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Truecaller counts half a billion searches each month

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Thomas Ohr

Truecaller, a Stockholm-based startup which created one of the world’s first collaborative global phone directories, just announced that its users are searching for half a billion names and numbers each month. The young company, which was founded in 2009, makes … Continue reading →

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Social payments startup iZettle just expanded to Spain

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

iZettle, the social payments startup from Sweden, today accelerated its European expansion, introducing the service in Spain (the seventh market which iZettle now entered). The iZettle service is already available in six markets across Europe – Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, … Continue reading →

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Swedish startup Memoto secured $550K via Kickstarter

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Memoto, a Stockholm-based startup which aims to develop a so called “Lifelogging Camera”, just secured over $550,000 via Kickstarter. Their initial goal was to raise $50,000. The overachieved Kickstarter campaign and a seed funding from Passion Capital will now enable … Continue reading →

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iZettle launches in Germany supported by DZ BANK + Deutsche Telekom

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

iZettle, a popular app and mini chip-card reader from Sweden that’s been turning smartphones and tablets into mobile credit card terminals, has partnered with DZ BANK and Deutsche Telekom to launch its payments service in Germany. Starting today iZettle is … Continue reading →

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Creandum adds Andris Berzins as Baltic Investment Advisor

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Creandum, one of the leading Nordic venture firms (headquartered in Stockholm), has added Andris K. Berzins as Investment Advisor for the Baltic States. He has a unique combination of startup experience (AeroScout and Livebookings) and a good network in the Baltics. … Continue reading →

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Apica raises $5m in a round led by SEB Venture Capital

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Apica, a Swedish load testing and performance monitoring provider for cloud and mobile applications, has closed a $5 million Series C financing led by SEB Venture Capital. Existing Swedish investors Industrifonden, ALMI Invest, and KTH Chalmers Capital also participated in this round. Apica will … Continue reading →

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8 upcomming events European founders should know about

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Attending the right events can help young entrepreneurs to find future employes, co-founders, business partners and sometimes even investors who are willing to fund their dreams. Within the next 3 months there will be 8 events (plus the ones we … Continue reading →

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Social gifting: Wrapp continues its global expansion

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Wrapp, the social gifting app that lets you give your Facebook friends free gift cards from popular retailers, just continued its global expansion by activating service in Norway. Wrapp aims to make it fun and easy to give, receive and … Continue reading →

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Social Travel: Tripbirds launches its public beta

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

The Stockholm based travel startup Tripbirds ended its private beta-phase today and launched the public beta version of its travel portal. Tripbirds, which received about 560,000 Euros in funding from Index Ventures, Passion Capital, Creandum and some angel investors, is a … Continue reading →

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Social Gifting: Wrapp launches in the UK

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Wrapp, a leading social gifting app for celebrating, thanking and surprising friends and family with free (and paid) gift cards from top brands, is now available in the UK for download from Apple’s App Store or Google Play. The Stockholm … Continue reading →

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