Newshubby receives angel funding: Alexandra Bylund’s thoughts about upcoming investments
Sydsvenskan reports that startup Newshubby, started recently by Alexandra Bylund, former co-founder at Foap, announced that they have landed a first investment. The investment is an early investment from the London-based business angel Russell Glenister, who previously has invested in amongst other Tweetdeck. Russell Glenister is investing € 33 000 in Newshubby. Newshubby is a […]
Sprinkle recieves investment and shows interesting numbers
Startup Sprinkle, which has a service for websites and blogs that helps finding other relevant articles and results in better monetization, has revealed that they have received a lead investor, Spintop Ventures in a round of € 1.1 million. MILLIONS OF VISITORS Sprinkle currently consists of a 13 people team, and its service is giving 155 million recommendations […]
Jon Schäffer from Conferize reveals numbers and upcoming investment round
Recently at the Nordic Next, Conferize was one of the startups presenting themselves for the audience of investors. Some very interesting numbers where mentioned, and also that Conferize had raised half of their current round of € 1.4 Million, and the recently announced partnership with TEDx. We catched up with Jon Schäffer, CCO and co-founder […]
Milestone acquired by Canon, rumoured over € 150 million
Milestone, the startup which has been referred to as the “most unknown of the big startups”, announced today they have been acquired by Canon. Milestone has grown into a leading provider of open platform video management software. With over 400 people and 13 offices, Milestone has been one of the largest startups emerging from this […]
Venture Cup finals x 2 – a lot of winners from the region!
This week both the Danish and the Swedish national Venture Cup finals where held. The Danish where held here in Copenhagen, while the Swedish finale took place in nothern Umeå. In both startups and ideas from all over the nations competed – and most of the winners where from this region in both! differnces between […]
e-health startup eDiabeat takes investor on board
Sydsvenskan reports that the startup e-health startup eDiabeat has taken an investor on board. The startup has developed a web-based solution where diabetics and their families can learn to cope with the disease better. This by using a combination of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and game mechanics. The investor is Martin Bråkenhielm. Mårten has a […]
Fitbay receives € 1.6 million round of financing from Creandum and U.S. investors
Startup Fitbay.com has secured an investment of € 1.6 M (12 million DKK) from Creandum and the New York-based Steadfast Venture Capital. The new investment occurs only six months after Fitbay ensured an angel investment from Jesper Buch and Creandum. And that surely is a lot of money, with that kind of money you can […]
A team of four challenges Google Street View – Mapillary reaches over 1 million photos
Mapillary has earlier this week reached over 1 million photos on their ‘open street view’ service. The service, which enables anyone to take and make streetview images for anywhere in the world, has had impressive start since it’s launch earlier this year. User generated content that works The business has grown organically since start. The […]
Calendize Gets a Kick with Investment from Bendtner
Danish football star Niklas Bendtner has recently made an investment in the app Calendize: a social calendar which allows users to plan and share exciting events, and discover new ones – catering specifically to football fans looking to enjoy the World Cup which commences this Thursday. The app offers live information, images with highlights from the games, which […]
Drivr Launches Tesla Model S Electric Cars as a Green Taxi
Starting last weekend, you can now order the super-car Tesla Model S as private ride thru the Drivr app if you need to get somewhere in Copenhagen. This is besides the regular taxi and private driver services that Drivr offers. “The launch of Tesla as an option for a ride is a dream for us. […]