May, 2015

• 13 May

  Icelandic Winners of the Nordic Startup Awards

  

  Yesterday the Icelandic startup community got together at Reykjavik University, courtesy of Klak Innovit, Nyherji, and Stjornvisi, to find out who were the Icelandic winners Nordic Startup Awards 2015. (photo credit: Haraldur Gudjonsson) “We are proud to connect with the nordic startup scene and other community leaders through the Nordic Startup Awards. It’s a great platform to bring attention to …

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• 13 May

  Insights on the Nordic Business Angels

  

  There is room for improvement in the pulsing Nordic startup and business angel environment. The Nordic startup and business angel environment is pulsing. Still more highly remarkable Nordic startups are emerging, and there has never been more venture capital available. But just as startups and entrepreneurs have to mature and grow, great business angels must also emerge over time.  There …

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• 12 May

  Capture, play and share interactive video with Zpindler

  

  Zpindler is a new platform to capture, play and share interactive video. Using natural interfaces they break the static rules of video as we know it. Video has evolved and changed a lot the past years. Evolving smartphones combined with high speed internet enable multiple ways of creation and consumption of video. New tools enable extreme creativity and engagement. We …

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• 12 May

  The Norwegian Winners of the Nordic Startup Awards 2015

  

  The Norwegian startup community got together at Ingensteds, central Oslo last week to discover who will be competing against the other Nordic startups at the Helsinki Grand Finale of the Nordic Startup Awards this year. By Thorunn Jonsdottir, photo credit Noor Dawod The evening was organised by Oslo Business Region and Startup Norway with a crowd of around 200 people …

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• 11 May

  Lifee gets real

  

  Swedish startup, FutureMe Labs are creators of Lifee – a wristband for kids that motivates physical activity while being entertaining and easy to use. By Vic Bassey Wearable technology company Lifee has moved a step closer to being a real product with the delivery of a prototype to one of its biggest supporters and customers. The delivery was made by …

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• 11 May

  Coinify and the Wow Feelings in First Time Bitcoin Users

  

  Earlier this March a Coinify’s Account Manager tried to survive an entire month just using Bitcoin in the Danish capital city of Copenhagen. Differently from last year attempter, whom managed to last 10 days, he made it. His company, Coinify works to spread the use of Bitcoin especially in Denmark. Coinify states that it “takes an unconventional approach to mainstream …

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• 6 May

  Creation at the heart of Weld

  

  Weld is a Swedish startup building a browser-based design tool for websites and apps. The vision is to radically simplify app creation for everybody: “app creation as simple as drawing a slide in Keynote”.  By Vic Bassey Welcome to the article about the startup Weld. Before you go any further, STING is the local hero and supporter and helped us …

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• 4 May

  Is Copenhagen a Female Startup Founder Heaven?

  

  Now in its 5th year accelerating startups in Copenhagen, Startupbootcamp Mobile wants to repeat the success of their 2014 cohort, where more than half of the teams accepted into the program were founded or co-founded by female founders. Startupbootcamp Mobile accelerator focuses on scaling mobile technologies, and solution-based startups, in which up to 10 selected startups receive 15,000 Euros seed …

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• 1 May

  Appear.in removes the fuss about video conferencing

  

  Launched in August 2013, appear.in is a startup making video conversations simpler, easier and log in free appear.in is a web service that enables people to talk over video. Unlike other video services however, there is no need for logins or downloading any software. All one has to do is create an appear.in unique link and send this link to …

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April, 2015

• 30 April

  Podio announces the Podio chat app

  

  This April it is exactly three years since the acquisition of Danish startup, Podio, was celebrated. Since then we have been hoping to see new angels in the Nordic startup scene – but we also see the Podio team continuously improve Podio. The latest news is of a launch of a new app, the Podio Chat app. When you’re working on the …

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