Editor’s note: This interview has been recorded and published as part of a content project in collaboration with the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). Over the past couple of years, the Nordics have seen an influx of new early-stage VC firms that entered the market fueled by the success of local startups, from Supercell to Spotify. One of […]
Editor’s note: this is a guest post, syndicated with permission from Crunchbase News and written by Dr. Johannes Lenhard, the Centre Coordinator of the Max Planck Cambridge Centre for Ethics, the Economy and Social Change. With fieldwork in Silicon Valley, New York, London and Berlin, his current book project focuses on the ethics of venture capital. His recent edited […]
We tend to focus on the ‘plumbing’ – where technology plays a role in optimising existing processes and data flows but doesn’t necessarily add a magical ‘black box’ interpretation of the data. We’re really excited about the fact that today the cost of launching a SaaS business is very low because you have all the […]
Mainframe, a pan-Nordic gaming studio, has raised a €7.6 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with support from Riot Games, marking both firms’ first investments in the Nordics. Maki.vc, Play Ventures, Sisu Game Ventures, and Crowberry Capital, who participated in the studio’s seed round last fall, also joined for the Series A. […]
These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week
Proptech investment fund PropTech1 Ventures has put together a solid research report on – surprise – proptech. More specifically, the firm is today releasing an analysis of the European proptech landscape, examining trends and key market developments in this growing space. The report, which you can download free of charge here, shows that the sector […]
Sensible 4, a Finnish autonomous driving startup, has raised $7 million in series A funding led by NordicNinja VC, from its fund backed by Japanese tech companies and Itochu. Founded in 2017, the startup has built autonomous driving software for demanding and harsh weather conditions, one of the main challenges facing driverless vehicles. Combining LiDAR-based […]