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For the moment Danish startups do not have the opportunity to compare themselves to their counterparts in the international arena. A collaboration with DAMVAD and Startup Compass hopes to put Danish startups on the map. Limited Information Denmark is international renown for its startup scene. Yet there is little data available about the startup industry. This lack of data makes …

Entrepreneurs Academy is a Swedish student organization from Uppsala University, which want to encourage the students and turn all the knowledge at the university into willpower, to become entrepreneurs. Uppsala, the fourth largest city of Sweden with more than 40.000 students, has a growing startup community but the students are leaving for Stockholm because it is bigger, somewhat close by …

Falcon Social, which helps companies to be present on social media, has received almost DKK 112 million in venture capital. By Torben Kloster Two years ago, Falcon Social had only 16 employees. Today, the growth have been massive and now 180 people are working in the company. Falcon Social is based in central Copenhagen and have seen a revenue growth in 2014 …

The decision has not been easy. It has been a close run between the many applicants, and a thorough rating process has been carried out. WeLoveStartups is now right around the corner from the final batch of applicants who will go to the final stage – the jury of experts meeting taking place this Thursday. “We have worked hard to …

Three years ago, the Norwegian education technology, called EdTech, was a small industry with only a handful of companies. But on the big SXSW show in Austin, Norwegian companies this time had their own house, and collected large crowds every day, says Heidi Arnesen Austlid ICT Norway. In this Kahoot was an important factor. “The Norwegian companies are adept at …

The Danish entrepreneur Camilla Ley Valentin, who is co-founder and CCO in Queue-it, has just been recognized by Inspiring Fifty, as one of the fifty most inspiring women in Europe’s technology industry. In this context, the British Prime minister invited to roundtable discussion, on the challenges European women face when entering the tech world. Inspiring Fifty is a pan-European program …

Swedish Charity Storm is a fundraising and payments platform for the non-profit sector. With the platform Charity Storm helps charity organisations as well as other associations to keep up with new marketing tools and payment methods and thus also target the needs of the younger crowd. A desire to make an impact on the world Charity Storm was born out …

A majority of the best Nordic startups are content with being on the domestic market, and has no ambitions for global and international success, even though they have the potential to create tomorrow’s global successes. It is looking good for the best Nordic startups, especially on their domestic market. EY’s Nordic Entrepreneurship Survey 2015, show that less than half have …

Nordic Startup Bits have interviewed some of the most prominent Nordic VC’s, Gregers Kronborg from Northzone, Martin Hauge from Creandum, and Niels Vejrup from SEED Capital about their view on the Nordic startup scene. In the series of articles Nordic Startup Bits will look at the most promising, the worst and the biggest challenges on the Nordic startup scene based …

WeLoveStartups are just around the corner from announcing the first receivers of our smart startup grants! It has been a long process of first finding the perfect co-initiators and thereafter making entrepreneurs in Denmark aware of the grants. It has resulted in more than 50 applications for our first round and the quality as well as potential is impressive. “It …

Heatcord is a Swedish startup that has created a real-time social heat map that helps people find the excitement, places and crowd that fits their personality and mood of the day. Their vision is to crowdsource the world’s first social map. Many people decide on where to go based on what other people do. No one wants to spend time …

The Kickstarter Staff picked their project, definitely for their originality. There are only 22 days to go before the project of a group of creatives from Stockholm will end their pledge on the famous crowdfunding site. And if you think that, you need to redecorate your home with a more original and personal touch, this is your chance. Onehundredforty is …

One might easily believe that the transition from downloaded music to streaming is already finished. However, a new report from research firm Bernstein shows that the opposite is true. Even though the numbers are from 2013 they still give a good picture how Scandinavia is radically different from the rest of the western world. In Sweden streaming services was responsible …

Danish Audiocase is joining our Nordic Startup booth at the SxSW tech & music festival in Austin Texas. We had a chat with Søren Larsen the CEO and founder of Audiocase about being a startup and the progress of their current Kickstarter campaign. Audiocase is attending the SxSW tech & music festival, which is the largest music festival in the …

Nordic Startup Bits have interviewed some of the most prominent Nordic VC’s, Gregers Kronborg from Northzone, Martin Hauge from Creandum, and Niels Vejrup from SEED Capital about their view on the Nordic startup scene. In the series of articles Nordic Startup Bits will look at the most promising, the worst and the biggest challenges on the Nordic startup scene based …

This article is part of our content-partner program and is made in collaboration with DI ITEK. DI ITEK is an organization that aims to provide Danish businesses the best conditions possible to succeed, among other things by offering consultancy concerning staff, international service, productivity and competence development. DI ITEK is part of the European campaign,Watify, which aims to support digital entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs have the opportunity …

When Planday received an investment from Creandum back in 2014, they kept a part of the investment open for the right Co-Investor. They found Klaus Nyengaard, who previously led the Danish startup Just-Eat towards an international market, and therefore was a perfect fit. The experienced entrepreneur and business angel must now help Planday, with their continued growth adventure. Klaus Nyengaard …

The Nordicstartupbits team is hosting the Nordic booth at SxSW tech & music conference in Austin Texas. We are here with 13 Nordic startups, who are here to represent the potential of Nordic Startups and their companies – let us introduce them. We asked all the Nordic Startups to make a 140 character introduction about their startups, and here is …

The Nordic booth is getting a lot of buzz at the SxSW conference & music festival, and our Nordic Startups is getting some great feedback from investors, startups and costumers from all over the world. Here is a throwback on what has been happening so far. Its been a busy few days here in Austin Texas, at the SxSW conference & …

The Norwegian company Xeneta is disrupting the global sea freight market by making the prices transparent. Before Xeneta it was next to impossible for a customer to see through prices. Now Xeneta has put a stop to the suppliers’ opportunity to delude unenlightened customers. From a world with no transparency Imagine you would still have to go to a physical …