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Norwegian startup Capsule.fm is the team behind the app “Capsule.fm” that mixes your music, news and social media into a live, interactive and personal audio-stream, making it easier to stay informed and entertained on the go. The startup has developed an artificial persona that does all this and more, while maintaining a simple User Interface. The Berlin-based startup is moving …

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 …

The Nordic rocketship “United Nordics#1” ignites and takes off with a clear mission and goal. The astronauts of United Nordics # 1 are from all parts of the Nordic region, they want help brand the Nordics as super stars to build technology startups To take a man to the mon required a lot of resources and not to compare with …

The Stockholm-based startup FishBrain is the leading social sport fishing app with more than 650,000 users. The team is founded in 2012 by the two Swedish guys, Jens Person and Marcus Fransson. Johan Attby the current CEO came into the picture a year later after selling his previous company, which was located in Silicon Valley. After selling my company I …

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 …

The American venture capital firm Sequoia invest $1,500,000 in Mapillary; together with other great CVs. Mapillary is a Swedish street view startup that challenges Google Street View with the goal of mapping the whole world through crowdsourcing. The app makes it possible to share your favorite places with the rest of the world. To date the startup has close to …

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% …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Tommy Palm, the man credited with creating one of the biggest mobile hits ever, Candy Crush Saga, leaves King.com to found new game studio Resolution Games together with other Swedish veterans. At King, Palm’s title was ‘Game Guru’, and he was responsible for adapting the web version of Candy Crush into the worldwide mobile megahit, Candy Crush Saga, that beyond …

We will at Nordic Startup Bits write about new upcoming startups located around in Europe. The first article will about the photo-sharing app, Shotnote, which is located in Munich (Germany). The company was initiated by the two founders Julian von Eckartsberg (CEO) as well as Nils Ziehn (CTO). Shotnote received funding from promenade German angel investors back in October 2014 …

Echo.it, Opeepl, Voiceboxer. The list of startups which Sortedam Ventures has signed up, counts several succesessuccessful companies. They have now turned to the travel platform, Comundu, and starting from January the two companies will continue their journey together. By Tina Søndergaard You have a great idea for a digital product. You know the market and have a good idea on …

On Nordic Startup Bits we try to filter the startup scene and we will give our reader the best from the week on the social media, Twitter. Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, gives advice about how Spotify got to a 50/50 male/female ratio Martin LeBlanc, CEO of Iconfinder, gives his version of why Danes are productive. It might be easier …

Disclaimer: This post is Daniel G.F. Laursen personal thought and comments about Nordic startups bit by bit. Nest, Waze and now Endomondo. Every big technology company in the world is competing in a war zone about user data and companies are acquiring startups that have proven success and millions of users. When Google bought the Israily startup Waze they had 50 …

The popular brain training app Brain+ receives million investment from the danish VC’s Seed Capital, North-East Venture, and some other business angels. by Jonas Munk In 2014 Brain+ was awarded as the greatest new app in 125 countries and in the previous year the app has achieved 1 million downloads on the App Store. Worldwide a lot of users have expressed …

Many entrepreneurs from the Nordics dream with following the steps of companies like Issuu or Spotify into the United States, an almost 320 million population market with a single currency. But imagine moving your startup to a new city across the Atlantic. Setting up a new office in New York City, all the paperwork and legal issues, hiring the right …

Grants4Apps is an accelerator programme conceptualized by pharmaceutical giant Bayer.  The 1st of December marked Demo Day where each of the five European healthcare startups had the opportunity to unveil their product. By Dinuka Muhandiramge. I arrived in Berlin the first day of December. The wind was chilly amongst the derelict Soviet style buildings and the majestic historical landmarks. The air was filled …

From 2015 the VAT on e-products will depend on the VAT rate in the country of the costumer as opposed to the country of establishment of the company. We have spoken to VAT expert Mick Jørgensen from PwC about the new rules that can affect both your profits and your turnover of cross-border e-services. By Tina Søndergaard. The new rules are …

Receiving a monthly paycheck is a luxury that most entrepreneurs can’t afford in the early stages of their startups. Renting an office space and paying for a weekly consultancy?, sounds like an impossible dream. But that is exactly what Jonas Bøgh enjoys. The Bachelor student from Aarhus University and cofounder of the Danish startup Greenticket, says that starting a company …