Remove The Background expands its concept and changes name to Pixelz
In 2011, the Danish company Remove The Background started as specialists in (as the name indicates) removing the background from product images. The service aimes primarily at online merchants, bloggers, designers, photographers and webmasters. Now, the company has extended its concept and hence changes its name to Pixelz, according to Trendsonline. “As one of the […]
SEED Capital sells EpiTherapeutics for € 57 millions
The Danish EpiTherapeutics ApS is developing new cancer drugs with primarily focus on prostate cancer. In the future, the medication may also be used for other clinical areas. This week, it has been announced that SEED Capital sells the company to Gilead Sciences for € 57 millions. “BRIC and the University of Copenhagen deserve a […]
The former investment manager of SEED Capital proceeds to Templafy
Jakob Ekkelund has extensive experience in startups. In recent years he has worked as Investment Manager at SEED Capital, but will now proceed to the Copenhagen- based startup Templafy according to Trendsonline. Ekkelund will take on the role as COO, performing tasks such as budgeting and responsible for the company’s growth. “I didn’t plan to change workplace. It’s […]
IPO next up for Hövding
In 2006, Hövding launched a new kind of helmet for cyclists: the airbag helmet. The company was originally founded by the students Anna Haupt och Terese Alstin. Both of them have now left their operational roles, but are still active as minority shareholders. Hövding started out as a master’s thesis and today the helmets are available in […]
Conferize, Planday and 17 other receive funding from Market Development Fund
Markedsmodningsfonden, the Market Development Fund, has announced that they will be giving funding totalling over € 6.5 M to 19 innovations. The funding is as grants, without any equity stake. The aim of the Market Development Fund is to help startups and enterprises bring new products to the market faster and making it easier for […]
MinbilDinbil acquired by SnappCar
MinbilDinbil, the Copenhagen based carsharing service founded by Valerio Sandri and Stefano Zorzi has been acquired by Netherland based SnappCar. MinbilDinbil had grown to 20 000 users in Denmark, and 2 500 cars. With the acquisition SnappCar now has a total of 100 000 users and over 12 000 cars. With the acquisition SnappCar will […]
Hotel magnate invests in hostel- and backpacker app Comundu
The Danish startup Comundu is an app for hostels and potential guest to communicate. The hostels provide information about the destination, such as events, tours and offers, and in return the backpackers rate the hostels, stay updated about the destination and can communicate with fellow guests. Yesterday, Comundu announced that Henning Arp-Hansen, chairman of the hotel […]
Swedens 33 hottest startups 2015 – 6 from the Øresund region
The 2015 list of Swedens 33 hottest startups has been released. It is in a collaboration between newspapers NyTeknik and Veckans Affärer that the list is made. From this region, 6 companies made the list. These are: Combain Mobile – a startup that offers smart geo-location to complement GPS. Infrasight Labs – The startup behind […]
First Nordic incubator for E-commerce announced
The Helsingborg based E-commerce Park of Sweden, an office space for online retailers, has launched a new incubator program, which will start in May. The incubator will exclusively be for e-commerce startups and companies. This is the first incubator of its kind in the Nordics. ”Many believe that e-commerce is a gold mine. But there are many who […]
Octoshape acquired by Akamai
Earlier this month it was announced that Octoshape will be acquired by Akamai. Octoshape, which works with streaming media and Over-The-Top (OTT) broadband content, did already last year report a doubling of the numbers of users, to over 100 million. The startups, established already in 2003, has over the years grown to 40 employees. “By […]