SEED Capital Makes Record-Breaking Profits
SEED Capital, the most active venture capital fund in Denmark which has over 70 startups in its portfolio, has reported record-breaking profits in the last year. This success is mainly credited to developments within the portfolio. The recently published report also shows a total of four exits undergone in the past year, including Contera Pharma, Libratone, Sense and […]
#cphftw celebration – successful funding and special guest Mikkel Svane
Last week a small scale but high-profile event was held at Plandays office in Startup Village: the foundation, that is the core of #cphftw, celebrated that it had been funded and established! With 85 startups having contributed a total of over € 100 000, it is enough to make the #cphftw movement being able to […]
Huge deals bolster the tech scene
The last weeks three large deals have been announced, with regard to tech companies in the region. Altho we do not regard two of them as startups anymore, as we draw the line at being publicly listed (read how we look at startups), all of the deals are very important for the tech scene in […]
Endomondo is acquired by athletic apparel maker Under Armour for € 75 million
Copenhagen-based Endomondo is acquired by athletic apparel maker Under Armour, reports TechCrunch. The rumours about potential transaction started to evolve back in January (listen to podcast #10, where Karsten Deppert and Neil Murrey speculate about potential buyer). The deal was also closed the same month at 75€ million (85$ million), which makes it one of […]
A great follow up for Nordic Growth Hackers
For the second time, Nordic Growth Hackers opened the doors to Founders House in Copenhagen and invited all interested individuals to an open event about online business and marketing. “Growth hacking is a very large and very interesting tool box, that you can apply to your online business” says Morten Elk, Founder of SimpleSite, presenter of the event […]
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 […]
First #cphftw meetup!
Today the first meet up, the first town hall meeting, for the Copenhagen startups scene was held at Børsen in Denmark. 350 startup people on boxes It was definitely a somewhat different event. The location, the big hall in the historic Børsen, became a sharp contrast to the DIY chairs, that consisted of moving boxes, […]
Trendsonline launches FOCUS – Danish startup success stories
TrendsOnline.dk Boost launches a new series called FOCUS. This series is in English and centers around the development of Danish startups. The Focus series encourages new startups by setting an examples on the highs and lows of startups, as well as representing a showcase of successful Danish startups that have made it worldwide. It will […]
Endomondo: reaching first profits with a user base of 18 million
Endomondo, a service that helps to keep track of sports data and evaluate workout performance over time, is back to Copenhagen and ready with a model that will help to monetize the business, reports TrendsOnline. Back in 2011 Endomondo had 625,000 users and no clear business model. However, the company has managed to receive a […]
15 Øresund startups on the Red Herring Europe Top 100!
The 2013 Red Herring Europe 100 finalists have been released. On the list are a large selection of different startups, and no less then 15 from our region. As usual the startups are in different categories: internet, mobile and software being the most frequent ones. The following startups from the Copenhagen region made it: Big Bite […]