THINK launches summer bootcamp
Not even a month has passed since THINK Accelerate held its first DEMO Day as there is already news about new exciting initiative. This August THINK launches a 3-week long digital summer bootcamp for startups from Sweden and around the world, reports DiGital. The purpose of the bootcamp is to help new startups grow during […]
Fieldly receives investment from a business angel
Helsingborg’s based company Fieldly that provides digital project management tools for construction companies raised 5.3 million SEK (620,000 euro) investment, reports DiGital. The money came from business angel Lars Dahlén, who has experience from Sony and Ericsson in Lund and is a board member at the family-owned construction company Byggmästarn. Fieldly was founded in 2014 […]
Dazin initiates crowdfunding campaign to save lives
Cooking is a basic need, but still the lack of proper cooking conditions kills about 491 people per hour and results in 21% of black carbon emissions. In order to change this, Danish-Bhutan based startup Dazin developed a unique model for distribution of smokeless stoves and fuels, addressing the important problem of affordability of such […]
Crunchfish takes in more funding to work on a new technology
Malmo-based Crunchfish took in three million kronor (320 000 euro) investment from Anders Blomkvist, former President of Skanska Byggvaror, making him company co-owner, reports 8till5. The money will be allocated towards the development of a new service – proximity-based connectivity software between users. The new application is called aBubbl, and it opens up for dynamic […]
Owegoo attracts more capital
Malmo-based web-portal for travelers Owegoo raised half a million Swedish kronor (about 60 000 euro) for the development of a new function which will allow users to create their own traveling-related filters, reports 8till5. Present financing round is done by three local angel investors Hampus Jakobsson, Björn Andersson och Jan Klima. This is the second […]
A crowdfunding campaign to revolutionize home security. Interview with Sensative
Sensative is a Lund-based company that has created the thinnest magnetic sensor for home alarm systems among currently available products in the market. The sensor, that is just 2,98 millimeters thick and has impressive battery lifespan of 10 years, works as an active and invisible intrusion alarm. It also enables users to know whether they […]
23 Video goes live with new cool features
Exciting news from 23 Video. This week the company took the next step in online video business and went live! From now on 23 Video lets stream from any device: from a webcam or an iPhone to a full video studio, delivering the best quality on every screen with adaptive streaming and to every country […]
Oresund region performs strongest at the Nordic Startup Awards
Past two weeks turned out to be extremely eventful for both Oresund region as well as Nordics in general. A series of great events such as TechBBQ in Copenhagen and Internet Discovery Day in Malmo culminated with an announcement of Nordic Startup Awards winners at Arctic15 in Helsinki. At the awards ceremony selected winners in […]
Trialbee announces € 4.3 M funding
Industrifonden and Briban Invest along with another couple of investors invest $ 5 million (€ 4.3 million) in Trialbee, 8till5 reports. The startup has developed a tool to help pharmaceutical companies to streamline patient recruitment for clinical trials. “Trialbee has a long list of successful implementations of cutting edge technology in the market for online […]
Danish E-conomic is acquired by Norwegian Visma
E-conomic, Danish company that offers Europe’s most successful online accounting system for billing, taxes and accounting, has been acquired by Norwegian Visma from e-conomic previous owner private equity firm Hg Capital, reported in Computerworld. The price of the current transaction is about 1,5 billion Danish kronor (about 200 million euro) as compared to e-conomic expected annual revenue […]