Future Raises $20 mln in Norway
Interactive Mixed Reality is the name of the game for 2016. Norway's The Future Group unveiled on Thursday $20 million C round, one of the largest investment r...
Mobile
Finns pick Skills as topic for 1 mln euro startup competition
Finns voted "the usage of everyone's skills" as the topic of the ultimate startup competition, which celebrates Finland's 100th birthday. The Ratkaisu100 start...
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...
Barcelona calling Nordic startups
When the November rain hits against your window in Stockholm or Oulu, and you can barely notice a daylight, you will read this post again and curse : why the f?...
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...
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...
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 ...
poLight raises $20 mln
Norway's poLight has raised $20 million as it seeks commercial breakthrough of its mobile phone autofocus lens. The private placement attracted several...
Ex-Angry Birds CEO To Head Nokia Phones Relaunch
Exclusive Nokia-licensee HMD has appointed Pekka Rantala, a former CEO of Angry Birds-publisher Rovio, as its Chief Marketing Officer to head relaunch of Nokia ...
Tellybean Wraps €650,000 Seed Round
Tellybean has closed the second part of a 650,000 euros angel round, the Finnish video calling startup said on Tuesday. The startup has built video calling app...
Sportlyzer Round At Home Stretch
Sports team management platform Sportlyzer has reached the home stretch of its crowdfunding campaign, with commitments at 124,000 euros with half of the last da...
Michael Szalontay: Taking Startups To Orbit
Half-Hungarian, half-Russian, Michael Szalontay is a managing partner of Buran Venture Capital, renowned for their successful ventures like Chess.com, Shazam an...
Tencent In Talks To Buy Supercell: 9$ Billion Deal Could Be Announced Next Week
Several reports have surfaced that Tencent is set to buy Supercell at as much as $9 billion valuation. The Wall Street Journal first broke the story, announcing...
Yahoo Starts IndoorAtlas Roll-Out
Yahoo! Japan has started to roll out maps using Finnish startup IndoorAtlas' geomagnetic indoor positioning technology following the agreement of the two firms ...
StartupLab Launches New Accelerator
Oslo-based StartupLab launched on Thursday a new accelerator programme together with telecom operator Telenor, offering investment of 1.3 million Norwegian crow...
Realm Sweeps Top Nordic Award
Danish mobile database platform Realm, which just last week boasted with reaching one billion users for its product, won on Tuesday the Nordic Startup of the Ye...
Quanturi: Saving Farms From Fires
The 15 in Arctic15 stands for 15 finalists of the pitching competition. We will introduce them all over coming days in reverse alphabetical order. Quanturi is ...
ArcticStartup's Top 15 Startups 2016
The voting is over, the jury has had its say and we have the list of the finalists of Arctic15 pitching competition next week! There is a wide selection -- 15 ...
Realm Boasts With 1 Bln Users
Mobile data platform Realm, founded by two Danish friends, said on Wednesday it has reached 1-billion user milestone and has now more than 100,000 active develo...
ResQ Raises Capital, Enters Sweden
Finnish restaurant leftover marketplace ResQ Club - which launched less than 4 months ago - said on Wednesday it raised around 400,000 euros seed round from a g...