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1KOMMA5 DK A/S

1KOMMA5° Denmark (formerly Viasol, one of the earliest and largest solar providers in Denmark) is a climate tech company revolutionizing how homeowners transition to green energy. We offer fully integrated solutions for solar panels, heat pumps, and energy storage, all connected via our proprietary energy management system, Heartbeat. We are solving the complexity and inefficiency in the green energy transition. Homeowners today face fragmented offerings, lack of transparency, and poor service when trying to make their homes climate neutral. 1KOMMA5° solves this by offering a seamless, one-stop-shop experience with smart tech, premium installation, and ongoing optimization—all under one roof. With deep market experience as Viasol and now part of the 1KOMMA5° group, our mission is to make every home in Denmark energy independent, affordable, and climate-friendly—contributing to a healthier planet and future-proof energy economy.

Phlit

At Phlit, we’re dedicated to accelerating the shift toward a sustainable future. Renewable energy sources like solar and wind are being adopted rapidly, but their unpredictability presents challenges. That’s where our IoT solution comes in. We use existing energy assets—such as wastewater pumps, heaters, fans and compressors—and, with our algorithm, turn them into virtual batteries that balance supply and demand in real time. This offers a sustainable alternative to traditional batteries while helping our customers save money and reduce their carbon footprint. We believe the future of energy is bright, and we’re excited to lead this transformation. Join us in creating a cleaner, more sustainable world!

THE UPCYCL

THE UPCYCL connects your industrial waste streams with your neighbors supply chain. We make it possible to reduce our amounts of industrial waste, by turning waste material streams into business opportunities. Our material database displays leftover materials from production, giving developers easy access to reusable materials, also called "New Waste". Hereby, achieving a significantly lower CO₂ footprint than with virgin materials. When circulating New Waste materials with the THE UPCYCL, we also offer to monitor CO₂ savings. We work to accelerate the use of circular materials, worldwide. Because Waste is Everyone's Business!

Hybird

Hybird is an AI-first energy technology company transforming the way businesses manage and use electricity. Born out of frustration with outdated monitoring systems, Hybird combines proprietary circuit breaker innovation with intelligent software, into the Hybird Operating System (OS). This OS tracks electricity usage at the source level, and makes it possible to cut waste, lower costs, and reduce CO₂ emissions. By pairing real-time hardware insights with advanced pattern detection and consumption optimisation, Hybird delivers typical savings of 20–30%. In short, Hybird turns everyday switchboards into connected, data-driven systems that give businesses smarter control over their energy footprint.

Behold

Behold helps animals change people. Our technology turns everyday wildlife encounters into moments of discovery. It meets people where they are, whether at home, on their devices, or in their communities. It shifts how they see nature and their role in it. It is entertainment with a purpose, designed to inspire and influence behaviour in subtle but meaningful ways. But we are not just here to tell stories. We are building a network of thousands of garden cameras, creating the largest database of residential wildlife sightings. A powerful tool for conservation, citizen science, and understanding the changing natural world. Our first product, Behold Cam-1, became a massive success on Kickstarter – hitting its funding goal in under 2 hours, and raising almost $400k in pre-orders. We're now bringing that product to market. It’s an opportunity to join at the earliest stages—with all the challenges and rewards that come with it.

Algiecel A/S

WHAT WE DO ALGIECEL is a BioSolutions company on a mission to deliver sustainable, high-quality ingredients at scale – meeting the growing global demand without pressuring our planet’s ecosystem. Harnessing nature’s own way and putting it to use at industrial scale, we grow microalgae using light and CO2 in modular photobioreactors. Our microalgae-based ingredients are rich in protein, omega-3 and bioactives. We are building a reliable, scalable source of marine nutrients for food, feed and cosmetic markets – without exploiting nature. WHY WE DO IT With the way we feed to world today, we are overexploiting planetary boundaries. There is a critical need for reliable partners who can translate innovation into industrial capacity for sustainable ingredients at scale. ALGIECEL exists to provide an alternative with low CO2, water and land use, to customers that want to decarbonize their value chain. WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT 1.Ingredient Value: We offer premium-quality, microalgae-based ingredients with consistent functionality and full traceability—designed to meet the rigorous standards of modern supply chains. 2. Sustainability: Our production process minimizes CO₂ emissions, water use, and land footprint—replacing resource-intensive ingredients like fish oil and fish meal.. 3. Modular System: Our compact, modular photobioreactor system enables low-risk, flexible scaling with strong unit economics—making sustainable growth achievable, one module at a time.

CVX Ventures

At CVX, we invest in start-ups and growth companies together with a community of experienced business people with venture capital and knowledge that makes a difference to our portfolio companies. Since 2020, we’ve helped more than 100 companies through board recruitment and investment. Together with our partners, we have more than DKK 800 million available for investment.

2D

2D is an innovative company at the forefront of solving the most significant challenge in CVD graphene transfer technology for real-world applications. Our cutting-edge solutions revolutionize how graphene is utilized across various industries. Our groundbreaking graphene transfer technology seamlessly moves graphene from copper foil to a simple plastic sticker. This scalable method allows graphene on stickers to be effortlessly transferred onto any substrate, overcoming the traditional hurdles of transferring graphene from copper to other materials.

DISIE - Danish Institute for Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship

DISIE support and scale sustainable entrepreneurs and their business solutions by developing and providing online and offline tools, action-based knowledge and networks across Denmark. We are at a tipping point within history, where we have to choose between ‘business as usual’ or a sustainable future. Our society calls for new knowledge and new solutions, and the key to this is found in the new generation of entrepreneurs. At DISIE we know how to grow, connect and support sustainable and social entrepreneurs with the ecosystem that surrounds them. Our headquarter is in Copenhagen (Enghavevej 80C) and we have a co-working office hub in Aarhus C (Grønnegade 56).

GoBoat

GoBoat is an experience company, which offers unique social experiences on the water to both locals and tourists, through sustainable boat rental. It was founded in Copenhagen in February 2014 by Anders, Carl and Kasper – three young entrepreneurs. Today the company operates boat rentals all over the world.

FaunaPhotonics

FaunaPhotonics delivers biodiversity monitoring for companies with a fully automated, scalable, and digital solution. Leveraging advanced AI and machine learning, our platform delivers comprehensive insights into biodiversity impact, facilitating compliance with reporting standards and regulations effortlessly. Our innovative in-field sensors operate continuously, providing real-time data on your company's impact across operations and value chains. This ensures a steady stream of actionable insights, including baseline assessments, benchmarking data, and progress tracking over time. With FaunaPhotonics, businesses can proactively manage their biodiversity footprint while driving sustainable practices throughout their operations.

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.

Real-Time LCA

Real-Time LCA is a powerful platform that enables companies to understand, reduce, and document the climate impact of their building projects during design and construction. 🏘️ By automating LCA calculations, it reduces the effort required for impact assessments by 50-90%. Users can perform collaborative, efficient, and accurate Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) that comply with international standards, certification schemes, and regulations. The platform streamlines LCA processes from BIM to reporting, allowing all stakeholders to visualize, track, and document carbon emissions to meet regulations, reported through our standard templates, or leverage your sustainability data in other applications through our API. 🙌

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.

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.