Danish AI startup Botsupply wins the IBM award 2017
At IBM Watson Summit Denmark 2017, The Danish startup, BotSupply won the IBM award 2017. A panel of experts chose BotSupply as the startup with the most potential and promise out of the six who pitched. The event took place at DR Koncerthuset where AI Enthusiasts and experts gathered for a day of knowledge sharing. […]
Autobutler launches its service in France
The Danish start-up Autobutler is now being launched in France, which puts the Nordic company on the three largest car-markets in Europe, Germany, UK, and France as well as Denmark and Sweden. Seven years ago the two founders of Autobutler launched their idea of creating the world’s largest online portal for car repairs. Unlike the retail […]
#NordicMade Career Fair – find talent or apply for positions at a virtual career fair
One of the biggest challenges for startups is finding the right talent (and of course the right capital), as probably a lot of you reading Øresund Startup News already experienced. Therefore, the Nordic startup ecosystem #NordicMade is backing a recurring yearly Startup Career Fair organised by Founders House and Graduateland. The online event is 15 […]
New Business Angels invest in IntroDus
The Danish startup IntroDus , which helps companies to be integrated with their human resources, has added a million digit from two business angels. IntroDus selected these business angels, basing on their experience, not on their wallet, according to a press release by IntroDus. For these businesses to thrive, they can capitalize on tools such as […]
Uniti relocates its Factory to Landskrona
Uniti is constructing a new plant in Landskrona and plans to move there starting from November 1, 2017, according to a press release issued by Uniti. The production line at the new plant will be launched on December 7, 2017, and the entire move of the Swedish manufacturer of electric cars shall have been completed by March 2018 . After […]
Saint-Gobain Ecophon and Inwido joins the corporate accelerator BEYOND
Ecophon, together with Inwido AB, joined the accelerator BEYOND, according to a press release issued by IDEON. BEYOND is a corporate accelerator, where major companies share the same environment and apply lean startup methods to find new business models and products. It is a collaboration between RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden) and Ideon Open. The goal is to […]
SoPact stations six Social Entrepreneurs in Helsingborg
The fourth round of the SoPact accelerator program has started in October to support entrepreneurs, who provide solutions to local and global society challenges, according to a press release issued in this connection. Within three months, six entrepreneurs will be supported in developing their ideas and business plans basing on the seventeen global goals for sustainable […]
Queue-it got its 100th employee
Queue-it employed their 100th person earlier this month, a front-end developer for the U.S office. At October 3rd, Camilla Ley Valentin, co-founder of Queue-it, tweeted about celebrating the news. Other recent milestones for the company is opening their office in the U.S and having 2 billion users through the platform. Queue-it is a bargain system […]
Mapillary gets Access to Lithuania Road Network
The Malmö-based Mapillary, which develops street-level cartographic imagery service, has received 2,100 miles/360 degree street images from the Lithuanian Ministry of Transport. Prior to its 100th anniversary, the Ministry has photographed country’s entire road network with panoramic cameras. Images are now being loaded into Mapillary’s databases. “Hopefully, this can inspire other countries to share data […]
How is it going with LU Holding’s startups?
Lund University founded its own holding company with different portfolios. However, it didn’t make any quick success, according to Rapidus mapping carried out in this regard on LU Holding. Lund University has been operating its holding company since 1997. Twenty years later, there are still previous and current portfolio companies with no revenues. Accounts of every third company […]