Silicon Vikings Startup Night #9: Vivino Monday 10 June @ Republikken

Silicon Vikings and Republikken Startup night (usually a Thursday) is happening this Monday 10 June! Event #9‘s Hot Danish Startup is Vivino, with CEO and co-founder Heini Zachariassen, there to answer the four questions: 1. Who are you and your company? 2. What is the status and the plan? 3. What have been the biggest […]

Tech BBQ – a great day for the startup scene

Yesterday TechBBQ 2013 was held. Despite the name, the focus was not so much on BBQ, but rather on tech – a whole day in the historical halls of Børsen, with some of Denmarks most successfull entrepreneurs. The lineup was extensive – with a great mixture of both new startups and successfull startups. The day […]

Wine equivalent of the movie database IMDb is heading towards the U.S

Vivino can be seen as the wine equivalent of the movie database IMDb; you take a picture of the label and see what others think about the wine. This collective shopping experience greatly enhances the ease of purchasing a bottle of wine. This shows through the one million users the wine-app acquired so far. They […]

Creandum invests €760K in Vivino

Creandum, an investment fund active in Scandinavia and especially Sweden, has announced an investment of €760K ($1M)  in Vivino, an wine app. Vivino lets you find and get recomendations of wines with your smartphones camera, and is creating a global database over user generated wine reviews. The company has reported good growth in it’s userbase […]