#Cphftw Town Hall #3 – packed with people and announcements
The third #cphftw Town Hall meet-up was held earlier this week. There were big news about the initiative itself as well as a lot of announcement of very interesting new initiatives. The venue was the Kph Volume hall – a very rough environment, that reinforced the ambition of the whole initiative – do it simple […]
Conferize ends beta, launches full on redesigned service
This week startup Conferize announced that they will launch a new version of their popular conference service, called V1 – short for version 1. This marks an end as a beta for the service, that has been around since 2011 when Martin Ferro Thomsen, former co-founder at Issuu, started the service. What’s the fuzz about? […]
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 […]
Nordic Next – an intimate conference building investor relations
Last week was the second time the Nordic Next was held. Organised by Invest in Skåne, the conference, an invite only, was held on the top floor of the Turning Torso. A fitting setting indeed, with a view over the whole Øresund region. A startup conference for investors The conference, which is an evening and […]
Copenhagen Startup Village revealed!
There really is something brewing in Copenhagen! Founders House, an invite only co-working space, has for long been the most known startup palces in Copenhagen. This week it was announced they will move to a new location. But this location will not just be a much larger and grander Founders House – it will also […]
In-depth interview with Martin Ferro-Thomsen from Conferize: milestones & discoveries
Martin Ferro-Thomsen , CEO and co-founder of the digital tools for conferences startup Conferize, took time out of a busy schedule for an interview with us. I was able to dig into the background for Conferize and their recent progress as well getting an exclusive sneak peak of the brand new Conferize platform that will […]
Conferize partners up with TEDx and gets recommended by Forbes as the best networking platform
Conferize has sure been on a roll during the first month of this spring. Not so long after being named “the best networking platform for professional events” by Forbes (full article) Conferize partners up with TED, the non-profit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. From now on, TEDx organizers will be using Conferize’s platform as a […]
All about Conferize and advice from Martin Ferro-Thomsen
Trendsonline has reported on the StartupNight#11 event with Martin Ferro-Thomsen from Conferize. Silicon Vikings presented, and the audience was treated to an hour of good advice from a very casual but well-prepared Martin Ferro-Thomsen, former co-founder of Issuu, now in the Danish startup Conferize. Conferize began in a basement with no windows at Old Mint […]
Øresund Startups: Top50 and state of the region
Today I held a short lunch seminar on the subject of the most prominent startups in the region. The seminar was held because I was asked to do it, and when I thought about it I realized would be interesting to do. So I did, even if it was with a limited amount of preparations […]
Conferize recieves € 1M seed investment
Trendsonline reports that Danish startup Conferize today announced that they had closed a new investment round with with a multitude of business angels at a total of almost dkk 7.5 million (€ 1 million) “We have been very fortunate to close this investment round with experienced entrepreneurs and investors who believe in our team, the […]