About Canute 

At Canute we’re on a mission to help Nordic startups succeed internationally. We mainly do that with our three-day market entry programs abroad but also via event and networking activities in Denmark.

Our market-entry programs are currently available in Stockholm, Berlin, London and New York and are for Danish startups ready to expand to the given market. During the program the participating startups get access to market knowledge and local network that can help them start and grow their business.

We have had more than 100 startups through our programs and are experiencing increasing demand post covid-19, so we’re now looking for the next passionate startup geek to join our team.

The company was founded as an initiative in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs but has since January 2020 been a private company. Today we’re a team of three and are located in Pilestræde in the center of Copenhagen where we share the building with other passionate startups and founders.

Mia Grosen is the founder of Canute and has a background as a tech founder herself. Ellen De Bever is our Program Manager and responsible for all our international speakers and partners. Emil Brydensholt is our intern and responsible for all external communication.

Values

We’re a social team who love to have a Friday beer with the startups from the office and once a month we do a team day with a social activity. We enjoy great flexibility in our work and work remote or abroad when possible, as we’re all great travel geeks. 

We truly care about the startups that we help - and we also care about each other as a team.

Canute is a company that continuously reflect on how we can do better - both towards our startups and internally on our team. We set a path for personal development and upskilling. When we as a team continuously aim for being better and always have the most in demand skills, it also means that the startups we help get better conditions for succeeding.

About the role

Every year Canute takes more than 50 Nordic startups abroad and connects even more to relevant international contacts. Your job will be to make sure we help the right startups at the right time. 

Tasks

• Find and screen startups for Canutes programs and events

• Be present in the startup ecosystem in Denmark and talk to startups about internationalisation and how Canute helps startups expand abroad

• Create inspiring and in-depth content for startups about scaling internationally 

• Stakeholder management of our startup community partners to engage their portfolio startups 

  
  

About you

You are entrepreneurial by heart and enjoy coming up with new ideas and ways of doing things better and smarter. You are truly passionate about startups and get a kick out of talking to founders and hearing about their businesses and challenges. 

You have a global mindset, are curious about other countries and cultures and enjoy travelling.

Minimum experience

• You have +5 years experience working in the startup environment

• You have startup experience yourself, either as an ex-founder or key employee 

• You have B2B sales experience and are familiar working in a CRM environment (we use Hubspot)

• You are fluent in Danish and English 

Preferred experience

• You have experience organizing and facilitating growth activities for startups

• You have experience with scaling a startup internationally, either as an employee or a founder 

• You have experience living abroad

• You have experience advising companies (and/or founders) 

• You have a good understanding of online marketing (paid SoMe, SEO, email campaigns etc)

• You are familiar with Hubspot, Asana, Slack, Trello and Gsuite products

In return we offer you a competitive salary based on your experience and also the option to earn shares in Canute if you turn out to be the perfect match! this is a rare opportunity to take on an exciting role in the center of the Danish startup ecosystem - we look forward to hearing from you!