Helistin.fi Hacked, Intoloop Kids' Baby Book Unaffected
Helistin.fi, a Finnish media property owned by Darwin Media, was hacked last night. According to reports, all user credentials were shared online. The site holds a popular bulletin board for young parents as well as a baby book service offered by the Finnish startup Starduck Studios. Intoloop Kids, the service Starduck Studios licensed to Helistin.fi remains unaffected by the hacking. Henri Liljeroos, CEO, stated on the phone to us that "the bulletin board on Helistin.fi was hacked and this does not affect users on our service, which is still up".
Starduck Studios Close 400k € In Financing
Starduck Studios was able to close 400 000 euro ($570 000 US) in financing just before midsummer. The financing has come from 8 different investors. Among the announced investors were Pitkäjärvi Capital, Hannu Jyrkkä, JanDing, Jussi Lahdenniemi and Gowda Capital. We had a chat with Henri Liljeroos, CEO and Co-Founder and he mentioned that many of the investors are from outside the capital region of Finland. A refreshing sign that the investing market is maturing.
Intoloop Kids: Your Child’s Most Memorable Events Come Online
There is one thing that parents love the most when it comes to kids and that's sharing the most memorable moments with everyone they know. The problem is you can take photos of the first step they take, their first giggle, etc but sharing them is a huge problem. Emailing helps, but the task is boring and doesn't really allow proper interaction. A service that lets you share all these moments as a journal is a need of many parents. Enter Intoloop Kids.
On My Desk: Starduck Studios
Starduck Studios is a Finnish startup developing Intoloop Kids, a service that enables parents to share their children's memories easily and securely. The three founding members, Henri Liljeroos, Pekka Mattila and Petri Hiissa love Macs, believe in paleotholitc diet and swear by pomodoro method.
ArcticEvening Tampere - Program And Speakers (Few Extra Tix Too!)
It's only a few days before we have our event in Tampere and we've made available a small batch of extra tickets and will share the program in this post as well. In short, the event will roll around the theme of angel investing. We'll be having three companies pitch in the event and afterwards have a panel discussion with three angel investors on their personal investment philosophy, what they're looking for in a startup and in general their experiences in angel investing. Lots of interesting stories to be told for sure!
Mindtrek Finalists Competing For 20 010€ Announced
Mindtrek is one of the notable technology and startup oriented conferences taking place in the Nordics that startups should pay attention to. Why? For one, they are giving away 20 010 € worth of prize money to most attractive startups that match their Launchpad criteria. This year's finalists, that will be pitching at the event, have been announced. They are listed in alphabetical order below.
Intoloop, Social Networking Around Passion
A Finnish startup, Starduck Studios, will be launching Intoloop, a social network around passions, later this year. Intoloop is aiming to become a global social network around passions. They have been testing the service over the summer and are looking forward to opening it up to everyone later this year. Starduck Studios has been very secretive about their product and even with this announcement. They don't disclose too much with this announcement either, except for the financing of the company.
