Walk the Valley is a bi-monthly podcast dedicated to sharing real-world advice from healthcare innovation entrepreneurs. We believe that the path from scientific discovery to commercial success is filled with invaluable lessons that are too often learned the hard way. Our mission is to illuminate this journey, helping the next generation of innovators navigate the challenges of bringing healthcare innovations to market.

About Valmista Valmista is an early-stage startup that we are currently taking over and rebuilding into a modern service marketplace. Our goal is to make it easier for people to find reliable help for everyday tasks and services, while giving freelancers, students, and independent service providers a better way to reach customers. We are currently expanding our team and looking for people who want to help build the company from the ground up.

Promte is a secure, modular AI platform built for public sector and critical organizations that need to use generative AI responsibly at scale. The platform brings AI tools, assistants, agents, search, voicebots and meeting notes together in one place, giving employees a simple entry point to AI in their daily work. Promte helps organizations improve workflows, answer questions faster, automate repetitive knowledge tasks and build specialized AI solutions based on their own content, systems and governance needs. The platform is designed to be easy for employees to use while remaining simple for organizations to manage centrally. Security and compliance are core to Promte. Data processing can be handled in the EU, in Denmark or on premises, depending on each organization’s requirements. Content is not used for model training, and the platform supports governance, user management and controlled rollout across teams. Promte also gives organizations access to a library of reusable AI templates and apps, helping them launch new use cases faster without starting from scratch.

Optivian provides Ollie, an AI sales co-worker built for complex B2B deals. Sales reps don't need another tool. They need a co-worker that handles the grunt work so they can focus on winning deals. Ollie delivers ready-to-use work product at the right time, directly where your sales reps already work: Slack, Teams, Email and CRM. No more context-switching between a dozen tools. Describe what you need done and Ollie handles the rest: monitoring your deals, analyzing every interaction, and delivering continuously. Pick from ready-made tasks or create your own in natural language. Ollie understands your deals because it ingests every customer interaction, deal progression, and your business context. This deep understanding powers everything Ollie does, from strategic coaching to collateral generation. Ollie automates what matters: - Business cases that help your champion secure budget approval - Value summaries tailored to decision makers - Deal coaching with prioritized next-best actions, continuously - Pipeline monitoring with deal health scoring in real time - Win/loss analysis to learn from every outcome - Custom tasks you define in natural language The result: higher win rates, shorter sales cycles, your entire team selling like your best sellers.

MOOW is an innovation house with a mission to decarbonize the built environment through fully sustainable and design-oriented building materials made from locally sourced willow. MOOW’s holistic understanding of sustainability includes natural carbon capture, biodiversity, circularity, and human health. Our long-term ambition is to redefine how buildings are constructed and experienced.

ExecuteAI is building a unified AI‑native ecosystem designed to make advanced automation, agent development, and AI‑driven operations accessible to every company—regardless of size, technical maturity, or industry. We believe AI should not be limited to large enterprises with dedicated engineering teams. Instead, it should be a practical, reliable, and affordable tool that any organization can deploy to improve productivity, decision‑making, and customer experience. Our mission is to democratize AI by providing a complete operating system for automation: from outreach and CRM orchestration to agent development, workflow execution, and talent collaboration. At the core of our platform is the ExecuteAI Hub, a login‑based workspace where companies and AI developers meet, collaborate, and deliver real solutions. The Hub functions as a marketplace, a project management environment, and a delivery engine in one. Companies can post AI projects, describe their needs, and connect with qualified AI developers who specialize in automation, agent design, data workflows, and integration engineering. Developers gain a structured environment to showcase their skills, build a portfolio, and deliver high‑quality AI solutions with clear expectations, transparent communication, and standardized processes. We are solving a fundamental problem in the AI industry: fragmentation. Today, companies must navigate a confusing landscape of tools, models, consultants, and platforms. There is no single place where they can reliably define a problem, find the right expertise, and receive a complete, production‑ready AI solution. ExecuteAI eliminates this friction by offering an end‑to‑end ecosystem that covers the entire lifecycle—from idea to deployed agent. Our platform includes tools for outreach automation, CRM orchestration, agent execution, workflow design, and continuous improvement. Everything is built with a strong focus on Nordic values: transparency, trust, quality, and responsible AI governance. For companies, ExecuteAI provides clarity and structure. Instead of hiring expensive consultants or experimenting with disconnected tools, they gain access to a curated talent pool and a standardized delivery framework. For developers, we offer a place to work on meaningful AI projects, collaborate with clients, and build long‑term relationships. For both sides, the Hub ensures that AI development becomes predictable, repeatable, and scalable. ExecuteAI is headquartered in Copenhagen and built on the belief that the future of work will be shaped by human‑AI collaboration. Our goal is to empower organizations to operate faster, smarter, and more efficiently by integrating AI into their daily workflows. Whether a company needs a custom agent, a full automation pipeline, or ongoing AI operations, ExecuteAI provides the tools, talent, and infrastructure to make it happen.

CM Navigator A/S – part of Copenhagen Merchants Group - is the company behind the digital platform for market intelligence and decision support in the agri-commodity and freight sectors – CM Navigator. Founded by Copenhagen Merchants Group, CM Navigator was initially developed in-house (starting around 2018) to aggregate the wealth of tacit market knowledge held by the group’s brokers and shipping experts. It was subsequently launched as a commercial SaaS platform in 2022 and later incorporated as an independent company in 2023 (while remaining majority-owned by CM Group). What it offers: CM Navigator provides real-time data and analytics tools to track commodity markets and logistics: • Live Prices & Global Benchmarks: Users get daily updated prices from major export regions (North America, South America, Europe, Black Sea, Australia, etc.) and a global CFR price matrix covering 600+ destinations, allowing easy comparison of origin competitiveness. This helps traders see, for example, how US corn fob prices plus freight compare to Brazilian corn into a given import market. • Freight Forecasting: The platform includes advanced freight tools that let users search among 250,000+ bulk freight routes with up to 12-month forward curves. This essentially functions as an instant freight rate calculator: a trader can input a specific load port and discharge port (or even a combination for multi-leg trades) and get current freight cost estimates and future rates. Such capability, drawn from Navi Merchants’ data, simplifies evaluating the delivered cost of commodities. • Supply/Demand & Trade Flows: CM Navigator continuously updates global supply and demand balances for key crops, and tracks trade flows. It integrates official data with on-the-ground insights (e.g., port line-up information) to give an up-to-date picture of export/import volumes and stock levels. This dynamic data can alert users to changes (such as a sudden surge in Ukrainian wheat exports or a drought cutting Argentine soy supply) much faster than traditional reports. • News & Insights: The platform delivers relevant news flashes and in-house analysis. For instance, it might highlight policy changes, weather events, or logistical issues affecting markets, along with commentary from CM’s analysts. Users also receive reports like grain export summaries or freight market outlooks, helping them stay ahead in volatile markets. Strategic purpose: The creation of CM Navigator reflects the group’s goal to “empower traders of all sizes in all countries” by democratizing access to high-quality market data. It takes the tacit knowledge that Copenhagen Merchants accumulated (through decades of brokerage and logistics operations) and scales it via technology. Internally, the platform ensures CM’s own teams and key clients operate with the same up-to-date information. Externally, it has become a new revenue stream and value proposition, attracting subscribers from the wider industry. By providing transparency and decision-support, CM Navigator strengthens Copenhagen Merchants Group’s role as an information broker. Its strategic goal is to be the go-to platform for anyone looking for integrated data on grains and freight, thereby enhancing market efficiency and extending the group’s influence in the digital domain.

Kihleo is a medtech startup developing an early warning system for urinary tract infections in older people with incontinence receiving care at home or in nursing homes. UTIs are one of the most common reasons for acute deterioration, confusion, and hospitalisation in this group. They are challenging to detect early, because symptoms are often vague, many older people cannot clearly communicate discomfort, and home care staff and nurses have minimal time. Today, detection is primarily reactive. Staff notice that something is wrong, then order urine tests and start treatment when the infection is already well underway. This leads to unnecessary suffering, avoidable admissions, and a high use of antibiotics. Kihleo’s solution is a small sensor placed in the diaper that measures biomarkers in the urine every time the person voids. When the diaper is changed, the sensor is read, and data is sent to a secure backend. Algorithms and predictive models analyse patterns over time and provide early, trustworthy indications that an infection may be developing, days before clinical symptoms are usually recognised. The system is not a diagnostic tool. It is a decision-support and early-warning system that integrates into existing workflows and helps staff decide when to look more closely, consult a nurse or doctor, and perform standard diagnostic tests. The value is threefold. For older people, it means faster and more targeted treatment, fewer severe infections, less confusion, and a better day-to-day quality of life. For relatives and care staff, it provides reassurance, objective data, and more time for actual care rather than crisis management. For the public sector, it helps prevent avoidable hospitalisations and complications that are both expensive and resource-intensive. Kihleo is working with a hardware partner on sensor development and is already in dialogue with Danish municipalities about pilot projects. The long-term vision is to create a scalable, data-driven platform for early detection of infections and other complications in elderly care, using everyday materials like diapers as non-invasive data sources.

UNYA Copenhagen is a volunteer-driven youth organization dedicated to empowering young people to engage with global challenges through the lens of the United Nations’ values and the Sustainable Development Goals. We create an inclusive platform where students and young professionals can learn, collaborate, and take action on issues like climate change, social inequality, peacebuilding, and innovation. We are addressing a clear and growing problem i.e. the disconnect between youth and global institutions. Many young people in Denmark care deeply about sustainability and justice but find it difficult to access meaningful opportunities to participate in international dialogue or contribute to real-world impact. This gap leaves motivated individuals without a channel to apply their energy, creativity, and ideas, while institutions miss out on fresh perspectives and engagement from the very generation that will inherit the future. UNYA Copenhagen bridges this divide by turning global ideals into local action. We organize interactive events, workshops, and panel discussions that make complex global topics accessible and relevant. Our activities are co-created by volunteers from diverse academic and cultural backgrounds who bring their own insights to the table. Through collaboration with universities, NGOs, and public institutions, we connect youth directly with experts and decision-makers, fostering a sense of shared responsibility and agency. What makes UNYA Copenhagen unique is our grassroots approach. We are not just an organization — we are a community that thrives on collective energy and creativity. Every project is designed by young people for young people, ensuring authenticity, inclusivity, and long-term motivation. Our strength lies in our diversity and the genuine commitment of our volunteers, who bring the UN’s global mission to life in a way that feels personal and actionable. The motivation behind UNYA Copenhagen is simple: we believe that youth engagement should not be limited to classrooms or conferences but should become a lived experience. We started this initiative because we wanted to make international dialogue tangible, local, and inspiring. Our team members share a passion for learning, community-building, and positive change — values that drive us to dedicate our time to building something meaningful together. Today, UNYA Copenhagen continues to grow as a platform where ideas turn into impact. We are seeking motivated individuals who want to gain experience in leadership, communication, and project management while contributing to a global cause. By joining The Hub’s Community Program, we hope to reach more passionate volunteers who want to be part of a dynamic network that connects Copenhagen’s youth with the world.

Archie is reimagining how buildings get designed and built. We’re creating the AI project brain for architecture and construction - a single place where architects, engineers, and contractors can work smarter, cut through complexity, and keep every decision on track. Our goal is simple: make building projects faster, more sustainable, and a lot less stressful.

We've all been in that meeting. The one where everyone has a different take on what to build next. Someone quotes a customer call from last month. Someone else pulls up a support ticket. A third person has a Notion doc nobody else has read. Nothing connects. The decision gets made on gut feel — and you leave the room slightly unsure you got it right. Dennis lived that as a CPO for years. The context never made it to the room. Customer evidence scattered across six tools. Feedback from a €500 account carrying the same weight as a €50k one. Insights from last quarter's research buried before anyone shipped anything. He built Propane because that problem felt embarrassingly solvable — and nobody had solved it. The idea is simple: PMs deserve the same AI-native environment that engineers got with Cursor. A workspace where customer signals, company context, and agents that actually know your product work together — so you spend your time deciding, not searching. Propane connects your stack and builds from there. Signals from real customers, weighted by revenue. A shared surface to reason, write specs, and align the team. Agents that remember what your customers told you last quarter and help you act on it. We're a small team in Vesterbro, Copenhagen — a few minutes from the central station. Flat, direct, and low on process. Everyone owns something real. We hire makers — people who'd rather figure something out than wait to be told how, and who find genuine satisfaction in shipping something that didn't exist last week. Previous founders tend to feel at home here pretty quickly. Pre-seed, backed by people who've built and scaled companies like Lovable, ElevenLabs, Pleo, GameAnalytics, and Neurons. Early days — which means what you build now shapes what this becomes. If you want to shape what it means to be a PM in the age of AI — and you'd rather have real ownership over that than a comfortable title at a bigger company — we'd love to hear from you.

HubBroker ApS is a leading provider of cloud-based EDI software solutions, helping businesses automate and streamline data exchange across ERP systems, trading partners, and digital platforms. Through our robust Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS), we enable real-time connectivity between applications such as Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP, e-conomic, Visma, Shopify, WooCommerce, and Amazon. Our scalable, industry-neutral platform simplifies complex B2B workflows by automating orders, invoices, shipping notices, and other essential documents, reducing manual tasks, minimizing errors, and improving operational efficiency. Serving a wide range of industries, including retail, manufacturing, wholesale, and logistics, HubBroker delivers tailored integration software that supports digital transformation and long-term business growth. With a strong focus on security, flexibility, and customer success, we are a trusted partner for businesses seeking the best EDI software solutions.

At Drivhuset Stockholm, we're genuinely passionate about empowering students like you to transform your bold ideas into real-world ventures. We know that diving into entrepreneurship can feel like a huge leap – you might have an incredible concept, but figuring out where to start, finding the right guidance, or connecting with the right people can be overwhelming. That's exactly where we step in. We're here to bridge that gap, making entrepreneurship accessible and exciting for every student. Our approach is all about hands-on support. We provide tailored coaching and comprehensive guidance to help you navigate every stage of your entrepreneurial journey. We regularly host inspiring events focused on everything from ideation and validation to business development and scaling, ensuring you gain essential insights and practical skills. Beyond that, we actively facilitate valuable networking opportunities, connecting you with experienced mentors, passionate fellow student entrepreneurs, and potential collaborators who can help bring your vision to life. And, we love celebrating success – you'll see amazing student ventures proudly showcased on our "Wall of Fame," a testament to the incredible potential we see every day. While our specific founding story isn't about a single moment, our collective drive has always been to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit within students. We're doing this because we genuinely believe in the power of young innovators to shape the future, and we're committed to giving you the tools and community you need to make your mark. Ready to be part of an environment where innovation thrives and student dreams become reality? We're always looking for bright, driven individuals to join our team and help us make a real impact.

We are developing Camofoil – a revolutionary, adaptive, and cost-effective camouflage solution that significantly reduces the heat signature of unmanned systems and beyond. It's a disposable, nanostructured plastic foil with adhesive backing for fast, easy installation, repair, and replacement in the field. Our technology is scalable and continuously improving to keep up with rapid advancements in sensor capabilities. We are also proud to say that our foil is currently being combat tested by soldiers on the frontline in Ukraine.

At Envo, we simplify energy optimization for real estate by helping property owners, banks, and advisors reduce CO₂ emissions and lower operational costs. We’re a young, agile startup based in Copenhagen, where creativity, independence, and collaboration are at the heart of our work. Our mission is to empower our clients with smart, user-friendly tools that guide them in making their buildings more energy efficient. We’re committed to sustainability and innovation, and every team member has the opportunity to shape our products and company culture.