Videoplaza Bullish On Future Growth – ‘Things are simply taking off’
I talked to Videoplaza founder and CEO Sorosh Tavakoli just last week and Sorosh told me that videoplaza is very bullish on online video monetization. They see that throughout the industry the number of started video streams are up and the number of ads per video are up, on average moving from three to seven. Overall in the video advertising market demand is growing faster than supple and big media companies are waking up to online video. During our call Tava

Rene Savelsberg: Break Through Areas In Clean Tech In 2010 (Video)
Last week we visited Lahti at Clean Tech Venture Day. I talked to Rene Savelsberg, Managing Director and CEO of SET Venture Partners. Rene is responsible for managing € 50m Sustainable Energy Technology (”SET”) Fund based in Amsterdam with a pan-European investment focus. In the first video we discussed about SET Venture Partners’ investment focus, how their deal flow looks like and where it comes from. Lastly we touched on the current state of the Nordic and the Dutch clean tech enviroment and where its progressing. In the secon

FilmGator – The Last.fm For Movies
I’ve been longing for a service like Last.fm, but for movies, for quite some time already. To my surprise, I had an e-mail waiting in my inbox last week regarding such a service. It’s called Filmgator and it’s still in beta, but the service works in the way you’d expect it to. FilmGator is a Finnish startup, based in Helsinki. The service aims to answer the question: “What are people watching?” I’ve al

Co-editor for Sweden!
The Nordic and Baltic startup scenes have come of age and ArcticStartup has grown with them. Much has been done, but there’s still much to do. I will outline some of the changes, improvements and future plans below, but there’s one message above else that should take priority: We are looking for a new member to fill big boots in our team. We are looking for a full-time co-editor for Sweden. This role is a big

Week In Review: Stand Out From The Crowd
Here’s a fact: the future is in entrepreneurship. For Finnish Cleantech, the future is now. Lucky for you, starting a company is easy, er, easier than you think. If the Bloglovin’ guys could do it,