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Today the association WeLoveStartups has awarded its first grants. The non-profit association has selected three promising startups from extremely diverse fields. After a long selection process, where 50 applicants were narrowed down to only 9 finalists WeLoveStartups‘ expert jury has now selected the three final recipients of the association’s grant. A wide diversity of scholarship recipients The three startups that …

For the first time in Scandinavia, EasySize, a data-driven service for predicting the correct clothing size, together with the Decoded Fashion organised a meetup to investigate the ethical consumerism and the role of technology in the sustainable fashion. The event took place in the center of Copenhagen on 26th of March. Fashion technology companies are continuously growing from the Nordic …

The decision is made through expert screeners, who has experience in the industries and problems that the entrepreneurs find themselves in. The screening has resulted in industry specific evaluations that the jury of experts has used as the starting point of their assessment. Furthermore, the jury of experts will focus on which startup shows the best ability of putting the …

MEE has created a mobile payment system, which they have tested in numerous shops in Randers, Denmark, throughout the last six months. With a growth loan from Vækstfonden, a Danish state investment fund, behind them, is MEE ready to conquer the rest of Denmark. MEE is ready to challenge the other mobile payment solutions, which have gained momentum over the past …

For about a year ago a business partner lured the Spanish price-comparison platform ValorTop to Denmark. Although the company targets the Spanish market, and the founders come from the Netherlands, Spain and Japan, they now  form a Danish startup. ValorTop is a price-comparison platform targeting the 322 million Spanish-speaking people worldwide. They specialize in helping users find and buy technology …

Realm, a Danish startup that has created an innovative mobile database, has received an investment round of $20 million led by Khosla Ventures and Scale Venture Partners. Realm, formerly known as TightDB, has created a unique mobile database that runs many times faster than their competitors’ solutions. The database takes up so little space, which makes it perfect for mobile …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Maintaining the company culture in a growing startup can be hard. How do you make a team consisting of 300 employees divided between three countries pull in the same direction? Peter Holten Mühlman, founder of Trustpilot, explains what their journey has taught him. Being a “startup” is popular. It is colourful, youthful and fun. It is not a process, nor …

Two Danish engineers and recreational fishing enthusiasts have created a unique platform, which makes the booking of fishing trips on board of fishing vessels in Denmark a breeze. Fishtrip is a unique booking platform for fishing trips in Denmark. Fishtrip simplifies the process of booking a trip by giving people, an easy overview of the available choices and the ability …

CROWD15, the biggest crowdsourcing and crowdfunding conference in the Nordics, was held 26 and 27 of February. The conference was held in Copenhagen’s stock exchange’s facilities  and Nordicstartupbits was present at the event. The CROWD15 conference had a content rich program, with several speakers from some of the most successful startup, which focus on the strength of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding in …