August, 2016

• 8 August

  Shipitwise: Crowdfunding “couldn’t be easier”

  

  “Fundraising isn’t hard. At least not hard like impossible,” says Shipitwise.  Sander Gansen tells the story of how Shipitwise succeeded on the crowdfunding platform Funderbeam  to raise €176,000 below. As we were going through Startup Wise Guys accelerator, we met a variety of mentors and investors. But there was one we particularly liked. It was Kaidi Ruusalepp! She showed us …

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• 8 August

  Infographic: A closer look at the fintech industry

  

  Financial Technology, also known as FinTech has made robust strides over the last five years. It is becoming a pivotal part of the global economy. Being the technology that is meant to make financial services more efficient and effective for all, FinTech is just getting started. We should expect more growth in the sector, this fiscal year, and the rest …

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• 1 August

  Ed-techs on ed-tech: How to fix higher education

  

  Educational reform has never been more salient in the Nordics, as schools race to integrate digital competences into the core curriculum.  Ed-tech Foundry, an ed-tech company based in Norway, has some thoughts on how higher education can be reformed to prepare students for the future and the best way to use ed-tech learning tools. “Tell me and I forget, teach …

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• 1 August

  International vibe at Startup Passion the ‘key to its success’

  

  The Startup Passion training and mentoring programme run in partnership with Cursor OY, Finland, has just had their third successful major event. A five-day training course on lean startup, customer development and storytelling, amongst other key topics. Participants drawn from a range countries had the opportunity to strengthen the basic foundations of their startup ideas and gain an even deeper …

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July, 2016

• 27 July

  Creamfinance serves those underserved by big banks

  

  Creamfinance, a smart data powered lender has recently expanded its operations to Denmark, their sixth market entry in a span of 4 years since inception. The company headquartered in Poland has also seen steady healthy spikes in their ‘Principle Lent’ over these years. In 2015, this metric was Euro 60 millions with a CAGR of over 90% and this is …

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• 27 July

  Meater brings timely innovation to barbecue

  

  A wireless smart meat thermometer is no longer on the backburner for the Finnish company Meater, who has take the concept of remote monitoring to ensure you cook the perfect meat every time. The night had begun quietly for friends and colleagues Teemu Nivala and Joseph Cruz a couple of years ago. Laughing and swapping stories over a few glasses …

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• 19 July

  Guaana to distribute 10% of company to 100,000 scientists – for free

  

  Tallinn-based scientific collaboration platform Guaana is giving out 10 percent of the company to users for free, hoping to involve them more tightly in its quest to define a new, universal format for scientific projects. The effort has a similar to target to many equity crowdfunding campaigns on platforms like FundedByMe or Invesdor where startups sell equity not just to …

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• 19 July

  Infographic: The best time to send out press releases

  

  “Data provides knowledge, and knowledge about the audience is crucial in media relations,” says Joanna Drabent, CEO & Co-founder of Prowly.com. “Our research gives data for what we already expected: even the best story may get buried in journalists’ inboxes if sent out at a wrong moment.” Here’s a handy infographic about the best times to send out press releases …

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• 19 July

  Virtual reality wars: Why Europe is winning the VR battle

  

  Virtual reality (VR) might be booming around the world, but as the market begins to mature and competing companies gain some attention from the masses, certain countries are starting to move ahead. By Daniel Smyth As ever, Europe and North America find themselves locked in a battle for supremacy and in the last few months it seems as though the …

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• 11 July

  IoT Competitions will invent the Internet of Everything

  

  A competition for the Internet of Things has been launched by three of Northern Europe’s largest  companies: Tetra Pak, Scania and Nobia. The goal is to develop game-changing solutions for everything from kitchens to trucks to packaging, through the creation of a technical prototype with a business focus. Participants in the competition will receive free access to IBM’s development tool …

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