February, 2019

• 22 February

  Media Honeypot 2019: Media startups connect with legacy companies, but struggle to get funding

  

  The Media Honeypot series of events started in Helsinki in 2016. Now, three years, and several events later, it the go-to event for media startups.  Heikki Rotko, the founder of Media Honeypot, says that Media Honeypot was born out of a desire to connect startups with their business partners to create the media we as customers deserve. The aim of …

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• 20 February

  Slush Tokyo’s Global Gathering supports global ecosystem ambitions

  

  Slush, one of Europe’s largest startup events, has been expanding globally for the past few years and last year held the first ever Slush Tokyo.  At Slush Tokyo 2019, a pre-event called the “Global Gathering” was held to better promote connections between global tech ecosystems. Ms. Haruka Furukawa(CEO, Slush Tokyo), Ms. Kristina Nummila ( Slush Helsinki) and Ms. Rinchy Teng …

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• 4 February

  Amazon, Netflix and Google will meet the President of Estonia to talk about data and AI adoption in Europe

  

  Artificial Intelligence champions from top technology companies Netflix, Spotify, Amazon, Google DeepMind, Nvidia, Taxify, Microsoft, Starship etc will meet at North Star AI, Applied Machine Learning and Data Conference on March 7 in Tallinn, Estonia to discuss how organizations and startups with limited resources can benefit from data and AI adoption President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid will open the international …

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January, 2019

• 28 January

  Top expected applicants for Nordic Game Awards in 2019

  

  The Nordic Game Awards (NGA) ceremony takes place during Nordic Game Conference (NG) – the largest annual gaming conference in Northern Europe. NG was first held in 2004 in Malmö, but NGA was introduced only in 2007. The event gathers more than 2000 game-related experts, programmers, designers, managers, and entrepreneurs from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Of course, attendees …

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• 28 January

  Reducing food waste is on the agenda as Nordics gain stronghold in foodtech innovations

  

  Nordic Startup Bits sat down for an interesting talk about the foodtech startup scene at SLUSH in December with Accelerace’s Investment Manager, Business Accelerator and Head of Venture Scouting Martin Holmboe. Accelerace is the Nordics’ leading startup accelerator and pioneering in the corporate – startup matchmaking space. Martin has many years of experience as a food entrepreneur and we were …

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• 15 January

  From venture capital to peace capital: One startup wants to encourage cooperation with the food that we share

  

  The founder of the startup Colive wants to use premium Cypriot olive oil to spark global conversations about peace. He connects family farms on both sides of the UN Buffer Zone to create the first product in what he hopes will be an entire line of culturally significant ingredients and foods to encourage cooperation. That idea secured him the Startups4Peace …

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• 15 January

  Finnish foodtech startup Epic Foods opens virtual restaurant

  

  This year at Slush – one of Europe’s largest tech summits, Nordic Startup Bits wanted to take a closer look at some interesting FoodTech startups. We met one of the most exciting entrepreneurs in this scene, Martti Paatela, a former rocket scientist and now CEO and co-founder of the Finish FoodTech startup Epic Foods. According to a report launched in …

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• 2 January

  New €100m Japanese VC fund backs startups in Nordics and Baltics starting in 2019

  

  BaltCap, together with JBIC IG Partners, a Japanese government backed private equity and venture capital firm, is establishing a new €100m fund focusing on venture capital investments in the field of industrial technology in the Nordic and Baltic region. The fund was announced at Slush 2018 and is launching this year. JB Nordic Ventures is a 50/50 joint venture between BaltCap,  …

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November, 2018

• 26 November

  Belgian startup Husky on what they learned from the Nordic startup culture

  

  Husky is a Belgian startup, designed to bundle marketers’ needs in one digital tool. It is made by marketers, for marketers. A digital platform like Husky allows you to plan and organize quickly. Managing tasks, projects and communication gets easier. In a recent talk, CEO Peter Desmyttere explains what he learned from the Nordic startup culture. By Robbe Desmyttere “To …

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• 26 November

  Pitching in Georgia – a hidden market for tech travel startups?

  

  Estonian travel startup Guide.me recently competed in the Welcome Challenge, a tourism-focused pitching competition in the country of Georgia. The rapid growth in tourism activities in Georgia is a major reason why investors sees Georgia as “currently underserved” by Nordic startups. Which industry employs one in ten people globally and accounts for ten percent of the world’s GDP? Hint: It’s the …

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