Morten Strunge Will help Rubberduck Change a Dated Industry
Serial entrepreneur Morten Strunge, known from Mofibo, Onfone and Plenti, has recently made an angelinvestment in the startup Rubberduck, where he has also joined the board. Rubberduck is an app that lets car owners, in need of a tire change, book a mechanic without going to a workshop. The mechanic will then find the car […]
Fintech Lunar Way gears up for Danish launch
As it prepares to launch later this Spring, neobank Lunar Way has added a couple of financial services heavyweights to its board of directors. Former Nykredit managing director Henning Kruse Petersen will become chairman of the board, joined by Swedish Nordnet chief technology officer Tuva Palm. The board already contains Sebastian Vestergaard, CFO at Joe […]
Unity reports 4.2 billion installs, on 1.7 billion devices
Unity is surging ahead. The startups has released the second edition of the “Games by the Numbers” report, which employs data to reveal game install trends across different platforms, devices and regions. Having become one of the strongest technologies within mobile, Unity’s usage says a lot. The company reports that in the first quarter, there […]
Queue-it Wins Prestigious Supplier of the Year Award
For the first annual Ticketing Technology Awards, held at Ireland’s number one visitor attraction: the Guinness Storehouse, Queue-it was nominated by judges in the category “Industry Supplier”. The category that recognizes suppliers for consistent service, innovation and support for the ticketing sector. However, it was the votes from the 450 delegates that determined Queue-it as […]
Billion euro deal rumoured around Qlik
Even if no longer a startup, Qlik is one of the tech giants in the region. So talks about it maybe being acquired are of large interest. Bloomberg news reports that three private equity firms, Thoma Bravo, Bain Capital and Permira, have shown interest in Qlik. Qlik currently has a market cap of almost € […]
Flatfrog takes in a new investment
Lund-based Flatfrog, that develops alternative multi-touch monitors and tablets, has taken in an investment of 42 mln SEK. The money comes from the owners Sunstone Capital, Finvus and the founder Christer Fåhraeus, according to Rapidus and Di Digital. Flatfrog has previously taken another 42 mln SEK last fall, and according to Christer Fåhraeus the plan […]
Overview News expands into Denmark with Overview News Alerts
Overview News, a Sweden-based company expands into Denmark with a new product, Overview News Alerts. It is a powerful and easy to use media monitoring service that lets users follow what the media writes about any given subject and get a mail, SMS or Slack update as soon as a relevant article is published. The […]
Mystery phone company comes to Lund
Swiss cellphone manufacturer Sirin Labs – a company that raised 72 million dollars during the fall of 2013 – is starting an R&D department in Lund. The company, that currently employs 85 people in Sweden, Switzerland, Israel, and Great Britain, is releasing the first phone, “Solarin”, in May. The development has been led by Fredrik Öijer, […]
Capital and guidance shall help Mearto become the Momondo of auction houses
Mearto.com is a platform that tries to collect all data from established auction houses under one digital roof. The founders Mads Hallas Bjerg and Johan Laidlaw started the company back in 2015 and have recently received their first capital injection. They now want to use the investment to make auction houses more accessible and user- friendly. “We […]
IoT startup Minut one of two remaining finalists in European innovation awards
The IoT startup Minut, with the connected sensor Point, is evolving after launching and delivering on it’s very successful Kickstarter campaign. Minut has been invited to join the EDF Pulse awards in France for innovative tech projects together with over 250 other companies in Europe. As the first stages of EDF Pusle are now done, […]