The South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) is more like a festival than a traditional expo. It figures, as it has its roots as a film and music festival. SXSW consists of three main parts: Interactive, Music and Film. My company, Vincit Oy, came for the Interactive part, as part of one of the Finnish companies …
This year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival is now in full swing. The entire world has gathered for the massive event, which includes film and music festivals, and a technology conference where the latest trends and innovations make their world premiers. But this year, like previous years, Denmark is practically invisible. The SXSW Festival is …
All in all there are about 1000 #NordicMade people in Austin for SXSW, representing over 100 tech/startup companies and tens of bands and films and filmmakers. Mobile sensai Peter Gréen blogs from the #NordicLightHouse at SXSW. Day 1 of #NordicLightHouse The Nordics are here for two main activities; the Nordic Light House program running from …
The annual South by Southwest festival (aka SXSW) kicked off on Friday, and for the 7th year in a row, Finns are going over to Austin, Texas to show what they’re made of. The rest of the Nordics will also be represented at the Nordic Lighthouse. SXSW veteran Peter Green together with Pekka Pärnänen and …
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 …
Emfit QS (Emfit quantified-sleep) is a device that can help users optimize their fitness performance by tracking heart rate variability. The company Emfit has a long track record, but is now pivoting into a fast growing health tech company. The device itself is a non-contact monitoring system that is unobtrusively installed under the mattress and …
When creating apps, designers and developers begin by making wireframes and mockups of their concepts, which then has to be redone with code when the building process begin. Fuse look to change this workflow, through a unique app development platform. The Fuse team was one of the Nordic startups represented at South By Southwest in …
Danish Audiocase is joining our Nordic Startup booth at the SxSW tech & music festival in Austin Texas. We had a chat with Søren Larsen the CEO and founder of Audiocase about being a startup and the progress of their current Kickstarter campaign. Audiocase is attending the SxSW tech & music festival, which is the …
The Nordicstartupbits team is hosting the Nordic booth at SxSW tech & music conference in Austin Texas. We are here with 13 Nordic startups, who are here to represent the potential of Nordic Startups and their companies – let us introduce them. We asked all the Nordic Startups to make a 140 character introduction about …
The Nordic booth is getting a lot of buzz at the SxSW conference & music festival, and our Nordic Startups is getting some great feedback from investors, startups and costumers from all over the world. Here is a throwback on what has been happening so far. Its been a busy few days here in Austin Texas, …