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Kubicam aims to be the future of videoconferencing. It will be the sum of a high-caliber 120 degree image, quality audio, and reasonable prices merged into a smart camera. Everything is set for a change in online communication systems. by Cristian Morales Anders Eikenes, a physicist who has worked for CISCO, developing videoconferencing cameras, has shared with us his latest …

The Disney film ‘Frozen’ is the fifth highest grossing film ever with a total revenue of $1.2 billion. The bestselling single ‘Let it go’ from the soundtrack is now turned into a digital music game by the Norwegian startup InstrumentChamp with their technology that enable users to play music games with real instruments. ‘Frozen’ is the highest-grossing Walt Disney Pictures …

CHECKD is not the next emerging social media to keep an eye on, it is a mobile app and solution target to the construction sector, an industry of bricks and steel with a turnover of €1,162 billion in Europe alone. This smartphone app wants to help the construction sector to save money and time by letting them concentrate on building. …

Startuptravels is an online platform connecting entrepreneurs across the globe. The idea for the platform was conceptualised by Anders Hasselstrøm. The Danish entrepreneur spends an extensive amount of time in Scotland visiting his girlfriend. During this time he realised there was no adequate platform to connect travelling entrepreneurs with one another. Essentially most networking sites are focused on connecting people …

“Because plugging cables sucks” is the mantra for the upcoming Danish Kickstarter campaign, Project Bracket, that launches earlier this week. Solving everyday cable hassle at the office The indie app consultant firm iDeal Development from Aarhus, Denmark is behind the campaign. The idea for Bracket originated from a daily irritation at iDeal Development’s office. Nordic Startup Bits talked with them …

Projectplace’s ToDo app offers a free cloud-based collaboration tool for small teams. The app has enjoyed 20% monthly growth since its launch in April, topping 10 000 users this month! ToDo is a collaboration and project management tool, allowing teams to organize their workflow, collaborate with other team members, and store all relevant documents for a task in one place. …

Funding is a vital part of many of the start ups business plans and therefore feedback is an important feature during this process. Pitchxo gives businesses possibilities to track data from their presentations and create better pitches. For many start ups the funding process is essential and a vital part of their business plan, but it can be hard to …

Workflow-to-go is a mobile based solution providing information about specific workflows to employees when needed. Optimizing workplace productivity is an aim of all companies and organizations. Poor quality work can directly lead to wastage, less output and a negative reputation. workflow-to-go was essentially conceptualized to solve the problem of poor productivity. It is an IT system that is programmed to …

If earlier today you were not planning on going out but now have a sudden change of heart and don’t feel like wasting another evening sitting on a couch – then Spontano will be your next favorite app! With the help of Spontano residents and visitors of Stockholm can experience the city without planning ahead. The service offers a selection …

Flauntin: a platform strengthening the relationship between fashion stores and their customers. Flauntin is an app that enables fashion lovers to get discounts on their favourite boutiques through essentially “flauntin” their purchases. A generous 10% discount is available for users that share their purchases on social media applications such as Facebook. These discount opportunities are available in the 32 stores …

Instabridge is a Swedish startup that gives you, me and everyone free wifi anywhere in the world. The Stockholm-based startup now announces a $1M investment from Creandum, GP Bullhound and business angels Niall Murphy, Scott Bannister (PayPal) and Felix Hagnö (TradeDoubler). The startup has been growing their product and user base under the radar, but tell SwedishStartupSpace.com that their users add over 1000 new wifi …

These are the enthusiastic words of Danish entrepreneur Nikolaj Astrup Madsen. Nikolaj runs theWorkaway Camp that is going on in Barcelona right now, and will also be hosting Workaway Camp in Morocco in January. Everybody knows that great relations can be the most valuable thing for you personally, your career and for your company. There is no reason to discuss …

You are at a bar or festival sweeping through profiles of people nearby on your iPhone to find new friends, and all you see are pictures of people taken a year or so ago during a vacation break. Sounds familiar? Blink, a location-based app for iOS created by a Norwegian startup Blink, wants to change that by giving you the …

Chutzpah – the word that defines Tel Aviv as the non-stop startup city. The city is number two on the list of the best ecosystems in the world according to research conducted by the Startup Genome. The word is pronounced “Hjoodspa” and is about being daring; it is in the blood and veins of the people from Tel Aviv and …

APPLE A DAY is attempting to penetrate the fat and sugar filled market with its line of tasty fruit and vegetable based treats. Attributing its name from a famous English proverb, APPLE A DAY, is Danish company producing healthy, organic and delicious snack foods. The company was first launched in February 2013 and is run by three young entrepreneurs Rasmus …

Bladerton, the investors behind Tictail (8M USD) and MySQL (sold to Sun Microsystems for 1B USD) and many more, held a meetup last night for Stockholm’s Tech Entrepreneurs. The meetup featured keynotes from Balderton, Tictail, Alexander Bard (best selling author and expert on the philosophy of technology) and Tanya Marvin-Horowitz (Partner at Capital A Partners VC firm). To finish the …

Sharingear is a peer-to-peer platform for musicians to lease or rent backline equipment and instruments. With the increased rate of piracy in recent years, touring has become a popular means of financial support for musicians. However touring is an expensive exercise due to the high costs of transporting heavy equipment. Sharingear aims to solve this problem by offering users a …

The Danish startup Swipes went all the way and secured the gold medal in the Evernote startup competition in San Francisco. “We fucking did it” That was the Facebook Message that hit our phone 2 AM the morning between Friday and Saturday from the CEO of Swipes. Later that morning Nordic Startup Bits got a change to talk with Kasper …

Fredrik Almroth and his colleagues didn’t know the vulnerability they had found in one of Google’s services would earned them $10K after contacting the search giant and sharing the details with them, read the story here from Thenextweb Almroth is now part of the Detectify team, a Swedish startup that offers a based web application that analyzes the security status …

Coinify wants to take the digital currency Bitcoin to the mainstream market, and with more than 6,000 users they are moving fast towards their mission. Last week the Danish capital firm SEED Capital invested a “multi million” amount in the Danish startup Coinify. Hungry.dk among the first The fast-food delivery platform Hungry.dk recently joined 6,000 other Coinify merchants by accepting …