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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 …

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Events, Finland, Slush, The Nordic

5 reasons to visit Ultrahack 2016

Running from the airport to the bus, trying to find my way over to a place called Bruno, using Google maps in desperation trying to find to this place. Finally arriving, sweaty, tired and confused — But I made it. I made it to Ultrahack 2015. Let me give you 5 good reasons to go to Helsinki …

Communities, Digital Platforms, Events, Finland, Slush, Social entrepreneurship

Cooperative urban planning platform Butterfly Effect takes home grand prize at Ultrahack

The grand prize at Ultrahack 2015 went to the Butterfly Effect Project, who participated in the Civic Tech Track sponsored by Forum Virium. The project aims to enhance the way cities handle urban planning, by creating a platform for citizen involvement. The team, led by Natalia Remee, an architect by training from Northern Mexico, came …

EdTech, Events, Finland, Norway, Slush

In Helsinki, developers volunteer for startups

Wouldn’t it be great to have skilled developers volunteering to hack on your startup? Sounds like a dream? It might. but that’s exactly what’s going on at Ultrahack this weekend. Almost 400 developers are gathered in Helsinki for Ultrahack, part of Slush Hacks, to hack this weekend. Most of them have their on their startups, …

Events, Finland, Hi-Tech, Slush

How the auto industry is being disrupted

Mobile phones have changed the way people experience the world. People daily use digital interfaces, as software has become  integrated into the products we use in our lives and work. By extension, people now have certain expectations for a UI (user interface), where the interaction between humans and machines occurs. But how does this affect …

Blog, Events, Slush, The Nordic

4 events you need to attend as a Nordic entrepreneur

If you’re an entrepreneur working in the Nordic region, you know that November is a month where all hell breaks loose. Everything needs to be fixed, deadlines are coming up and there’s hundreds of Meetups and events that you want to attend. But how do you know which events to attend? It’s easy, see, I’ve …

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