The 15 startups selected for the new Accelerace batch
Accelerace has just selected 15 of the most promising and ambitious startup companies on the Danish entrepreneur scene for a 5-month, intensive accelerator program. With a team of experienced entrepreneurs and business developers, Accelerace offers customized expertise, investments, and networks to help start-ups succeed through a 5-month customer driven accelerator program. Accelerace is also dedicated […]
Serial entrepreneurs launching a new search engine for fashion
The Fashion is a new search engine dedicated to fashion. It brings together products from the leading Danish and international web shops and brands, allowing you to search across more than 100 online shops and 1000 brands from a place. On the website, it is possible to search for everything from new brands and designers […]
Slashing legal prices: Interview with Johan Hedén Hultgren about Swiftcourt
Last week Swiftcourt was released, an online service aiming at using technology and crowdsourcing to slash costs of juridical services. The first version, targeted at smaller business, has now been made public. Swiftcourt has been mentioned in multiple sources in the last couple of month, and managed to be winner in the Swedish Venture Cup […]
Geist: Experienced entrepreneurs give 10 rules to the government
A new initiative to help more startups reach international success has been announced. The program, initiated by the Danish government, has support by some of the most successful recent startups. Called Geist, the entrepreneurs have given the Danish authorities 10 recommendations which should enable them to better help startups. The aim is that more startups […]
Online voucher service gavekortet.dk acquired by Nordisk Film
Earlier this week it was announced that gavekortet.dk was acquired by Nordisk Film and Egmont. The acquisition of gavekortet.dk is part of a broader strategy to build a major digital business unit at Nordisk Film. The aim is to reach over 1 billion DKK (€ 130 million) in revenue in digital sales. Together with a […]
Simon Schock’s tragic death – a loss for the startup community
Trendsonline reports that the startup environment has lost a unique personality last Monday in France. Simon Schock has, sadly and unexpected, passed away. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. A message went out from his family: Simon Schock, our beloved son and brother, died on the 23rd of June 2014. On the […]
Touchless selfies: Gesture controlled photoapp from Crunchfish
Crunchfish, the touch-less technology startup, released today the GoCam iPhone app that lets you take photos without touching the phone. It also lets you record videos, without needing to press a bottom or holding the phone. The app is a different step then their usual approach – making it more as a technological showcase then […]
Assemblage acquired by Cisco
Assemblage has announced that it has been acquired by Cisco. Any financials of the deal has not been made public. Assemblage operates amongst other the kollaborate.io and presentation.io services – real-time collaboration apps for shared whiteboarding, presentation broadcasting and screensharing. Cisco especially touted Assemblage’s support for one-click browser-to-browser configurations without requiring extra downloads, plugins, or […]
Libratone acquired by Hong Kong consortium
Audio and speaker startup Libratone announced that is has been acquired by Hong Kong based investor group for a two-digit million euro amount. “We have always been a Danish company that has been working to establish a global brand in audio. It is expensive to create a brand in the world, and this will mean […]
Veridu wins PayExpo’s “Future of Payments” in London
Two-year-old startup Veridu could very well hold the key to the future of secure payments. Right from the get-go the company has focused on bringing trust to online businesses, and the jury at PayExpo’s “Future of Payments” conference agree: Veridu was named 2014’s ‘Winning Innovator’. Veridu offers a service that enables verifying online profiles. It’s […]