Venture Cup Denmark - National Startup Competition

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.

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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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