Packbud starts collaboration with online marketplace Blocket
Malmö-based company Packbud has developed a digital service that matches people who need something moved with transport- and moving companies that have space in their trucks. The goal is to make use of spare capacity in the transport sector. Now the company is closing an agreement with Sweden’s largest online buying and selling market Blocket […]
Ideon Innovation welcomes new CEO
Lund-based Ideon Innovation has a change of leadership. As incubator’s previous CEO Rickard Mossel moved on to Xintela as a head of business development, Anna Branten became Ideon Innovation’s new chief. She assumed her new position December 1st, writes 8till5. Anna has been working with business development at Ideon Innovation for about a year and […]
A platform for simpler e-commerce Quickbutik receives an investment
Helsinborg-based Quickbutik is exactly what its name suggests – a solution that makes it simple to start your own online store. The platform offers lots of useful and unique features, the number of which is constantly growing. For example, most recently Quickbutik team was working on fully automated translation for the shop owners. Quickbutik offers […]
Nine new companies will participate in the accelerator program Health2B
This autumn in Lund, 50 startups from different countries applied for participation in the second edition of eHealth accelerator program – Health2B. Eventually, nine companies have been selected to participate in the program. During the next three months, with the support of a group of mentors they will be developing their business ideas. As Ebba […]
Hoodin receives a capital influx from various investors
Hoodin, a Malmö-based startup receives SEK 2.4 million (approximately € 245,000) capital from various recognized investors. The company just closed its recent financial round and plans to use the capital to improve its platform. The investors that took part in this funding round involved a majority of the company’s current investors Ekap AIF , Taxam , Djäkne Startup […]
Linda Bjernstål resigns as CEO of Flygstolen
The official press-release announced that Linda Bjernstål, founder of Flygstolen, resigned as company CEO, reports Travelnews. Flygstolen is a Swedish online travel agency based in Helsingborg, which also operates in Denmark and Norway under the name Tripmonster. In July 2016 Flygstolen was acquired by Dutch online travel company Otravo, which expanded the company’s revenues from […]
Nordic leader in online financial management acquires Danish Dinero
Visma, Nordic’s leading provider of online IT systems in financial management, has acquired Danish online accounting program Dinero, reports Computerworld.dk. Launched in 2012 by Martin Thorborg, Dinero currently has over 110 000 users, with approximately 30 employees and 2015 turnover of about 10 million SEK (1 million euro). The acquisition means Visma’s 100% takeover of Dinero, […]
Conferize launches commission free way to sell tickets
The social-network-for-conferences startup Conferize just introduced a new way to sell event tickets. With a focus on gathering all kind of events and conferences, they are launching a zero commission system, even for paid tickets. The new registration works together with their already popular social event website and community. “At Conferize, we want to turn […]
Crowdfunding helped Swedish startups to collect 1,6 million euro
Air ducts, electronic car and Iamrunbox – from the first sight seems to be absolutely incomparable ideas. However, they have in common one important aspect: these are the ideas that people want to invest their money into. This fall three startups from Skåne, Uniti, Iamrunbox and Block Zero have chosen crowdfunding as a way to raise […]
Preventic Future invests in MyNews
Digital newsroom provider MyNews receives its first investment and prepares to launch the service Mynewsflash in January 2017, according to DiDigital MyNews index editorial news and make them accessible for companies so they can integrate relevant news stories into their systems. In other words, MyNews provides a customized newsfeed that makes it possible for companies […]