The world’s leading startup conference Slush has decided to revoke the prize funding valued of 1M€ for Immigram, the Slush100 pitching competition winner after its alleged connections to Russia and Russian experts who want to exit their homeland. The company has also a presence in Russia. Immigram and its founders Anastasia Miroljubova and Mikhail Sharonov have created a platform, which …
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CTO Survey says that Finnish companies are at the forefront of digital and green transition
Although R&D investments in Finland will continue to grow, some brutal challenges are looming in the future. R&D investments in Finland will continue to grow, driven by public funding. Finnish companies will continue to increase their product development investments in Finland also in 2022. Growth will be accelerated by the green transition, the advancement of digitalisation and the growth of …
Read More »Covid-19 has not stopped growth in the Danish tech ecosystem, but demand for talent is serious roadblock
A new survey from Digital Hub Denmark shows that the need for digital talent among Danish companies has significantly increased since the spring of 2020. As of Q2 2021, the Danish demand for digital talent is 22 per cent higher than before the pandemic. While many companies continued to thrive during Covid-19, they have struggled to find the talent they …
Read More »Citizens of the world – The ins and outs of Estonian e-Residency
In May this year, Nordic Startup Bits writer, Thorunn Jonsdottir, was at infoShare in Gdansk listening to Kaspar Korjus, who’s leading the e-residency project on behalf of the Estonian government. She was intrigued and decided to apply. Three months later, after applying online and appearing at the embassy of Estonia in Berlin, she had her e-residency card. But what exactly …
Read More »Thomas Berglund: “Business angels pay it backwards”
Business angel Thomas Berglund has set his eyes on a mission. As lead investor in the premier edition of Angel Challenge, an initiative hosted by Startup Norway, he hopes to unleash a new wave of capital to young Norwegian startups. Last year Norwegian tech startups only raised 3.2% of the total investments in the Nordic region, according to the Nordic …
Read More »SXSW – Stories & visuals from the Nordic Startup booth
The Nordic booth is getting a lot of buzz at the SxSW conference & music festival, and our Nordic Startups is getting some great feedback from investors, startups and costumers from all over the world. Here is a throwback on what has been happening so far. Its been a busy few days here in Austin Texas, at the SxSW conference & …
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