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The accelerator and incubator ecosystem in Denmark is continually expanding, so you'll want to keep track of them all.

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1) Accelerace

1) Accelerace

Accelerace, a business development organization established in Denmark, helps companies with training, investment, and business development.

Details of the startup:

  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2008
  • Founders: Peter Torstensen
  • Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Blockchain, CleanTech, EdTech, FinTech, Food and Beverage, Health Care, Internet of Things, Medical Device
  • Number of investments: 48
  • Number of exits: 7
  • Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12

You can find their website here.

2) Founders

2) Founders

Founders is a startup studio that creates products and businesses that transform the way people and businesses work.

Details of the startup:

  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Joshua Karjala-Svendsen, Peter Heering, Sebastian Stockmarr, Simon Sylvest, Stefano Zorzi, Ulrik Trolle
  • Industries: Business Development, Financial Services, Venture Capital
  • Number of investments: 27

You can find their website here.

3) Rainmaking

3) Rainmaking

Rainmaking is a startup incubator that helps entrepreneurs establish enterprises, grow them into successful businesses, and then exit them.

Details of the startup:

  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2006
  • Founders: Martin Bjergegaard
  • Industries: Banking, Financial Services, Internet, Software, Venture Capital
  • Number of investments: 1

You can find their website here.

4) Syddansk Innovation

4) Syddansk Innovation

Syddansk Innovation is an ICT, Lifescience, and Industry-focused business incubator.

Details of the startup:

  • City: Odense
  • Industries: Health Care, Industrial, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Innovation Management
  • Number of investments: 38

You can find their website here.

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5) Borean Innovation

5) Borean Innovation

Borean Innovation is one of Denmark's four startup accelerators.

Details of the startup:

  • City: Aalborg
  • Started in: 2014
  • Industries: Incubators
  • Number of investments: 49
  • Number of exits: 3

You can find their website here.

6) ITU Startup Programme

6) ITU Startup Programme

At the IT University of Copenhagen, we give students with the resources, mentorship, and assistance they need to launch new technology businesses.

Details of the startup:

  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Vlad Gidea
  • Number of investments: 9

You can find their website here.

7) Lundbeckfonden Emerge

7) Lundbeckfonden Emerge

Lundbeckfonden Emerge was launched in the spring of 2012 as a strategic project of the Lundbeckfonden.

Details of the startup:

  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2012
  • Industries: Finance
  • Number of investments: 6
  • Number of exits: 1

You can find their website here.

8) Stairways

8) Stairways

Incubator that helps and advises early stage start-ups by giving expertise, time, and technical know-how.

Details of the startup:

  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Christian Weis Højfeldt, Rune Ibsen, Stig Irming-Pedersen
  • Industries: E-Commerce Platforms, Finance, Financial Services, Human Resources, Venture Capital
  • Number of investments: 3

You can find their website here.

9) Knowledge Cube

9) Knowledge Cube

Customers in the public sector can rely on Knowledge Cube for Microsoft-based bespoke IT projects and digital solutions.

Details of the startup:

  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2005
  • Industries: Information Services, Information Technology, Web Development
  • Number of investments: 1

You can find their website here.

10) FST Growth

10) FST Growth

FST Growth is a growth investor and accelerator with a mission.

Details of the startup:

  • City: Odense
  • Number of investments: 1

You can find their website here.

11) Urbantech

11) Urbantech

For growth-stage startups, the Urbantech Initiative 2020 is a non-equity, pilot-focused, and innovation program.

Details of the startup:

  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2019
  • Founders: Jakob Bjerre Kistorp
  • Industries: Finance, Financial Exchanges, Financial Services
  • Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12

You can find their website here.

12) Nordic Scalers

12) Nordic Scalers

Nordic Scalers is a program that helps Nordic scale-ups grow and enter new markets.

Details of the startup:

  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2017
  • Industries: Information Technology, Non Profit, Training

You can find their website here.

13) Growth Train Accelerator

13) Growth Train Accelerator

The Growth Train is a global accelerator program that welcomes start-ups and early-stage companies from all around the world.

Details of the startup:

  • City: Nykøbing
  • Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 7

You can find their website here.

14) InnoFounder – Graduate

14) InnoFounder – Graduate

InnoFounder – Graduate is a design-driven incubator for recent graduates from Danish educational institutions.

Details of the startup:

  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2017
  • Number of investments: 1
  • Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 52

You can find their website here.

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