Finnish ScaleUp Swappie Adopts Coworking to Make Its International Development Agile
Swappie, a Finnish scale-up specialized in refurbishing and reselling smartphones, is using coworking spaces as part of its flexible workplace strategy for non-production teams. Founded in 2015 and operating across Europe, the company has raised over €170 million and employs between 800 and 1,000 people. About half of the staff works in logistics and technical refurbishment operations in...
Risk Management Software swissQuant HQ now hosted at one of Westhive Zurich coworking facilities
The financial risk management software producer SwissQuant Group has relocated its headquarters to on of Westhive's coworking location in central Zurich. The move places the company in one of the city’s most dynamic business hubs, offering improved accessibility and a modern, flexible work environment designed to meet the evolving needs of its team. The relocation, confirms by CFO Christoph...
From Campus X Coworking to $63M Series A: Cubby Scales with AI to Transform Self-Storage
Cubby, the AI-powered software company modernizing self-storage operations, has raised $63 million in a Series A round led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives — and its journey began in a coworking space. Founded in 2021 by three entrepreneurs, Cubby started with a small, focused team of fewer than 10 people working out of Campus X, Sofia’s leading coworking and startup hub. Today, the company employs...
“Provide workers with workspaces closer to their home is the big need of today”
Work Near Home: new workspace solutions Alisa Kapic is the Vice President Sales North Europe and Country Director Austria at IWG, the mother company supervising major Flex and Coworking brands in the world such as Regus, Spaces, Basepoint or Signature. Nowadays, with 3.400 locations around the world, IWG is by far the biggest provider of flexible workspace solutions on the planet. The...
“We will soon have the most distributed coworking offering in the city of Berlin”
Unicorn Workspaces will soon have the most distributed coworking offering in Berlin Inga Kayademir is the COO of Unicorn Workspaces, one of Germany's most important coworking players with 20 locations spread around Berlin, Munich, Cologne and Potsdam. The company is coming out of the Covid-19 crisis stronger. With the opening of two new locations in Berlin during the pandemia, Unicorn...
“We integrate IoT within the coworking business”
IoT in coworking businesses Alessandro Nacci is the CEO of SOFIA Locks (technology partner of ISEO), an Italy based company developing IoT (Internet of things) related smart access solutions. They have been focusing a lot, lately, on the coworking industry as technology allows to flexibilize office and real estate assets. Learn more about SOFIA Locks and IoT in coworking businesses in the...
“Our coworking activities grew twentyfold in 6 years thanks to Lisbon’s sex appeal”
Distributed teams in coworking spaces: the perfect match? Joao Simoes is the co-founder of IDEA Spaces, a Lisbon based coworking operator which started its activities in 2014 within a 400 sqm space. Six years later, IDEA Spaces is soon to open a third location, cumulating a total of 10.000 sqm surface under coworking management. Joao Simoes talks about how Lisbon changed in the recent...
“The international TechHub franchise will keep going!”
TechHub Riga: the tech coworking and incubator franchise Viesturs Sosars is the co-founder of TechHub Riga, the tech coworking and incubator franchise that was launched eight years ago and since then played a major role structuring the Latvian tech and startup ecosystem and connecting it with the international tech scene. Main takeaways The highlights from our conversation with...
“The wave of corporations transforming their workplaces will hit in 2021”
Flexible workspace operators as third spaces between office and home Francisco Vazquez Medem is the Founder and President of 3G Office, a major architecture firm based in Madrid, operating in close to 50 countries, including Spain, Portugal and most of the Latin American countries. 3G Office designs corporate offices for big companies like Google, Orange or KPMG. In the last couple of...
“We are the hot desking of parking lots”
Employee parking for smart offices Daithí de Buitléir is the Chief Marketing Officer of ParkOffice, a Dublin based startup which optimizes the management of parking lots for companies and landlords. The service is a natural extension of what happens with hot desking management within flexible workplaces and coworking spaces. Learn more about employee parking for smart offices in the...
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