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Slush 2022 impressed the first-timers from near and far

As an event, Slush succeeds to impress all the attendees, even those Teflon-surfaced veterans, who have many previous Slushes on their belt. So it is no wonder, that the first-timers are generally astonished what comes to the atmosphere, solid arrangements, and the solid flux of meeting interesting people, especially  new ones. Deirdre Mc Gettrick from …

Arctic15, Categories, Communities, Digital Platforms, Entrepreneurs, Events, Finland, The Nordic

Action Matters – and mattered – at Arctic15, 2022

Few years ago the tagline (and the hashtag) for #Arctic15 was #FindTheOne. Nowadays it has evolved to #ActionMatters, and at this years LIVE comeback, it was really in the center of the activities. Arctic15 happened in the beginning of June in Helsinki, Finland, where the sun was shining, and a decent groups of over 1000 …

Entrepreneurs, Funding, The Nordic

SNÖ Ventures launch new $100m Nordic venture fund backed by Peter Thiel

Oslo-based SNÖ Ventures has launched its second fund to  invest in visionary Nordic entrepreneurs and connect the Nordics  with the US and broader Europe. The new fund targets $100M to invest  in early stage, high-growth Nordic tech companies with the potential to disrupt,  create or capture large markets through transformative technology or  solutions.  By Kremena …

Kiuas Accelerator
Communities, Entrepreneurs, Finland, Hi-Tech, International, News, Social entrepreneurship, The Baltics, The Nordic

Top Finnish startup accelerator expands to the Nordics and Baltics

Summer of 2021 is closing in, and as the world is seeing a surge in optimism with the influx of vaccines, Kiuas, the #1 startup accelerator in Finland, brings exciting news about expansion. Kiuas today revolves around the startup accelerator programs, and with the changing world, it makes to evolve the flagship program, Kiuas Accelerator, …

Blog, Communities, Data/Analytics, Entrepreneurs, Events, Finland, Media, Social entrepreneurship, Sweden

Nordic startups building radical transparency into tech

Getting through the Nordic winter is trying at the best of times. The previous months have provided few hours of sunshine but an infinite amount of “recommendations” (it is to date not legal for the Swedish government to e.g. enforce a lockdown) formulated in almost as many ways as there are media outlets. The Nordics …

Denmark, Digital Platforms, Entrepreneurs, Finland, Funding, Iceland, News, Norway, Sweden, The Nordic

“Unconventional Accelerator”: The first digital accelerator targeting underrepresented Nordic founders

Since launching its report on who funds whom in the Nordics, together with partners like Startup Sweden and NVCA, the team at Unconventional Ventures have been busy. They recently launched the UV Syndicate, giving everyone the opportunity to co-invest in, by UV vetted, startups at pre-seed and seed stages. Today they announce the first digital …

Blog, Digital Platforms, Entrepreneurs, MusicTech, Sweden, The Nordic

Audio first: Nordic social interactions in the year of the pandemic

Statistics show we have collectively stigmatized randomly phoning someone up and as a result, over the past decade, the number of texts sent monthly have increased with 7,700% and US smartphones users allegedly receive and respond to 5x more texts than phone calls. We have built handheld walls against direct interactions at the same time …

Climate, Denmark, Entrepreneurs, Events, Finland, Interview, Social entrepreneurship, The Nordic

Reducing food waste is on the agenda as Nordics gain stronghold in foodtech innovations

Nordic Startup Bits sat down for an interesting talk about the foodtech startup scene at SLUSH in December with Accelerace’s Investment Manager, Business Accelerator and Head of Venture Scouting Martin Holmboe. Accelerace is the Nordics’ leading startup accelerator and pioneering in the corporate – startup matchmaking space. Martin has many years of experience as a …

Communities, Entrepreneurs, Events, Finland, Profile, Slush, Social entrepreneurship, Spotlight

From venture capital to peace capital: One startup wants to encourage cooperation with the food that we share

The founder of the startup Colive wants to use premium Cypriot olive oil to spark global conversations about peace. He connects family farms on both sides of the UN Buffer Zone to create the first product in what he hopes will be an entire line of culturally significant ingredients and foods to encourage cooperation. That …

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