Reshopper helps families to recycle items such as clothes through their platform, which joins local buyers and sellers. Now, former AirBnB manager Aja Guldhammer Henderson has joined Reshopper to help them flourish abroad. For last four years, 31-year-old Aja Guldhammer Henderson has been a key figure behind the sharing economy-success of AirBNB in Scandinavia and the Netherlands. She has now …
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Help create tomorrow’s green cities at the Nordic Cities Workshop
Want to help shape the future of green cities and create sustainable solutions to climate challenges on a regional level? Join the Nordic Cities Workshop, held in Malmö, Sweden from the 28-29th of April, 2016. Climate-KIC works to create consistency between private, public, and academic initiatives on climate change. Their goal is to find solutions to environmental challenges through cooperation …
Read More »Planday closes $14 million investment
The Danish startup Planday has closed a $14 million (DKK 93 million) investment lead by the Indinvest and Sweden’s Creandum. The investment will be used to strengthen Planday’s growth in the US and UK – and build more presence in the European market. Planday has developed an online roster planning system for all types of businesses who use a flexible …
Read More »Livit: in international companies, your team is like a family
The “tech startup ecosystem” Livit, which operates internationally, focuses strongly on international talent. Why? To get the best educated employees, gain local insights on specific countries, be able to communicate fluently with international customers – and have the most dedicated employees. Livit has a combined 100 employees in 5 offices worldwide; Bandung in Indonesia, Copenhagen, Zurich, Switzerland, Ukraine and Bali. …
Read More »The proportion of women entrepreneurs in Denmark falls
According to new figures from the Danish Business Authority, there has been a positive development in the actual number of female and male entrepreneurs from 2014 to 2015. But at the same time, the number of male entrepreneurs increased significantly more than the number of female entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is growing in Denmark, and the number of entrepreneurs has been steadily …
Read More »Plane launches globally: “We are trying to change the superficial selfie-culture”
After a test period in Scandinavia, Plane is ready to launch its icebreaker app globally. The launch will occur in connection with the LAUNCH Festival in San Francisco. The founders of plane are CEO and co-founder,Tim Allison , and co-founder, Thomas Baastrup Jacobsen. “We have spent the last few months testing our app in Scandinavia and building a community. It …
Read More »Trustpilot responds to extortion and cheating allegations
Last week, Danish news channel DR1 insinuated that Trustpilot was involved in the extortion of small shopkeepers and cheating in user reviews. The Trustpilot team has now responded to the criticism. Trustpilot was put under the microscope last week in a news story about a beauty salon with poor user reviews. The salon’s owner, Camilla Rude, who has a …
Read More »Founder of Sustainable Brands: 7 global business trends
Sustainable Brands is a global business community dedicated to helping shift the world to a sustainable economy. In anticipation of their Copenhagen conference in 2016, founder KoAnn Skrzyniarz outlines 7 sustainable, global business trends. KoAnn Skrzyniarz travels around the world working with large brands to promote sustainability while still maintaining a competitive business. “There will be new sustainable ideas and …
Read More »Denmark will lose the startup race without political support
The startup ecosystem in Stockholm will have the backing of both local politicians and large companies – and this is among the reasons why Stockholm’s startups are ahead of their Danish counterparts, according to Tim He of Northzone. The Swedish startup scene blooms in Stockholm, and the Business Region Stockholm, which is part of the city council, supports and boosts …
Read More »Thor Angelo speaks: From entrepreneur to investor
Thor Angelo has for many years worked as a business angel and advisor in Danish startups. Now you can hear him talk about the journey from entrepreneur to investor. Thor Angelo has a past as co-founder of LanguageWire, and nearly 16 years of experience in internationalization and product development. In addition, he has been an active investor in companies as …
Read More »With Vaavud’s wind meter, your phone is the ultimate weather service
Everyone has experienced a weather forecast that does not quite hold true and ruins everything from picnics to camping trips. The anemometer developed by the Danish startup Vaavud has set out to solve this problem. Vaavud is a crodwsourced weather service on a mission to deliver personalized weather information in high resolution. It is basically a “Waze for the weather.” …
Read More »Singularity University opens Danish chapter
Entrepreneurs will have new opportunities to follow technological developments when the world-renowned Silicon Valley-based think tank Singularity University opens a Danish chapter in December, based in Copenhagen. Singularity University is among the world’s leading institutions in exponential technology and dissemination of knowledge on how to ensure a sustainable future for both businesses and communities by understanding the rapid development of …
Read More »Danish startup Bellmetric’s new platform will make visitors into customers
The Danish startup Bellmetric has just launched a new platform designed to increase conversion rates on websites. The platform makes it easier to identify when visitors to a site need a little push in the right direction. According to Janus Lindau, the CEO of Bellmetric, many marketers are not working to personalize the visitor experience on their websites. Bellmetric has …
Read More »Reshopper is Denmark’s best app for parents
The popular secondhand marketplace Reshopper, an app for the purchase and sale of used children’s things, has won an award for best “Børneapp”, or children’s app. The award was given on Sunday, October 25th at a major awards show in Copenhagen with over 500 invited guests. The app is popular among families with children, and as of this writing has …
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