Nordic Startup News Early Stage Startup News From The Nordics
At Infoshare 2016, Richard Kastelein, of Blockchain News shared a beginners guide to blockchain, and why this technology will change the way we do business – and how the principles of blockchain are actually older than you think. Over the next 10 years, blockchain technology will change the way we do business. Although it is not a magic bullet, it …
Read More »TimeLine Layout
June, 2016
-
8 June
The Green Alley Award takes on Nordic entrepreneurs in the circular economy
Start-up founders who focus on issues of resource preservation, resource recovery and recycling, often lack access to funding opportunities, as they have difficulty competing the b2b scale-ups that investors see as big money. That is why in 2014 Green Alley, a strategic circular economy investor based in Berlin, initiated the annual Green Alley Award, Europe’s first start-up competition for entrepreneurs wanting …
Read More » -
7 June
Ultrahack organizes a hackathon of 1 million euros
Ultrahack 2016, which launched at the beginning of June, invites participants to compete for more than 1 million euro investments plus other significant prizes. The investments will be awarded by Nestholma in cooperation with Ultrahack, surpassing previous investments in hackathons in Finland. The best teams have also an opportunity to meet FiBAN (Finnish Business Angels Network) investors after the finals. …
Read More » -
7 June
Swedish Innovation Compass acquires seed-funding platform SeedFundIt
Swedish Innovation Compass is the app helping entrepreneurs, researchers, and innovators to navigate the innovation support system in Sweden. The user is guided to everything relevant from venture capital, business incubators, government grants and more. After going through Lund University’s accelerator program, the app is sitting at over 5 000 downloads and now has a web version too. Recently, they …
Read More » -
3 June
In photos: Robot battle at Roskilde Festival
Design and creativity took free rein at the Maker area at this year’s Roskilde festival, where on Tuesday night makers competed to created the silliest robots. An arsenal of glue guns and soldering irons were snatched up by festival guests Tuesday, who were invited to join in building silly and fun robots. The building culminated in a tournament on Tuesday …
Read More » -
2 June
Iot “Mini Button” promises simplest internet userface in the world
The Button Corporation, which launched world’s first IoT physical push button from Helsinki in the Spring of 2014, has launched a new bttn Mini designed by award-winning Finnish industrial designer, Harri Koskinen, best known for his Block Lamp, a light-bulb held inside two shaped pieces of clear glass, which is exhibited in MoMA in New York City. Harri has designed …
Read More » -
2 June
Nordic Startup Awards 2016 winners Realm on the year ahead
Realm has taken home the prestigious ‘Startup of the Year’ at the Nordic Startup Awards 2016. This is no surprise if you have followed the company’s explosive growth over the last 2 years. Realm has created a mobile database for developers globally to create advanced applications quickly and easily, and is now in the hands of 1 billion users. The …
Read More » -
1 June
The Nordic Startup Awards 2016 – Grand Finale winners
The Nordic Startup Awards grand finale took place in the Harpa Center in Reykjavik, Iceland, and hosted collaboration with Icelandic Startups. Attendees from all over the Nordics gathered to celebrate the best startups, accelerators, and investors of the year. Kim Balle, founder of the Nordic Startup Awards, spoke about why the awards are so important for the startup ecosystem. “We …
Read More » -
1 June
Startup Extreme invites you to do extreme sports with your next investor
On June 15-17th, Startup Extreme is inviting an exclusive group of investors, media, connectors, and founders to the small west coast town of Voss, Norway to get to know a selection of the coolest Nordic founders. The twist? Participants will get to know each other while enduring extreme sports in the Norwegian fjords. By having the attendees doing extreme sports …
Read More »
May, 2016
-
31 May
Singapore-London “fintech bridge” will leave Nordics in the dust
The UK and Singapore regulators are joining forces to form a so-called “fintech bridge” in a bid to both bolster Singapore’s fintech credentials and strengthen UK links to Asia. The Nordics, which are competing with Singapore to become the next fintech hub, will surely be left in the dust. In a joint statement with the UKs Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) …
Read More »