NordicMade.org brings together the disparate grassroots movements in the Nordic startup community.  Hashtag communities such as this have sprung up over the past few years to help promote entrepreneurship ecosystems.  The purpose of Nordic Made (#Nordicmade) is to showcase the Nordic startup environment.  Although the Nordic countries represent less than 4% of the total European population, they account for 26% …

Someone.io, a Norway-based social task management app for businesses, recently ran a successful equity crowdfunding campaign, closing at 107% of their goal.  Dan Hesketh, a brand strategist for the company, writes about the experience from the companies HQ at Startup Lab. Read the original blog post here. Thanks to investors from around the world, we closed our funding drive successfully on …

Helsinki based Health Operator offers personalized diagnostics and monitoring services to the private health sectors as well as commercially to the public. They were one of the winners of this year’s Nokia Open Innovation Challenge, held at Slush 2015. Imagine going to the bathroom to go about your daily routines, while an array of non-invasive sensors monitors your blood pressure, …