Startup Iceland is the first of its kind in Iceland. Among other things, it is a yearly conference build on a philosophy and mission of building a sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems in Iceland. The conference takes place in May and welcomes startups and entrepreneurs from all over the world to participate. While other startup events often have a certain agenda – …
Read More »New application deadline! Want a chance to win 10,000 EUR for your startup?
With a still growing pool of awards awaiting the most innovative ideas, STARTER has decided to postpone the application deadline for their Startup Contest. The new deadline is May 4. The infoShare Startup Contest in Poland gives you a chance to win 10,000 euro in cash plus an opportunity to tap into the pool of further 850,000 euro accumulated by investors. At the …
Read More »Finnish accelerator and investor KoppiCatch launches lean venturing program
While major corporations often have a hard time keeping up with a rapidly changing environment, the converse is true for startups, who are often more agile. StarTap, a new Finnish accelerator program, facilitates partnerships between the two parts allowing them to tap into each other’s strengths. KoppiCatch StarTap™ is a new Finnish lean venturing program launching this month. The aim …
Read More »Participate in The World Cup Tech Challenge
The World Cup Tech Challenge was launched in 2014. Now, startups from all over the world are welcomed to sign up for the 2nd Annual World Cup Tech Challenge. So if you wish to compete for the coveted World Championship title in Silicon Valley this summer read on here. World Cup Tech Challenge is for the next generation of the …
Read More »Lemonsqueeze outgrows their office space in Manhattan
The Danish company Lemonsqueeze, who helps companies enter the States has now outgrown their current office space in Manhattan. In order to keep welcoming promising new Scandinavian startups a place to grow their business the company now occupies new office space in Brooklyn. Lemonsqueeze helps startups with everything from recruiting and managing the right talent, to ensuring control of the corporate …
Read More »Three budding startups receives a “wise” grant
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 …
Read More »Finnish Screenful provides overview of business projects
Large business projects have several stakeholders and each of them often have different understandings of the current state of a given project. This causes miscommunication which can lead to fatal consequences for the entire project. Screenful helps prevent this by visualising the true progress of the project in a way, that everyone understands. Based in Helsinki, Finland Screenful develops business performance …
Read More »Silicon Valley-based Founder Institute launches startup program in Iceland
The Founder Institute launches their first chapter ever in Iceland. After an exploratory trial uncovering a large number of interested aspiring entrepreneurs looking for training and membership, the program has now decided to officially launch in Reykjavik. The Founder Institute is a four month accelerator program. Participating entrepreneurs are promised a “learning by doing”-process in which they will encounter structured training, …
Read More »Join a startup day
This job-hunting day was possible due to the joint efforts of Oslo Business Region, StartupLab, Mesh and Nordic One. Thursday March 26, 2015 was the day for the Norwegian Startup ecosystem. It was an episode -the first one of its kind in Oslo – that involved 20 companies pitching to an audience of +150 guests in order to recruit new …
Read More »#6 Nordic Co-working Spaces: THINGS
THINGS is Sweden’s first co-working space for hardware startups. The focus is on high growth areas such as Internet of Things, wearables, 3D scanning and printing and medtech. The project is initiated by the incubator STING, which is also behind the co-working space SUP-46. Welcome to the article about the new co-working space THINGS. Before you go any further, STING …
Read More »EasySize and Decoded Fashion introduced a fashion technology meetup in the Nordics
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 …
Read More »Swedish StartupDocs launches today
A few weeks ago we introduced startupdocs.se which provides free, balanced and standardized legal documents for Swedish seed stage startups, angel investors and VC firms. Today, the website was launched. Erik Byrenius, founder of startupdocs.se, initiated the project back in 2014. The process of developing the legal documents has been long, and he is happy the the website is now …
Read More »Swedish Sellpy helps you get rid of your old stuff
Getting rid of your old stuff can be demanding and time consuming. This is why many of us have huge piles of stuff lying around, which we would actually rather sell or give away. Sellpy is an on demand service that undertakes the hassle for you and make sure that you will never see your old stuff again. Michael Arnör, …
Read More »Improved workflow through Fuse
When creating apps, designers and developers begin by making wireframes and mockups of their concepts, which then has to be redone with code when the building process begin. Fuse look to change this workflow, through a unique app development platform. The Fuse team was one of the Nordic startups represented at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas. Introducing Fuse Fuse …
Read More »WeLoveStartups announces the last three startups for potential grants
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 …
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Slush 2024 Side Events (hand picked by the pros)
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#ActionMatters 2024 edition – Arctic15
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Hunome is for humans, by humans, and about humans.
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Silo.ai launches at Slush 2023