The event quickly became a success and has now become a global phenomenon. Today, the Nordic Startup Awards are a part of the Global Startup Awards (also founded in Denmark) and its winners compete with representatives from other regions of the world (over 60 countries).

“There aren’t really any connections between those who are dealing with tech. And this is true all over the world. There are a number of regions where it really makes sense to do some cross-country collaboration”, Kim continues.

The winners of this year’s Nordic Startup Awards have been announced in early December out of the total 3 000+ nominations, and will now compete on a global scale.

The winners from the Öresund region include:

• Best Newcomer: Good Monday – an easily scalable workplace management platform;
• Best Fintech Startup: Brickshare – a revolutionary online investment platform;
• Best Hardware Startup: SOUNDBOKS – innovative battery-driven speakers;
• Startup of the Year: Pleo – a payment card solution with features such as automated expense reports and company budgeting;
• Investor of the Year: byFounders – a collective of founders that support other founders in the Nordic and Baltic regions;
• Best Coworking Space: Mindpark – a creative coworking space that is available in Helsingborg, Lund and Malmö Hyllie.

Other winners are from Sweden are:

• Best Health Tech Startup: Nuvoair – an integrated platform that improves the lives of those suffering from respiratory problems and helps make faster medical decisions;
• Ecosystem Hero of the Year: Malin Frithiofsson – Head of Community Management at Chalmers Ventures.

From Norway:

• Best AI/Machine Learning Startup: Spacemaker AI – using AI to optimise the maximum potential of construction sites;
• Best Accelerator or Incubator Program: TheFactory – helps early stage entrepreneurs who have a business idea, early product or scalable concept.

From Finland:

• Best Creative Industry Startup: Grib3D – a user-friendly app that brings 3D designs into real life using augumented reality;
• Best Social Impact Startup: Intellectural Farms (iFarm) – an innovative technology for growing natural salads, berries and vegetables year-round in fully controlled automated environment.

From Iceland:

• Founder of the Year: Kari Thor Runarsson – one of Europe’s top tech innovators.

Congratulations to the winners and good luck in the next stage!

Source: Bootstrapping.

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All of these are now competing in the big Nordic finale, more info can be found on: nordicstartupawards.com

Danish startup awards

In the Danish regional competition Copenhagen has taken home the most winners by far. Almost all of the Danish awards have been claimed by a startup or initiative based in Copenhagen.

The following are winners from Copenhagen or surrounding region.

• Pleo – Startup of the Year
• byFounders – Investor of the Year
• Pia Ella Elmegaard – Ecosystem Hero of the Year
• Tiimo – Best Social Impact Startup
• Good Monday – Best Newcomer
• Soundboks – Best Hardware Startup
• Brickshare – Best Fintech Startup
• Artland – Best Creative Industry Startup
• Talent Garden Rainmaking – Best Coworking Space
• Radiobotics – Best AI/Machine Learning Startup
• Accelerace – Best Accelerator or Incubator Program

Swedish Startup Awards

On the Swedish side the Skåne region has not been as strong winner as Copenhagen in Denmark. Unsurprisingly most awards in Sweden went to Stockholm based startups and initiatives. The only winner from Skåne that was amongst this years awards was.

• Mindpark – Best Coworking Space

Mindpark has recently expanded in the region, and has now three coworking and event spaces, in Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg.

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The 6th edition of Townhall had put the question of “how to” as theme for the evening. How do you reach success as a new startup? How do you get funding and what should you be prepared to sacrifice?

Three keynote speakers from different positions in the startup community stepped on stage to give answers to these questions.

WHAT PRICE ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY?

The first speaker was Ida Tin, the Co-founder and CEO of the startup Clue. Clue is based in Berlin and is the fastest growing period tracking and fertility app. While there are a lot of products for period tracking and fertility already on the marked, only a few of them are digital. With their app, Clue hopes to use the collected big data, to help people manage family planning and facilitate further conversation on the topic.

Starting as a project leader in Frontløberne in 1994, Ida Tin has spent more than 20 years in entrepreneurship. As an experienced startup founder, Ida Tin advised the aspiring entrepreneurs to ask themselves the question:

“What price are you willing to pay, because you can’t pay any price?”

She made it clear that leading a startup to success takes a tremendous amount of dedication. You have to be willing to make tough decisions and prioritize the things that mean the most.

“I prioritize my kids and my startup. Everything else must wait.” Says Ida Tin, CEO of Clue

As the evening went on, both Kenneth Auchenberg and Christoph Janz went on stage as keynote speakers. Auchenberg gave an engaging talk about the changing nature of the internet, while encouraging new web designers to take a step back and consider who their costumers actually are.

The event ended with a fire talk between tech Journalist Niel Murray and Christoph Janz from Point Nine Capital, The Angel VC. Doing the chat, Janz shed light on his experiences as an Angel investor for the commercial success Zendesk, while further explaining what traits you are looking for in a startup as a VC.

FROM ELECTRIC SKATEBOARDS TO DIVERSITY

In between the key speakers, the program was packed with exciting new startups and community initiatives. The startups consisted of Castle.io, Plane, OnePlay, Faraday Motion, Bownty and Soundboks. Doing the short presentations, the audiences were introduced to products ranging from website protection to a 3d printed electric skateboard.

The startup community was represented by Women in Tech, Startup Safary, StartupÖl and Django Cph. With only 3% women in Danish Tech startups, Cathrine Seidelin from Women in Tech advocated a much needed diversity in the community.

GATHERING OVER TECH AND KNOWLEDGE

At the end of the evening the mingling session kicked off. With over 800 people attending, Townhall #6 was bussing with people exchanging ideas and experiences. This time the bar was occupied by the staff of Bird & Bird, who handed out free beer to the many thirsty participants. The mingling session was a great place to get in contact with the new startups, and get hands on demonstrations of the products that were showcased throughout the show.

With a great event like #CPHFTW Townhall, you can’t help but feel the connected community of the Startups scene in Copenhagen. The evening was characterized by high energy and an inspiring program. By bringing together people with vision for the future and experience from the past, #CPHFTW has staged a celebration of the innovative spirit.

You can find more information on what happened over at Conferize event page.

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