […]
Learning to Sleep receives new capital
Malmö-based startup Learning to Sleep, that works to improve sleep routines, has received a €290 000 investment. The company desires to go on the wide market, once they reach the necessary sum of money – now they need ca. €484 000 more to be able to accomplish their goal. Learning to Sleep Digital Programme helps […]
Next Step Dynamics enters big €6,8M partnership with medtech giant
Next Step Dynamics, a Malmö-based startup developing smart watches for the elderly care sector, has come into a cooperation with Swedish medtech giant Arjo, reports VA Finans. An agreement focusing on a two year contract has been signed. Next Step Dynamics is a new startup, founded in 2016, and won just recently the Venture Cup in […]
Trialbee expands to London
The medtech startup from Malmö is opening a sales office in the British capital, according to Rapidus. Trialbee‘s CEO Lars-Olof Eriksson mentions that the Malmö and London offices will be sharing their European clients. They also have 7 employees in the US office. Trialbee develops a platform for digital patient-study matching and engagement services for […]
Hoodin announced plans for IPO
Hoodin, a startup focusing on digital content curation, has announced they plan put themselves up for Initial Public Offering (IPO) in autumn, according to Rapidus. The stock will be listed at Spotlight Stockmarket (previously called Aktietorget). “We are doing this to create a liquid stock. To take private capital has been a different option, but we […]
Winefinder expands with new partnership
Helsingborg-based company Winefinder has sold 30% of its shares to Enjoy Wine & Spirits, a Stockholm-based wine seller, writes 8till5. Winefinder, an online wine shop, was founded in 2005 and it operates all over Sweden. Because of the Swedish alcohol policy their country is really strict when it comes to this types of concerns, but […]
New numbers: Record-breaking number of investments in Skåne during 2017
Skåne, the Swedish side of the Øresund region, centred around the urban hubs of Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg, has again proven to be an integral part of the Nordic startup scene. Every year Skåne startups are setting a new record – and now new numbers from the Nordic Web give an indepth overview of 2017. […]