Nordic Startup News Early Stage Startup News From The Nordics
Spiff app, a Norwegian app soft-launched on iOS this summer, became available for Android users last week to promote “social saving”, and is the first company to bring this concept to the Norwegian market. Carl-Nicolai Wessmann, Founder & CEO of Spiff, said in a press release: “We are the first to bring the concept of social saving to the Norwegian …
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October, 2018
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10 October
Record-breaking Danish startup Airtame launches new product, Airtame 2
Airtame, a Danish startup that produces a wireless HDMI solution for both the business and education sectors, has announced the launch of their second generation hardware product, Airtame 2. The company started in 2014 with a record-breaking crowdfunding campaign and a mission to remove cables in professional environments. The new product will deliver much more than a cable-free solution by …
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9 October
Klarna continues to strive for improvement
Once upon a time, Klarna was a simple startup based in Sweden. It emerged in Stockholm in 2005, and basically facilitated one-click online purchasing via email and postcode. By Anne Gibbons Klarna has since become one of the most influential fintech companies in Europe, but for those who don’t use it, the process is straightforward. An internet retailer equipped with …
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2 October
Vesterbacka introduces new opportunities to Tartu startup and business communities
Peter Vesterbacka, one of the founders of Angry Birds mobile game and the biggest technology conference in north Europe – Slush, will visit Tartu from 03-04. October. The purpose of the two day visit is to introduce new educational and business opportunities to Tartu start-up community and local entrepreneurs, and to increase regional cooperation between Finland and Estonia. Peter Vesterbacka …
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September, 2018
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21 September
Get Sandwich is Nominated for Best Newcomer by Nordic Startup Awards
Make the World Listen to You Get Sandwich is a startup that wants to help people who are struggling with public speaking by providing them with a library of authentic practice videos. The startup was founded in 2017 by Min’an Tan and Martha Winata, who were also struggling with their public speeches. They believe that improving people’s public speaking skills …
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21 September
Sensative is Nominated for Best Bootstrapped Startup Award by Nordic Startup Awards
Making Your Home Smart Has Never Been Easier Swedish startup Sensative has created the world’s thinnest door and window sensor. The Strips sensor is a very flexible and accurate Z-Wave sensor that notifies users when something is wrong thanks to its connection to other smart devices in the home. The startup also offers other IoT products and services. Fredrik Westman …
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21 September
Kontigo Care is Nominated for Best Social Impact Startup/Best HealthTech Startup by Nordic Startup Awards
The Future of Addiction Treatment Is Digital Kontigo Care follows the personal journey of its founder, Daniel Benitez, who during his alcohol addiction treatment struggled with alcohol relapses even though he received good treatment. He has not been the only case though. Finding out that traditionally 8 out of 10 patients will relapse into addiction, he decided to work on …
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21 September
Travable is Nominated for Best Bootstrapped Startup/Best Social Impact Startup by Nordic Startup Awards
People with Disabilities Are Missing out Places and Events Because of Lack of Info Disabled people who travel might find themselves in an uncharted area full of obstacles and miss places worth visiting just because these locations lack information about accessibility. Now, Travable, a mobile application from an Icelandic startup with the same name is looking to change that. Designed …
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21 September
Evispot is Nominated for Best FinTech Startup by Nordic Startup Awards
The Risk of Making a Bad Business Decision When Lending Can Be Reduced by Using AI Waiting to know the fate of a credit request by sitting on a chair in a bank and facing a clerk across the desk might soon become a thing of the past. In an era when so many things are done over the internet …
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20 September
TRINE is Nominated for Best Social Impact Startup and Startup of the Year by Nordic Startup Awards
TRINE, the Crowdfunding Platform That Has Helped Nearly 230 Thousand People Get Access to Clean Energy Crowdfunding today is another global trend that is growing continuously. Since its emergence in the late 2000s, it has become popularized due to the individual’s decision-making process as one of the main features, and its viral nature, as it is based on the web. …
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