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Ultrahack took place from 6- 8th November in Helsinki in anticipation of the massive startup conference Slush, and is one of the biggest hackathons in Europe. Hackers from around Europe (and even some from the US) developed their ideas over one long weekend, before presenting them to investors in hopes of getting them off the ground, or in some cases, …

The Norwegian startup Routes uses user-generated routes to solve the problem of complex travel planning. We met Routes at Oslo Innovation Week, where the founders pitched to investors and tried to grow their audience at the Afterwork Startup event at the newly relaunched co-working space MESH. “We started out with testing the concept on an event in Oslo, a popular …

Should we strive to make money so we can make games, or is it okay to make money for money’s sake in the games industry? At Games Business 2015, we’ll discuss the answer. Rune Drewsen is the Co-founder and managing partner at Triband, a game developer who is currently working on a Virtual Reality title called Reptilicus VR – a …

With a mission to create new frontiers for the expanding digital economy, Strawpay has developed a new open payment network: Stroem. It all started with a discussion club in Stockholm several years back, where the founders discussed their common interest in bitcoin. They hit upon an idea: to create a new open payment system that builds on advanced features of …

Take your event to the next level. That is what EventEye offers their customers. Working as a freelance app developer Fredrik Hoel, CEO and co-founder of EventEye discovered that he kept doing the same thing over and over again. He started to question why he had to ‘reinvent the wheel’ every time he made an app for an event. He came up with …

Sling, developed by Icelandic app studio Gangverk, is a communication and shift scheduling application for the non-desk working industries. This article was originally posted on Nordurskautid, Iceland’s premier outlet for news and discussion about the Icelandic Startup and Tech scene   Sling is a free app is available on the web, iOS and Android, and was released in June following …

Located in Amman, Jordan and Copenhagen, Denmark, NA3M Games develops entertaining games, animated series and webcomics that are inspired by Arab culture. NA3M was founded in 2013 and has already released 7 games, and to top it off, it was featured on the front page of The Wall Street Journal, interviewed by Becky Anderson on CNN, and featured in large …

The NYC based StartUp Health, a global digital health organization boasting the world’s largest portfolio of companies.  Yesterday, the Finnish Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, Finpro, and Team Finland announced the launch of StartUp Health Finland. StartUp Health Finland will be based at the Health Innovation Village in the Finnish Capital Helsinki, which houses a collection of Nordic health tech …

Today,global venture capital seed fund 500 Startups announced the launch of a $15 million fund to invest in early stage Nordic startups. In anticipation of the fund, the company has already invested in several Nordic companies across the region: Tagbeat, Filmgrail, and Socius in Norway, Pacemaker, Brisk.io, Proleads and Vint in Sweden, EasySize and Iconfinder in Denmark, and YouApp in …

The two-day tech conference Next, which happened in the middle of the four-day Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, showcased the future of tech. The conference covered all things futuristic in your lifestyle, your business, and of course, the technology you will use. David Mattin, from TrendWatching  helped outline the biggest trends to look out for in 2016, and encouraged attendees to …

Running from the airport to the bus, trying to find my way over to a place called Bruno, using Google maps in desperation trying to find to this place. Finally arriving, sweaty, tired and confused — But I made it. I made it to Ultrahack 2015. Let me give you 5 good reasons to go to Helsinki in November. 1.  First of …

The grand prize at Ultrahack 2015 went to the Butterfly Effect Project, who participated in the Civic Tech Track sponsored by Forum Virium. The project aims to enhance the way cities handle urban planning, by creating a platform for citizen involvement. The team, led by Natalia Remee, an architect by training from Northern Mexico, came from diverse backgrounds and nationalities:  …

Nest is a curated community of entrepreneurs, living together in a shared apartment in the center of Copenhagen.  In fact, it is the world’s largest non-profit co-living space for entrepreneurs. The 21 residents are involved in all sorts of entrepreneurial ventures, some of the most well-known being Drivr, Airtame, Startupbootcamp, and Coderstrust. The community was founded to hack the challenges …

The previous Jubii CEO, Thomas Rimington, has joined the board of the digital marketing company Gravity4 and has become the new CFO/COO in Europe. Gravity4 has just acquired the two Danish companies EuroAds and Conyak, and with Thomas’ involvement, Gravity4 aims to reach a European turnover at 400 million DKK in 2016. Within the last six weeks Gravity4 has acquired two …