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Ericsson Widget Awards celebrate Swedish startups
Winners announced
ScandinavianStartups exclusive
Have you heard about the Ericsson Widget Awards? Flying somewhat under the radar, the event celebrates applications for mobile phones that can solve real problems, with Ericsson awarding euro 15000 prises. With no updates easily available, here is the scoop delivered by ScandinavianStartups:
Winners:
1) Universidad de Cauca, with Mobile World News, Victor Garzon, Jhon Ibarra
2) Arcmage, with the application Quest, Sweden, Dan Kopparhed
3) Strikersoft, with Personal shopper app, Sweden, Fredrik Wångberg
Swedish startup ArcMage was founded in 2010 with help from the regional incubator Movexum. Since then, it has been nothing but rapid growth. A branch off from ITV Arena, ArcMage is dedicated to building a mobile development platform for internet, mobile and IPTV. The second place victory with their widget app is leading to new and exciting projects allready.
"We are very excited and hope that this will lead to more business in the future", says Anders Stödberg, Managing Director at ArcMage.
The application, Quest, allows users to create their own outdoor adventure. You can create everything from a treasurehunt for your kid's birhday to an advanced adventure for social and corporate group events.
The winner of 3rd place, Swedish startup Strikersoft, competed with a Personal Shopper app. Fredrik Wångberg was "thrilled to be a winner and appreciated the recognition of Strikersoft as a cross-platform developer of mobile applications"
A joint venture, Strikersoft was formed in 2010 by alliance between Wexcellcia AB and Ukrainian Mobile Technologies Solutions llc, both founded in 2004. With headquarters in Kista - Stockholm, Sweden, the Telecommunication and IT hub of Europe, the Development and Competence Centre is located in Kiev, Ukraine.
Congratulations to the winners!
The Ericsson Widget Awards is an international competition organized by Ericsson and Opera. There were more than 450 applicant apps and more than 4000 participants in 2011.
