You’d think we had been buried hundreds of meters under Chilean rock, or at least the heavy rain, we’ve been getting in Copenhagen, but that’s far from true. And a good thing too, because things are heating up here in Copenhagen. A couple of weeks ago, Hoist changed its name to Podio, and announced it had received funding from Tommy Ahlers, who also stepped in to take over the CEO position. Having worked for Tommy previously, I can only congratulate Hoist on having him along for, what is going to be a thrilling ride.
Podio made quite a splash of the name change, even making it to The New York Times online edition, and what we heard at the party to celebrate the new name and new organisation was really promising. Crisp pitch, and aggressive plans.
And just today, the news is out everywhere, that Memolane got some serious funding to build “our digital memory” which could mean anything really. Apparently, the project has been re-based from Copenhagen to Silicon Valley, but some of the local power behind the original demo is still on board and still based in Denmark, as far as I can tell.
Eric Lagier, who is heading up Memolane was previously at Skype, and the funding for Memolane comes from the investment arm of Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, as well as one of the original Skype investors.
It’s good to see some action, some funding and some attention funneling into Copenhagen. Clearly not the time to give up on Wide Antenna, so I’m going to try to kick it back into gear.