TechBBQ is the quintessential and largest startup and innovation summit in Denmark and Greater Copenhagen in September. Meet your future customer, investor, co-founder, employer or employee. Explore new technologies and the companies that make them a reality and give yourself the opportunity to get that one special meeting, the one you did not know you needed.We're a Danish non-profit organisation established in 2012.

CM Navigator A/S – part of Copenhagen Merchants Group - is the company behind the digital platform for market intelligence and decision support in the agri-commodity and freight sectors – CM Navigator. Founded by Copenhagen Merchants Group, CM Navigator was initially developed in-house (starting around 2018) to aggregate the wealth of tacit market knowledge held by the group’s brokers and shipping experts. It was subsequently launched as a commercial SaaS platform in 2022 and later incorporated as an independent company in 2023 (while remaining majority-owned by CM Group). What it offers: CM Navigator provides real-time data and analytics tools to track commodity markets and logistics: • Live Prices & Global Benchmarks: Users get daily updated prices from major export regions (North America, South America, Europe, Black Sea, Australia, etc.) and a global CFR price matrix covering 600+ destinations, allowing easy comparison of origin competitiveness. This helps traders see, for example, how US corn fob prices plus freight compare to Brazilian corn into a given import market. • Freight Forecasting: The platform includes advanced freight tools that let users search among 250,000+ bulk freight routes with up to 12-month forward curves. This essentially functions as an instant freight rate calculator: a trader can input a specific load port and discharge port (or even a combination for multi-leg trades) and get current freight cost estimates and future rates. Such capability, drawn from Navi Merchants’ data, simplifies evaluating the delivered cost of commodities. • Supply/Demand & Trade Flows: CM Navigator continuously updates global supply and demand balances for key crops, and tracks trade flows. It integrates official data with on-the-ground insights (e.g., port line-up information) to give an up-to-date picture of export/import volumes and stock levels. This dynamic data can alert users to changes (such as a sudden surge in Ukrainian wheat exports or a drought cutting Argentine soy supply) much faster than traditional reports. • News & Insights: The platform delivers relevant news flashes and in-house analysis. For instance, it might highlight policy changes, weather events, or logistical issues affecting markets, along with commentary from CM’s analysts. Users also receive reports like grain export summaries or freight market outlooks, helping them stay ahead in volatile markets. Strategic purpose: The creation of CM Navigator reflects the group’s goal to “empower traders of all sizes in all countries” by democratizing access to high-quality market data. It takes the tacit knowledge that Copenhagen Merchants accumulated (through decades of brokerage and logistics operations) and scales it via technology. Internally, the platform ensures CM’s own teams and key clients operate with the same up-to-date information. Externally, it has become a new revenue stream and value proposition, attracting subscribers from the wider industry. By providing transparency and decision-support, CM Navigator strengthens Copenhagen Merchants Group’s role as an information broker. Its strategic goal is to be the go-to platform for anyone looking for integrated data on grains and freight, thereby enhancing market efficiency and extending the group’s influence in the digital domain.

Hi, we're LYS. We’re not here to build smarter lighting products, but to enable a smarter and healthier living with light. We look beyond the lifespan of a light bulb, the aesthetics of a lamp and the technology of smart lighting systems. Instead, we focus on what should always come first — people and supporting their healthy livelihood. Just as air, food, and water, light is a natural and vital source to health. To most people, the absorption of light is an unconscious choice in life. It’s everywhere, always. But not necessarily in a healthy way. We can choose to eat better, drink less, run more… but what about the things we don’t see, but subconsciously feel? The things that can truly energise our day and make us happier and healthier. We are here to improve people’s health by enabling personal light adjusted to their inner rhythms and daily routines. Light can only be truly healthy, if it’s powered by people and the lives they live every day. So, whenever you are ready to feel the difference, we are here to help you live a healthier life with light.

ABOUT HUMAN THINKING (THE COMPANY) AND CHATTUTOR (THE PRODUCT) Human Thinking builds tools that keep people thinking when they work with AI. Our motto is Human Thinking. AI Assisted. ChatTutor is our product for education. It lets a teacher decide how the AI behaves in their own course, grounded in their own material and their own didactics, and lets them follow the students' conversations and step in where it makes sense. Practically that means custom PDF parsing for equation-heavy STEM material, an escalation path to the human teacher, and an annotation system that carries good answers forward from semester to semester. We are a small team out of Nørrebro, Copenhagen, working with universities and educational institutions, and a published study in Educational Psychology Review found students learned more with ChatTutor than with ChatGPT.

ABOUT Insurance is one of the biggest recurring household costs - yet the market is built on complexity: dense policies, hard comparisons, and increasingly individualised pricing with little transparency. The result is predictable: people overpay for years, miss critical coverage, or both - and often only find out when it's too late. We're building the consumer layer for private insurance, making it behave like a modern product. Upload your policies and, in under a minute, our AI turns fine print into clear answers: where you're over- or underinsured, where the gaps are, and where you're likely paying too much. We benchmark each policy against an anonymised pool of real policies to recommend better-matched alternatives - shifting knowledge and pricing power back to households. We're early-stage, moving fast, and already proving the need: 50+ customer interviews, 10 households switched, ~28% average savings while improving coverage - plus validation from senior industry professionals, a top-performing insurance salesperson on the team, and initial pre-seed backing from a Bain & Company partner.

No-code workflow tool for automating and chaining AI prompts. Features a drag-and-drop builder, model flexibility, one-click sharing as apps, and reusable automation templates The biggest issue with working with prompt chaining in ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude is that the increased chat length makes the AI begin to hallucinate. For example, if you want to prompt the AI to write an article, it's almost impossible for it not to begin to make slop and ignore/forget your instructions. For most people, this tool will not be that interesting. Chat interfaces are king for quick questions. But if you've struggled with generating consistent, high quality, content using ChatGPT, then you know exactly the problem this solves.

We’re Reinventing Hiring for the World’s 2.7 Billion Frontline Workers About Kiku Kiku is the first automation platform built for the 80 % of the global workforce – front-of-house staff, retail associates, caregivers, drivers, warehouse teams - workers that make society function. We focus on 2 things at Kiku: - 10x efficiency in hiring - 10x the experience for candidates. Our AI-agent is specialized in high-volume hiring flows - finding, engaging, and shortlisting candidates 24/7 in 100 + languages, at a fraction of manual recruiting cost and with a far better experience for applicants and hiring managers. We’ve just closed a €4M seed round led by Cherry Ventures (plus top EU angels) and are assembling the founding team that will turn Kiku from clever prototype into a category-defining product.

Puori was created in 2009 by the two founders, Oliver Amdrup-Chamby’s and Julius Heslet’s, uncompromising desire to supplement their own active lifestyle. It started with creating a high quality, potent omega-3 fish oil - a gap in the market which no existing product was able to fill. The mission was clear from the beginning: to be the best at offering pure, clean & superior products that make a difference to people's health and levels of wellbeing. Since then, the product portfolio has grown to address the main nutritional deficiencies in the developed world in the most uncompromising way possible.

Car sales nowadays start online. Therefore, it is important to have clear and consistent images to create reassurance, safety and credibility when potential customers see the vehicles. Editing photos yourself is a time-consuming task, or these days it takes photo editing providers up to 24 hours before the photos are ready. With Optifo's app, retailers can start taking pictures with clear and consistent picture guides. With our built-in image processor, the app removes the background, adds a new one, adjusts colour and lighting, and finishes with the retailer's logo. Super easy for the car dealers - and everything is fully automated, and editing takes less than a minute.

At Zliide, we seek to reinvent the fashion industry by making physical retail stores more digital with our awesome solutions and features, enabling fast and smooth assisted-checkout, in-store ordering and much more when shopping through Zliide. We are funded by leading Danish VC funds and business angels such as Nordic Eye, PreSeed Ventures, and US and Danish-based family offices. Zliide was founded in 2016 and has built a scalable product currently implemented in 30 stores in Denmark and expanding both within Denmark and abroad soon. Our team consists of 16 people who work from our office in central Aarhus. We strive to create an international working environment and a strong relationship with the core team, which you would be a part of. Our goal is to become a world-leading platform for physical retail.‍

Empirical is a flavor company, founded in 2017 and located on Refshaleøen in Copenhagen. Our approach is inspired by the Empirical method and the belief that knowledge is gained from experiences, our senses, and a desire to explore the world around us. Focusing on flavor, our company uses low-temperature distillation, fermentation, and unique, high-quality ingredients sourced carefully from all over the world. The result is culinary innovations in the world of spirits, beverages and food products. We pay respect to tradition, but want to explore without prejudice, reinventing and mixing things up instead of letting traditional boxes define how we do things. Our team reflects this: it is made up of waiters, chefs, scientists and professionals who are keen to do things in new ways and to work outside of their comfort zones.

Pathways is building the data-layer for sustainable manufacturing. AI to streamline the $350B spent on documentation in manufacturing starting with Life Cycle Assessments and Environmental Product Declarations. In the next 30 years, we'll be building more than we ever have in human history, Pathways is on a mission to decarbonize every brick, beam and window. Our customers are the actual manufacturers: Ready Mix Concrete, Cement and Steel.

Nyx is a cloud-based nightclub management platform designed to streamline operations for venues and enhance the nightlife experience for guests. It offers a suite of tools including membership management, table booking, ticket sales, and guest list handling, all integrated into a single system. For venues, Nyx provides a comprehensive suite of features to manage daily operations efficiently. The platform allows for the creation of custom membership systems, enabling venues to offer unique perks and engage with their audience through push notifications, emails, or text messages. The table booking system offers a visual overview of the venue, handling orders, payments, credits, and bookings, all integrated with the membership system to provide a seamless experience. The ticket system facilitates the sale of event tickets or regular covers, with integration into the members app for a consistent user experience. For guests, Nyx serves as a digital wallet for nightclub membership cards, allowing users to discover clubs, register using their Nyx account, obtain memberships, buy tickets, and stay updated on events and news from their favorite venues. Nyx's flexible pricing model caters to venues of all sizes, with a starting price of €29 per month, and additional costs based on the number of members and active logins. The platform is available on both iOS and Android, ensuring accessibility for all users. With over 200 venues and more than 400,000 registered members, Nyx is redefining the way nightclubs manage their operations and connect with their audience.

About Spaak Technologies At Spaak, we are building an AI-native operating system for public affairs professionals. Our platform helps political organisations and big enterprises to navigate and influence the complex and fast-paced world of politics and regulation. Our momentum - Jan, 2024 : Spaak is incorporated - Mar, 2024 : MVP launched in Denmark, first customer onboarded - Apr-Oct, 2024 : Launched 3 core features, onboarded +20 customers and expanded our team all while bootstrapping - Nov, 2024 : Closed our first round of funding in a pre-seed round of €1.5m. Focus for 2025: - Assemble great team of ambitious software developers & political consultants - Launch first market expansion to Brussels - Improve core platform with new, exciting features

Interhuman AI is the social intelligence layer for AI, enabling machines to understand the 93% of human communication that happens non-verbally. By analyzing facial expressions, body language, voice tonality, and conversational context in real-time, our technology transforms basic AI interactions into meaningful conversations. Our multimodal perception system works with any AI platform, enhancing interactions by detecting user confusion, engagement, and emotional states that text alone misses. This allows AI to adapt its approach mid-conversation, leading to more effective human-machine communication. Read more about us at https://www.interhuman.ai/