A new VC is in town!
This week it was announced that byFounders has raised a massive € 100 million fund. This is to build upon their start, which was a € 30 million fund in 2017. The plans were first announced back in 2017 as well, and have now been finalized. The fund is, as the name suggest, focused on […]
Rokoko and Unity make motion library free
Rokoko, the motion detection startup, has launched a partnership the giant of 3D development – Unity. The partnership started last year, with the Motion Library. Now Rokoko has announced that the Motion Library will be subscription free, at least for a limited time. “We’re grateful for the fantastic start so far with thousands of assets […]
Unity gets € 358 million investment
Unity, one of the biggest start-ups in the region, just raised one of the biggest rounds ever by a Nordic startup. The round is a massive $ 400 million (€ 357 million), which values the startup at € 2.3 billion, according to Bloomberg News. An important milestone for the startup, which might give some interesting side […]
Nordic Growth Hackers #7: Your business model is constantly evolving
What a lineup for the 7th Nordic Growth Hackers there was! Over 2 billion euro worth of valuation took the stage at the small but intimate event held earlier this week. The founders of Unity, Tradeshift, Siteimprove, Tactile, Penneo and Iconfinder shared how their business models had evolved. David Helgason, founder of Unity, told an […]
A game-changing week for the region
This week has seen some truly big announcements for this regions gaming scene. The biggest, was Unity’s announcement that is raised € 165 milions – and it thus became a “unicorn”, valuing the company at over 1 billion USD. This is a big milestone for the entire region, having a startup from here that has […]
Unity reports 4.2 billion installs, on 1.7 billion devices
Unity is surging ahead. The startups has released the second edition of the “Games by the Numbers” report, which employs data to reveal game install trends across different platforms, devices and regions. Having become one of the strongest technologies within mobile, Unity’s usage says a lot. The company reports that in the first quarter, there […]
Realm raises € 18 M Series B from Khosla Ventures & Scale VP to bring Databases to Mobile
Realm just closed a € 18 M ($ 20 M) Series B led by Khosla Ventures, along with new investor Scale Venture Partners. Less than 9 months after its public launch, Realm is already the 2nd-most deployed database in the world, running on well over 100 million devices! Realm was founded by Alexander Stigsen and […]
#cphftw Town Hall 4 – A Great Event!
Yesterday it was time for #cphftw Town Hall meet-up #4. This was by far the best event in the series, and also the different – in a number of ways. 1000+ people in Christiania The setting was something uniquely Copenhagenesque – the venue was inside the free town of Christiania, in ‘Den Grå Hall’. Having […]
Unity + Oculus = the future of storytelling?
This week BoostHBG, a media institute, holds a long series of workshops and session about interactive storytelling for the Oculus Rift. Special guest is Oscar Raby from Melbourne, Australia, who recently released the immersive documentary “Assent” for the Oculus Rift. The focus will be on exploring both the storytelling concept as well as the technical […]
New leadership at Unity – former EA CEO Riccitiello takes the lead
Big news this week – it was announced that Unity, the game engine startup, gets a new CEO – none other then John Riccitiello, formerly at EA. With the move David Helgason, current CEO and founder, will be stepping down to an EVP role “We keep our eyes out for the best talent and help […]