March, 2015

• 27 March

  WeLoveStartups announces the last three startups for potential grants

  

  The decision is made through expert screeners, who has experience in the industries and problems that the entrepreneurs find themselves in. The screening has resulted in industry specific evaluations that the jury of experts has used as the starting point of their assessment. Furthermore, the jury of experts will focus on which startup shows the best ability of putting the …

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• 27 March

  Interview with the founder of Spotify

  

  The Swedish media, Breakit, have interviewed Daniel Ek, Founder of Spotify, about why he is not worried about Spotify’s losses, the future of the pharmaceutical industry, what he thinks about the lack of women in startup companies and the lack of housing opportunities in Stockholm. It has been a few years since Daniel Ek lined up for a longer interview with the …

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• 27 March

  MEE receive over a quarter million dollars in growth loan

  

  MEE has created a mobile payment system, which they have tested in numerous shops in Randers, Denmark, throughout the last six months. With a growth loan from Vækstfonden, a Danish state investment fund, behind them, is MEE ready to conquer the rest of Denmark. MEE is ready to challenge the other mobile payment solutions, which have gained momentum over the past …

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• 26 March

  Spanish Speaking Startup in Denmark – This Is Why We Stay Here

  

  For about a year ago a business partner lured the Spanish price-comparison platform ValorTop to Denmark. Although the company targets the Spanish market, and the founders come from the Netherlands, Spain and Japan, they now  form a Danish startup. ValorTop is a price-comparison platform targeting the 322 million Spanish-speaking people worldwide. They specialize in helping users find and buy technology …

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• 25 March

  More great news: Realm obtains $20 million investment

  

  Realm, a Danish startup that has created an innovative mobile database, has received an investment round of $20 million led by Khosla Ventures and Scale Venture Partners. Realm, formerly known as TightDB, has created a unique mobile database that runs many times faster than their competitors’ solutions. The database takes up so little space, which makes it perfect for mobile …

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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 …

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• 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 …

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• 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 …

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• 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 …

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• 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 …

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