Apple rumoured to start new team in Lund
This region, seen by many as one of the top regions for mobile developement in the world, continues to grow. Rapidus reports that Apple is expanding it’s present here. In 2016, Apple moved its mapping development department to Malmö. Now they report that Apple is secretly starting a new development team in Lund. The secretiveness […]
OrderYOYO raised series A round
Techsavvy reports that OrderYOYO recently closed it’s series A round. The round, at over € 5 million, was with both existing and new investors participated. OrderYOYO is a startup that focuses on creating services in the take-away business, a field where there already have been some very strong startups emerging from the region, such as […]
Startup finds your valuables in the attic
The two young entrepreneurs, Mads Hallas Bjerg and Johan Laidlaw, have launched their online service that helps people find the value of art and antiques, called mearto.com. The interest for art and antiques is rising. Countless tv-shows captivates people at home when the hunt for valuable treasures sets in. It has increased the public interest […]
Bylife – a startup story, part 3
What an experience. The mobile world surely delivered – experience, connections, craziness and emotions. Since returning from the fair the entire team has been trying to get back to normal, and start closing in on our goals we set up before we got this surprise distraction. The Mobile World Congress 2018 was a success. Our […]
Wellbefy raises investment from prominent business angels
Wellbefy, a health analytics startup, has announced they have raised an initial round of financing. a The financing comes from prominent business angels in the region, including Göran Tollstam (early investor in TrueCaller and Elskling), Dan Nilsson (co-founder Fyndiq) and Philip Sevelius (early investor in DonkeyRepublic). The round announced as a bit over € 100.000. […]
Here are the new startups that will accelerate with THINK this Spring
THINK, an accelerator that is going into its sixth year in the industry has kicked off its 8th edition with nine new and hungry startups. In total 230 startups from Sweden and abroad applied to the Helsingborg based accelerator, making it a new record for the Southern Nordic accelerator. Last week nine selected startups began […]
Danish startup docs launched: free legal documents
Erik Byrenius, one of the most famous angel investors in the Nordics, launched a while back startupsdocs for Sweden, a collection of free to use legal documents specially for early stage startups. Now he has, in collaboration with others, made the same for the danish startup scene, under startupsdocs.dk. The documents include term sheets for […]
Linda Bjernstål heads new venture in e-commerce
Linda Bjernstål is one of the less known successful entrepreneurs in the region. Growing Flygstolen, an online flightsearch site, to over €175 million in revenue since starting it over 10 years ago, Linda later sold her company to Dutch Otravo. Continuing to head it as CEO after the acquisition, she in december 2016 stepped down. […]
The Danish startup KVAERN aims to be a tesla-solution for electric bikes
The Copenhagen based startup KVAERN has designed a solar power pack for e-bikes. The power pack named ‘Kvaern+’ is a stationary battery pack that is charged from solar energy generated during the day and makes it available when your bike needs it. This way, you can ride your electric bike on 100% pure solar energy. […]
Peakon continues to raise ambitions and funding – closes a €18 M investment
People Analytics startup Peakon, whos solution help corporations spot problems within the organisation, has announced they raised a series B round of €18 million ($22 million). The round was led by Balderton Capital, but the existing investors, being EQT Ventures fund, IDInvest Partners, and Sunstone Capital, participated as well. Peakon has been one of the […]