February, 2015

• 16 February

  Swedish Hoffice facilitates private co-working space

  

  Are you currently working from your own home and do you have excess space? Then why not share this space with other people also working from their home? The Swedish movement Hoffice facilitates home sharing in a new innovative way. It is a philosophy, and a network of people who wants to work together for free in each others’ homes …

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• 16 February

  Three new Icelandic VC funds ready to invest $80 million

  

  The Icelandic startup scene rejoice after three new VC funds open within the first week of February. There has been talk about creating new VC funds in Iceland for years. As both of the current Icelandic VC funds, NSA Ventures and Frumtak, have been fully invested for years with little flexibility towards new investments. The Icelandic startup scene can rejoice …

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• 16 February

  Bit by bit: The UBER master- or disaster plan

  

  UBER breaks their own record week by week – new investment and a very high valuation have been a part of UBERs short history. The total raised capital since the birth of UBER is insanely 2.7 billion dollars. But how can a six-year-old company be worth more than the iconic Harley Davidson, the cereal brand Kellogg’s or Mattel, one of …

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• 12 February

  What’s the hoot about Kahoot?

  

  Kahoot is Norwegian game-based classroom response application aiming to allow teacher to engage students in a fun, interactive and innovative way. The application allows users to create quizzes, discussions and surveys in real time that students can access on any web browser. From gameshow to lecture quiz Kahoot was conceptualized by Norwegian University of Science and Technology professor Alf Inge …

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• 12 February

  Why Conferize launched the free service ‘Organizer’

  

  The event organizing startup Conferize has now launched a free version for smaller event organizers. Conferize was founded by entrepreneur Martin Ferro-Thomsen who also co-founded the startup succes Issuu that moved to San Francisco back in 2011. Martin Ferro-Thomsen and his team of 10 people are working straight out of Founders House, the first tech co-working space in Copenhagen that …

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• 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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