Denmark

3 Nordic startups that make it more convenient to be a digital nomad

1. BannerFlow Do you want to make high quality banner ads, so you can retarget your customers on other websites? Banner Flow is a Stockholm-located startup that allows you to make HTML5 banner ads, so you don’t have to hire a graphic designer. Try it here: http://www.bannerflow.com/ 2. Zendesk Zendesk is a Danish startup that has made an online service …

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Takeaways from #ExpertNight: Funding for Startups

Elance was back with Expert Night on Wednesday, February 4, this time with the theme “Funding for startups”. It was a packed meeting room at Rocket Labs on Wednesday, February 4, which could welcome a number of experienced entrepreneurs who responded to questions and shared their best advices to get funding. The panel had Tine Thygesen, Founders House, Martin von …

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Noisli is Starbucks Coffee’s Pick of the Week

Last fall the startup Noisli was part of the Startupbootcamp Mobile accelerator program in Copenhagen. Now, Apple and Starbucks have chosen them as Starbuck’s Pick of the Week and therefore it will be available as a free download in all Starbucks shops in USA and Canada for the entire week. This is revealed by CEO and founder of Noisli, Stefano …

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Why Conferize launched the free service ‘Organizer’

The event organizing startup Conferize has now launched a free version for smaller event organizers. Conferize was founded by entrepreneur Martin Ferro-Thomsen who also co-founded the startup succes Issuu that moved to San Francisco back in 2011. Martin Ferro-Thomsen and his team of 10 people are working straight out of Founders House, the first tech co-working space in Copenhagen that …

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#AARsome a danish startup community

The startup community in Stockholm has its own hashtag for the social media called #sthlmtag, the startup community in Oslo has its own hashtag called #Siliconfjord, and the startup community in Copenhagen has introduced its own hashtag called #cphftw. The startup community of the second largest city in Denmark, Aarhus has recently introduced its own hashtag – called #AARsome. Behind …

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#1 Nordic Co-working Spaces: Startup City

Are you ready to get out of the basement and move your startup into a real office? Before you get yourself locked into a lease, consider trying a co-working space! They are affordable, flexible and full of like-minded people. This is the first article in a series about co-working spaces in the Nordic region. A co-working space is often a …

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The Story behind Followmusic

  Followmusic wanted to change the way you get updates about your favorite artists, concerts, new albums, music news and upcoming events. Martin Gammeltoft is co-founder of Followmusic together with his sister, the famous Danish DJ and radio anchor Le Gammeltoft who has a sublime network to musicians around the world. This sounds like a perfect cocktail for a team …

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Airtame received 1.4 million from Angel Investor Tommy Andersen and SEED Capital

Danish start-up Airtame just received 1.4 million of seed funding from angel investor and Libratone-founder Tommy Andersen and SEED Capital. This is after Airtame successfully raised 1.3 million from crowd-funding site Indiegogo in late 2013 The money will be used to fund a full product launch of Airtame’s HDMI device which lets users share content from their devices wirelessly.  Airtame …

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Video ads made easy with Fliva

Søren Arnsbo, Founder, Co-Owner and CIO of Arnsbo Media, talk about his new startup Fliva and his experiences at TechCrunch Disrupt. Product videos are hot at the moment. Retailers with product videos on their site report much higher average order values and conversion rates. A survey including big retailers like Best Buy, show that more than 55 percent of retailers …

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New Danish app wants to disrupt the transport industry

GoMore, which is one of the largest co-driving websites in Denmark, has launched a new disruptive app. The app has a design that should make it even more fun and convenient to find a co-driver on your trips. GoMore expects that they with the introduction of this new app will facilitate more than 300,000 trips in Denmark in 2015. The …

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Danish sports application Endomondo has been acquired by Under Armour

The popular digital health application Endomondo has been sold to the fitness brand Under Armour. The fitness app has been downloaded over 24 million times from users around the world since they started back in 2007. Access to the data of these millions of users is the likely motivation of Under Armour’s acquisition of Endomondo. Endomondo contains user profiles and …

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Looking for the best deal on used car? There is an algorithm for that.

Algorithms surround us in our everyday life. They help us find information, and make informed decisions. Take Autouncle.com for example, the Danish company based in Aarhus helps people buy or sell used cars based on a specific market, car model, brand, amount of kilometers, and other variables, all through an algorithm they named AutoScore. There are a lot of areas, …

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#2 The Nordic app entrepreneurs – Vivino

Back in 2009 Heini Zachariassen walked around in the Danish supermarkets and considered which wine that he should buy. When he wanted to watch a film he used IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes to get the crowds’ opinion, but there were no tool where you as a wine consumer could rate the wine that you drink. Therefore Heini Zachariassen and Theis …

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4 tips from 3 hours with an Angel investor

This is a post by danish entrepreneur Dan Nielsen. Dan is one of the founders of NEST Copenhagen, the first co-living space in Denmark, and here is his notes from a visit from one of Denmark’s most active entrepreneur turned angel investor. Recently I had the fortune of joining about 15-20 other people in an intimate fireside chat with Entrepreneur …

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Accelerace’s investor day was a major succes

It’s a tradition that after the selected teams have been a part of the Danish accelerator program Accelerace – they have the opportunity to pitch in front of hundreds of investors on ‘Investor Day’. Accelerace have chosen teams from the categories Life Science, Technology and Industry. The Investor day began 4.30 pm and lasted until 8 pm. Unlike the other …

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Trustpilot join Bing and Yahoo!

Trustpilot, the leading review community for online shoppers, were happy to announce their partnership with Microsoft’s Bing and Yahoo! In late December 2014, Trustpilot announced that their reviews would be displayed through the search engines Bing and Yahoo!, through Bing Merchant Ratings. That means that Trustpilot reviews are now visible through Yahoo!, Bing and Google networks, covering more than 96% …

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Comundu wins Danish edition of 33entrepreneurs

After a mechanical issue with their flight and a delayed transit in Amsterdam, the French team behind 33entrepreneurs Startup Contest finally made it to Copenhagen. 33entrepreneurs is a French Startup Accelerator touring around Europe in search of candidates for their program in Bordeaux. By Tina Søndergaard While the snow was pouring down, entrepreneurs, the audience, judges and the team behind …

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The 13th Accelerace batch is released

The Danish accelerator program Accelerace has released its 13th batch of startups. Each team receive a small loan and get a close contact with one of the very experienced Accelerace mentors. The new Accelerace team consists of 16 startups and is the following: – www.huuraygroup.com – www.skillpocket.com – www.mediathand.com – www.washa.dk – www.sitpack.dk – www.ingeniumgolf.com – www.miiego.dk – www.leanlinking.com – www.wakeupdata.com – www.dallenergy.com – Neurescue Aps – Northopedica – PETITE …

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Thinkubator offers accelerator program for early stage startups

The new, Copenhagen based accelerator program Thinkubator (http://thinkubator.dk/) is a new 10 week growth opportunity for ambitious, early stage startups. It is created by DARE2mansion along with high profile corporate partners. Accepted startups receive free office space at DARE2mansion (www.DARE2mansion.com), a grant of 2000 euro to kick-start their dreams, access to world class knowledge partners like Singularity University, and the …

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