On Monday, Copenhagen received the prestigious title as the best city in the world to attract new talents, according to a a new Global Talent Competitive Index report released in Davos. High quality of life, good education, an…
As Finland has topped rankings for the best educational system in the world for years, tapping its know-how is an attractive offer for any young ed-tech startup. However, especially when coming from outside of Finland, it could look…
Norway has only recent emerged as a startup hub, with it now leading the Nordics as the fastest grower in number of investment s. However the Norwegian scene is often not acknowledged beyond Opera , and we think…
There was a time when if you wanted something done affordably and efficiently you would outsource it to somebody else. Outsourcing is of course still common place in many areas of business. But crowdsourcing is quickly rising in…
Last week, Helga Valfells, CEO of NSA Ventures in Iceland, along with two of the funds’ investment managers, Jenny Ruth Hrafnsdottir and Hekla Arnadottir, announced that they have left NSA Ventures to start their own VC fund, Crowberry…
Slush , the largest startup event in the Nordics, took place in the “death month” of November in Helsinki . With over 15,000 attendees comprising 1,700 startups, the array of new companies and technologies can be dizzying. From…
In May this year, Nordic Startup Bits writer, Thorunn Jonsdottir , was at infoShare in Gdansk listening to Kaspar Korjus , who’s leading the e-residency project on behalf of the Estonian government. She was intrigued and decided to…
This weekend, the Danish entrepreneur prize “Den Gyldne Fugl”, or the Golden Bird, was awarded at Aarhus University. The winner was RaskRask , a platform for on-demand health-oriented massage, who previously offered on-demand physiotherapy. The market is always…
ll the regional winners competed Friday in Kuala Lumpur in Global Startup Awards finale. The winner of this year’s co-working space went to Denmark’s Rainmaking Loft , while the host country took the prize as Startup of the…
Slush is finished and if you’re anything like most people you felt overwhelmed by the sheer number of possibilities: from exciting startups and world-famous experts, to inspiring talks and promising parties. So where should you focus your time…
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 ,…
The construction sector plays an imperative role in the evolution of businesses and society as a whole, and while there is continued interest in determining how to enhance innovation in this industry , little moves forward in the…