Nasdaq welcomes TerraNet to First North Premier
In the morning of May 30th 2017, TerraNet Holding AB entered Nasdaq First North’s stock trading. Based in Lund, Terranet delivers a patented software technology that enables intelligent machine-to-machine communication and streaming of data, for sending audio, image and data – regardless of any mobile network or other hot-spot dependent networks. Among other things, this […]
Conferize aims for an IPO at Nasdaq’s First North
The Board of Directors at Conferize announced in a press release that they intend to list on Nasdaq’s alternative market First North in Copenhagen. Conferize is a Danish software company, founded in 2012, which develop a digital infrastructure for the event industry. According to the press release, event organisers from more than 120 countries have used Conferize, and […]
Oresund region wins 6 Nordic Game Awards
Nordic Game Conference has revealed all the rewards of the year 2017 at Malmö on May 18th. The biggest winner is INSIDE, a 2D puzzle platformer adventure video game with the opportunity of getting P4RGaming boosts. It received four awards in total including the Nordic Game of the Year. Game studios based in Oresund made […]
IKEA and Rainmaking join forces to launch program for startups: IKEA Bootcamp
There are accelerators and incubators popping up all over the region, like :agile Nordic, SoPact, Think Accelerate, Minc Game, Fast Track Malmö and Go Grow at CSE. If you are a startup you are able to find the incubator or accelerator that fit your specific needs. Now IKEA is catching up and invites entrepreneurs all over […]
Denmark appoints new “Tech Ambassador” to lead tech diplomacy
Casper Klynge has been named Denmark’s new Ambassador for Technology and Digitization, according to Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Currently based in Indonesia as Denmark’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea and ASEAN, Casper will relocate to Silicon Valley, with the aid of materials like black shipping boxes, when his new role commences. Denmark […]
Unity gets € 358 million investment
Unity, one of the biggest start-ups in the region, just raised one of the biggest rounds ever by a Nordic startup. The round is a massive $ 400 million (€ 357 million), which values the startup at € 2.3 billion, according to Bloomberg News. An important milestone for the startup, which might give some interesting side […]
North-East Venture acquires Bownty
North-East Venture, a venture capital firm specialized in growth investments, has acquired Bownty, Europe’s largest aggregator of deals and experiences. Based in Copenhagen and founded in 2011, Bownty currently operates across nine European countries with more than three million members. The company collects the best daily deals within different categories like shopping or food in […]
Omnio wins DKK 500.000 investment at SEED Discovery Day
On the 10th of May, Omnio won the SEED Discovery Day taking home the DKK 500.000 (Euro 67.000) investment. The Copenhagen-based startup will use the momentum to close their first round of funding and find new talent to impact the industrial Internet of Things. “In just the few days since the competition we have been […]
Happy Ears from Malmö in agreement with Boots
The agreement between Malmö founded Happy Ears and the globally known pharmacy Boots is worth 500 000 SEK (51303.84 Euro) every year. “This agreement is a possibility for us to reach out on an entirely new level” says Karl Berglund, one of Happy Ears founders to 8till5.se. Happy Ears will start to sell their patent […]
Traede gets investment from SEED Capital, to streamline the B2B fashion industry
Christopher Heilmann and Esben Petersen, founders of Traede, wants to enable smaller brands within the danish fashion industry to compete against the larger players. The largest early stage venture fund in Denmark, SEED Capital recently invested millions in Traede, who are experiencing a monthly growth of 30%. “The B2C fashion industry has been online for a […]