We invested in DataCrunch! DataCrunch is transforming the AI compute landscape by providing scalable, cost-efficient solutions from energy-efficient data centers in Iceland and Finland. As AI workloads evolve, DataCrunch is poised to become the first European hyperscaler, helping companies like Sony unlock their full potential with high-performance GPU clusters and tailored infrastructure solutions.
In this post (#4), we explain why the investment process should be complemented by a portfolio support model around ESG & Impact. We discuss how investors can drive ESG & Impact initiatives, outline our main framework, describe our methods for measuring and reporting, and share some key lessons we've learned.
We’re so proud to lead the €4m seed round in London-based Fuzey: the all-in-one messaging platform that centralizes small businesses’ communications, payments, marketing, and calendars.
We’re so excited to welcome Camille Zivré to the investment team and look forward to seeing in action the passion and dedication she has toward founders.
Anne-Sofie Nielsen, VP of Software Development at the global HR & financial SaaS company, Workday, previous CTO of Peakon and nemlig.com, and an active member of the byFounders Collective, shares with us some of the challenges of growing with a CTO role, how to acquire some of the skills that will be needed along the way, and when to consider if you are still the best fit for the role - and vice versa.
Our portfolio company AeroGuest reached a major milestone: they have handled over EUR 10M in payments between their guests and hotels. AeroGuest is accelerating with a current monthly transaction volume of EUR 1.5M.
Unless you have a celebrity founder, or a flair for spectacular press stunts, getting press coverage for your startup is notoriously hard. Very few have a revolutionary product to carry them through, and the reality is that 99% of startups aren’t inherently newsworthy.
Since investing in Monta in March, Casper, Anders, and their team have made remarkable progress, positioning Monta as a potential leader in the EV charging sector in Europe and beyond.
The human costs of the pandemic forced the scientific community to rethink how processes, such as drug development, can be done 10x faster than before. PipeBio is at the frontline of that development.
Because no founder should have to go it alone.
Bob W comes to city of London with its Watling Street property. This will be the company’s first to open its doors in London in 2022. The short-stay apartments are just down the street from St Paul’s Cathedral.
Bringing next level mobile hospitality to the US is the exciting next frontier for our portfolio company AeroGuest. Seeing how American travelers are very open to new technology, AeroGuest has experienced quite a lot of interest for their GuestTech ecosystem. Services such as mobile web check-in, choose your own room, mobile payment, digital key and easy re-booking are cool benefits that American travelers are looking for.
The CEO Co-founder of Normative, Kristian Rönn, announces that Normative has received investments of €10 million to guide even more businesses along the path to net zero. Normative aims to set the norm so that all businesses can take responsibility for their carbon emissions.
For too long crypto native companies have been lacking a stable and secure banking foundation to run their businesses from without the fear of being shut down by their, presumed, banking partner. Enter Januar.
The funding will help expand Corti's patient base from 15 to 100 million consultations a year. Corti plans to use the money to fuel their expansion into primary care in the US.
This round of financing is expected to help Uizard advance their mission to democratize design to empower non-designers everywhere and enable Uizard to make key hires to scale their AI-powered platform.
Denmark is in a unique position to become one of the largest impact startup hubs in Europe. The responsibility of investors, beyond financial returns, is being taken more seriously following the corona crisis and criteria like ESG will soon become mandatory. Paired with a new generation of mission-driven founders, who are becoming more selective about what investors they will allow onto their cap table, we see the responsibility movement positively accelerating.
When first meeting Victor Folmann and listening to a very candid podcast episode he did on Iværksætterhistorier we learned that Victor’s entrepreneurial career started already in his teens. He quickly realized that he had a knack for sales; whether it was vegetables or cell phones didn’t matter; you had something to sell; he was your guy.
Having been a long-time user of dating apps, I was intrigued when we got the tip that there was a brand new super-hot dating app in Iceland. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but after meeting David, understanding his background and vision for the product, and being blown away by his charisma and displayed drive, I was sold.
At byFounders, we are a team of enthusiastic foodies. So, when we heard about BonBot: a modular retail food concept with a mobile front-end and a robot-powered store, we knew we had to meet the talent behind it. Learning that BonBot was founded by extremely impressive King veterans made us even more intrigued.
The pandemic has showed everyone one thing: remote work is here to stay. In this article, Tony Beltramelli, CEO & co-founder of Uizard.io, shares what he's learned from running a remote-first company for the past three years.
What’s climate neutrality, you ask? It’s similar to being ‘carbon-neutral’ but considers all climate-warming gases, not just carbon dioxide. Our Portfolio company, Bob W, is reducing their impact on the environment by double offsetting their emissions and working to emit less in the first place.
We are revolutionizing the existing online contract signing tools of today by creating the contract management platform of tomorrow and showing people that simple PDFs are an impediment to today’s efficient work environment,” says Contractbook founder and CEO Niels Martin Brochner.
