Do you want to build a successful hackathon team? Meet five Ultrahack teams and learn how it’s done! Hackathons are often considered as a playground for developers, but even the most brilliant execution is not enough: the concept…
For the last few years, the Nordics have tried to gain a foothold at SXSW , the unparalleled tech festival that collectively brings over $300 million to the city of Austin, Texas, every March. Every year, over 80,000…
In Finland, the sauna is a way of life. It is not just a place to ease muscle pain after a hard workout, but a place for relaxing, drinking, and even doing business. That’s why as part of…
November weekend in Helsinki for most of us doesn’t sound like the time of our lives – it’s dark, cold and windy in the seaside city. To make matters worse, the Finnish word for November , Marraskuu ,…
Tinnitracks is a digital health startup that treats tinnitus through an inventive audio therapy app which works by manipulating the frequencies in music. After capturing the top prize at the Reeperbahn Startup Pitch in 2013 and becoming available…
“Power Couples” was the theme for the recent Oslo Innovation Week (OIW) and quite fitting that Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway (pictures above, interacting with the AV1 robot) attended the opening ceremony at Skur…
The Messukeskus Expo and Convention Center in Helsinki came alive for 2 days in early October, as the impressive Nordic Business Forum hit town with 5,700 executives attending from over 30 countries. Added to these were up to…
Helsinki in the beginning of June was quite literally the hot-bed of start-up and investment activity in the Nordics . The beautiful 25°C weather complemented the hot new innovative solutions on display. Several events created the perfect melting-pot…
At Infoshare 2016, Rachel Milgram of InnovIL shared an investor ’s perspective on startup funding. Rachel’s expertise comes from years of working closely with VC’s and business angels to evaluate companies seeking investment and help match them with…
On March 18, Copenhagen hosted this year’s Nordic Startup Conference , lead by Tech Nordic Advocates. The event aimed to stimulate the growth of startups and scaling by bringing investors , business leaders, and startups together in one…
The annual South by Southwest festival (aka SXSW) kicked off on Friday , and for the 7th year in a row, Finns are going over to Austin, Texas to show what they’re made of. The rest of the…
Iris.AI founder Anita Schjøll Brede has brought Singularity University’s Global Impact Competition to Norway in 2016, guaranteeing the winner a spot at Singularity University’s Global Solutions Program at NASA Ames Research Park. The competition aims to promote ideas…