Startup News

Fallen heroes – an important part of the startups eco-system

We have covered some of the failures of startups in the region before, and with the recent article about Admazely’s failure we have decided to make a s…

Startup gets € 550K funding to send pastry abroad

Startup Pastry Sweden, which is behind the popular site skickatårta.se, that allows home-delivery of cakes and pastry, has secured 5 Msek (€ 550 K) fro…

Area9 acquired by McGraw-Hill – allegedly for up to €130 Millions

E-learning startup Area9 announced earlier that they had been acquired by McGraw-Hill Education. Terms of the deal were not disclosed officially, but r…

Christoffer from Localize Direct about pitching to american VC:s

Business Sweden organized a trip to the U.S. for four startups that looked for investments. One of the companies accepted was Localize Direct, a Helsin…

Project Canvas – a BMC inspired project tool launched

Earlier this week Project Canvas was launched officially, a simple canvas model for projects. The aim is to simplify project communications, and it is …

Copenhagen Suborbitals: Amateur Rocket will be tested in March

Copenhagen Suborbitals is a non-profit space organistaion. Kristian von Bengtson and Peter Madson have founded Copenhagen suborbitals in May 2008. Sinc…

DealCircle raises $750k to slash legal fees for startups

Copenhagen-based investment platform DealCircle announced today it has raised $750k (€ 550k), with some impressive names on the list. It aims to slash …

Leapfrogs for student business development is open for application

Leapfrogs, a project that provides students with financial support to develop their business ideas, is open for application. The sum awarded correspond…

Erghis Sphere wants to change how we type and interact with devices

Startup Erghis just announced a crowdfunding campaign, with the aim of creating a new way to interact with computers and phones. Touchless is something…