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| May 15, 2017 | 5G networks will revolutionize our lives — and here is why you should ride the tide | Imagine smart homes or self-driving cars that communicate with each other. Or the day when doctors and teachers use virtual and augmented reality at hospitals and schools. Imagine trains, drones and cars forming transport systems that are s... |
| Apr 19, 2017 | How to build a successful hackathon team | Do you want to build a successful hackathon team? Meet five Ultrahack teams and learn how it’s done!
Hackathons are often considered as a playground for developers, but even the most brilliant execution is not enough: the concept and how y... |
| Dec 8, 2016 | The “death month” of Helsinki is boon for startups | November weekend in Helsinki for most of us doesn’t sound like the time of our lives – it’s dark, cold and windy in the seaside city. To make matters worse, the Finnish word for November, Marraskuu, by it’s etymological meaning means the mo... |
| Sep 13, 2016 | Personal data in the spotlight at Ultrahack MyData hackathon | Two weeks ago in the basement of Helsinki’s historic Kulttuuritalo (designed by Alvar Aalto and opened in 1958) a packed crowd took part in the Ultrahack MyData Hackathon kickoff, marking the start of the 48 hour intensive effort.
Around e... |
| Jun 17, 2016 | Highlights from a hot tech week in Helsinki | Helsinki in the beginning of June was quite literally the hot-bed of start-up and investment activity in the Nordics. The beautiful 25°C weather complemented the hot new innovative solutions on display. Several events created the perfect me... |
| Jun 7, 2016 | Ultrahack organizes a hackathon of 1 million euros | Ultrahack 2016, which launched at the beginning of June, invites participants to compete for more than 1 million euro investments plus other significant prizes.
The investments will be awarded by Nestholma in cooperation with Ultrahack, su... |
| Jan 5, 2016 | Turning garbage into good | In May 2015, Adrien Vetterli came up with an idea sparked by a recently viral story from the Netherlands where a man decided to clean trash along a polluted waterway bit by bit, every day on his way to work.
Collecting garbage from natural... |
| Nov 16, 2015 | 3 interesting ideas from Ultrahack 2015 | Ultrahack took place from 6- 8th November in Helsinki in anticipation of the massive startup conference Slush, and is one of the biggest hackathons in Europe.
Hackers from around Europe (and even some from the US) developed their ideas ove... |
| Nov 16, 2015 | Routes solves complex travel planning | The Norwegian startup Routes uses user-generated routes to solve the problem of complex travel planning.
We met Routes at Oslo Innovation Week, where the founders pitched to investors and tried to grow their audience at the Afterwork Start... |
| Nov 10, 2015 | 5 reasons to visit Ultrahack 2016 | Running from the airport to the bus, trying to find my way over to a place called Bruno, using Google maps in desperation trying to find to this place. Finally arriving, sweaty, tired and confused — But I made it. I made it to Ultrahack 201... |
| Nov 9, 2015 | Cooperative urban planning platform Butterfly Effect takes home grand prize at Ultrahack | The grand prize at Ultrahack 2015 went to the Butterfly Effect Project, who participated in the Civic Tech Track sponsored by Forum Virium.
The project aims to enhance the way cities handle urban planning, by creating a platform for citize... |
| Nov 8, 2015 | How the auto industry is being disrupted | Mobile phones have changed the way people experience the world. People daily use digital interfaces, as software has become integrated into the products we use in our lives and work.
By extension, people now have certain expectations for a... |
| Nov 8, 2015 | In Helsinki, developers volunteer for startups | Wouldn’t it be great to have skilled developers volunteering to hack on your startup? Sounds like a dream? It might. but that’s exactly what’s going on at Ultrahack this weekend.
Almost 400 developers are gathered in Helsinki for Ultrahack... |
| Nov 3, 2015 | An interview with Marta Sjögren, Principal at Northzone | Marta Sjögren’s debut to the venture capital world resulted from a passion for innovation and a desire to make an impact in the world. Today, she is the Principal at Northzone,a Danish VC, nd focuses on companies in the early stage.
Northz... |
| Oct 29, 2015 | Food startups to watch | In 2014, Fortune Magazine broke down how hot the food industry is among venture capitalists. In in 2013 alone, VCs had allocated $2.8 billion into food-related startups.
Various factors, including sustainability, health, and digitalization... |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Buy t-shirts – save water | Eco-consumption is a growing trend in Finland, thanks to Pure Waste Textiles – a Finnish startup revolutionizing the way clothes are made.
This article was originally posted on Arctic Startup.
About five years ago, the founders of Costo,... |
| Oct 20, 2015 | Learning Through Gaming | Today, the way we learn differs significantly from the past. Much has changed over a relatively short period of time, and will continue to do so.
Developed education technology, or ed-tech, has been fundamental in altering our learning sty... |
| Oct 13, 2015 | 6 Reasons to Join Slush Ultrahack 2015 | Ultrahack is part of Europe’s biggest hackathon leading up to the annual Slush conference.
You can join with your pre-existing software or start from scratch during the online pre-game period lasting until October 30th or join the 48 hour ... |
| Oct 6, 2015 | Interview with Urska Srsen, Co-founder and CCO of Bellabeat | Urska Srsen met her co-founder Sandro Mur on a kitesurfing trip in Croatia. For her, becoming an entrepreneur was a very spontaneous and almost accidental process. Something that started as a project ended up as a business.
It all started ... |
| Oct 2, 2015 | Announcing: Recruiting at Slush 2015 | Slush 2015 will, for the first time ever, feature a Recruiting Area. The focus is to eventually make recruiting an as important part of the event for startups as funding and media coverage are today.
The ability to build and grow the team ... |
| Oct 1, 2015 | Biohacker’s Recipe for Kick-Ass Coffee | In preparation for Slush x Ultrahack on the 6th through 8th of November, we talk with author, CEO, and Biohacker Teemu Arina.
This article was originally posted on HYBE.
He explains to Hybe: “Biohacking is the art and science of optimisin... |
| Sep 30, 2015 | Posti challenges you to create an e-commerce solution at Ultrahack | In preparation for Slush x Ultrahack on the 6th through 8th of November, Mikko Järvilehto, Ultrahack Executive Producer and CEO of Futuretournaments, interviews a series developers and partners for different challenge tracks. Today, we talk... |
| Sep 29, 2015 | A.I. powered shop clerks are taking over | In preparation for Slush x Ultrahack on the 6th through 8th of November, Mikko Järvilehto, Ultrahack Executive Producer and CEO of Futuretournaments, interviews a series developers and partners for different challenge tracks. Today, he talk... |
| Sep 9, 2015 | Peter Green brings you the vibe of all Nordic startup events at once! | Last week he visited us at the Founders House in Copenhagen to talk about Ultrahack, part of SlushHacks, the biggest European hackathon happening in Helsinki this November. In addition, he told us about an even bigger startup event called S... |
