Soil Scout Raises Late-Seed Round
What does a farmer, a golf course superintendant and a football field manager have in common? Their need for precise data on the state of soil at all times to ...
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TechChill Announces Startup Teams For The Fifty Founders Battle
It has already become a tradition for TechChill to host the Fifty Founders battle, the startup pitch competition that showcases the most promising startups from...
The First Hotel In The World Not Open For Bed Bugs
We caught up with Hotel F6 General Manager Roni Saari to discuss his philosophy on hospitality, the hotel’s new Valpas in-room technology, and why he thinks Val...
This Company Ensures IoT Security with Only a Sim Card
The Internet of Things is no longer just a smart home that heats your sauna right before you come home. It is more than a wearable ring that tracks your health ...
Swedish Startup Wittra Is Listed in Red Herring's Top100
Red Herring announced its Red Herring North America award winners at the Top 100 forum in Los Angeles, USA. Swedish company Wittra became the only Nordic compan...
Atomico closes massive $765 mln fund
Venture capital firm Atomico has closed the largest independent European venture fund at $765 million, signalling confidence in the European technology startups...
10 Latvian Startups to Watch: 2017
With the new Startup Law in motion and more investors looking towards Riga, will this be the year of Latvian startups? Here are 10 interesting early stage start...
From Russia With Love: #Slush16
Russia is ranked 12th in the world for innovation, but their startups are not hitting the headlines that often. So what’s up with the state of innovation in the...
Guide to SLUSH Side Events 2016
It’s that time of the year again in Helsinki, Finland. SLUSH is taking over the city next week, 15,000 techies, investors, media, corporates and all kinds of st...
Cogniance: cutting the time and risk from product launch
We caught up with Cogniance founder Juha Christensen ahead of Slush. The company combines branding, user experience and engineering to help innovators bring pro...
CarFix raises $5 mln, going US
Six-month-old Russian car service startup CarFix has raised $5 million A round as it prepares to enter the US market. CarFix is a comprehensive online-to-offli...
Tieto launches data incubator
The top Nordic IT services firm Tieto will launch on Tuesday at ArcticStartup's Reverse Pitching event a data-focused incubator, which will be led by Taneli Tik...
Innovation or Death: Reverse Pitching On Oct 18
Innovation or death. That is basically the future of any company, be it a young startup or a large and well-established corporation. We want to help you avoid t...
Finnish Minima raises €1.6 mln for computing power revolution
Finnish Minima Processor Ltd, whose patented technology promises to cut energy need of digital computing up to 20-fold, has received €1.6 million in equity fund...
IoT startup: Intel is looking for you
The world's largest chipmaker Intel is trying to attract Internet of Things startups also in Nordics, especially in the fintech sector, with its Ingenuity Partn...
3 Nordic startups in SEC2SV batch
Iceland's Controlant, Sweden's Gleechi and Finnish Firstbeat were picked among the top 18 European tech startups selected for the Startup Europe Comes to Silico...
Finnish safety button BiiSafe taps crowd
Smart safety button BiiSafe Buddy, which launched this week an equity crowdfunding campaign, is on guard for safety and security of its owner. While smart wat...
Sweden's Acconeer raises $7.2 mln
Swedish mobile sensor firm Acconeer AB has closed 60 million Swedish crowns (SEK) investment round ($7.2 mln) for the completion of its 3D sensor. Commercial la...
Smart Content Center VR Day – ArcticStartup Meets Korean TechHub
If you went to Slush, you have certainly noticed the Korean Pavilion, a premiere in Finland and in Europe. Well, manifestly, we are going to see increasingly am...
Pitching at FINAC Open
Pitching is a crucial part of startup life, but it can surely create stress and grey hair even for young founders. At the same time, one must say that pitching ...