At least five Nordic start-ups applied to Seedcamp
Seedcamp applications are now closed for 2008. We received all together five notifications from start-ups that are applying after we posted our own offer. The start-ups come from Finland and Sweden, namely These Are My Brands (Finland), Scred (Finland), BiznesPort (Finland), BuzzPal (Sweden/US) and Wonderswap.com (Sweden).
Seedcamp received most of the applications on the last minute (for more see here) just as we received the information on start-ups that applied. On the other hand we did not post our offer that much earlier either. Regardless, the main thing is that many companies got their application in. Congrats and good luck for everybody who submitted their application in time.
Even though the applications are now closed do let us know in comments if we missed you, but you still applied in time. The interview offer is valid even though we did not hear about you before the application window closed.
Edit 11.08.2008: That's six start-ups now: MahShelf (Finland) applied also in time. Congrats!
Wonderswap.com applying to Seedcamp
Wonderswap.com, a Swedish based start-up, has applied to Seedcamp along with These Are My Brands, BuzzPal and just recently Scred.
Wonderswap aims to create a marketplace and a community that will support the need to re-cycle amongst a new generation of people who are tired of the "buy-and-throw-away-mentality".
There's not that much to see on Wonderswap's website at the moment, but their CEO, Monika Björn, told us that they´re planning to have a Beta out by this autumn/winter. The secrecy is understandable to some extend, since Seedcamp rules suggest that your service should not have launched yet.
For those of our readers who still don't know what Seedcamp is here's a short description from Seedcamp website.
Seedcamp is an intensive week long event held in September in London targeted at young entrepreneurs from across EMEA.We've set it up to provide seed funding and world-class connections for startups. September 2007 marked our first Seedcamp Week and group of funded startups. September 2008 will mark our second.
We will be holding an open application available online. Based on this, we will select up to 20 companies to participate in the event.
Seedcamp application deadline is tomorrow(!), so if you're planning on applying, apply now. If you want to apply, go here.
Good luck to Wonderswap.com(!) and as promised an interview comes as a part of package later on.
These Are My Brands opens Seedcamp application round
Antti Akonniemi, founder & CEO of Kisko Labs, has begun the Seedcamp application round we wrote about earlier (remember that we'll be giving each company/idea visibility in ArcticStartup so do let us know if you are applying).
Antti is apparently applying to Seedcamp with his new service called These Are My Brands. There is very little available on the website at this moment, which goes well with the rules of Seedcamp. Seedcamp rules suggest that your service should not have launched yet - however, you ought to have a prototype ready.
Good luck to Antti! We'll be providing an interview with him later on.
