With seven unicorns founded by Estonians and/or by a founding team based in Estonia, Tallinn rightfully claims to be a flourishing haven for budding startups. Yet most outside of the Baltics may have never heard of this Startup hub or its habit of churning out tech Unicorns. To uncover the secret behind the rapid growth... Continue Reading →
‘SSUP! Team 53°N interviewed Copenhagen-based CTO and co-founder Mikkel Boje (left on picture) of Capdesk – a story about finding the right business idea and the right business partners. We met Mikkel in his office in a building that was previously a stronghold for Danish photographers. Although some photographers still have their studios there, recently... Continue Reading →
An interview by 53°N with Kristoffer Borg Petersen, brand-new CEO of Copenhagen-based Hufsy – a story about a young start-up that tries to disrupt business banking for Small and Mid-sized Enterprises (SMEs) With a background in digital media business, Kristoffer is the perfect candidate to scale-up Hufsy, a B2B FinTech company that was founded in... Continue Reading →
53 Degrees North interviewed Marlies de Kock and Pieter Vogels, co-founders of mOOvement, a corporate venture of the Dutch bank Rabobank, in a café in Utrecht. Track & Trace of beef cows over long distances? Who thought that tracking the location of cows would become a business one day? Marlies de Kock and Pieter Vogels... Continue Reading →
53 Degrees North interviews James Gibson, former Oliver Wyman Consultant, and 1 year into his role in Business Development at Revolut, in their brand new office in Canary Wharf, between all of the established international banks, right in the heart of Europe’s financial centre. 2 million – how many? – Yes, 2 million Revolut’s user... Continue Reading →
Read about a rising star in InsurTech: Fluo
