Saturday Swedish Startup News – April 5 edition
Busy week? No time to check Swedish Startup Space? No worries – we’ve wrapped up the week’s most popular articles and latest jobs from #swedentech here for you!
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Safello is taking the next step into Europe
Safello is a Stockholm based Bitcoin company founded in July 2013. The company is focused on supporting the cryptocurrency market with a safe way to buy, sell and use bitcoins. To facilitate its increasingly international user base, Safello have localised their website to help customers across Europe to buy and sell bitcoins safely and simply. With numerous payment methods and 86 supported banks for direct payments, Safello is lowering the barrier for consumers to take their first step into Bitcoin.
‘Guerilla Office’ looking to expand their portable workspaces into every major tech hub
Guerilla Office is a new concept for the portable workplace. Bring your laptop and get to work in a hotel lobby with other entrepreneurs, developers and freelancers.
The Great Wild – Fishbrain for hunters
The Great Wild is an online hunting club, helping hunters explore the hunting opportunities of the world, log their hunting activities and share and compare with other hunters. The team has been focusing on creating a platform where hunting companies advertise their offers combined with a news feed of hunting-related entertainment. I thought it would be good to have a chat with one of the co-founders, Johan Eldh.
Billogram launch long awaited iPhone app
Billogram, one of our favorite Swedish startups – have just launched their long awaited iPhone app. Billogram is a web app that allows freelancers and small businesses to invoice their clients quickly, beautifully and efficiently.
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Safello is taking the next step into Europe
Safello is a Stockholm based Bitcoin company founded in July 2013. The company is focused on supporting the cryptocurrency market with a safe way to buy, sell and use bitcoins. To facilitate its increasingly international user base, Safello have localised their website to help customers across Europe to buy and sell bitcoins safely and simply. With numerous payment methods and 86 supported banks for direct payments, Safello is lowering the barrier for consumers to take their first step into Bitcoin.
Why an Android-first approach could give you momentum for success
Sweden is a hub of innovative start-ups, but unless your app is region-specific, there is absolutely no need to focus on local users first. Marwan goes over the reasons why you should choose to develop for Android instead of iOS.
5 “alternative” advertising/PR ideas for startups
What happens when Sweden’s teeming jungle of start-ups all pitch similar or identical advertising angles and marketing campaigns? Things start to get a little melded and monotonous. If you mix all the paint on your palette together, you’re going to end up with a dull gray ooze. Well I’m not letting the startup scene turn into a dull gray ooze. Not on Marwan’s watch.
Instagram competitor Socialmist to launch out of Gothenburg
Socialmist is a new social network that is based on the idea of telling stories through music. The web app and the iPhone-app will launch on April 28 of 2014.
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