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Communities, Finland, Health, News, Slush, The Nordic

Largest US digital health accelerator ventures to the Nordics

The NYC based StartUp Health, a global digital health organization boasting the world’s largest portfolio of companies.  Yesterday, the Finnish Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, Finpro, and Team Finland announced the launch of StartUp Health Finland. StartUp Health Finland will be based at the Health Innovation Village in the Finnish Capital Helsinki, which houses a …

Communities, Funding, News, The Nordic

500 Startups announces $15M Nordic fund

Today,global venture capital seed fund 500 Startups announced the launch of a $15 million fund to invest in early stage Nordic startups. In anticipation of the fund, the company has already invested in several Nordic companies across the region: Tagbeat, Filmgrail, and Socius in Norway, Pacemaker, Brisk.io, Proleads and Vint in Sweden, EasySize and Iconfinder …

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Denmark, International, Media, News

Previous Jubii CEO joins Gravity4’s European Team

The previous Jubii CEO, Thomas Rimington, has joined the board of the digital marketing company Gravity4 and has become the new CFO/COO in Europe. Gravity4 has just acquired the two Danish companies EuroAds and Conyak, and with Thomas’ involvement, Gravity4 aims to reach a European turnover at 400 million DKK in 2016. Within the last six …

Gaming, News, Sweden

King acquired for $5.9 Billion By Activision Blizzard

In Call of Duty publisher Activition’s largest acquisition since buying Blizzard, the publisher has now acquired Swedish Candy Crush maker King.com for $5.9 billion. It’s only a bit over a year ago that Microsoft acquired Minecraft creator Mojang for $2.5 billion, but today, Activision smashed that record-high acquisition, as it announced that it will soon …

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Denmark, Digital Platforms, Entrepreneurs, Insight, News, The Nordic

Dronops.dk make drones for fun, not war

Working in the air force, two officers have developed a platform that delivers professional drone solutions within photo and video shoots in one overall solution. It has only been a couple of months since Christian Clemmensen Møller and Klaus Wolfsberg Kastrup launched their business: Dronops.dk. With advanced drones as a platform, Dronops delivers professional drone …

News, SXSW, The Nordic

SXSW Startup Accelerator deadline is November 6

In the eight years since its inception, the SXSW Startup Accelerator competition has helped to propel many startups. The accelerator is essentially a global showcase for startups, and provides a platform for entrepreneurs to present the latest ideas in sectors as diverse as fintech, wearables, and entertainment. Of the 305 companies who participated in SXSW …

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Communities, Media, News, The Nordic

Nordic startup medias join forces

The Nordic startup scene is high on potential, but low on global recognition. A group of Nordic startup and tech writers have decided to work together to promote startups and entrepreneurs from the region. Earlier this year, Nordic Innovation invited some regional tech writers to come to Copenhagen and discuss how they could collaborate to …

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