September, 2014

• 25 September

  Nordic Innovation House opens in Silicon Valley

  

  Nordic Innovation House, a co-working space, incubator and resource center for Nordic tech companies, debuted today. The new initiative is funded by an alliance of Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic and Danish governments as well as Nordic Innovation, an institution supported by Nordic governments that works to promote cross-border trade and innovation. As seen in the success of firms like Skype …

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• 25 September

  Mosiac Ventures ready to invest $140 m. in early stage startups in Europe

  

  The London based venture capital firm Mosaic Ventures announced it is ready to invest a $140 million fund on Series A, early stage companies in the Nordic Region and the rest of Europe. The partners behind Mosaic Ventures are Simon Levene, Mike Chalfen and Toby Coppel. The trio has experience investing at both sides of the Atlantic, working for prestigious …

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• 24 September

  Smart shopping lists for the smartphone enthusiast

  

  Cromian is a Danish company aiming to revamp the shopping experience through two apps: Chaser and mealChaser. “Supermarkets are scared… because they know technology which allows customers to compare products, prices and convenience is coming.” The Chaser app, which has been out on iOS since February 2014, is a comprehensive shopping list application. The app mimics the grocery sections of …

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• 22 September

  Hungry? Why not EatinCommon?

  

  EatinCommon: a new social meal concept enhancing community spirit and promoting the creation of delicious food. EatinCommon is a platform used to connect people who enjoy sharing their cooking expertise and meeting new people. A user can choose to either be a guest or a host. A host must plan a menu and create an event, specifying the date, price …

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• 15 September

  Match My Thesis: A match made in heaven for companies and students?

  

  Photo credit: Lukas Snioka Match My Thesis is an online platform that matches thesis-writing students together with sharp-eyed companies. Companies invest huge sums of money in attracting top quality talent to their workforce. Recruitment is a vigorous process of applications, testing and interviews. Despite this filtration process it is difficult to ascertain accurately the work ethic of a potential employee. …

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• 10 September

  Danish startup Swipes announced as finalist in Evernote Platform Awards

  

  The Danish task management app Swipes has just been announced one of the top 3 winners in “Best New Startup of 2014” at the Evernote Platform Awards, the annual celebration of the best apps that connect to the powerful note-taking software of Evernote. The Danish startup was founded in May 2013 and the Swipes team located in Denmark, Bulgaria and …

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• 9 September

  #CPHFTW is where Danish startups meet

  

  More than 600 people gathered to celebrate the Copenhagen and danish startup ecosystem when the third town hall meeting were held last week. Nordic Startup Bits were there and we were met with a vibe that was was felt all through the nordic region. You could feel there are something really interesting happening in the happiest country in the world. …

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• 8 September

  More than 3,000 Tech Fest attendees celebrated Stockholm

  

  Sthlmtechfest is a yearly event hosted by Tyler Crowley, and sponsored by a long list of companies that support the focus on startups. The event displays all the upcoming trends within different areas such as, gaming, media, commerce, and gives a large number of startups the opportunityto display their products in order to get in touch with investors, medias or …

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• 5 September

  Gold to Swipes at the Evernote Platform Awards

  

  The Danish startup Swipes went all the way and secured the gold medal in the Evernote startup competition in San Francisco. “We fucking did it” That was the Facebook Message that hit our phone 2 AM the morning between Friday and Saturday from the CEO of Swipes. Later that morning Nordic Startup Bits got a change to talk with Kasper …

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• 5 September

  Nordic Startup Bits – the new kid in town

  

  We arrived in Stockholm and are the new kid in town, but with a smile on our face and ready to conquer the world or at least the nordics. There are room for more exposure to startups and there are much more room for exposure to early stage startups from the nordics. According to an analysis by VC Creandum, 3 …

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