Many people will only ever dream of owning their own pub but for 200 trusting investors in Luxembourg, this dream has become a reality. On Thursday, the shareholders were able to see how their money was invested at the launch of new Luxembourg tribal bar Zulu Blanc in the Rives de Clausen.
Proud to announce that LSBC Member BDL Labs (www.beelert.com) is now officially one of the 10 most promising Technology Startups in The Netherlands (Deloitte Fast 50 Rising Star). Looking forward to the national event in Groningen on October 9th. The Deloitte Technology Fast Rising Star 50 is a program that recognises and profiles technology companies, public or private, that have the potential to become market leaders.
The opening of the ABC Acceleration Business City in BTC City in Ljubljana, a venue for promoting new businesses and startups, was also the opportunity for bestowing the prestigious awards for best startups (CESA – Central European Startup Awards) on a national level. The award for the Slovenian startup of the year was given to GoOpti, a hi-tech platform that connects carrier companies with passengers in need of a guaranteed transport adapted to their time limits and budget.
ABC Accelerator, a major Ljubljana startup accelerator, launched on Friday a new business hub at the BTC City shopping district. The accelerator was launched in March and has already completed a programme focused on smart cities. The brand-new Acceleration Business City Hub has 2,000 m2 of office space that it will offer to startups.
Kickstarter is now available to creators in five more European countries: Austria, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. Starting today, artists, inventors, designers, and makers of all types can launch projects on Kickstarter and share them with our global community. People from all around the world are using Kickstarter to work together and bring creative ideas to life, and this year we’ve focused on adding European culture and creativity to the site.
PODIM – this year in its 35th year – is one of the largest and leading conferences on entrepreneurship and innovation in the Alpe-Adria Region. If you are looking for an investor, mentor or a new team member, you will have plenty of opportunities to introduce yourself, your idea and your bigger vision. The PODIM conference is aimed at everyone who wishes to go through an intense two-day entrepreneurial experience.
Their product is a wooden amplifier for smartphones called Trobla, portable and sustainable solution that enhances your phone’s sound in style and is now ready to take on the world market. Trobla was uploaded on the most well-known web crowdfunding platform on the 7th of April. On the 9th of April the Kickstarter webpage showed that Tok Tok already achieved its goal of raising 10.700 U.S. dollars.
New business accelerator ABC opened at Ljubljana’s BTC City. Accelerator will connect and create a complete growing environment that will accelerate businesses and grow the economy as well as empower Slovenia’s visibility. The first accelerator program will kick-off on March 30th with the topic “Smart City”. Nine companies were selected, among them also LSBC member, low-cost shuttle GoOpti. The second program, which opens in autumn, will be in the field of health.
Altogether Slovenian start-up founders collected together over 130 million dollars of investment, of which 60 million only in 2014 while the number doubles every year. In 2006 only one startup received investment, this year there have been 12. While venture capital funds are leading in term of the value of investments (more than 93 %), the number of investments are very close in term of private capital, government subsidies, and mass financing.
“€1 company” initiative gets government approval and simplifies a process of a company in Luxembourg. This initiative aims to stimulate entrepreneurship by facilitating entrepreneurs access to business creation by reducing costs, a simple, faster and more efficient setting-up process, and above all, a considerable reduction in subscription and payment requirements.