September, 2014

• 10 September

  Danish startup Swipes announced as finalist in Evernote Platform Awards

  

  The Danish task management app Swipes has just been announced one of the top 3 winners in “Best New Startup of 2014” at the Evernote Platform Awards, the annual celebration of the best apps that connect to the powerful note-taking software of Evernote. The Danish startup was founded in May 2013 and the Swipes team located in Denmark, Bulgaria and …

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• 9 September

  #CPHFTW is where Danish startups meet

  

  More than 600 people gathered to celebrate the Copenhagen and danish startup ecosystem when the third town hall meeting were held last week. Nordic Startup Bits were there and we were met with a vibe that was was felt all through the nordic region. You could feel there are something really interesting happening in the happiest country in the world. …

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• 8 September

  More than 3,000 Tech Fest attendees celebrated Stockholm

  

  Sthlmtechfest is a yearly event hosted by Tyler Crowley, and sponsored by a long list of companies that support the focus on startups. The event displays all the upcoming trends within different areas such as, gaming, media, commerce, and gives a large number of startups the opportunityto display their products in order to get in touch with investors, medias or …

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• 5 September

  Gold to Swipes at the Evernote Platform Awards

  

  The Danish startup Swipes went all the way and secured the gold medal in the Evernote startup competition in San Francisco. “We fucking did it” That was the Facebook Message that hit our phone 2 AM the morning between Friday and Saturday from the CEO of Swipes. Later that morning Nordic Startup Bits got a change to talk with Kasper …

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• 5 September

  Nordic Startup Bits – the new kid in town

  

  We arrived in Stockholm and are the new kid in town, but with a smile on our face and ready to conquer the world or at least the nordics. There are room for more exposure to startups and there are much more room for exposure to early stage startups from the nordics. According to an analysis by VC Creandum, 3 …

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May, 2014

• 5 May

  Martin Ferro-Thomsen: Thankful and Proud to Run a Copenhagen-based Company

  

  There are probably only a few who understand the value of networking and meeting the right people better than Martin Ferro-Thomsen, the founder of Conferize – an open platform for professional events. Martin Ferro-Thomsen sees the upcoming TechBBQ event as an important meeting point for the founders of major startups in the region. We sat down with him to discuss his …

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• 5 May

  Wrap Up of the Nordic Startup Conference

  

  The Nordic Startup Conference gathered over 600 influential entrepreneurs and investors from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland at StreetMekka in Copenhagen to discuss the future of startups throughout the Nordic region. The one-day-only event was jammed packed with networking, keynote speakers, and panels focusing on the new technologies coming out of the Nordics, how to attract investment, and how …

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• 2 May

  Ulrik Bo Larsen on Exponential Startup Growth

  

  Falcon Social is a social media management platform based out of Copenhagen. Under the leadership of CEO Ulrik Bo Larsen, the company has grown from 4 to 130 employees in about 15 months, acquired an impressive roster of international customers,  as well as raised $9.33 million in seed and Series A venture capital. We sat down with him to hear more …

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April, 2014

• 29 April

  Networking Your Way Into a Startup

  

  For Nikolaj Berntsen, last year’s TechBBQ event connected him to his newest venture Geniebelt – a digital tool belt for construction SMEs that improves workflow management and collaboration. We sat down with him to hear the story of how he successfully used the event to network his way into a startup. Nikolaj Berntsen bought his ticket to TechBBQ hoping to …

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• 16 April

  Must Know Details About Artic15: Exit Path Conference

  

  If you are considering to travel within the next months – why not visit beautiful Helsinki? In May. When startups, entrepreneurs, investors and corporates gather for Arctic15! ArcticStartup, the Helsinki-based news blog covering breaking startup news from the Nordics and Baltics, has announced that 20+ international speakers will be attending its conference – the Arctic15: Exit Path. Among these include …

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