February, 2015

• 12 February

  #AARsome a danish startup community

  

  The startup community in Stockholm has its own hashtag for the social media called #sthlmtag, the startup community in Oslo has its own hashtag called #Siliconfjord, and the startup community in Copenhagen has introduced its own hashtag called #cphftw. The startup community of the second largest city in Denmark, Aarhus has recently introduced its own hashtag – called #AARsome. Behind …

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• 12 February

  #1 Nordic Co-working Spaces: Startup City

  

  Are you ready to get out of the basement and move your startup into a real office? Before you get yourself locked into a lease, consider trying a co-working space! They are affordable, flexible and full of like-minded people. This is the first article in a series about co-working spaces in the Nordic region. A co-working space is often a …

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• 12 February

  Zwipe – A world without pins and passwords

  

  Norwegian Zwipe has created the world’s most power efficient, secure fingerprint algorithm. Based on this algorithm, the company is now developing the world’s first fingerprint authenticated contactless payment card: the Zwipe MasterCard. With this PIN code free solution the company promises the possibility of a one second payment process. A vision of a PIN, password and signature free future In …

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• 11 February

  The founders of Lonely Duck have founded a new social calendar app

  

  Raft is a new social startup, that have developed a calendar app for everyone that wants to have a better way to plan their life together with their partner and friends. The three founders had previously founded an app development agency called Lonely Duck. They grew that company to ten employees and delivered global apps to brands such as Puma, …

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• 11 February

  The startup scene in Oslo

  

  Some statements When I went through internet looking for these two words together: Startup & Oslo, I actually got gladly surprised. “The start-up scene in Norway is changing, and it is changing fast. An eco-system of organisations facilitating for innovation ensures the realization of creative economy benefits in Norway” (15/04/2014 Source: Aron Rolfsen) “Startup culture is on the rise and …

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• 10 February

  The Story behind Followmusic

  

    Followmusic wanted to change the way you get updates about your favorite artists, concerts, new albums, music news and upcoming events. Martin Gammeltoft is co-founder of Followmusic together with his sister, the famous Danish DJ and radio anchor Le Gammeltoft who has a sublime network to musicians around the world. This sounds like a perfect cocktail for a team …

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• 9 February

  Swedish startup Oceans want to help map the vivid underwater environment

  

  Oceans the dive logging and community app launched this week, after a succesfull beta trial in 2014 they are ready to serve divers around the world. Together with the world’s diving community, Oceans is set to map the teeming oceanic life, vivid landscapes and fragile underwater environment — making it available for everyone to explore. The company was founded in …

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• 6 February

  Airtame received 1.4 million from Angel Investor Tommy Andersen and SEED Capital

  

  Danish start-up Airtame just received 1.4 million of seed funding from angel investor and Libratone-founder Tommy Andersen and SEED Capital. This is after Airtame successfully raised 1.3 million from crowd-funding site Indiegogo in late 2013 The money will be used to fund a full product launch of Airtame’s HDMI device which lets users share content from their devices wirelessly.  Airtame …

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• 6 February

  Video ads made easy with Fliva

  

  Søren Arnsbo, Founder, Co-Owner and CIO of Arnsbo Media, talk about his new startup Fliva and his experiences at TechCrunch Disrupt. Product videos are hot at the moment. Retailers with product videos on their site report much higher average order values and conversion rates. A survey including big retailers like Best Buy, show that more than 55 percent of retailers …

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• 5 February

  Jay-Z buys music streaming company Aspiro for $56.2 million

  

  The world-famous rapper and businessman Jay-Z enters music streaming by buying Aspiro, the parent company of two subscription services, TIDAL and WiMP for $56.2 million through his own firm, Project Panther Bidco. A spokesperson from Project Panther state said that their “strategic ambition” for Aspiro is to scale the Aspiro’s platform, technology and services. WiMP, which launched in 2010 currently, …

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