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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 …

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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, …

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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 …

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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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Interview with the founder of Spotify

The Swedish media, Breakit, have interviewed Daniel Ek, Founder of Spotify, about why he is not worried about Spotify’s losses, the future of the pharmaceutical industry, what he thinks about the lack of women in startup companies and the lack of housing opportunities in Stockholm. It has been a few years since Daniel Ek lined up for a longer interview with the …

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MEE receive over a quarter million dollars in growth loan

MEE has created a mobile payment system, which they have tested in numerous shops in Randers, Denmark, throughout the last six months. With a growth loan from Vækstfonden, a Danish state investment fund, behind them, is MEE ready to conquer the rest of Denmark. MEE is ready to challenge the other mobile payment solutions, which have gained momentum over the past …

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Spanish Speaking Startup in Denmark – This Is Why We Stay Here

For about a year ago a business partner lured the Spanish price-comparison platform ValorTop to Denmark. Although the company targets the Spanish market, and the founders come from the Netherlands, Spain and Japan, they now  form a Danish startup. ValorTop is a price-comparison platform targeting the 322 million Spanish-speaking people worldwide. They specialize in helping users find and buy technology …

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More great news: Realm obtains $20 million investment

Realm, a Danish startup that has created an innovative mobile database, has received an investment round of $20 million led by Khosla Ventures and Scale Venture Partners. Realm, formerly known as TightDB, has created a unique mobile database that runs many times faster than their competitors’ solutions. The database takes up so little space, which makes it perfect for mobile …

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Startup Compass and DAMVAD put Denmark on the map

For the moment Danish startups do not have the opportunity to compare themselves to their counterparts in the international arena. A collaboration with DAMVAD and Startup Compass hopes to put Danish startups on the map. Limited Information Denmark is international renown for its startup scene. Yet there is little data available about the startup industry. This lack of data makes …

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Swedish student organization inspire students to become entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs Academy is a Swedish student organization from Uppsala University, which want to encourage the students and turn all the knowledge at the university into willpower, to become entrepreneurs. Uppsala, the fourth largest city of Sweden with more than 40.000 students, has a growing startup community but the students are leaving for Stockholm because it is bigger, somewhat close by …

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Falcon Social receives over DKK 100 million in investment

Falcon Social, which helps companies to be present on social media, has received almost DKK 112 million in venture capital. By Torben Kloster Two years ago, Falcon Social had only 16 employees. Today, the growth have been massive and now 180 people are working in the company. Falcon Social is based in central Copenhagen and have seen a revenue growth in 2014 …

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WeLoveStartups unveils more potential grant receivers

The decision has not been easy. It has been a close run between the many applicants, and a thorough rating process has been carried out. WeLoveStartups is now right around the corner from the final batch of applicants who will go to the final stage – the jury of experts meeting taking place this Thursday. “We have worked hard to …

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The goal is world domination

Three years ago, the Norwegian education technology, called EdTech, was a small industry with only a handful of companies. But on the big SXSW show in Austin, Norwegian companies this time had their own house, and collected large crowds every day, says Heidi Arnesen Austlid ICT Norway. In this Kahoot was an important factor. “The Norwegian companies are adept at …

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Women in Tech

The Danish entrepreneur Camilla Ley Valentin, who is co-founder and CCO in Queue-it, has just been recognized by Inspiring Fifty, as one of the fifty most inspiring women in Europe’s technology industry. In this context, the British Prime minister invited to roundtable discussion, on the challenges European women face when entering the tech world. Inspiring Fifty is a pan-European program …

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Charity Storm is building infrastructure for the non-profit sector

Swedish Charity Storm is a fundraising and payments platform for the non-profit sector. With the platform Charity Storm helps charity organisations as well as other associations to keep up with new marketing tools and payment methods and thus also target the needs of the younger crowd. A desire to make an impact on the world Charity Storm was born out …

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