In the European Union alone, more than 1.5 million paint buckets are discarded daily, constituting a disposal of 340 tons of single-use plastic that is incinerated each day. Starting from early 2023 (2025 in Denmark and Slovenia), manufacturers are obligated to cover the disposal costs of their packaging based on sustainability criteria. In Denmark, this translates to an estimated 15% fee on paint buckets. Furthermore, the conventional round shape of packaging has proven suboptimal for logistics and transportation. Beyond its environmental impact, the traditional paint bucket poses challenges for professional painters. These challenges encompass ergonomic issues during handling, such as the strain of lifting two buckets simultaneously, which exceeds recommended weight limits according to the Working Environment Authority. Painters also find themselves in awkward positions when pouring paint into a roller bucket for wall application. The demanding physical nature of the painting profession in Denmark results in accelerated fatigue and early retirement for painters. Additionally, issues like lid leakage due to dried paint and the use of fragile, porous plastic contribute to unexpected spills, particularly during abrupt vehicle stops. Our innovative solution involves a cardboard box housing two patent-pending plastic bags, each containing 5 liters of paint. This packaging not only enhances the workflow for professional painters but also reduces costs and lowers carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions by approximately 65% per unit. The box's design facilitates easy and ergonomic transportation, allowing for a 45% increase in units per pallet. The box is opened, and one of the bags is inserted into a standard roller bucket used by painters. The bag effortlessly opens and seamlessly fits into the roller bucket, wrapping around the edges, and enabling the painter to begin work promptly. This functionality is made possible through an innovative patented design and specific plastic welding techniques.

Steamgreen er en Dansk Greentech virksomhed i Ballerup, fokuseret på at levere grønne løsninger til bilvask-industrien. Vi passer på miljøet og bruger kun 3l. vand Vores dampmetode sparer på vandforbruget. En liter vand forvandles til 1.700 liter tørdamp. En dampvask af din bil udgøres reelt set kun af tre liter vand – i modsætning til en traditionel bilvask hvor der anvendes overr 100 liter vand. Når der anvendes tørdamp, rengøres bilen vigtigst af alt helt uden brug af vaskekemikalier. Hensynet til miljøet er nemlig Steamgreen’ absolutte metier, og det er vi rigtig stolt over. + Kun 3-5 l. vand pr. bilvask modsat traditionel bilvask, hvor der bruges over 100 l. vand. Den ultimative bakteriebekæmper Vi dræber ca. 95% af bilens bakterier Steamgreen’ metode til dampvask dræber mere end 95 procent af bakterierne i din bil. Du bliver med sikkerhed beriget med følelsen af en ny bil, som også er ren og bakteriefri for dine børns sundhed og dit helbreds skyld. Metoden er også effektiv, fordi den 170 grader varme damp trænger ned i alle afkroge af bilen, hvor den fjerner snavs og dræber bakterierne i rattet, vinduer, instrumentbræt, døre, falser, måtter og paneler. + 95% af bakterierne i bilen dræbes ved dampvask

We turn life science and deep tech ideas into commercially successful companies. We serve both as a consultancy and as a venture builder. At Marigold Innovation, we build bridges between research and business, science and product, researchers and investors. Most scientists prefer to stay where they add the most value, namely as highly skilled scientists and inventors who understand the translational process at an intellectual level, without the deep insight and experience in how to execute accordingly. ​We want to ensure that the skilled scientists focus on what they excel in – doing science and inventing stuff! ​ Marigold Innovation closes the gap by bringing the competences required to complement the scientific team. In this way we ensure that all necessary skills are in place at the needed timepoint and at the right level to secure the optimal development path from academia to a commercially viable company.

EIT Climate-KIC (Knowledge and Innovation Community) is Europe’s foremost climate innovation initiative. We understand that keeping global temperature rise below 1.5˚C demands unprecedented change. It requires new social dynamics, ways of doing business, capital flows, policymaking, economic models, and new ways of living. That is why our mission is to leverage the power of systems innovation to transform whole places, industries, and value chains by 2030, working across sectors to develop and scale ambitious, mission-led programmes. Established in 2010 and headquartered in Amsterdam, we orchestrate a community of more than 200 organisations including large corporations and SMEs, municipal and regional governments, universities, and research institutes, as well as non-governmental organisations and uncommon actors. Historically, we have been funded by our founder and core funder, the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT), but we are currently transitioning to a multi-funder model. EIT Climate-KIC colleagues are based in one of our local offices across Europe or work remotely from home based in one of the countries where we have a branch. We meet at our local offices to exchange and connect and use online collaboration tools work with each other and with our Community. On occasion, we meet in-person as teams, and once per year as an organisation.

This is a Copenhagen branch of 180 Degrees Consulting, the world's largest student-led consultancy for non-profits and social enterprises. The management board consists of student volunteers who dedicate their free time to organise and lead for sustainable impact. 180 Degrees provides socially conscious organisations around the world with high quality and extremely affordable consulting services. We work with organisations to develop innovative, practical and sustainable solutions to whatever challenges they might be facing. Each semester, we have a carefully selected team of 30 highly motivated and engaged university students who possess a combination of expertise, creativity and problem-solving ability.

We are an impact-driven startup from Denmark with the mission to make zero-waste constructions happen with our circular material platform. Our product is an end-to-end solution that leverages data and automation to make it easy to efficiently plan, manage, and circulate building materials. We are a team of experts in engineering, construction and enterprise SaaS development, and we are turning material waste into profits for construction projects. More importantly, we avoid up to 1.5% of the global CO2eq emissions resulting from the construction industry.

Consibio is developing an IoT/Cloud platform for enabling real-time production data with advanced analysis features, that provide actionable and deep insights in the bio industry. Sustainable bio industries are suffering from inefficient resource usage and low productivity due to lack of data and insights, which is a major barrier to the green transition. That's why we created Consibio Cloud to solve that.

Scale Incubator is made by experienced entrepreneurs, who are eager to share their knowledge and wisdom with businesses, startups and entrepreneurs. We provide support and hands-on help with incredible entrepreneurs and start-ups to build the next big thing from scratch. Only when a plan is successfully implemented can the startup dream of becoming a successful venture. We want to help start-ups be successful from the very beginning. We help start-ups with hands-on help and we become closely involved in managing and organizing the company. Starting up a new business can a big challenge. When doing so, it takes great motivation, dedication, and determination, but success also requires help and advice to make the correct decisions in difficult situations.

Unafor is a division of Milford that was formed to focus on ensuring safety in urban spaces. The vision of UNAFOR is to create safe urban spaces through personalised design and to offer creative solutions for enhancing the liveability of cities, while adhering to international safety certification standards. We help create safe urban spaces without compromising aesthetics and creativity in design. Having developed an approved crash tested 'core' Unafor can offer both standard and bespoke urban element designs to suit any area or place whilst maintaining the charm of the city.

FuelVision is a climate tech startup building a more sustainable aviation industry. We bridge the gap between flight data and real operational decision-making. We are building an intelligence platform that processes Flight Data Monitoring at scale. Using machine learning and behavioural science, we turn raw data into personalised, actionable insights for airlines and pilots. Our solutions give airlines fleet-wide optimisation and risk awareness, and provide pilots with an engaging mobile app where flying becomes measurable, improvable and meaningful. Think Strava for pilots: track your impact, understand how your technique influences each flight and take pride in flying at your best. We are forming a small team of curious, ambitious builders who want to work on something real and consequential. You will help shape a product with tangible operational impact, move fast and work closely with pilots and aviation experts to make data genuinely useful. If you want to put your skills into something that matters in the real world, FuelVision could be the place for you.

MIA Innovation DK Non-Governmental Organisation is a voluntary citizen association established by students in Denmark, focusing on international development cooperation and raising awareness of human rights, sustainable development goals, environmental issues and clean energy, especially solar lease - providing affordable green energy microfinancing to NGOs in developing countries. Our goal is to contribute to the society with innovative sustainable solutions to contemporary issues.

There are one billion cars in the world, a number that is set to double in the next 10 years—we’re doing everything we can to stop that from happening.   Getaround was founded to change the way that people think about cars. With the average car sitting idle 22 hours a day,  there had to be a better way to put the cars parked on our streets to better use.   By providing a safe and seamless way for people to share cars with each other we want to change the way the world thinks about car ownership.

We believe in a massive potential of Govtech and want to promote this rather young space. That’s why we’ve created Govtech.dk – the #1 source for data & insights about Govtech startups and the surrounding ecosystem. We’ve mapped the entire Govtech world and help people & organizations navigate through it. We build the ultimate directory for all things happening in the European ecosystem, e.g. accelerator & incubator programs, events, etc.

We are a startup in the early stage that is developing a platform of vehicle-recyclingOur goal is to recycle the vehicles that are in disuse and put them available to anyone who needs one. This is for the purpose of contributing to the creation of smart cities, as well as to protect the environment since our philosophy is based on the Sustainable Development Goals.We are currently in a stage of fundraising and we are also looking for the right team to make our mission a reality. We are a startup with an office in Nykobing Falster, but we believe that you can work from anywhere, whether you are in Copenhagen, Aarhus, or traveling.We are motivated to know that we are doing something that will change the world to improve it since we believe that nobody needs to buy a new vehicle, but rather, recycle it.We are currently looking for great humans who want to accompany us on this trip and who want to join the team. Designers UX/UI and Programmers. If you think you should be part of something big that changes the world, then contact us.

ConAid Construction Analytics develop virtual construction analytic systems as a management tool that uses multiple 3D scan methods for reality capture through the execution phase. ConAid cloud platform combines BIM-model data and as-built data and deliver action points direct to the construction managements laptop, tablet or smartphones. Furthermore we bring owners, advisers and contractors analytic statistics of the overall process that brings massive value in building projects world over.