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25 March

Startup Compass and DAMVAD put Denmark on the map

For the moment Danish startups do not have the opportunity to compare themselves to their counterparts in the international arena. A collaboration with DAMVAD and Startup Compass hopes to put Danish startups on the map. Limited Information Denmark is international renown for its startup scene. Yet there is little data available about the startup industry. This lack of data makes …

25 March

Swedish student organization inspire students to become entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs Academy is a Swedish student organization from Uppsala University, which want to encourage the students and turn all the knowledge at the university into willpower, to become entrepreneurs. Uppsala, the fourth largest city of Sweden with more than 40.000 students, has a growing startup community but the students are leaving for Stockholm because it is bigger, somewhat close by …

24 March

Falcon Social receives over DKK 100 million in investment

Falcon Social, which helps companies to be present on social media, has received almost DKK 112 million in venture capital. By Torben Kloster Two years ago, Falcon Social had only 16 employees. Today, the growth have been massive and now 180 people are working in the company. Falcon Social is based in central Copenhagen and have seen a revenue growth in 2014 …

24 March

WeLoveStartups unveils more potential grant receivers

The decision has not been easy. It has been a close run between the many applicants, and a thorough rating process has been carried out. WeLoveStartups is now right around the corner from the final batch of applicants who will go to the final stage – the jury of experts meeting taking place this Thursday. “We have worked hard to …

24 March

The goal is world domination

Three years ago, the Norwegian education technology, called EdTech, was a small industry with only a handful of companies. But on the big SXSW show in Austin, Norwegian companies this time had their own house, and collected large crowds every day, says Heidi Arnesen Austlid ICT Norway. In this Kahoot was an important factor. “The Norwegian companies are adept at …

23 March

Women in Tech

The Danish entrepreneur Camilla Ley Valentin, who is co-founder and CCO in Queue-it, has just been recognized by Inspiring Fifty, as one of the fifty most inspiring women in Europe’s technology industry. In this context, the British Prime minister invited to roundtable discussion, on the challenges European women face when entering the tech world. Inspiring Fifty is a pan-European program …

23 March

Charity Storm is building infrastructure for the non-profit sector

Swedish Charity Storm is a fundraising and payments platform for the non-profit sector. With the platform Charity Storm helps charity organisations as well as other associations to keep up with new marketing tools and payment methods and thus also target the needs of the younger crowd. A desire to make an impact on the world Charity Storm was born out …

20 March

Nordic startups stick to their domestic market

A majority of the best Nordic startups are content with being on the domestic market, and has no ambitions for global and international success, even though they have the potential to create tomorrow’s global successes. It is looking good for the best Nordic startups, especially on their domestic market. EY’s Nordic Entrepreneurship Survey 2015, show that less than half have …

19 March

What role the state should play in forming a healthy startup environment

Nordic Startup Bits have interviewed some of the most prominent Nordic VC’s, Gregers Kronborg from Northzone, Martin Hauge from Creandum, and Niels Vejrup from SEED Capital about their view on the Nordic startup scene. In the series of articles Nordic Startup Bits will look at the most promising, the worst and the biggest challenges on the Nordic startup scene based …

19 March

WeLoveStatups chooses the first potential grant receivers

WeLoveStartups are just around the corner from announcing the first receivers of our smart startup grants! It has been a long process of first finding the perfect co-initiators and thereafter making entrepreneurs in Denmark aware of the grants. It has resulted in more than 50 applications for our first round and the quality as well as potential is impressive. “It …