Finnish Space Startups You Should Know
In recent years, the Finnish space startup ecosystem has emerged as a new approach to the country’s economic development. With its champions, such as microsate...
Valerie Vlasenko
Japanese Investments In Nordic Startups: When Ikigai Meets Sisu.
According to the tourist report from the University of Helsinki, Japanese visitors constitute 5% of all foreign arrivals which makes Japan the 7th most importa...
ESA BIC To Open A New Space Startup Incubator In Denmark
The European Space Agency in collaboration with partners from the Technical University of Denmark, Aalborg University and Aarhus University will open the first...
Open Innovations: Tech Optimists VS Tech Skeptics
The 8th International Forum Open Innovations rolls out with the new theme - 'Digital Nation. Leap Forward to Intelligent Economy'. The Forum brings together wo...
Nordic Business Forum Marks 10-Year Milestone
Nordic Business Forum opens its 10th annual conference at the Helsinki Expo & Convention Center with George Clooney, Steve Wozniak, Randi Zuckerberg a...
Finnish Fintech Startup Cloudasset Brings Home Awards
A Helsinki based Fintech company Cloudasset competed in Worldline’s E-Payments Challenge, which took place on 17th-19th September in Frankfurt, Germany. They w...
Accelerace Receives A Multi-Million Investment
The innovation hub inQvation signed a several million DKR investment deal with Accelerace to strengthen its role in the Danish startup ecosystem.
Accelerace is...
Not for Rockstars. Arctic15 Funding Program Is Back
What happened to the startup world? The best companies out there are no longer hitting the headlines. You don't see them at pitching competitions - they are...
Top Startup Events In The Nordics & Baltics
Every year our region hosts a number of conferences, summits, and festivals organized for startup companies, scale-ups and local innovators with a global mindse...
Minimum Viable Advice: Working With Corporate Investors
Startup corporate collaboration is a risky ride but a very worthy one if you know what you are doing. It might come as a surprise, but even the world’s top comp...
Foodtech Innovation To Look Out At Tonic18
Food is an important part of ArcticStartup team culture. If you have been to our conference Arctic15, you know how deeply we care about the food being served to...
Key Startup Influencers To Meet In Helsinki in June
Summer 2019 is said to be hot as the most influential people in tech will gather in Helsinki for three major investor & startup events held on 3-6 of June. ...
Raising Money For Your Space Startup: How To Approach Investors As A Pro
We meet Rafal Modrzewski at the IAC. He is wearing a classic blue suit and pointed dress shoes. One can hardly recognize a geeky tech-head in him. His story as ...
How To Find Your Flow State
Not being able to perform at your peak is not an option. You either win or you are out. Over the past decade, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have been exploring w...
5 Principles Of Karma
Karma has 10 companies in their portfolio - 2 in Sweden, 2 in Finland, 3 in Estonia, 1 in Latvia, 1 in Lithuania and 1 in the UK. Their recent investment portfo...
Finnish Innovation + Chinese Market = The Future?
Thanks to world known Suunto, Polar and Karhu sports became an important piece in Finnish tech. Finland gave rise to sports & wellness startups as Beddit (a...
Why These 5 Startups Chose Helsinki As Their Base
Helsinki's enchanting character and unique community feel aspire startups to grow at home and abroad. With various public funding options, good knowledge of Eng...
Schibsted Explores Carrier Billing Model
The Scandinavian media house Schibsted is set to offer its readers more options to consume its digital content. Online subscription for one of the largest Swedi...
BioEconomy: Denmark Takes The Lead
Denmark is known for many things - wind power, interior design, LEGO, Noma, Little Mermaid bicycles, hygge. The country is often listed among the safest, freest...
Space Events In The Nordics & Baltics You Don’t Want To Miss
Space Industry is on the rise, which can be seen by the spring blossom of industry-specific events in the Nordics & Baltics. As a Space enthusiast, and a...
Valerie Vlasenko
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Valerie Vlasenko is a space journalist tackling the dilemma of popularising space. Founder of VSpace Media and an Editor at ArcticStartup - Valerie has rich experience as an entrepreneur, a journalist and a space lawyer.