This year at Slush – one of Europe’s largest tech summits, Nordic Startup Bits wanted to take a closer look at some interesting FoodTech startups. We met one of the most exciting entrepreneurs in this scene, Martti Paatela,…
Business angel Thomas Berglund has set his eyes on a mission. As lead investor in the premier edition of Angel Challenge , an initiative hosted by Startup Norway , he hopes to unleash a new wave of capital…
Urska Srsen met her co-founder Sandro Mur on a kitesurfing trip in Croatia. For her, becoming an entrepreneur was a very spontaneous and almost accidental process. Something that started as a project ended up as a business. It…
Sofie Lundström, founder of To Borrow , is building a lending platform , easing access to capital for new smaller companies. Originally published in #NordicMade magazine . When Sofie Lundström was growing up, she did a great deal…
With his background in developing SMS services, Daniel Döderlein was annoyed by the fact that money could not change hands as easily and quickly as sending a text message. Döderlein decided to figure out why. The idea of…
One of Europe’s largest online fashion retailers, Zalando SE, is expanding their technology operations in ternationally by opening a new technology hub in Helsinki . On August 27 th they welcomed their new local team to the company.…
Last week, leading games VC London Venture Partners (“LVP”) and Klang Games signed an investment agreement to back the gaming company’s future projects, including the upcoming mobile and tablet game, ReRunners . LVP will not only be financially…
Nordic angel investor Hampus Jakobsson presents some clear go-to advice for how to strategize your business process. The advice was originally posted as an answer to the question: “This is my first startup company and I read conflicting…
The American seed accelerator Y Combinator might be one of the world’s most desired and respected of its kind. Henrik Zillmer, founder of AirHelp, managed to get through the eye of the needle and got accepted to the…