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Ignitas advisor to teach entrepreneurship at UiO

By On 30. August 2010 In People With No Comments Permanent Link to Ignitas advisor to teach entrepreneurship at UiOPermalink

Tor Grønsund on lean product and customer development for startups This fall Ignitas Advisor Tor Grønsund is joining the University of Oslo as Assistant Professor in entrepreneurship. Tor will be responsible for teaching and developing an interdisciplinary course in entrepreneurship that is practically as well as theoretically focused, and based on hands-on “startup methodology” the course invites students to take on real-life projects.

Tor has been an early advocate of the Customer Development and Lean Startup methodologies, and his coursework on using lean approaches to business model development was recently assigned reading at Stanford University. Its premise is that startups are not smaller versions of large companies. Instead, startups need their own tools. The methodology leverages the web in creation of rapid prototypes for testing market assumptions, and use customer feedback to develop them much faster than compared to traditional management practices. With the emergence of open source platforms and web technologies such as cloud services, search marketing and social media collaboration, launching a venture today is cheaper. What used to cost millions, now costs thousands, Tor says. For more information about lean product- and customer development methodology, contact Tor Grønsund at tor[at]ignitas[dot]com.

Ignitas announcing deal with Exerto

By On 9. May 2010 In Investments With No Comments Permanent Link to Ignitas announcing deal with ExertoPermalink

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Ignitas has taken a stake in Exerto and has also been appointed as advisors to the company. Exerto specialises in creating professional fitness training exercise sessions distributed as online videos, giving people the possbility to exercise in the comfort of their home, or in other places than the urban gym environment. Exerto currently boasts more than 100 training videos in 15+ categories like spinning, aerobics, dance, martial arts, and more. In addition to advising Exerto on their strategy Ignitas will advice the company on partnership deals, distribution of their services, business development and capitalisation. For more information about Exerto contact Runar Eidsaa at runar (a) ignitas.com.

Ignitas har nylig gått inn på eiersiden i Exerto og vil i tillegg arbeide som rådgivere til selskapet. Exerto spesialiserer seg på å produsere og distribuere profesjonelle treningsvideoer. På Exerto.no finner du over 100 forskjellige treningsfilmer i over 15 ulike kategorier som du spiller av via Internett, og der du kan trene når du vil og hvor du vil. Ignitas vil i tillegg til en styreplass i selskapet, også virke som rådgiver innenfor områdene partnerskap, distribusjonskanaler, forretningsutvikling og kapitaliseringsstrategi. For mer informasjon, kontakt Runar Eidsaa på runar (a) ignitas.com.

Ignitas wins EU research project

By On 16. February 2010 In Customers With No Comments Permanent Link to Ignitas wins EU research projectPermalink

Ignitas joins EU research project Cockpit

Ignitas recently won a contract to conduct opinion-based social media research in the EU sponsored research project “Cockpit”.  As one of 12 project consortium partners, including some of Europe’s leading research and development organizations such as IBM , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Intrasoft, Ignitas will contribute to the European Union FP7-ICT Programme, “ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling”.  Ignitas will be responsible for tracking citizens’ opinions and wishes on public service delivery in the EU using opinion based research. The fundamental idea of COCKPIT is that Web 2.0 social media constitute the emerging and de facto mass collaboration and cooperation platform between citizens themselves, and between citizens and public administrations. To read more about the project you can follow the Cockpit LinkedIn group or read Prof. Charalabidis’ blog on Government Transformation.

Ignitas vil over de neste tre årene delta i EU-prosjektet ”Cockpit”, der vi sammen med de 11 andre konsortiumpartnere skal utvikle en ny modell for hvordan EU tilbyr sine offentlige tjenester ved å utnytte sosiale medier og web 2.0 teknologi. Sammen med bl.a. IBM, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology og Intrasoft vil vi bidra mot EU sitt FP7-ICT program kalt “ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling”. Vårt ansvarsområde i prosjektet vil være å analysere brukerstyrte medier for å identifisere hvordan offentlige tjenester blir utnyttet av EU sine innbyggere i dag. For å lese mer om prosjektet kan du følge prosjekt Cockpits Linkedin-gruppe eller lese Professor Charalabidis sin blogg “Government Transformation”.

Min Film signs with Ignitas

By On 26. November 2009 In Investments With No Comments Permanent Link to Min Film signs with IgnitasPermalink

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Ignitas has been appointed as advisors to Min Film AS, one of the largest collections of film trailers and video clips distributed through mobile devices. The company has 5 employees and is situated in Oslo, Norway. Under the terms of the contract, Ignitas will support the company with strategic advice, content management, partnership deals, distribution of their services, business development and capitalisation. Min Film has more than 15.000  registered members, and the company has distributed nearly 3 million  clips within Norway, Sweden and Germany.  Jupiter Media has found that 41% of mobile phone users will be interested in some form of video service on their mobile phones in 2010. The growing demand for mobile video will generate over $500 million in revenues by 2010. For more information on Min Film contact Runar Eidsaa at runar (a) ignitas.com.

Ignitas har signert en avtale med Min Film AS, en av Norges største samlinger av filmklipp distribuert over mobilen. Min Film har 5 ansatte og selskapet har mer enn 15.000 registrerte brukere og  har hittil distribuert nær 3 millioner filmklipp. I dag tilbys tjenesten i Norge, Sverige og Tyskland. Ignitas har gått inn på eiersiden i selskapet og vil bl.a. bistå med kompetanse, nettverk, strategisk rådgivning og kapitalisering. Den teknologiske utviklingen fører til stadigstørre forbruk av video via mobiltelefonen. Jupiter Media tror 41% av alle mobilbrukere vil laste ned film over denne plattformen i 2010. Mobile Marketing Association mener at 2010 vil bli gjennombruddsåret for film og TV distribuert via mobiltelefonen med over $500 millioner i genererte inntekter. For mer informasjon om Min Film, ta kontakt med Runar Eidsaa på runar (a) ignitas.com.

Ignitas takes stake in Neovada

By On 29. October 2009 In Uncategorized With No Comments Permanent Link to Ignitas takes stake in NeovadaPermalink

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Ignitas recently invested in Neovada AS, an Oslo-based company focusing on web and mobile technology. Neovada’s main products are: Sendega, an SMS Gateway offering SMS and MMS services to companies, SMSKing, a subscription service for sending SMS via the Internet and also a social network with more than 200.000 users. In addition, Neovada holds a majority stake in Donkr.com, a top-30 international online poker community. Donkr is currently operating in 10 languages/markets in Europe. Under the terms of the contract, Ignitas will support Neovada with strategic advice and product development, partnership deals, business development and capitalization processes. For more information about Neovada, contact Runar Eidsaa (runar (a) ignitas.com).

Ignitas har gått inn på eiersiden til Neovada AS, et selskap med fokus på web- og mobilteknologi. Neovadas viktigste produkter er: Sendega, en SMS gateway som tilbyr tjenester til bedrifter for å sende og motta SMS og MMS, SMSKing som er en abonnementstjeneste for å sende SMS/MMS fra Internett samt et sosialt nettverk med over 200.000 registrerte brukere.I tillegg er Neovada også majoritetseier i Donkr.com,et internasjonalt nettsamfunn for pokerspillere som opererer på 10 språk i det europeiske markedet. Donkr er på topp-30 listen i et meget konkurranseintensivt internasjonalt marked. Ignitas vil bistå selskapet med kompetanse, nettverk og strategisk rådgivning, samt kapitalisering. For mer informasjon om Neovada, ta kontakt med Runar Eidsaa (runar(a)ignitas.com).

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