Mapillary acquired by Facebook
Mapillary, one of the most known startups from the area, has been acquired by Facebook. This Jan Erik Solem, co-founder, announced this evening in a blogpost. “Today, we’re excited to share that Mapillary has joined Facebook to be part of their open mapping efforts. As some of you know, Facebook is building tools and technology […]
Mapillary reaches 1 billion images
Malmö based startup Mapillary announced that they have now officially reached 1 billion images taking by people all over the world. I huge milestone, and something to compare with when they in 2014 reached 1 million images – which was a big mile-stone back then. “We just reached 1 billion images on Mapillary. People and […]
Mapillary raised €12 million from BMW for self-driving car tech
Last week startup Mapillary, one of the most talked about startups from the region and which has attracted interest from amongst other Sequoia, has announced they have raised a new round. The Series B is €12 million, led by BMW Ventures with support from Samsung Catalyst Fund, NavInfo and previous backers. The main driving force […]
Seven Scanian companies are on the list of 33 most promising Swedish startups
9th year in a row Ny Teknik and Affärsvärlden run 33-listan (the list of 33), where they present a list of the most promising Swedish companies. To qualify for a nomination, a company has to be less than 7 years old and work with innovation. This year’s list has witnessed some 200 nominations of various […]
Crowdsourced map service Mapillary took in $8m investment
If you haven’t heard yet, Mapillary closed a financing deal of 68 million SEK ($8M) in Series A round. The round was led by Atomico, with participation from the previous backers Sequoia, LDV Capital, Playfair, and Wellington. Founded in 2013, Mapillary is the best described as a service for crowdsourcing map photos. By collecting images […]
Mapillary announces € 1.3 M investment by Sequoia
Mapillary, the crowdsourced street view startup, has announced that they have received an investment of € 1.3 M ($ 1.5 M) lead by Sequoia. “We just closed a $1.5M seed round led by Sequoia. Also participating in the seed round are some great funds, Playfair, Wellington, and LDV Capital, and a number of prominent angel […]
New Entrepreneur-house in Malmö
What a way to start the new year: next January, twelve companies including my company will move into Malmö’s new entrepreneur-house, coming together to share 500 square meters in the area of Värnhem. The lucky 12 include the likes of Shape, Mapillary, Userbin, Modcam, Brisk, Ipiit, Hemlis, Mionix and Owegoo. Established entrepreneurs Hampus Jakobsson and […]
Startup Building Blocks: How to fund your startup
A new event series has been announced in Malmö: Startup Building Blocks. The idea is to host events focusing on certain important ‘building blocks’ that startups need. The first one will be all about funding. Deep insights with 4 cases If you ever have thought about raising money then this event sounds like a must. […]
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 […]
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 […]