Danish app saves lives in refugee camps
The two Danish NGOs, the Children's Fund and the Maternity Foundation have just received 4.2 million kroner to reduce the number of mothers ... Read More
How can the Nordics best compete on the global event stage?
In March 2017, #nordicmade companies took over SXSW at the #nordicmade booth. With a helpful boost from the Rising North fund, the #nordic... Read More
5 Eye-catching startups from Slush
Slush, the largest startup event in the Nordics, took place in the "death month" of November in Helsinki. With over 15,000 attendees compris... Read More
Infographic: Zalando’s explosive growth
A common thought, though perhaps a naive one, is that the online fashion retail market is saturated and there's no room for newcomers to hav... Read More
New startup space Flux is way more than co-working
Last week a new collaboration space, Flux, opened in downtown Helsinki. Within the beautiful old Korkeavuorenkatu 35 building, a fresh and f... Read More
Norwegians must get out of their comfort zone, says leading business lobby
Kristin Skogen Lund, director of the NHO, Norway's leading business lobby, thinks Norwegians have been in the comfort zone for far too long,... Read More
Turning garbage into good
In May 2015, Adrien Vetterli came up with an idea sparked by a recently viral story from the Netherlands where a man decided to clean trash ... Read More
KeyWe’s digital notebook trains your memory
Icelandic startup KeyWe is creating an app that ties together an emotional, visual, and logical approach to learning.
Olafur Stefansson an... Read More
Funzi is on a mission to figure out the algorithm for learning
Finnish ed-tech startup Funzi starts with a premise you may be familiar with - learning on a mobile phone. But their unique focus on emergin... Read More
Stuttering tales from the pitching stage at Slush: Part 2
The pitching competition at the massive startup conference Slush is high stakes and high pressure. After some stressful preparations, I wa... Read More
The Future of Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding as a fundraising method has had tremendous momentum in recent years, with multiple platforms competing for the multi-billion do... Read More
The Nordics in the Spotlight at Reeperbahn Festival 2015
Inspired by SXSW, Reeperbahn Festival is Germany’s largest club festival and since its debut in 2006 it has grown to become one of the mos... Read More
Fashion + Big Data = EasySize
Gulnaz Khusainova, founder of EasySize, uses big data to know your body size better than you do.
Originally written in ... Read More
5 Rules for Female Entrepreneurs
There are not enough female tech entrepreneurs, says Camilla Ley Valentin, former winner of Ivækst's Female Entrepreneur of the Year award... Read More
Click Flic for some smart device action
Flic is a wireless shortcut button that allows you to perform smart actions on your phone with a simple click.
Flic is a Swedish startup th... Read More
#7 Nordic Co-working Spaces: Bricks
There are two things that are universally true for entrepreneurs - they need to market their products and they are extremely busy and stress... Read More
Falcon Social is making social media management look easy
Falcon Social offer a unified software as a service(SaaS) platform for social media engaging, publishing, listening, measuring, and manageme... Read More
Interview with the founder of Spotify
The Swedish media, Breakit, have interviewed Daniel Ek, Founder of Spotify, about why he is not worried about Spotify's losses, the future... Read More
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 ... Read More
The week on Twitter #1
On Nordic Startup Bits we try to filter the startup scene and we will give our reader the best from the week on the social media, Twitter.
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