Nordic Startup News Early Stage Startup News From The Nordics
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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May, 2015
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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
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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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29 April
Dutch and Danish car sharing platforms join forces to conquer Europe
Denmark’s first platform for peer-to-peer car rental, MinbilDinbil, has been acquired by the largest car sharing platform in the Netherlands, SnappCar. MinbilDinbil takes a serious step back into the race for the Danish car sharing market as the Dutch counterpart SnappCar has bought the company. The merger makes SnappCar the second largest car sharing solution in Europe with a total …
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28 April
Donkey Republic introduces bicycle sharing system
“Donkeys” is the name of a new type of bicycle sharing system, which the Danish company Donkey Republic launches in late July this year. The concept is inspired by the car sharing service Car2Go, and the team behind have already received their first million-investment. By Josefine Maria Hansen The idea for Donkey Republic emerged as CEO Erdem Ovacik had seen …
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27 April
Universal Avenue announces launch today
Stockholm based Universal Avenue is announcing the international launch of their ‘sales as a service’-app today. With $2 million in investment and initial launch brands including e.g. iZettle and Spotify Business from Soundtrack Your Brand, Universal Avenue is ready to start helping small and medium size companies advance their businesses by introducing them to innovative solutions by prominent brands. A …
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