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…
Startup Refugees , set up by Finnish journalists and entrepreneurs Riku Rantala and Tunna Milonoff , gives refugees the skills to enter the workforce and set up businesses. Rantala and Milonoff got the idea for the project while…
InfoShare 2016 is the biggest tech and new media conference in the entire Central and Eastern European region. For the 10th year in a row, the event will take place in Gdansk, Poland, from 18-20 May at the…
Pitch doctors will help you to make cool competitor slides. This post will not. Instead it will do the opposite. It will deconstruct competition into what really matters. In the process I will offend you. I will use…
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…
Peer-to-Peer Marketplaces are currently a booming business, thanks to the rise of the internet and high interest in collaborative economy. People are increasingly sharing and swapping what they have to meet their needs through other individuals on online…
As London continues to gain dominance as the undisputed fintech capital of Europe, we look at some of the contributing factors for this success and what lessons aspiring fintech cities can learn from their example. The UK fintech…
Ever thought on working abroad? Taking a Jobbatical ? Teleporting yourself to a new country? That’s something Erik did when he came all the way from LA to work at Startup Wise Guys in Estonia. This happened in…
The Danish startup Planday has closed a $14 million (DKK 93 million) investment lead by the Indinvest and Sweden’s Creandum. The investment will be used to strengthen Planday’s growth in the US and UK – and build more…
Agriculture and fire prevention are not what you expect to talk about when you discuss IoT trends, but perhaps you should. Haytech , a new startup from Finland, aims to help farmers prevent fires. Often, when we talk…
Fintech startups from all over Europe were nominated for the European Fintech Awards in Holland. Now, over 20 of them have been named as part of the “ European Fintech Top 100 “. This means that the top…