Where is Øresund?
Øresund is the area where Denmark and Sweden are the closest. It is also known as the greater Copenhagen area, and has it’s name from the Øresund strait that runs thru and divides the countries. The region is special because of Copenhagen being located so close to the border – the Swedish side is more or less Copenhagens eastern city parts (even if all Swedes would not agree with that statement). The region is both Danish and Swedish, and goes from Malmö to the south to Helsingborg in the north. It is one big urban area, a bit like Ruhrgebiet in Germany, and consists of multiple smaller cities which have melted together over the years. The biggest cities are: Copenhagen, Malmö, Helsingborg and Lund.
Øresund Startups
The aim of this site is to enable a better community for startups and entrepreneurs in the Øresund region – to get a more integrated region that can grow towards it’s full potential. We focus mainly on startups in the bigger cities on both the Danish side (Copenhagen) and Sweden (Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg) We are constantly adding more startups, co-working spaces and other information that is relevant for the community. We are also listing events as we are informed about them, and are generally reporting on news we think are of interest for our readers. Are we missing something – tell us about it!
What is a startup?
A not that uncommon question, and a question that has no clear answer. Read more about how startups (and funding) works.
Who we are
Øresund Startups News was initiated by me, Karsten Deppert, back in 2013. The aim was, and still is, to get more international attention to all the interesting things happening here. Because in this region there are many startups and great ideas being build, but it is almost always only talked about in Swedish or Danish, which makes it invisible on an international stage.
The aim was also to spread awareness both within and outside the region about which startups that are here (therefor our big startup database) and to help people connect and find the right events (therefor our event calender tips)
The site is a voluntarily driven, and aims to improve collaboration between entrepreneurs and to promote successful startups in the region. Many engaged people in the startup ecosystem are helping out and have helped out over the years.
How many readers does this site have?
It depends a bit, but we have between 5.000 – 10.000 views a month on the website. And we reach 15.000 – 60.000 views on our social media channels a month. Our audience is quite international, as we want it to be: roughly 25% are based ni Denmark, 25% based in Sweden and the remaining 50% from all over the world (with the US, UK and Germany being the three biggest).
Open News Manifest and Creative Commons news?
We made in fall of 2013 our news and articles Creative Commons licenced (CC-BY). This means that anyone can republish them, either for private or commercial use. Our only requirement is that it is attributed to this site. Read more about that on the Open News Manifest page.
How are is this site funded?
It isn’t. This site is run on a mostly volunteer basis, and has no full time employees.
We have advertising on the site, but that is given away for free to local Startups to help promote them. We also have some partners, which helps cover some of the costs.
Read more in our advertising section (if we would get enough interest to get paid in the future, we would not complain however… )
Lectures and seminars about startups
If you are interested in knowing more and having a presentation on the startups in region or startups and entrepreneurship, you can talk to me, Karsten Deppert. I have over the years talked and held workshop on the matter. Contact me for details.
If you are an event organizer
If you are involved in events, either on a one-off basis or ongoing at any of the multiple event spaces in the region, we can give you access to our calendar. Just contact us, and we will set up an easy solution – we believe that there are alot of great events in the region, and want to help them reach as many relevant participant as possible!
If you are a government official
Hey you, if you reading this and working at a public run organization or for one of the municipals in the region – and you think we do a valuable job that contributes to the growth in the region – reach out and lets see how we can improve this.
If you want to work with us
We sometimes have open internship positions or openings for volunteering for us as journalist. Check this page and see if there is an opening at this moment.
Other errands
If you want to contact us for any reason, you can use the following adress: info@oresundstartups.com