Global Startup Awards (GSA) was born out of the Danish startup ecosystem through the Nordic Startup Awards in 2012. What began as a regional initiative has grown into the world’s largest independent startup competition platform, now covering 154 countries across 19 regions. Through its competition framework and flagship events, GSA connects startups, investors, corporates, governments, and ecosystem enablers to showcase and accelerate innovation on both regional and global levels. GSA has offices in Copenhagen and Budapest and works closely with governments, investors, and business partners worldwide. Its model operates through a licensee-and-partnership structure, in which external organisations under the GSA framework lead several regional programs. Beyond competitions, GSA has evolved into a global innovation platform spanning multiple pillars — from events and content to data, insights, and venture partnerships — that drives collaboration between the public and private sectors to strengthen innovation ecosystems around the world.

Who is Swiipe? Swiipe is a fintech startup located in fantastic surroundings right next to Hellerup station. We are developing innovative payment and revenue-optimizing solutions for the e-commerce market. We focus on securing the best buying experience, benefiting both the users and the companies. Our products provide high customer value, with relatively low competition in the market. Where do we come from? We are a fun and ambitious team, driven by the same goals. One of our founders is an experienced entrepreneur, who was previously responsible for developing future payment solutions as a director at Nets. Our CTO has a well-rounded experience in development and project management. How do we work? First and foremost we are a team dedicated to helping and assisting each other in the best way possible and we pride ourselves on delivering the best possible results. Our culture is characterized by agile processes and teams with individual responsibilities as well as openness and transparency – internally and with customers. We strive to deliver high quality and therefore have high demands on ourselves and on what we do – of course with the right amount of fun and an equitable work-life balance.

ØNSK er et kaffefirma som sætter en ære i at skabe en tæt relation mellem bønderne i Nicaragua og Peru og vores professionelle kunder i Danmark. Vi arbejder med at flere af pengene i kaffeindustrien ender i bøndernes egne lommer. Det synes vi er mest fair. Samtidig ønsker vi at bringe endnu bedre kaffeoplevelser ind i danskernes hverdag. Det gør vi ved et kvalitetsmæssigt solidt produkt kombineret med autentiske fortællinger fra kaffens oprindelse på kaffegårdene.

Vendigo is an international provider of a point-of-sale financing platform that connects consumers, merchants and lenders. We want to offer consumers the highest approval rates and the best loan terms by partnering with market leading banks and other lending institutions. We are a well funded, fast paced company that is always on the lookout for new talent.

Billetto is the North European market leader in online, mobile and social media ticketing solutions, providing over 50,000 events with a plug-and-play ticket shop that enables event organisers to sell tickets, promote events online and connect more meaningfully with audiences.Billetto is taking on the dinosaur ticketing industry by bringing artists and audiences closer together. Life revolves around moments and Billetto seeks to inspire everybody to do more of what makes them happy.

We’re changing the way the church works. At ChurchDesk we believe the church needs great tools that can help them improve their work and meet people where they are. It’s church management software made beautifully simple. ChurchDesk is a SaaS company established in 2010 working +2,000 churches across Europe. We’re a diverse group of 30 people with 11 different nationalities. We have offices in Copenhagen, London and Berlin.

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.

Good Tape is developing an AI-powered transcription tool to help journalists, researchers, and businesses eliminate the hassle of manual transcription with fast, secure, and highly accurate transcriptions. Manual transcription is slow, tedious, and error-prone. It affects professionals across industries who rely on interviews, meetings, and recordings for their work. Many existing solutions compromise on accuracy, security, or usability. We’re building a tool that uses advanced ASR models, ensuring high accuracy even in challenging audio. Our platform is secure, intuitive, and designed to integrate seamlessly into users' workflows. We started Good Tape because we saw how much time and effort professionals waste on transcription. We knew AI could do better—without sacrificing security or control. Our goal is to make transcription effortless so people can focus on what matters: their work.

BlinkTroll is a defense tech company developing game-changing battlefield technology to defend the free world and help Ukraine win the war. Born in Norway, raised in Denmark, we are currently a team of 10 from five nationalities, with backgrounds ranging from special forces to academia. We are growing fast and looking for dedicated, hard-working innovators with clear hearts and minds to join us in building the arsenal of the free world. Right now, we are redefining soldier training with the BlinkTroll Training System. For centuries, training has been static—but we’ve made it dynamic and combat-realistic, preparing soldiers to face real threats with confidence. Our technology is already in use by top military and police forces across Northern Europe—and it's actively saving lives on the front lines. Now, we are scaling up to amplify that impact, with the the generation training system. Very soon, we will also redefine drone warfare and beyond. Join us. Let’s turn bold, ambitious ideas into battlefield reality and defend freedom through technology.

At Celsia our vision is empowering decisions to be made with sustainability as the forethought by making sustainability scoring simple. Celsia exists to make sustainability scoring simple, fast, and efficient. We drive sustainability comparability and are committed to enabling both small and large companies to participate in the green financing system, no matter the size of one's budget. With software, we make sustainability scoring frictionless and for everyone. We are a Norwegian startup with offices in Oslo & Berlin. The Celsia gang is constantly growing, so chances are by the time you’re reading this we’ve already doubled in size! We’re a group of passionate folks with diverse backgrounds and all kinds of hopes and dreams. We do share some things though, like our passion for sustainability, our love of cheesy jokes during daily stand-up, and our willingness to go above and beyond to ensure everyone is enjoying the adventure.

The TEAM: Bright Star Studios started with just a few friends, their passion for gaming, and their desire to build the next big MMORPG. Although it might sound a little crazy ambitious, Ember Sword developed into a game-changer: a free to play, modern, and truly player-driven MMORPG game with a real economy powered by the Ethereum Blockchain, and in just 2 years, Bright Star became one of the most promising gaming studios in the world. Today we are a rapidly growing team. Spread across continents, yet united in our mission to build the ultimate MMORPG experience, gaming is the heart and soul of Bright Star Studios. The BSS team is determined, talented, hailing from diverse backgrounds and locations. Even though most of us met & worked online during the pandemic, we have forged great professional and interpersonal bonds. So if you want to work with an extremely talented team and rock the foundation of the gaming world together, we will welcome you with open arms.

Clutch was founded in 2021 by a group of badminton players, brilliant software engineers and designers. Using state of the art Artificial Intelligence, we have developed the world’s most powerful and fully automated system for pro-level analysis. We’ve been fortunate to work closely with some of the world’s best players and coaches from teams with the most advanced performance analytics frameworks. With Clutch, any player in the world with a smartphone can arm themselves with the same level of insights about their own game as the top pros. We have a hybrid setup with an office in Barcelona and remote employees in California and Copenhagen. We’re backed by top tier investors in the Nordics, including Crowberry Capital, PreSeed Ventures and David Helgason (founder of Unity).

Keepit is a fast-growing IT scale-up with 22+ years of experience in software and data protection. Our mission is to help companies around the world protect and manage their cloud-based data. In 2020 Keepit raised $30 million in funding to fuel the growth and position Keepit as the category leader in the Backup-as-a-Service market. Keepit covers a broad client base of major corporations and institutions across all sectors and industries. Our team is both academically and culturally diverse, and we have more than thirty different nationalities working together to promote trust and security in a world transforming towards new levels of digitalization. At Keepit we’re all Keepers. Joining Keepit and becoming a Keeper also means joining a passionate and ambitious family, where entrepreneurial thinking is embraced in a caring environment. Can you see yourself at Keepit? We’re on the constant look for talented, ambitious, and caring people.

Butter is a modern video platform built for interactive and collaborative virtual workshops and meetings 🧈 Butter is equipped with all the tools that any facilitator or meeting host needs including: - Breakout rooms for smaller group sessions - Timeboxed agendas to keep your session tight and on track - Live Polls to engage your participants - Simple and visual speaker queue to let participants interact easier - Timers with lovely music for exercises - Co-facilitators to help you during the sessions - Privacy and waiting rooms to make sure that only the people you want in your session can get access + a ton of interesting upgrades and new features being developed and released on a regular basis! We're a remote first team with employees with employees spanning 4 continents 🌍 Reach out if you're interested in joining or just want to know more about Butter 💛

Mit navn er Daniel og jeg startede Watery.dk som 17-årig i Oktober 2016 med målet om at lave Danmarks største online svømmeshop efter selv at have svømmet på eliteplan gennem mange år. Her 4 år senere er det mål opnået for længst og med et #teamWatery på +25 motiverede og unge medarbejdere arbejder vi nu efter at gøre Watery til et internationalt svømmebrand, der vender op og ned for industruen. Med en omsætning på +25 mio. i 2020 og knap 80.000 ordrer forventer vi at runde 100 mio. indenfor 2 år. Undervejs har vi vundet priser som "Årets ener" til e-handelsprisen samt "årets iværksætter" i Horsens samt været nomineret til adskillige andre.