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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.

Legacy

Hi, we’re Legacy! We’re on a mission to make sustainability actionable, and we’re looking for passionate talent to help us accelerate the green transition. Founded in Copenhagen in 2019, Legacy is a purpose-driven start-up helping commercial real estate owners calculate their CO2 emissions through digitalisation, automation, and user-friendly design. As the real estate business is a dirty one - accountable for almost 18% of global emissions alone - we believe it represents an exciting opportunity to create real impact. That’s why we’ve built a platform helping real estate companies turn good intentions into tangible action based on reliable and transparent data. Things are moving fast, and we need help to keep up. So tell us about yourself, what you’re passionate about and how your values align with our mission. We can’t wait to hear from you!

SQUARELY

SQUARELY is Copenhagen-based Danish Design Brand combining modularity with user data, to create high-end planters and furniture with plants. SQUARELY offers a collection of compatible products to furnish homes and offices with greenery and ease plant maintenance. An added self-watering technology reduces the time used for plant maintenance by 3 and improves plant growth. SQUARELY sells primarily through e-commerce and is now present on 4 European markets. SQUARELY does not only design green but lives green with the products sustainable from its core: re-used wood, re-cycled plastic.

South Pole

South Pole has been at the forefront of decarbonization since 2006, developing and implementing comprehensive strategies that turn climate action into long-term business opportunities for Fortune 500 companies, governments and organizations around the world. South Pole is more than a leading consultancy, its team of 600+ experts have developed projects, as well as designed innovative tools across finance, climate neutral APIs, and carbon offset solutions to help clients reach their carbon mitigation and Net Zero goals. To date South Pole has worked with over 1,000 clients, and will soon have developed 700 offset projects across 23 offices globally. Our solutions have created tens of thousands of jobs in developing countries, hundreds of millions of dollars for business, improved brand value and better living and working conditions for countless people in vulnerable communities around the world.

Rope Robotics

Rope Robotics is the developer and producer of an automatic BR-8 robot to be used as a unique repair solution for leading edges on turbine blades. Wind turbine blades need to be repaired to maintain their high performance. With manual labor turbine blades can only be repaired 20% of the time during a year due to the fact that it requires technicians to climb up with support from ropes. Using our robot to do the repair and maintenance work in the heights, we are going to expand this repair window and to improve the working environment for the technicians. We have several robot pilots in the pipeline in various places around the world and have received major funding from the EU and Danish Government.

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.

United Nations Youth Association(UNYA) Denmark

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.

Futurebox

Futurebox is the leading hardware and deep tech startup incubator and accelerator, helping new technology to future industries. We are dedicated to helping deep tech startups bridge the gap from idea, over prototyping, to market entry and established business. Our incubator and acceleration programs are developed to help founders make the leap from early startup to established business, through a targeted and structured program where we supply a dedicated business coach, toolbox workshops, access to mentor program and business support.

enkel

EV owners are driving the green transition, and the battery in your car is a powerful asset ready to support it. At Enkel, we unlock that potential. Enkel is an electricity supplier bringing next-level energy management to homeowners. Our fully automated, data-driven solution forecasts your home and EV’s energy needs, constantly tracking electricity prices and grid conditions. It connects your charger to the market, optimizing charging in real-time to maximise your savings and unlock earning opportunities - all without you lifting a finger. It’s like having a personal energy expert managing your usage 24/7, ensuring you always get the best deal transparently and hassle-free. We flip the script, putting the market to work for you.

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.

Copenhagen Fintech

Copenhagen Fintech is an association built on the vision to be one of the leading Fintech Hubs in the global financial services industry by supporting and catalyzing the next era of technology-led corporate and startup innovators. We combine the visionary ideas of fintech entrepreneurs, the experience of the established financial sector, the desire for societal benefits of the public sector and the research from the universities with the overarching purpose of building a thriving fintech ecosystem for the benefit of all stakeholders.

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.

Quantified Impacts ApS

We are a startup on a mission to quantify environmental impacts, make them easy to understand and act upon! Companies and organizations needs to be able to calculate and document carbon footprint on the goods they sell. Unfortunately this is currently a very complicated and time-consuming task! We automate the process of calculating and documenting product's carbon footprint through intuitive software, providing high-quality data and a seamless user experience. Quantified Impacts is founded in late 2022. We have secured initial capital and have set the path to reach our mission. We have offices in Valby Copenhagen and in Bjerringbro Jutland.

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.

Ento

At Ento, we help organisations monitor and optimise energy consumption across large building portfolios. By combining millions of data points with artificial intelligence, we translate complex energy data into actionable insights that make it easier to reduce energy use, meet regulatory requirements, and document real savings and impact. Ento works with organisations across Europe, including municipalities, retail chains, social housing providers, and asset and property managers. Today, more than one third of all municipalities in Denmark use our platform, alongside large retail and real estate portfolios in Italy and the UK, as well as some of Europe’s largest cities. Over 50,000 buildings run on Ento, helping customers save more than 15,000 tons of CO₂. Our team consists of 11 experienced people across 4 countries, with offices in Denmark (Aarhus and Copenhagen). We work in a hybrid setup, combining remote work with the flexibility to collaborate from the office when it makes sense. This way of working relies on trust rather than strict rules and gives people a high degree of autonomy. In return, we expect ownership, accountability, and intrinsic motivation.