Our Blog
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New investment round announced
Following our successful raise of €800,000 last year at a post-money valuation of €4.7 million, we are now raising a further seed round of €900,000 towards our mid-2018 go-live. We are now in customer response testing with our SME app, while we’re working on large consortium partnerships in several countries, alongside our continuing relationship with…
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Fintech Revolution: pre-order your copy now!
We’re pleased to announce we now have a confirmed publication date for Sofie and Rob’s new book, Fintech Revolution: Universal Inclusion in the New Financial Ecosystem (Palgrave Macmillan). It will be published on 4 June 2018, and can be pre-ordered via Amazon or through your usual bookstore. This book is a practical guide to the…
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Refining our plan
Thanks to our investment last year, we’re now a growing team, and the New Year was a perfect opportunity for us to bring representatives from all our teams together in Copenhagen for an intensive four-day workshop to progress our strategy and finalise our development plans towards the mid-year product launch. The Copenhagen team was joined…
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Gavin’s first 3 months at hiveonline
Gavin After spending 4 months with my family chasing summer and sustainable projects around the world the move to winter in Copenhagen came as a bit of a shock. Surprisingly, cycling to work in icy gales isn’t such of a problem when you are passionate about what you are doing and have a great team…
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Spreading the Word – IMF Summit, SIBOS, SG Fintech
We’ve been on the road again, speaking at several conferences over the last few weeks on blockchain, sustainable finance, the future of banking and, of course, hiveonline! Too many to list here but these are some of the highlights: World Bank/IMF Summit We were happy to have been invited to a GreenInvest event at the…
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Press Release – Large seed investment to blockchain startup hiveonline
Fintech startup hiveonline receives a €800,000 seed investment from Swedish entrepreneur Torbjörn Nilsson and his business partner Håkan Birging. The seed money investment comes at a crucial moment in Hiveonlines progress towards launch in 2018. Danish Hiveonline is developing a financial administration solution for small businesses, their customers and investors. The blockchain platform creates security…
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Platform Consumers
In this article we examine the evolution of consumers from retail consumers to platform consumers, as businesses move into the ecosystem and marketplaces emerge to manage B2C and peer to peer sales. We observe how platforms have changed customer expectations and behaviours and discuss the impact on businesses, and how their service models have evolved…
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International Sustainable Investment
In this article we explore the world of sustainable investment, the scope of the challenge and the barriers faced today. We discuss how growing awareness and technology are working together and how current developments in financial technology will help remove some of the barriers. The Sustainable Development Goals and investment Meeting the UN’s 17 Sustainable…
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Green fintech – we can save the planet!
In this article we provide a broad overview, together with some examples, of how fintech can help provide solutions in support of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The UN and many other NGOs, together with investors, researchers and technology companies, are converging to start building solutions to some of the thorniest problems in this area.…
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SIF💚S – Green Fintech Events – Dates for your Diary
28 June 2017 – SIF💚S at Money20/20 & Copenhagen Fintech Week, Copenhagen Fintech Lab, Copenhagen, Denmark saw our first event that attracted an audience of engaged experts and learners “Thanks for an inspiring session” “Thanks Sofie et all – for a great and relevant discussion. This should (and will) be on the top agenda in…