In Aarhus, Denmark, two sisters named Julie and Maria Morin are digitizing horse stables with their new app, Mosson Stable. The app creates an overview of the practical tasks needed to run a horse stable, such as care, feeding, and training, which are logged so that everyone using the stable can keep up with developments. “For example, in competition …
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Finland’s Neverthink believes in distraction on demand
While content might be king, the choice not to choose it yourself has proven to be just as popular. For the founders of Neverthink, the need for a background companion has turned a simple idea into a global success. By Elisa Häggström In an era of video on demand, where favorite series and movies are never more than a few …
Read More »New recruitment app Meet Frank offers anonymous communication with employers
The startup company Meet Frank is expanding its new recruitment app concept to the Nordic countries and other European markets. The service has become a major recruiter for top talent in Finland and Estonia’s tech job markets within a few months of launch. At Slush 2017, one in four attendees signed up for Meet Frank. Meet Frank is a mobile-based …
Read More »Norwegan startup ACT wants to increase the visibility of eco-friendly produce
It is currently easy to compare food based on price, for example, but not so simple to see which food products are the most environmentally friendly. Norwegian startup ACT hopes to change this with their new app. “We have been working on this app for over 2 years and hope that most people will use it to shop in a more …
Read More »What happens when your business shares a namesake abroad? The story of Hoods
The Danish App Hoods, which launched in November, has a namesake in the United States – that is, a similar app with the same name. But what are the rules really when you happen to have the same good idea as someone in another country? The idea was sound. It originated from a need the founder, Susanne Sandsberg, experienced after …
Read More »Too drunk to keep track of your stuff at Roskilde Festival? Crowdeyes “lost and found” app is here to help
CrowdEyes is a twist on the format of traditional dating apps to help people who lose or forget their things at this year’s Roskilde Festival. With a festival area equivalent to 350 football pitches, the analogy of “finding a needle in a haystack” is apt if you misplace something by accident. “If you find a lost thing and would like …
Read More »Danish Washa gets investment from the Lions
Online laundry and dry-cleaning service Washa get investment to scale big. Christian Stadil, Tommy Ahlers and Jesper Buch invested 1,5 million crowns (over 200,000 euro) in Danish startup Washa, an online laundry and dry-cleaning service that picks up your clothes and drops them off clean at your address within 48 hours. The investment took place in connection with the Danish …
Read More »A new app gives the people of Aarhus a chance to save money and reduce waste
A new app is ready to conquer Aarhus. With YourLocal you get the opportunity to buy products to reduced prices, if you can do it with short notice. The reason for this app is that there is way too much food, which gets thrown into the trash. YourLocal can be mistaken for a deal site, but it isn’t. The significant …
Read More »No more waiting around – Book N Wash is here
When living in an apartment block, doing your laundry can be very frustrating, time-wasting activity. Now, three female entrepreneurs have developed an application,Book N Wash, which makes the entire booking process easier. People who live in an apartment block knows how frustrating it is to walk down to the laundry room with all your laundry, only to find there is …
Read More »Building the Future of Weather Services
Thomas Helms, CEO and co-founder of Vaavud, is building a crowdsourced weather platform…a Waze for weather Everyone has experienced a weather forecast that did not quite hold true and experienced how it can ruin everything from picnics to a wedding party. The wind meters developed by Danish startup Vaavud aim to fix that problem. Vaavud is a crowdsourced weather service …
Read More »Swipes presents: Productivity for students (repost)
With their task management app the Danish startup Swipes helps users get to the bottom of the daily tasks. In a new blog post they explain how you can become more effective using their app. Swipes was founded in June 2013 by Kasper Pihl Tornøe, Yana Vlatchkova and Stefan Vladimirov. The startup drew attention to themself in September 2014 as they secured the …
Read More »Podio announces the Podio chat app
This April it is exactly three years since the acquisition of Danish startup, Podio, was celebrated. Since then we have been hoping to see new angels in the Nordic startup scene – but we also see the Podio team continuously improve Podio. The latest news is of a launch of a new app, the Podio Chat app. When you’re working on the …
Read More »Donkey Republic introduces bicycle sharing system
“Donkeys” is the name of a new type of bicycle sharing system, which the Danish company Donkey Republic launches in late July this year. The concept is inspired by the car sharing service Car2Go, and the team behind have already received their first million-investment. By Josefine Maria Hansen The idea for Donkey Republic emerged as CEO Erdem Ovacik had seen …
Read More »Universal Avenue announces launch today
Stockholm based Universal Avenue is announcing the international launch of their ‘sales as a service’-app today. With $2 million in investment and initial launch brands including e.g. iZettle and Spotify Business from Soundtrack Your Brand, Universal Avenue is ready to start helping small and medium size companies advance their businesses by introducing them to innovative solutions by prominent brands. A …
Read More »Ngenic outperforms Nest in Scandinavia with specialised thermostat system
Great news for the population of the Nordic countries! Ngenic, a Swedish startup from Uppsala, has found a way to solve energy management by creating a special thermostat system which can be managed through a mobile, computer or tablet and can help you save up to 15% of energy you are currently wasting. According to Norden, between 1995 and 2010, energy …
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