Deadline: April 08, 2024
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Location(s)
Denmark
Copenhagen
Overview
National Startup Competition is a competition for the best and brightest university startups from the Danish Universities. All startups compete for cash prizes, receive feedback from experts on how to improve their startup, and become a part of a network of like-minded entrepreneurs!
Details
Our competition has been running for 20 years and has supported Startups including Too Good to Go, 3Shape, and Unity Technologies. All companies that made an impact & changed the game.
Categories 2024
- Green - Making our planet and society more sustainable and environmentally friendly.
- Social - Solutions that help people locally and globally. Improving society and our lives.
- Digital - Everything from softwares, financial services, and new platforms.
- Product - A physical device/prototype that improves functionality or helps customers.
- Health - Optimizing health industry, saving more lives & creating better well-being,
Judges look into:
- Is the idea well thought out?
- Can the team succeed with the startup?
- Have the team verified their assumptions e.g. how they make money, manage risks?
- Is the triple bottom line accounted for?
- How well is the pitch executed (if you are a category finalist)?
The National Startup Competition takes place in Copenhagen.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Who is eligible to join the competition?
- All teams must have at least one co-founder who is a student, faculty member, or recent graduate (within 2 years from graduation) from one of the Danish universities (AAU, AU, CBS, DTU, KU, RUC, SDU, ITU, RUC) at the time of submission. Full-time foreign students and diploma students are also welcome to apply as long as they otherwise comply with the rules.
- Note that this does not include HHX, HTX and Gymnasium-level students, Business Academies, Maritime educational institutions, University colleges. Please refer to our sister organization, Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship.
- Some teams are chosen in local competitions at the universities. If you are chosen in a local competition you still have to sign up with your application information once the competition opens
Dates
Deadline: April 08, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
What's in it for you?
- Cash Prizes - The overall winner and the category winners of National Startup Competition will win cash prizes to help them boost their startup.
- Extensive Network - We will always keep you informed about the best offers in the ecosystem, send you open calls for acceleration & incubation programs, invite you to our events, and more.
- Experts Feedback - Startups can also gain help through feedback sessions with Venture Cup Experts.
- Promotion - Every startup who participates in the competition will be promoted on our social media channels, on our website, and in print materials.
- World Cup Access - The four category winners will advance to the University Startup World Cup to pitch and compete for the chance of becoming the best startup in the world.
- Master Classes - We offer several workshops both online and physical to help you accelerate your application and your startup in general.
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