The world’s largest start-up festival, Slush will take place in Helsinki on November 16-17, but Slush isn’t just the official single event. Slush Week, running from Nov 14-18, is loaded with a good variety of Side Events. Plus, and even no Slush Pass will be needed to access many of these events. Side Events are …
Inpay, a Copenhagen based fintech, has been named the fastest growing company in Denmark out of millions of enterprises in the annual FT1000 business rankings. The company was also recognised as the sixth fastest growing fintech in Europe, and entered the ranking at as the 87th fastest growing company in Europe, the highest position a …
With Chilean insurance tech startup Betterfly now sharing prestigious unicorn status with fellow portfolio company, Esusu, Norwegian VC Katapult has gained its second accelerator-bred impact unicorn in one week. Katapult first discovered and invested in Betterfly at the early Seed stage in mid-2019 with further investment via their follow-on fund in mid-2020. With Betterfly already …
Latvia’s Nordigen has announced a new €2.1 million investment to expand their freemium model after growing to support more than 1000 European bank APIs. Investors include Black Pearls VC, Inventure, Highgoal Capital, ID4 Ventures, Calchas Holding and angel investors from across the Baltics including Artis Kehris, Henry Nilert, Gerri Kodres and Riivo Anton. The startup …
As in many countries during the pandemic, contactless payments have been on the rise in Lithuana. The country has chosen to make Fintech a national priority and has updated the process for business licensing for Fintech companies. By Lukas Pereckas “The whole Fintech ecosystem here is so developed – business support networks, clear efficient regulation, …
Each year, Danes miss out on 11 billion kroner in deductions, either because people don’t know what they are entitled to, or because the process is simply too cumbersome. Tax Helper wants to change that. By Aske Buemann Taxes and deductions can give many a blank look in their eyes. Therefore, two entrepreneurs will now help people find …
Scandinavia is known for implementing the newest innovations in many fields, including gaming. Current global entertainment tends are about applying crypto and improving blockchain-powered systems, and Scandinavia is among the leaders in doing so. By Julia Beyers Scandinavia is a pretty attractive region for blockchain developers who seek investments and cheap energy. Both regular people …
Finland’s Enfuce secures €10 million from Maki.vc to launch a sustainability service, MyCarbon Action, a service for banks and financial service providers to help customers track their carbon footprint per purchase. Finnish payment service provider Enfuce has today announced its new funding round of €10M, led by the early-stage VC firm Maki.vc and including venture …
Today, there are more banking options available than ever before. VertaaEnsin is on a mission to consolidate all financial products in one platform. “Financial products constitute the largest part of our monthly expenses. What is interesting, is that consumers are very familiar with comparing flights and other easy-to-understand products and services. We like making informed …
Spiff app, a Norwegian app soft-launched on iOS this summer, became available for Android users last week to promote “social saving”, and is the first company to bring this concept to the Norwegian market. Carl-Nicolai Wessmann, Founder & CEO of Spiff, said in a press release: “We are the first to bring the concept of …