What is Venture Cup
Denmark?
Venture Cup Denmark is an association of all the Danish universities (except RUC). We work to promote and showcase entrepreneurship among university students, and help eliminate the gap between the academic world and the business community.
A pioneer in the field, Venture Cup has been founded in 2000 as one of the first entrepreneurial organisations in the country. We aim at providing support to entrepreneurial students by offering mentoring, inspiration and services.
Our History
McKinsey visits MIT and gets
inspired to make business
plan
competitions.
In 1998, Venture Cup
is founded.
In 2003, the first national
competition
takes place.
The first competitions were held
in Munich and Berlin in
1996.
In 2000, Venture Cup
Øresund is founded.
The first University Startup World Cup
was held in 2015.
Venture Cup Denmark’s mission is to support university students in their entrepreneurial journey and to promote entrepreneurship worldwide. We do this through offering mentoring, feedback, exposure, and much more, in order to help university students launch or scale their startups.
Our team is passionate about helping to foster entrepreneurship and we aspire to inspire. Whether you just have an idea, are an established startup, or an industry expert, there is always room for you in the Venture Cup family.
Our Goals
Inspire. Showcase. Connect
Venture Cup uses its experience, knowledge and network to promote and encourage entrepreneurship in the Danish universities and worldwide. This way, Venture Cup offers students and universities a benchmarking tool, inspiration, and global experience.
Furthermore, Venture Cup supports university students in their entrepreneurial journey through offering mentoring, feedback, exposure, and much more.
Our Strategy
Organize. Identify. Promote
Venture Cup hosts a national competition to inspire and identify entrepreneurial talents from the Danish universities. We organize an international competition to showcase the best university startups in the world.
We provide a development program consisting of our Startup Experts. Our organisation represents a primary source of inspiration through educating and conveying knowledge to promote entrepreneurship.
Our Board
Stephan Christgau
Senior Partner at
Novo Seeds
Jakob Fritz Hansen
Director of Office for Innovation and
Sector Services - DTU
Georg Dam Steffensen
University Director at
IT University of Copenhagen
Trine Winterø
Vice Dean for Innovation and External relations at Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH
Sine Berg Schuwendt
Head of Section at
SDU RIO
Morten Dahlgaard Andersen
Deputy Director, Innovation at
Aalborg University
Wilbert van der Meer
Head of Dean's Office at
Copenhagen Business School
Anette Poulsen Miltoft
Head of Corporate Relations and Technology Transfer at Aarhus University