The first ever Helsinki Blockchain Conference 2016 will take place at Microsoft Flux open space, and will be the first high-profile, dedicated Blockchain event in Nordic Region. Blockchain is hailed as one of the most revolutionary technologies of the past few decades. Right now the industry is experiencing an intense influx of investment – the volume of funds invested in …

The legend says that in 2010, there was only Ulrik, a team of four, two laptops, and big dreams to tackle the social media market of businesses.  Thus was the unassuming start of Falcon.io, now one of Denmark’s most promising and successful startups. To be honest, Ulrik Bo Larsen had pretty well built himself up for founding Falcon, a software …

“Fundraising isn’t hard. At least not hard like impossible,” says Shipitwise.  Sander Gansen tells the story of how Shipitwise succeeded on the crowdfunding platform Funderbeam  to raise €176,000 below. As we were going through Startup Wise Guys accelerator, we met a variety of mentors and investors. But there was one we particularly liked. It was Kaidi Ruusalepp! She showed us …