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PhaseTree

PhaseTree is a pioneering deep-tech startup from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), founded in 2021 with a mission to revolutionize materials discovery for the energy industry. Traditional development of new materials—such as advanced battery technologies and catalysts for hydrogen production—can take decades, creating a significant bottleneck in the global effort to combat climate change. PhaseTree aims to change that. By combining cutting-edge computer simulations, lab automation, and artificial intelligence, PhaseTree dramatically accelerates the research and development process, unlocking breakthrough materials at unprecedented speeds. Our innovative approach not only helps build a more sustainable future but also creates unique business opportunities in the rapidly evolving clean energy sector. With a team of world-class scientists and engineers, PhaseTree stands at the forefront of AI-driven materials discovery, ensuring that the next generation of energy technologies arrives faster, more efficiently, and at lower costs.

Accelerace

Accelerace is one of the world’s Top 10 pre-seed accelerators helping startups scale in the field of ICT, foodtech, cleantech, life science & biotech and med tech & health care with the help from experienced serial entrepreneurs, camps and network. Accelerace has spotted, trained and invested in more than 700 promising Danish and international startups and scale-ups and has engaged partners e.g. Maersk, Novo Nordisk Fonden, Bang & Olufsen and SE to deliver access to world-class industry expertise.

2030 Builders

2030 Builders – Empowering People to Drive Sustainable Change At 2030 Builders, we believe sustainability isn’t just a target—it’s a mindset that reshapes how organisations grow, compete, and lead. Our mission is to help companies transform their workforce into a resilient, purpose-driven community capable of achieving ambitious strategic and ESG goals. Through our user-centric platform, we combine gamified learning, 200+ expert sustainability topics, and practical tools to embed sustainability into culture, strategy, and everyday decision-making. From decarbonization to ethical governance, we make complex topics clear, actionable, and inspiring—so people at every level can drive real change. Trusted by forward-thinking global enterprises, we empower employees to co-create solutions, build ownership, and turn risk into opportunity. By connecting knowledge with action, we help organisations accelerate the journey to net zero, strengthen their reputation, and attract the next generation of purpose-driven talent. At 2030 Builders, you won’t just work on a product—you’ll be part of a movement to reshape how businesses impact the world. Together, we’re building a greener, better, and more resilient future—one empowered employee at a time.

theo.ai

We're an ambitious early-stage startup revolutionizing Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) compliance. Founded by serial entrepreneurs and domain experts, we're gaining rapid traction by offering a cutting-edge platform that simplifies and streamlines CSRD workflows. At Theo.ai, we're dedicated to making sustainability reporting easier to grasp and work with leveraging our expertise and innovative product. As part of our dynamic team, you'll contribute to a solution that shapes a more sustainable future for businesses worldwide. Discover more about our mission and how you can make an impact at theo.ai.

Dreamcraft Ventures

We are a Copenhagen-based venture capital manager investing in early-stage, tech-driven startups, primarily at seed stage in the Nordics and Germany, where we have a solid brand and network. Based on our own experiences, we believe companies reach their highest potential with diverse founding teams of high-quality dreamers and crafters as reflected in portfolio companies such as: ● Organic Basics, a sustainable-first essentials brand selling direct-to-consumer. ● Fuelsave, a German CleanTech company reducing emissions of the world’s largest combustion engines. ● Hiber, an open metaverse platform enabling anyone to create virtual worlds in apps and web browsers. The founders of Dreamcraft are also the founders as well still the dreamer (CEO) and crafter (COO) of what is now a +1bn USD global and listed company. Inspired by their journey, mission and DNA, we are hands-on venture engineers supporting similar teams through engagements that go deeper than just advice, guided by our core values: • Progressive e.g. in the way we build companies. • Proper e.g. in the way we make investment decisions. • Down to earth e.g. in the way we engage founders and others stakeholders. This is our style. We like t-shirts, not suits. We value advice and know there are always ways to improve. That is how we work, who we are and what we value - being casual and approachable.

Upteko

Upteko is a thriving Danish robotics company located in Copenhagen, Odense, and Aarhus, with the ambitious vision to facilitate the future transition from manual to fully autonomous processes in the maritime sector. This will make offshore operations more reliable, secure and efficient for ship crews and shipowners. We have several upcoming projects in the pipeline, such as innovative inspection and drone systems, which leading shipowners have shown interest in.

Nordic Charge

At NordicCharge, we're a fast-growing startup building the next-generation operations platform for the E-Mobility industry. We help Charge Point Operators and energy players automate and run every part of their EV charging business — from onboarding and asset management to billing, support, and partner operations. Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a net-zero future by removing operational friction. With our platform, CPOs can scale efficiently, automate manual processes, and deliver seamless experiences across large charging networks — without needing to build complex infrastructure themselves. Joining NordicCharge means becoming part of an early-stage team where your ideas directly shape the product, the culture, and the future of electric mobility. We move fast, solve real-world problems, and build tools that power the EV ecosystem of tomorrow.

2degrees

2degrees is a mission-driven private investment company which invests the private capital of a successful Danish entrepreneur. We are a small multidisciplinary team of experienced professionals with corporate discipline, an entrepreneurial outlook, and a human-centric approach to our team culture. Our mission is to deploy early-stage capital to ensure planetary health. We invest across the globe in start-up companies that focus on climate, sustainability and positive societal impact. After investment, we work closely with founders and management teams to help them build their businesses to reach full potential.

Sustainia

Sustainia is a global sustainability advisory firm, headquartered in Copenhagen. Since 2009, the mission of Sustainia has been to simplify sustainability. As one of our signature projects, Sustainia operates with United Nations Global Compact the world's largest platform for vetted & verified sustainable solutions, the Global Opportunity Explorer. Armed with mindsets and methodologies, strategies and solutions, Sustainia advises organisations on how to create enduring sustainability transformations required in order to stay relevant in an ever-changing world.

Rock Flour Company

Rock Flour Company is a dynamic, mission-driven startup founded by Professor Minik Rosing, the world-renowned geologist and pioneer of utilizing Greenlandic Rock Flour (GRF) for carbon-negative agronomic applications. Our core mission is ambitious: to bring GRF to market, enabling sustainable agriculture, facilitating carbon removals at scale, and delivering tangible economic benefits to local communities in both Greenland and specific farming regions globally. Today, we’re a dynamic core team of five with a validated potential by top investors across the globe. In September this year, we raised our second financing round featuring major commitments from Danish & Greenlandic institutional investors like Novo Holdings, EIFO (Danish state venture fund), SISA, and Nalik Ventures.

Weel & Sandvig

Weel & Sandvig delivers market leading solutions addressing some of the worlds most challenging problems in the green transition of the process industry. We are working within the industrial sector with a broad international experience in different disciplines. We are developing innovative solution based on deep industrial insight and strong core competences within software and process engineering. Our core products are WS.PEMS & WS.Turbo. WS.PEMS (Predictive Emission Monitoring System) is our in-house developed software solution which is used globally by large industrial corporations, to control their stack emissions. WS.Turbo is our newly developed industrial high-temperature heat pump that supports the industry’s electrification significantly reducing the use of fossil fuel. Our office is located at the campus of DTU (Technical University of Denmark) and we have local partners in the Middle East and South East Asia.

Aerial Tools ApS

Aerial Tools is a hardware and software startup that develops a heavy duty modular drone. The unmanned aircraft system will allow the user to extract data from multiple sensors, while facilitating the integration of ML & AI tools. Our primary target markets are the monitoring and inspection of the renewable energy and agriculture sectors. There, we can contribute towards a cleaner environment and more sustainable water use.

Oktogrid

Oktogrid™ is helping electricity providers bring the grid online for higher reliability and a safer energy transition. The future will be electric, Oktogrid™ is giving the insights needed to keep the power flowing. We are a dedicated team working with industry heavyweights in optimising the usage of the electrical grid and making sure that the electrification of our society remains sustainable.

Kaffe Bueno

Kaffe Bueno is a Danish bioscience company based in Copenhagen, we upcycle coffee by-products into active and functional ingredients for cosmetics, nutraceuticals and functional foods. Our vision is to change the world sees coffee - from a caffeinated beverage to a sustainable resource for health and wellbeing. Our mission is to unlock coffee's health and commercial potential by taking advantage of the whole spectrum of its bioactive compounds. Some of the things we do: - Produce KAFFOIL: an active cosmetic ingredient upcycled from coffee grounds. It's used for healthy ageing, hair care, moisturising, and improving the skin barrier. You can find it in over 15 brands worldwide, including NIVEA. KAFFOIL is also used as an ingredient in food & beverage. - Produce KAFFIBRE: upcycled defatted coffee fibre used as an ingredient in cosmetics and food & beverage. - Circular partnerships: we upcycle spent coffee grounds from local businesses in Denmark into toiletries (hand soaps, shampoos, lotions and creams) and have a private label brand for these. - New products coming soon, all derived from molecules from within coffee.

SnappCar

Over 250 million cars in Europe are standing still up to 23 hours a day. We believe that inefficiency leads to waste! That’s why we want to change mobility from car ownership to car sharing.SnappCar is a rapidly growing scale-up and one of the leading car sharing communities in Europe with offices in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Utrecht and Berlin.Our mission: 5 million less cars in Europe in 2022 to reduce pollution and create more space. A bold but achievable goal! So snapp more, waste less! We are a car sharing scale-up with a durable mission making an actual impact on the world, city by city! At Snappcar you will be joining an international team with a bunch of creative and driven colleagues from over 10 different nationalities. Our team members take great pride in what they do and strive to become the best in their area of expertise such as Development, (Online) Marketing and Community Support.