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EdTech, Estonia, Events, Fintech, MedTech

Former President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves and German MEP Damian Boeselager Envisioned the Future of Europe at Latitude59

Leading a country or a company in Europe presents similar challenges: protecting citizens and clients, securing markets and borders, attracting investment, managing partnerships and foreign policy, and attracting and retaining talent. The book called “Strategies and Visions for Europe” explores these issues through the lens of startups and various sectors including Defense/CyberSec, Healthcare/MedTech, Public/GovTech, Environment …

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Denmark, EdTech

Danish Edtech Justlearn works to democratize access to language training

Justlearn is Danish ed-tech company founded in 2017 with a mission to democratize access to language learning.  The mission behind Justlearn it to be able to teach language without attending  any classes, educational institutions, or standardized language courses. Justlearn plans to democratize acces to language learning through customization. Each student learns at their own pace …

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Denmark, EdTech

Danish edtech CanopyLAB acquires Peruvian publishing startup YoPublico to serve rapidly expanding userbase in Latin America.

Danish edtech CanopyLAB is behind a social and adaptive learning platform that is being used in more than 85 different countries. By Esben Trier Based on co-founder Sahra-Josephine Hjorth’s Ph.D. research at the University of Aalborg, CanopyLAB launched its product in late 2018 with a focus on corporate learning. With COVID-19 CanopyLAB’s reach expanded dramatically …

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Denmark, EdTech, Funding

Business angels invest millions in CanopyLAB’s ed-tech platform

On CanopyLAB’s ed-tech platform, companies, NGOs and institutions offer online courses focusing on learning through interaction to support the next generation of e-learning. The vision now has a large investment from a number of business angels. During a research visit to Australia, PhD scholar, Sahra-Josephine Hjorth of Aalborg University became interested in how social media …

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Data/Analytics, EdTech, Enterprise SaaS, Norway, Social entrepreneurship

8 Norwegian startups to keep your eye on

Norway has only recent emerged as a startup hub, with it now leading the Nordics as the fastest grower in number of investments. However the Norwegian scene is often not acknowledged beyond Opera, and we think it’s time that changed. 1. nLink: Mobile drilling robots  Love them or hate them, the right robot can save us time and money. …

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EdTech, Insight, Norway

Ed-techs on ed-tech: How to fix higher education

Educational reform has never been more salient in the Nordics, as schools race to integrate digital competences into the core curriculum.  Ed-tech Foundry, an ed-tech company based in Norway, has some thoughts on how higher education can be reformed to prepare students for the future and the best way to use ed-tech learning tools. “Tell …

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EdTech, Insight, The Nordic

3 Ed-tech trends to watch out for

As Ed-tech is becoming the next industry to watch in the Nordics, with success stories like Kahoot, DigiExam, and Funzi. We take a look at 3 major trends in the ed-tech world.   Adult education Ed-tech is often thought about in terms of “gamified” learning tools like Duolingo, but the real face of adult education …

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EdTech, Insight, Sweden, The Nordic

Barriers to ed-tech development in the Nordics

The Nordics have a natural advantage when it comes to education technology, including strong school systems, technical expertise, and forward-thinking municipalities who put digitalization on the agenda. What is holding back ed-tech development in the region? Many startups in the Nordics struggle with the VC investment bottleneck and finding the right talent. However as Hanna …

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