Archive for the ‘General’ Category
SAS New Route
SAS has just launched (April 2013) the first ever non-stop service connecting SFO and the Bay Area to Copenhagen. SAS’s main hub in Copenhagen offers fast and efficient transfers to an extensive SAS route network. SAS is the only airline to fly nonstop between San Francisco and Scandinavia and departs from San Francisco to Copenhagen [...]
Crowdfunding is HOT
Crowdfunding is currently a hot topic in Silicon Valley as a way to launch new businesses or engage with local communities. Innovation Center Denmark participated in the event ‘To the Crowd! Leveraging Technology for Citizen Engagement’ and presents some good arguments for choosing crowd funding over traditional funding. Insight into demand Crowdfunding has the advantage [...]
TiECon 2013
The annual TiECon, at Santa Clara Convention Center May 17-18, is the largest convention in the world dedicated to entrepreneurs. TiEcon holds huge networking opportunities, inspiring speakers and showcasing of leading edge products and services. The Convention features participants from start-ups, research labs, universities, technology corporations and country pavilions (more).
Do you have an Innovation Strategy – and how to tell?
Do you have an Innovation Strategy – and how to tell? Innovation 2013 Forum at Berkeley: The Economist event key take away, by Carsten Jarfelt. Director of ICT at Innovation Center Denmark, Silicon Valley At Innovation Forum 2013 event sponsored by The Economist held in Berkeley on March 28th, a dedicated forum of business executives, [...]
An evening with Ann Winblad and the Danish Minister for Trade and Investment
On the 5th and 6th of February, ICDK had the pleasure of hosting the Danish Minister for Trade and Investment, Pia Olsen Dyhr, on her visit to the United States. On Tuesday evening of her visit, ICDK held a reception with theme “How Nordic Entrepreneurs And Silicon Valley Are Connected In Our Global Economy”. Keynote [...]
Solar Mosaic –Financing Solar with Crowdfunding
A new solar financing start-up has emerged with a vision of becoming the Kickstarter of solar, as it allows small-scale investors, for as little as 25 Dollars, to invest in solar projects in need of capital. The company, Solar Mosaic, currently employs 14 people, and is a private, venture-backed start-up that was founded in 2011. [...]
Conference in the US in 2013
The US offers a wide range of conferences within technology, cleantech and life science in 2013. At Innovation Centre Denmark we keep a close eye on the trends and technologies presented at the events. We have collected a non-exhaustive list of some of the biggest and best conferences in the US. Spring Launch Festival Technology [...]
New interns at ICDK spring 2013
Innovation Centre Denmark, Silicon Valley is happy to present our new group of interns. The three masters-level students will work with the rest of the team at ICDK for the next 6 months to achieve our team goals in 2013. The interns bring a great variety of skills and experience to the center. Innovation Associate My name is Frederik [...]
A look in the crystal ball
As 2012 nears its end, we have reached the time of year for predictions of which trends and technologies will influence our lives in the coming year. Silicon Valley will no doubt be a place for first movers, and here is the chance to tap into what is to come. A tendency that has been [...]
Three Additional Innovation Centres
In 2013 the Danish Government will establish three new Innovation Centres in Sao Paulo – Brazil, Seoul – Korea and Bangalore – India. The initiative builds on the success of existing centres in Silicon Valley – USA, Munich – Germany, Hong Kong and Shanghai – China and is a tangible result of the Danish government’s [...]
Why it’s never been a better time to be an Entrepreneur
When I co-founded my first software company in 1997, we raised nearly $90 million over four rounds of funding! Today, that same company could be started for one-tenth that amount. My next company, started four years later, raised $4.5MM to build out our suite of products – today it would cost less than $450,000. Why [...]
Thoughts on Startup Weekend
Being new to Silicon Valley and working with Danish entrepreneurs I wanted to get a feel of the startup environment here. Therefore I decided to join the Startup Weekend SoLoMo (“Social, Local, Mobile” for the uninitiated like me before Startup Weekend). After 54 hours of hard work ending with a pitching session in front of [...]
