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Finland's tech scene is booming.
The country is home to successful companies like Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds, Nokia, and multibillion-dollar gaming company Supercell.
In Finland tech ecosystem alone, the startups are highly supportive of each other.
The Finnish government also provides financial assistance to startups to fuel its ecosystem. Last year, Finnish government-backed public agency Tekes invested 135 million in growth startups. Over the years, it has backed hundreds of companies including Nokia, Rovio, and Supercell.
Finland is also home to Slush, one of the leading startup conferences in Northern Europe and Russia.
Disclosure: Finnish funding agency Tekes and Finnfacts, a non-profit media service organization in Finland, paid for my trip to Helsinki to explore the startup scene.-IndoorAtlas wants to become the GPS of indoors.-
Finnish startup IndoorAtlas wants to become the go-to technology for navigating indoors. If the company gets its way, you'll never get lost inside a mall or department store again.
It maps out indoor locations using the magnetometers already found in your smartphone to detect magnetic anomalies that come from things like steel beams, and other obstructions in inside buildings. IndoorAtlas offers its API to companies and retailers to create indoor-location applications.
IndoorAtlas already has 15 patents filed, and has raised €600,000 in funding.
-Jolla is Finland's answer to Android and iPhone.-
Jolla, the new Finnish-based smartphone company that spun out of Nokia, just announced at Slush that its first phone will go on sale in Helsinki on November 27.
Back in June, Jolla secured its first mobile phone carrier. Finland's third largest smartphone carrier, DNA, will be the first to sell Jolla's (pronounced Yo-Lah) flagship phone.
The phone features a 4.5-inch display, dual-core processor, microSD expansion with 16GB of storage pre-installed, a 4G modem, and a replaceable battery. Jolla has previously said the device would cost about €399.
To date, Jolla has raised over €200m.-Beddit wants to make your bed smart.-
Finnish startup Beddit essentially makes your bed smart. You simply place a super thin film sensor under your bed sheets to track your sleep throughout the night.
The sensor automatically tracks your sleep duration, sleep quality, heart rate, breathing, snoring, and sleeping environment.
Through its mobile app, Beddit provides personalized coaching based on the sleep data. It's currently building out its coaching engine with sleep specialists, Beddit tells Business Insider.
About a month ago, Beddit completed a $500,000 crowdfunding campaign on IndieGogo.
See the rest of the story at Business Insider
Reported by Business Insider 6 days ago.
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Finland's tech scene is booming.The country is home to successful companies like Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds, Nokia, and multibillion-dollar gaming company Supercell.
In Finland tech ecosystem alone, the startups are highly supportive of each other.
The Finnish government also provides financial assistance to startups to fuel its ecosystem. Last year, Finnish government-backed public agency Tekes invested 135 million in growth startups. Over the years, it has backed hundreds of companies including Nokia, Rovio, and Supercell.
Finland is also home to Slush, one of the leading startup conferences in Northern Europe and Russia.
Disclosure: Finnish funding agency Tekes and Finnfacts, a non-profit media service organization in Finland, paid for my trip to Helsinki to explore the startup scene.-IndoorAtlas wants to become the GPS of indoors.-
Finnish startup IndoorAtlas wants to become the go-to technology for navigating indoors. If the company gets its way, you'll never get lost inside a mall or department store again.
It maps out indoor locations using the magnetometers already found in your smartphone to detect magnetic anomalies that come from things like steel beams, and other obstructions in inside buildings. IndoorAtlas offers its API to companies and retailers to create indoor-location applications.
IndoorAtlas already has 15 patents filed, and has raised €600,000 in funding.
-Jolla is Finland's answer to Android and iPhone.-
Jolla, the new Finnish-based smartphone company that spun out of Nokia, just announced at Slush that its first phone will go on sale in Helsinki on November 27.
Back in June, Jolla secured its first mobile phone carrier. Finland's third largest smartphone carrier, DNA, will be the first to sell Jolla's (pronounced Yo-Lah) flagship phone.
The phone features a 4.5-inch display, dual-core processor, microSD expansion with 16GB of storage pre-installed, a 4G modem, and a replaceable battery. Jolla has previously said the device would cost about €399.
To date, Jolla has raised over €200m.-Beddit wants to make your bed smart.-
Finnish startup Beddit essentially makes your bed smart. You simply place a super thin film sensor under your bed sheets to track your sleep throughout the night.
The sensor automatically tracks your sleep duration, sleep quality, heart rate, breathing, snoring, and sleeping environment.
Through its mobile app, Beddit provides personalized coaching based on the sleep data. It's currently building out its coaching engine with sleep specialists, Beddit tells Business Insider.
About a month ago, Beddit completed a $500,000 crowdfunding campaign on IndieGogo.
See the rest of the story at Business Insider
Reported by Business Insider 6 days ago.