Buoyed by the immense growth of ecommerce, the martech industry continues to go from strength to strength. In the Nordics , Sweden has already established a healthy set of martech companies . If you want to know what…
The Media Honeypot series of events started in Helsinki in 2016 . Now, three years, and several events later, it the go-to event for media startups. Heikki Rotko, the founder of Media Honeypot, says that Media Honeypot was…
In an era of video on demand, where favorite series and movies are never more than a few clicks away, Finnish startup Neverthink thinks the App Store has a gap for a completely opposite type of service. Instead…
Kieku Labs is technology company creating a personal audio listening stream. Kieku is an independent direct community of speakers and listeners. Kieku is both voices from the street and studio, a place for anyone to connect with audience.…
In 2013, the two founders behind the podcast app Acast , Måns Ulvestam and Karl Rosander , discovered a resurgence of podcasting happening in Sweden. When looking into the Swedish ecosystem, they found an amateur landscape where all…
With virtual reality the next frontier for digital innovation , a growing number of Finnish companies are offering a pioneering look at things to come. Science fiction has always offered far-fetched future imaginings of various shapes and sizes.…
Media Honeypot , a “ reverse pitching ” event for startups and the traditional media industry, was held in Helsinki on April 6, 2016. I sat down with organizers Heikki “Hegu” Rotko , a long time media executive…
Live from Media Honeypot : I visited the deal room just before lunchtime and talked to Tuomas Maisala from Spinno , who was tasked with overseeing the matchmaking process. Though busy, the large room was running like clockwork.…
EzyInsights, a Finnish startup that has developed a social media analytics tool aimed at content providers, has launched a new product, the “SoMe Index”, at Media Honeypot 2016 . The SoMe Index streamlines how content is accesses across…
This week, between the 5th and 6th of April, selected technology start-ups will meet face-to-face with top media brands from the region at Media Honeypot , a new event in Helsinki . Media Honeypot , hosted by Arctic…
While exclusivity has always been a part of the allure at Stockholm ’s elite Fashion Week , this year one designer gave unprecedented access to her collection— through virtual reality . Swedish fashion designer Ida Klamborn, in cooperation…
This past weekend Brussels hosted the first ever Hackathon dedicated to Virtual Reality (VR) in Europe, where close to 100 participants took over the co-working space Co.station to hack the next generation of VR technologies. The event was…