Photo from left to right: Morten Ugelvig Andersen from Venture Cup Denmark, Casper H Rasmussen from Monta, the team behind BAETA Carbon Solutions, Mette Hoberg Tønnesen from The Link & Startup Aarhus, and Nina Movin from Otto Mønsteds Fond.
On June 6th, Venture Cup Denmark hosted the Grand Award Ceremony for the National Startup Competition. At IDA, students, startups, and key players in the entrepreneurial community gathered to honor the announcement of Denmark’s top university startup of 2024. The finalists showcased their pitches to an esteemed CEO at the Link & Startup Aarhus, Mette Hoberg Tønnesen, Monta CEO and co-founder, Casper H. Rasmussen, and Otto Mønsteds Fond CEO, Nina Movin.
The overall winner and the winner of the Green category was from BÆTA Carbon Solutions from the University of Copenhagen. BÆTA Carbon Solutions revolutionizes carbon capture with solutions derived from PET waste.
Picture from left to right: Morten Resen from Mambeno & GoLittle, Mette Hoberg Tønnesen from the Link & Startup Aarhus, Casper H. Rasmussen from Monta, and Nina Movin from Otto Mønsteds Fond.
Besides a lot of credit, BÆTA Carbon Solutions took home a total of 120.000 DKK and can now look forward to strategy sessions with McKinsey & Co and a shoot with CoHo – The Content House, before they move on to participate in the University Startup World Cup, which they have also qualified for.
Photo from left to right: Nina Movin from Otto Mønsteds Fond, Anne-Marie Hall from Amazing Hall and the founders of Pull & Go.
The winner of the Health category was Pull & Go from Aalborg University. The startup offers a detachable traction function for manual wheelchair users.
Photo from left to right: Naveed Niwaz from McKinsey & Company, the 3 members of Patentopia, and Anette Nørgaard from Visma Dinero.
The Digital Category was won by Patentopia from the IT University. Their focus is to streamline innovation journeys with AI-powered patent analysis.
Photo from left to right: 5 members of PERFI Technologies, Hans Christian Lehmann Plett from Tickrmeter. Lene Christensen from IDA is standing behind the other people.
The Product Category winner was PERFI Technologies from Technical University of Denmark. The team revolutionizes personalized device production with volumetric printing.
Photo from left to right: 3 members of Fireraven, Suzana Barbosa, one member of Fireraven, and Tilde Reffstrup from Fonden for Entreprenørskab.
The Social Category winner was Fireraven from Technical University of Denmark. Fireraven specializes in developing advanced tools and analytics for enhancing and understanding AI models.
All category winners won 20.000 DKK and consultancy sessions with McKinsey & Company. The audience favorite startup was selected PERFi Technologies.
Thanks to all startups teams who participated and to all who came and celebrated at the award show. Special thanks to our partners and sponsors: Hempel Foundation, Ingeniørforeningen IDA, McKinsey & Company, Fonden for Entreprenørskab, Metro-Schrøder Fonden, Vissing Fonden and Otto Mønsteds Fond.
Finally, we want to say special thanks to all the universities: Technical University of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Business School, IT University of Copenhagen, University of Southern Denmark, Aalborg University and Aarhus University.
The National Startup Competition 2024 was a showcase of unparalleled talent, creativity, and ingenuity. Every startup that participated deserves recognition for their courage and ambition. They inspired us all with their groundbreaking ideas.
