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Paint'R

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

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

Coatable A/S

Based on years of development Coatable A/S was established in 2021 to bring a set of unique coating formulas to the market. Our coatings serve a broad variety of ventilation application across industries but all with the same purposes – improving indoor climate, contributing to save energy costs, CO2 emissions and the use of raw materials. Our coatings are tested and validated by the Danish Technological Institute and The Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology, and the company is ISO9001 certified by DNV.

3byggetilbud.dk A/S

We are passionate reinventing how homeowners and skilled builders find each other. In the past, if you needed building work done on your home, you would have to rely on word-of-mouth or hope that someone you know could recommend a good builder. 3byggetilbud.dk changed all that by creating a marketplace where homeowners can post their jobs and then the platform matches the best three builders for that specific job. This means that you can be sure to find a builder who is not only reputable but also has the skills and experience to do the job well. Our commitment to innovation has made us the market leader for Danish homeowners and builders alike.

Scale Incubator

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.

Aprendio

Enabling high impact learning for the maritime and renewables front line. Aprendio will be the first platform for the maritime and renewable energy sectors focusing solely on connecting front line learners with creators of high impact and immersive high quality learning experiences. Seafarers and offshore staff are faced with high risk conditions in their jobs - typically at sea or on offshore installations. They need the best tools to keep their competences updated. Aprendio's mission is to utilize the most advanced digital learning technologies enabling enable first class training centers in delivering training and learning experiences anytime, anywhere on the globe.

zeal aps

At zeal, we partner with businesses seeking to build profitable and sustainable business models, without compromising people, passion or planet. We are a small team of advisors working from home, the office, co-working spaces - when and where ever. We are dedicated to building healthy and thriving businesses for the greater good. We are passionate about sharing our findings and models in order to help everyone change the future of work for the better. We work with a win-win mindset of inclusion, collaboration, knowledge-sharing and generosity, and we expect the same from the people we work with.

STAC Technology ApS

The need for cooling is growing all over the world due to global warming. STAC's focus is on developing zero emission cooling solutions using water as the refrigerant and our product solutions are made to plug and play replace current cooling chillers using destructive synthetic refrigerants. STAC Technology makes sustainable industrial cooling solutions exclusively using water as the refrigerant. STAC's cooling solutions are designed to be used in multiple applications across a variety of industries. STAC Technology is a hardtech cleantech R&D Engineering company was started in 2016 and has been going through a speedy development since 2020 and is now funded by EIC, European Innovation Council and the commercialization phase in 2024-2027 will be funded by a consortium consisting of EIB, European Investment Bank and others.

Lokalist

Who we are Each year in Denmark, over 2 million people upgrade their smartphones, but few have a clear idea of what to do with their previous device. Of course, they could sell it or trade it in, but today these options are primarily perceived as a hassle, a scam, or a waste of time. This results in Danes often having two or more smartphones wasting in a dusty drawer. Our mission to reduce this waste and to make the best use of their potential by providing a transparent, fair, and simple way to ensure that our old technology gets used to its fullest extent. The user can then support sustainable causes through our platform with the value of their used phones. Why do we exist? Used phones are extremely valuable. In fact, every year we estimate that at least one billion kroner worth of used phones enters the market in Denmark alone. On top of this, smartphone production has tremendous environmental and social impacts that are seldom talked about. Making the best use of minerals and labor that has already been put into our phones is the least we can do. Through research, we found that most people do not sell or trade-in their devices today for various reasons. However, over 90% of people responded that they would donate the value that their used phone could be sold for, entirely or in part, to philanthropic causes so long as it was easy and transparent. Therefore, not only are the causes we support genuinely good, but they provide the motivation to awaken a large and growing market. Today there is no platform where this can easily be done. Lokalist aims to fill this gap in the market and be the platform where people and businesses can easily donate all or part of the value of their used technology to support sustainable actions we all want to see more of. What happens to the used phones? The used phones we receive are safely wiped, complying with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). They then have a 92% chance to be refurbished or harvested for working components. The semi-new phones are sold in markets across the world to be loved by future users. The phones that cannot be refurbished are responsibly recycled, making sure to reuse minerals that are otherwise impactful to mine. Our values As a company, we focus heavily on integrating the Nordic values of transparency, honesty, community, and simplicity into our mission. This is not typical of our competitors in this space. By being active in the carrying-out of the sustainable causes with our partners, and showing our users instantly how their device could support them, we believe we can help make the best use of our e-waste while spreading the love.

UBCO

UBCO was founded on the idea of a Utility Electric Vehicle (UEV) that would transform the way people ride, work and play. Headquartered in New Zealand, UBCO is now global brand expanding across EMEA, US, and Australia. With sustainability at the heart of what we do, we are passionate about zero emission transport not only in cities, but also our parks, forests, and farms. We believe in creating products that enable people to do inspiring things, whether that’s exploring our planet, creating a better world, or working smarter.

Fauna Smart Technologies

🌿 Join Fauna Smart Technologies in shaping the 4th Agricultural Revolution! 🚀NOW is the time to make a difference and lead this revolution towards a better, healthier planet. At Fauna Smart Technologies, we are driven by a powerful mission - to create environmentally friendly and infinitely sustainable agro-ecosystems that benefit both consumers and our planet. 🌍 WHY US? We envision a world that embodies the values we hold dear—a world with the greenest possible agro-ecosystems, where nature thrives harmoniously. Join us to make this vision a reality! 🔬 WHAT WE DO? Our mission is to monitor agro-ecosystems intelligently, empowering beneficial fauna while keeping pathogenic fauna below the economic threshold. We understand the intricate web of species interactions and how to restore natural processes, going beyond traditional boundaries. At Fauna Smart Technologies, we strategically develop tools aligned with nature, promoting biodiversity and enabling intelligent plant communication. 🤝 WHO WE ARE? Our team consists of brilliant and accomplished scientists, with PhDs and expertise in crop protection science, food safety, food security, and environmental data. Led by our Founder and CEO, who brings nearly 20 years of research experience across Europe, bridging the gap between fundamental and applied science, Fauna Smart Technologies combines lifesciences with cutting-edge technologies. 💡 Want to know more? Reach out to us! Read more about Fauna Smart Technologies: https://faunasmarttechnologies.com/ 🌟 Furthermore, if you: • Embrace rebellion and challenge the status quo • Retain a childlike curiosity and thirst for knowledge • Possess the drive to elevate scientific findings to new heights Then you're in good company! 🎉 Join our cause and let's disrupt ecosystems together—the right way, without invasive species. 😉 Discover more about Fauna Smart Technologies and be part of the transformative journey! We are eager to get to know You! 🙂 FAUNA TEAM 🐞🍎

Updrift Copenhagen

Updrift Copenhagen er en dansk klima-startup, der gentænker, hvordan byer og mennesker lever med vand. Klimaforandringerne betyder kraftigere regn og hyppigere skybrud. Vores kloakker er ikke bygget til de vandmængder, og løsningen har hidtil været store, dyre anlæg – bassiner og tunneler til hundredvis af millioner, der graves dybt og tager årevis at bygge. Vi tror på en anden vej. Vores patenterede skybrudsventil monteres på husets nedløbsrør og leder skybruddet væk fra kloakken, ud på terræn, hvor det ikke gør skade, netop når presset på systemet er størst. Alene gør én ventil en lille forskel. Men sætter man dem op mange steder i et område, aflaster de tilsammen hele kloaksystemet. Vi kalder det mikroinfrastruktur: mange små greb, der tilsammen løser et stort problem. Effekten er dokumenteret gennem hydraulisk modellering og test hos Teknologisk Institut og WSP, og løsningen er allerede i brug i over 400 husstande på tværs af fire danske kommuner. I ét pilotprojekt erstattede vores ventiler et planlagt betonbassin - med samme effekt på kloakken, til under en tredjedel af prisen og med et markant lavere CO₂-aftryk. Vores mission er at gøre klimatilpasning demokratisk, billigere, hurtigere og mere bæredygtig - og at vise, at de bedste løsninger ikke altid er de største. Læs mere på updrift-cph.dk.

Gate2Horizon

Gate2Horizon is a new company, which leverages the experience of its employees in the domain of so-called "exploitation of project results" in large EU-funded Research & Innovation projects (under the Horizon Europe - Pillar II funding programme). We work across diverse sectors such as Bioeconomy, Circular Economy, Mining, Aquaculture, and Health Policy. As part of the consortium in the EU projects, we assist project partners in the exploitation of their project results with a hands-on approach and tools to make sure the results coming out of the project are "exploited" at the end of the project's lifetime, that is "made us of to tackle societal problems, in policymaking or for commercial purposes". In the initial phase, we identify and characterize results and their potential owners. We thereafter monitor them and select the ones with the most potential, which we nurture throughout the project lifetime with the help of our tools and services.​ We do it through: - conducting workshops on different commercial and entrepreneurial topics - holding individual coaching sessions with project partners - using credible methodologies such as the Value Proposition, Business Model Canvas, EC's Innovation Radar In a nutshell, we exploit the project results and help them on their journey towards market-ready and standalone businesses or we connect them to partners that can help with further research and development toward market readiness.

Green Earth ApS

Green Earth provides innovative sustainable solutions with our 100% compostable/biodegradable products. Our products are the best substitutes to everyday single use products made up of plastic, thermocol and paper. Green Earth products can be best alternative as they are made by considering the principles of circular economy and ‘state-of-the-art’ technology. We work in close co-operation with  environmental safety experts and researchers  who are pioneers in manufacturing Eco-friendly products

Govtech.dk

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.