We spend more time messaging on our phones than ever before. What would the most amazing visual messaging service look like? That was the question Norwegian company DeeMe, founded in 2014, started from. “This question became the DeeMe…
Little by little financial technology (FinTech) entrepreneurship has been chipping away at the once mighty banking industry , threatening to turn it into brick-and-mortar shell of its former self. Piqued by widespread frustration with impersonal services and fee…
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…
TactoTek, a leading manufacturer of 3D injection molded structural electronics (IMSE) solutions based in Oulu, Finland, announced today that it has been named a recipient of a €2.5 million EU Horizon 2020 award to mass produce injection molded…
At Infoshare 2016 , Richard Kastelein, of Blockchain News shared a beginners guide to blockchain , and why this technology will change the way we do business – and how the principles of blockchain are actually older than…
Start-up founders who focus on issues of resource preservation, resource recovery and recycling, often lack access to funding opportunities, as they have difficulty competing the b2b scale-ups that investors see as big money. That is why in 2014…
Ultrahack 2016 , which launched at the beginning of June, invites participants to compete for more than 1 million euro investments plus other significant prizes. The investments will be awarded by Nestholma in cooperation with Ultrahack, surpassing previous…
Swedish Innovation Compass is the app helping entrepreneurs, researchers, and innovators to navigate the innovation support system in Sweden. The user is guided to everything relevant from venture capital, business incubators, government grants and more. After going through…
Realm has taken home the prestigious ‘Startup of the Year’ at the Nordic Startup Awards 2016 . This is no surprise if you have followed the company’s explosive growth over the last 2 years. Realm has created a…
The Button Corporation, which launched world’s first IoT physical push button from Helsinki in the Spring of 2014, has launched a new bttn Mini designed by award-winning Finnish industrial designer, Harri Koskinen , best known for his Block…
The Nordic Startup Awards grand final e took place in the Harpa Center in Reykjavik, Iceland, and hosted collaboration with Icelandic Startups . Attendees from all over the Nordics gathered to celebrate the best startups, accelerators, and investors…
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.…