Seedcamp

Tuesday was a special day at SHIP, as we were host for the Scandinavian Mini Seedcamp, an british event that gives help and the possibility of venture capital to start-ups.

This event is actually quite big, as the usual hosts are a little bit bigger cities lite Berlin och Paris. But, if you convince people that Helsingborg is nothern Copenhagen, it seems to work. Feedback so far has been that people where happy with it.

It was an interesting experience. The best part for me was the night before, when everybody had a welcome snack and beer at Helsing Bar. It was fun to just mingle and talk to the different people that had come here for this event. The start-ups where mostly swedish, but some danish and isreali (guess they didnt fit in anywhere else) guys where also present. From the swedish point of view some more famous IT people, but also totaly unknown ones.

The mentors however where from all over Europe. Most british, but also german and others. There background was quite mixed, some worked for companies in the IT sector and had jobs relevant for the future trend in IT, other had participated at earlier Seedcamps as start-ups and where now mentors, and other still had more or less just happened to talk to the right person at the right time.

Overall the event was about 20 teams pitching there ideas for the mentors, who where about 50 people. These provided insight and knowledge. And then some of the teams had a chance to qualify for the big SeedCamp in London, and a chance to win venture capital for there start-ups.

Overall it was a bit like the “idee-forum” we have with FENA every week. Just instead of 2 hours it was a 12 hour day, a little bit more organized, and all the participants were a bit more experienced. But almost the same…

I just heard that applications for seedcamp berlin have started. Now that I know what it is, I must say I am intrigued to participate.

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