You might also initially feel skeptical about a company focussing on doggy day care, daytime and over-night boarding, walking and related dog services. But what Tasspass is doing is creating an online marketplace of such providers, individuals and professionals, across Sweden, and giving pet owners a simple and fast way to search, book and pay for the services online to ensure the best care for their furry friends.

Tasspass was launched in April 2013 and taps into a significant need.

The value of an online booking service for dog watching services is evident for dog owners around the country. In a few months, the company has demonstrated an ability to quickly scale their services. There is a functioning and sustainable business model in place right from the start, and Tasspass has great potential to grow further, says Jimmy Lundström.

Lundström, who is also a board member of app company Qnekt is a good fit for the company, says CEO Peter Wieslander.

I welcome Jimmy to the board and as an investor in Tasspass. He brings both experience and expertise to the company that we will benefit from during our continued expansion, comments Peter Wieslander CEO at Tasspass.

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This year’s Conference kept up with high level of professionalism. Three major themes were “Human Behavior”, “New Technology” and “Make it Happen”. 40 different speakers from all over the world spoke about big data, learning, non visual communication, online harassment, responsive web design, boredom, change making and tactility in a digital world. Watch inspirational and thought-provoking The Conference’s video material here.

Among other interesting things, The Conference has also become a debut scene for Qnekt’s full version of iOS app according to the VentureBeat. In light of the recent investment Qnekt has a great potential. On top of regular features like schedule, map of the venue, and a list of speakers Qnekt users may see other conference attendees, receive notifications from event organizers, and take notes.

Next year’s conference is scheduled for August 18-22, 2014. Stay tuned for updates.

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The money comes from the co-founder of The Astonishing Tribe, Hampus Jakobsson, and Johan Lenander who serves as chairman of TAT.

According Qnekts CEO, Finnur Sverrisson, the cash contribution will be used to hire staff, create more features and develop the app to work on more platforms than Android and iOS. Qnekt started last spring and now has seventeen resellers in eleven countries.

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