Customers queued up before launch: Growblocks raises EUR 6 million
Danish Growblocks has raised € 6 million as seed capital in an otherwise hard investment environment. Selected customers got on board early, while others waited in line to be allowed to help provide input on the product, which is particularly relevant for companies on their way to do an IPO. Growblocks is a B2B software-as-a-service […]
9 Copenhagen startups to look out for!
Ten danish startups have been selected as to watch out for by Tracxn, which amongst other has Accel Partners and Sequoia Capital as backers. These startups include nine from the Copenhagen region: Symphogen Trustpilot Pleo Vivino Peakon Planday SNIPR Biome Simple Feast Blackwood Seven These startup have together raised over € 1 billion in funding […]
Four SaaS startups praised by Accel Partners
Accel recently released a report with a focus on top 100 SaaS startups. From this region four made it to the list: Planday, Peakon, GetAccept and Templafy all where listed. “From 2016 to 2019, it rose from $2 billion to $5 billion, growing much faster than in the US, which grew from $15 billion to […]
Danish Planday partners up with METRO GROUP
The employee scheduling and workforce management solution provider Planday partners with The METRO GROUP, Wholesale & Food Specialist Company (W&FS Co.) which is a leading international player in wholesale and foodservice distribution. In 2014, Planday received investment from Creandum, and in 2015, they received another investment from former global Just-Eat CEO, Klaus Nyengaard. In 2016, […]
Planday will use investment of $ 14 million to claim the American market
In their latest funding round, Planday has received $ 14 million. The Series B round was led by the French investment firm, Idinvest, who sees Planday’s solution as a big step forward for workforce management solutions. Among the other investors were Creandum, SEB Private Equity, and the angel investor Arthur Kosten, who is the co-founder […]
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 […]
Klaus Nyengaard joins Creandum as investor in Planday
Planday, the software startup that helps companies with an efficient employees scheduling, has announced a new investor. Drawing on experience from Just-Eat When Creandum in 2014 invested in Planday, they kept the part of the investment open to the right co-investor. Now it has been announced that Klaus Nyengaard takes that role. Klaus past with […]
#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 […]
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 […]
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 […]