March, 2015

• 2 March

  Danish startup hit by bad luck

  

  Every entrepreneurs worst nightmare became a reality for Danish startup, Sesame Labs, just a few days before they were about to launch their smart lock. An US based startup beat them to the punch and launched a similar product with an identical name. Sometimes fate plays cruel tricks and you are tempted to ask yourself “What are the odds?” This …

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• 2 March

  Uppstart Tech Meetup Doubles in Size in Uppsala

  

  Uppstart is a free one-day technology startup event for anyone interested in the field, regardless of occupation. So whether you are a student, a startup, an entrepreneur, an investor or anything in between Uppstart is the event you want to join if you share the interest. Two times a year the city of Uppsala hosts Uppstart and recently the event …

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February, 2015

• 27 February

  StartupDocs – a helping hand for entrepreneurs and investors

  

  Erik Byrenius is a former entrepreneur who wishes to give something back to the startup community. After selling his first startup Onlinepizza.se Erik wished to “enter” the startup scene anew. By a circuitous route this wish turned into startupdocs.se. Here, you can download fair and standardised term sheet, shareholders’ agreement, a guide to stock options and more – for free. …

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• 27 February

  Trustpilot’s revenue grows 80% in one year

  

  The Danish startup, Trustpilot, which specializes in user reviews of companies’ customer service products, has had a growth in revenue of 80% from 2013 to 2014 as well as an growth in reviews by 50% compared to previous years. The companies have realized the value of user reviews, explains the CEO of Trustpilot. You may also like: Trustpilot join Bing …

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• 27 February

  Audiocase is bringing back the ghettoblaster

  

  Danish Audiocase is the startup behind a new portable wireless speaker, with the goal of bringing back the social aspect of listening to music. The team behind Audiocase is ready to take the startup a step further, and will be launching their Kickstarter Campaign this Friday at CROWD15, a crowdfunding conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. Premium sound on the go! Audiocase …

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• 26 February

  iZettle Unveils World’s First Free Chip & PIN Reader

  

  Last week Swedish iZettle, Europe’s number one provider of mobile payment services introduced iZettle Card Reader Lite – the world’s first free-­of-­charge Chip & PIN reader. With the Chip and PIN reader from iZettle all you need to start, run and improve your business is a smartphone or tablet. An easy solution with a transparent price structure Lite is a …

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• 25 February

  Can a business steeped in deficit be a valuable acquisition?

  

  The vacation rental portal, SunnyRentals.com, was bought last year by their competitor Vacasol. The acquisition came after SunnyRentals has had a deficit for several years, but that does not mean the investment was bad. SunnyRentals, founded in 2009, has been acquired by Vacasol, which has facilitated online booking of vacation rentals throughout Europe. The Danish Vacation rental portal SunnyRentals.com had …

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• 25 February

  Closr – a personal relationship management tool

  

  The app Closr is started by the two Swedish entrepreneurs Alex Lewerentz and Peter Eriksson. They started the app Closr because they had so many contacts spread over the phone book and other social networks, but still they had no place to save important information to help them remember stuff that they wanted to pick up on the next time …

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• 25 February

  Get smart home-cooked meal suggestions with Phoodster!

  

  Swedish Phoodster has created an app that generates mouth-watering meal suggestions incorporating items currently on sale at your local stores. An Idea Born from an everyday problem Most of us have a hard time deciding what to cook, especially if you are trying a new diet or are looking for something special. We are bombarded with promotions as soon as …

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• 25 February

  From Idea to Prototype in Minutes With Weld.io

  

  Swedish Weld is building a browser-based prototyping tool for websites and apps, with the goal of simplifying prototyping and development for everybody.   Prototyping made easy Weld is a fast and responsive UX (User experience) prototyping tool for websites and apps, which makes it simple for non-programmers to create responsive web and app prototypes, which scale and adapt beautifully to …

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