With the sale of Handyhand, the Aarhus-based company Heymate completes its third sale in less than a year. The recipe is simple but effective: the many companies in the portfolio are run independently by their own directors, so they can grow wildly – without becoming big and sluggish. The startup Pinploy has just bought the competing marketplace Handyhand, and with the merger they become together Denmark’s supreme marketplace for tasks between private individuals. Heymate, the company behind Handyhand, joins the ownership of the new company with the deal, and according to Heymate founder Chris ..read more

Building and running a startup can be mentally tough. That’s why in this TechCommunity post, Cecilie Willer guides founders to become mentally resilient – even as pressure from investors grows and a potential economic recession looms on the horizon. Cecilie Willer is a Management Consultant & Executive Coach specializing in Founder/Startup Psychology. She holds an MSc in Business Psychology and has 13+ years of experience in the tech industry developing CEO’s & Teams. She has coached over 200 startups and teams, and works with some of the largest VC’s, Foundations & Startups/Scaleu ..read more

Local creative businesses and potential investors meet at the Aros Art Museum to strengthen networks and discuss future collaboration opportunities. At the DCI GO! event, companies compete for cash prizes. It’s all about strengthening networking and collaboration in the creative industry in and around Aarhus, when creative companies and investors meet at ARoS on 18 August for the DCI GO! event. But for some of the companies registered, there’s more than just the prospect of new acquaintances. At the conference, a selection of the registered companies will compete in pitching their business and ..read more

Making the right choice at the supermarket can be overwhelming – whether you’re thinking about sustainability, health or your wallet. This week’s Startup of the Week guides consumers in the right direction and provides clarity by automatically analysing their receipts. There are many things to consider when stocking the fridge at the supermarket. Of course, price and quality are important. It also needs to be healthy. And of course there are all the brands, from organic and fair trade to climate impact and animal welfare, to consider. There’s plenty of information – in fact, so much that it ca ..read more

On Wednesday, Smukfest once again opened its doors to Denmark’s second largest festival. After a three-year break, thousands of people flocked to Bøgeskoven and Justin Bieber just outside Skanderborg to party. But underneath the party lies an effort to become more sustainable. Canadian superstar Justin Bieber was a huge draw for the 60,000 guests who visited Smukfest every day this year. But throwing a mega-fest in the middle of a forest comes with responsibilities. And Smukfest has made a serious decision to prioritise resources for its sustainability agenda – so it can keep holding the party ..read more

The planning tool Navision became a textbook example of how to build a global company based in Denmark. Here, Hans Peter Bech tells the story of when the American giants came knocking for acquisitions. Hans Peter Bech, cand.polit. (born 1951), is an author and consultant specialising in international business development in the software industry. He has published several books, articles, podcasts and videos on the subject and also advises companies worldwide. This was the big news in early summer 2002. Microsoft had made a bid to buy the Danish technology company Navision. The Americans were r ..read more

Summer is just around the corner and if you need to quench your poolside start-up itch, you can download our magazines for free for the next three weeks. After a hectic year, the summer holidays are knocking on the door for most. That goes for startupmafia.eu.media too. The editorial team has not just been busy keeping up with the many, many exciting stories and news about startups and enthusiasts in the Danish startup landscape here on the platform. As something new, we have also started publishing magazines in the past year, where we dig deeper into a number of niches. Therefore, we are now ..read more

Through Roskilde Festival’s new entrepreneurial initiative, The Circular Laboratory, startups and young companies will have the opportunity to test, develop and improve their sustainable solutions. And it’s all done in collaboration with festival-goers. Old acquaintances happily forgotten, a camp with bad music taste and too big speakers, or a game of beer bowling that absolutely had to be kept going. There’s a chance to bump into a bit of everything when you’re strutting around Roskilde Festival. But this year, guests will also get to meet all the startups who, through Roskilde Festival’s new ..read more

At this year’s Roskilde Festival, startups play a key role with a new initiative to help entrepreneurs and young companies test, develop and deliver tomorrow’s sustainable social solutions. We visited the Circular Laboratory. 130,000 people. That’s how many people gather at Roskilde Festival every year, making it a bigger city than Aalborg, Vejle and Randers in terms of population overnight. And this year, the invited entrepreneurs will make even more use of it. With The Circular Laboratory, Roskilde Festival is turning up the heat on start-up ambitions and bringing together a number of young ..read more

New tech startup Riised has a single purpose: to make websites fast. The underrated discipline not only delivers a better user experience, but also brings side benefits like more effective SEO, cheaper ads and better scalability. Sponsored: article published in partnership with Riised. As a serial entrepreneur, Kim Rosendal has repeatedly struggled with how to make his website go faster. Both with the help of various developers and an arsenal of different plugins. But when he never found the effective solution he was looking for, he took matters into his own hands. “It was interesting that the ..read more