Great start for Conferize’s IPO
Conferize, the conference community startup that has been in the news lately for trying to invigorate the Danish small cap stock market, made their own IPO yesterday. The stock had a great first day – rising over 40% percent. Opening at 8 and closing at 11.3. Raising money on the public market instead of further […]
Startups meets politicians on Bornholm – an interview with Martin Ferro-Thomsen
Last week was Folkemødet, the “Davos of Denmark”, at Bornholm. A gathering of politicians and people who are wanting to improve society. This includes key people from the startup scene. We had an interview with Martin Ferro-Thomsen, who as a veteran entrepreneur from the startup scene has seen it grow during the last decade. Martins […]
Conferize aims for an IPO at Nasdaq’s First North
The Board of Directors at Conferize announced in a press release that they intend to list on Nasdaq’s alternative market First North in Copenhagen. Conferize is a Danish software company, founded in 2012, which develop a digital infrastructure for the event industry. According to the press release, event organisers from more than 120 countries have used Conferize, and […]
Lars Kolind and Allan Søgaard Larsen invest millions in Conferize
Allan Søgaard Larsen, co-owner of Falck and its former CEO, and Lars Kolind, investor and former director of Oticon, has invested 16.2 million DDK (2.2 million euro) in a Danish startup – Conferize. “When I met Lars Kolind, he was very excited about what we were doing. So, when we got an offer we could […]
Conferize launches commission free way to sell tickets
The social-network-for-conferences startup Conferize just introduced a new way to sell event tickets. With a focus on gathering all kind of events and conferences, they are launching a zero commission system, even for paid tickets. The new registration works together with their already popular social event website and community. “At Conferize, we want to turn […]
The world’s biggest social network for conferences to IPO on Nasdaq First North
Earlier this week Conferize, the social network for conferences, announced their plans to file for IPO on Nasdaq First North. “We see an exciting opportunity, for both Conferize and investors, in financing our growth via the stock market. A venture company like ours will usually only IPO after the majority of the value increase has […]
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 […]
Conferize: free social event website for everyone
Recently Conferize launched a new feature, which will make the service relevant for a large new set of uses. Having previously focused on conferences, the new service also makes it easy to host smaller events as well as meetups on the service. The new product is called Conferize Organizer. Conferize Organizer is aimed to help professional events to […]
First Nordic Growth Hackers meet-up
An evening focusing on both general terms and useful tips. The event consisted of 6 speakers, presenting how they work with growth hacking and success-stories as well as failures. “An evening with focus on mechanics, and not on pitches or value proposition, that or often heard at startup events” – welcomed Morten Elk, CEO at […]
Startup Village officially opened – #svlaunch
On Friday, the official opening of the Startup Village Copenhagen took place. Startup Village has been in the talks since before the summer, and most startups have actually already moved in, with the aid of companies like moving and storage nyc, during the summer. But last week was the official opening. So these top-rated professional […]