Entrepreneur

Karsten is a German born, but living in Sweden, entrepreneur and initiator of this site. Co-founder of Contentor and Wellbefy during his day time, as well as involved in the co-working spaces Mindpark and E-commerce Park of Sweden. You can follow him on Twitter under @karstendc, on Quora and his overview site Everywhere Group.

Author: Karsten Deppert

Goodiebox raises €5,7M to boost growth in Europe

Goodiebox, a Copenhagen-based beauty-tech startup, has announced the close of a € 5,7 million Series A funding. Behind the funding are new and exis…

June 7, 2019

Tencent acquires Malmö videogame developer Sharkmob

More gaming news from Malmö this month. Earlier this week, Tencent Holdings Ltd announced that they had acquired Malmö-based videogame developer Sharkm…

May 25, 2019

Pleo Raises €50M Series B

Fintech startup Pleo, an all-in-one business spending platform that provides smart company cards to automate expense reports, announced a € 50 Million…

May 15, 2019

Realm acquired by MongoDB for € 35 million

Realm, an open-source database geared for mobile applications, has announced they have been acquired by MongoDB. We have previously reported on Real…

April 25, 2019

A new VC is in town!

This week it was announced that byFounders has raised a massive € 100 million fund. This is to build upon their start, which was a € 30 million fund in…

April 4, 2019

Secretive game dev Sharkmob growth to 50 employees

The Malmö-based game startup Sharkmob was founded in 2016 by a team of former Massive Entertainment managers, who had experience from titles such as Th…

March 9, 2019

Guide: Unemployment insurance for entrepreneurs and expats in Denmark

This article was written in collaboration with startup samlino.dk, that is a portal for finding information and services. Lots of people embrace th…

March 3, 2019

IKEA founder gives biggest ever donation for design center that has fostered top startups

This week it was announced that the foundation from Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA that passed away one year ago, left the largest ever donation f…

February 27, 2019

Hyped startups folds: Kronaby smart watches files for bankruptcy

Last week news broke that Anima, which focused on smart watches, has filed for bankruptcy. The startup operated mostly under one of it's brands, Kronab…

February 14, 2019

Student Startup Matching #2 – calling startups!

Minc, together with Drivhuset, is hosting a second edition of Student Startup Matching on March 27th at Orkanen in Malmö. They are now looking for star…