We interviewed Swedish Innovation Compass, an innovative app aimed at connecting startups with the right funding. Stephen Batley, CEO of Swedish Innovation Compass, and Sasa Farkas, technical lead, aim to make the startup ecosystem in Nordic countries even better than it is now. The innovative app gathers information on all available and soon-to-be available financial …
Universal Avenue, a network of freelance Brand Ambassadors, has announced a new 5 million dollar funding round led by Northzone or Salesforce Ventures. Universal Avenue, a mixture of personal network marketing and sales, gives brands access to a global on-demand sales force. The new Swedish platform allows users, or Brand Ambassadors, to act as local sales …
Sofie Lundström, founder of To Borrow, is building a lending platform, easing access to capital for new smaller companies. Originally published in #NordicMade magazine. When Sofie Lundström was growing up, she did a great deal of sports. It is during that time she got her strong character and zest to be the best at what …
Per Emanuelsson, co-founder of Soundtrap, is building an easy-to-use online recording studio. Originally published in #NordicMade magazine While there is no standard recipe for success, one thing is clear: success typically comes to those who enjoy what they are doing. Stockholm based entrepreneur Per Emanuelsson is a great example of that. He and his friends …
The world’s first smoothie vending machine company sees phenomenal response on crowd funding platform. In 2007, when cancer researcher Astrid Friborg attended a lecture on entrepreneurship for a course that she took in parallel with her doctoral research, she was struck by a brainwave. A juice bar had won a competition, and she wondered if …
By Tina Søndergaard Thorsen and Sisse Melsen On the 14-16 of August, Camp Ven #2015 was held for the first time. Entrepreneurs and startup players from the Øresund region were invited to spend the weekend on the island of Ven, located between Sweden and Denmark. The concept was simple: to gather 50 people for an …
When a knee injury forced footballer Philip Haglund to miss a season for football club IFK Gothenburg, he knew he had to do something different during his time for recuperation. Haglund chanced upon an article that talked about how as a society we were moving away from cash-based transactions to paperless or digital money. Haglund …
Flic is a wireless shortcut button that allows you to perform smart actions on your phone with a simple click. Flic is a Swedish startup that is making life even more simple for smart phone users. With a simple click of a Flic button, users have access to a variety of different functions. These include …
Garage Technology Ventures, Norway’s StartupLab, and Silicon Valley-based MAD-Partners announced earlier this month the launch of Silicon Valley Catalyst, a new joint venture to fund and grow brilliant emerging European technology companies that are ready to launch in the U.S. The collaboration brings together a team of experienced Silicon Valley and Nordic venture players to …
Jam-packed STHLM Tech Meetup with Atomico event brought Ngenic, MedUniverse, and Shipwallet on the stage. Who had the best pitch this Tuesday? NSB was there to find out Yet another STHLM Tech Meetup is behind us. If anything, the event, which has been going on for over two years, is getting more and more popular, …
