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Last week Swedish iZettle, Europe’s number one provider of mobile payment services introduced iZettle Card Reader Lite – the world’s first free-­of-­charge Chip & PIN reader. With the Chip and PIN reader from iZettle all you need to start, run and improve your business is a smartphone or tablet. An easy solution with a transparent price structure Lite is a …

The vacation rental portal, SunnyRentals.com, was bought last year by their competitor Vacasol. The acquisition came after SunnyRentals has had a deficit for several years, but that does not mean the investment was bad. SunnyRentals, founded in 2009, has been acquired by Vacasol, which has facilitated online booking of vacation rentals throughout Europe. The Danish Vacation rental portal SunnyRentals.com had …

The app Closr is started by the two Swedish entrepreneurs Alex Lewerentz and Peter Eriksson. They started the app Closr because they had so many contacts spread over the phone book and other social networks, but still they had no place to save important information to help them remember stuff that they wanted to pick up on the next time …

Swedish Phoodster has created an app that generates mouth-watering meal suggestions incorporating items currently on sale at your local stores. An Idea Born from an everyday problem Most of us have a hard time deciding what to cook, especially if you are trying a new diet or are looking for something special. We are bombarded with promotions as soon as …

Swedish Weld is building a browser-based prototyping tool for websites and apps, with the goal of simplifying prototyping and development for everybody.   Prototyping made easy Weld is a fast and responsive UX (User experience) prototyping tool for websites and apps, which makes it simple for non-programmers to create responsive web and app prototypes, which scale and adapt beautifully to …

The following article is based on a blogpost by Thor Fridriksson, founder of the football app Champion. He shares his honest experiences with running out money for your startup, without a way for getting further funding. Thor Fridriksson developed the football app, Pumodo, in cooperation with Thomas Watson back in 2012. The product had a great start with good feedback …

Startup Travels and Workaway Camp are partnering up this May to help connect entrepreneurs around the world in sunny Barcelona. Workaway Camps provides entrepreneurs with a more unorthodox working environment. The two types of camps on offer include ‘adventure camps’ whereby Workaway organizes trips to ‘explore parts of the world,’ climbing mountains and the likes, and remote luxury hotel getaways …

D82 is one of the latest additions to Sweden’s rising range of co-working spaces. The office is placed in the center of Stockholm in a newly renovated building. In D82 startups are secured office space, meeting rooms, space for relaxation and networking, and of course, what all hard working entrepreneurs need: good coffee! D82 already holds many of Sweden’s most …

“Nine out of ten Danes do not have a will. This is despite the fact that they are well aware of the difficult situation they put the people they leave behind in.” Says Jørgen Koch, Co-founder of a new online initiative, SikkerArv.dk. If you ask Danes, it is the lawyer’s high hourly rate, which is the cause behind the low …

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

Monday the 19th of January E-commerce Park of Sweden was inaugurated in a large 4.000 square meter building localised in Helsingborg. Here small and medium-sized e-commerce companies can now acquire office space in direct continuation of Sweden’s second largest container dock. We know the concept from the startup environment where entrepreneurs work under the same roof in order to make …

SUP46, Start-Up People of Sweden, is a co-working & meeting space located in the heart of Stockholm, with the goal of making Stockholm the #1 startup city in the world. This is the second article in our series about Nordic co-working spaces. You can read the first article about Danish Startup City here! Stockholm is home to a large number …

“TV commercials are expensive but strengthen the company’s brand.” So says the man behind the Danish online-based accounting program Billy, Toke Kruse, whom in recent times has had great success with a nationwide TV add on TV2. Toke Kruse talks about how Billy will improve its brand, how their product is being improved and how a nationwide TV commercial pave …

Both Nets and Cashbackpoint.dk has entered the battle for loyalty programs directly for the Danish payment card Dankort. Simply put the new services offer to collect the consumers’ entire range of customer loyalty cards in the Dankort. Loyalty clubs are often associated with overfilled wallets and a long line waiting behind the customer who is eagerly trying to find the …

Tuesday last week Canon Inc made an 23.6 billion SEK ($2.83 billion) offer for network video surveillance market leader Axis AB. This is the biggest purchase ever for the Japanese firm. Canon’s decision about the offer is based on falling demand for digital cameras and an aim to diversify its operations overseas. Axis AB With 1627 employees in more than …

Denmark’s largest startup conference kicks off on May 20th, when TechBBQ opens its doors for the third time. The event offers a full day of focused learning, valuable networking and delicious food. The organizing team is preparing for another amazing conference where we celebrate success and learn from stories delivered by Denmark’s elite startup founders. This year, TechBBQ is gearing …

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 …

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 …

Nordic Startup Bits have interviewed some of the most prominent Nordic VC’s, Gregers Kronborg from Northzone, Martin Hauge from Creandum, and Niels Vejrup Carlsen 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 …

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 …