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.

HackYourFuture is a non-profit that aims to train refugees, asylum seekers and other marginalised groups in Denmark to become web-developers and empower them by opening the doors to a very in-demand job market. In our 32-week program volunteer IT-professionals train students with and without a coding background in modern JavaScript software development and guide them towards work via our network. We are currently 4,5 people working on this project, but the heart of our organisation are our amazing volunteer mentors, teachers and students. In the past 7 years we can happily look back and say we worked with tons of great people and organisations, which has created a super unique and tight community around our program and we plan to keep it this way! We take our work very seriously, but otherwise we are a pretty friendly bunch, so don't be shy about reaching out!

Miiskin connects patients with online dermatologists for online consultations. The Miiskin platform consists of a web portal for dermatologists, and web-based and app-based consultation flows for patients. It's used end-to-end by dermatologists to deliver efficient dermatology care to patients online. The Miiskin telehealth platform was initiated in 2022.

Neurescue, a medical device manufacturer based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company is developing cardiovascular devices to help emergency patients. Neurescue’s first product is the first computer-aided aortic occlusion catheter, aimed at improving the outcome for cardiac arrest and critical bleedings. Our future goal is to enable the potential clinical utility of further intelligent procedures.

Monetize your site through surveys! Opinodo collects market research surveys in 50 countries pair these with the right people, recruited from multiple different publishers. We offer publishers a turnkey solution to make a recurring income on recruiting users with our highly converting tools. Opinodo is a real option for publishers to recruit data of their audience and secure income every time a recruited user completes an interview online. We offer full data access to publishers.

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 with +9,000 churches across Europe. We’re a diverse team of over 70 people with many amazing different nationalities and backgrounds. We have offices in Copenhagen, Berlin and Oslo.

RaskRask brings massage right to the clients doorstep or office, whenever they need it. Our dedicated team of professional massage therapists is committed to enhancing health and well-being, making it accessible to all. By streamlining operations, we've crafted a flexible and inspiring workspace, empowering massage therapists to deliver their best every day. This ensures our therapists are fully devoted to meeting clients unique needs. We've revolutionized the wellness industry, making it effortless for both clients and therapists. Our on-demand service streamlines the entire process, making it easier than ever for individuals to receive the treatments they require.

TasteOwl is building a marketplace for catering and event food in Denmark. We help private customers and companies find, compare and request offers from local caterers, restaurants, food trucks and event food suppliers. Today, finding catering is still fragmented, manual and time-consuming. Customers have to search across Google, social media and individual supplier websites, while many local food suppliers struggle to get discovered online. TasteOwl brings both sides together on one platform, making it easier for customers to find the right food for their event and easier for suppliers to receive relevant inquiries without fixed subscription costs.

We're building the infrastructure for safe AI in finance We build the infrastructure that helps generative AI move safely from pilot to production. Our platform turns evaluation into data-backed confidence by testing thousands of real-world scenarios, surfacing clear, actionable insights, and maintaining audit-grade governance so risk, legal, and compliance teams can sign off with confidence.

We're creating a digital study abroad start-up that aims to increase mobility by boosting the encouragement among students within higher education to study abroad. Another motivation for the project was the Danish government's goal of sending 50% of students within higher education abroad to incorporate an international dimension into their danish study program. Given the tools provided by the Government, we aim to educate, consult and help students go take a semester abroad to develop their personal profile. Today's way is old fashioned - paperwork, stamps, mails ( the slow kind 🐌) and loads of Visa's and questions. Our platform gives the student the step by step process needed to get any bigger task done. Once signed up, we make sure that you have all the credit eligible courses you need from our online course catalogue, a signed learning agreement, an insurance and an acceptance letter. All in less than a week and without leaving your keyboard. We started a digital study abroad agency based on our own experiences studying abroad. Having been at a guest university gave us a big boost in our competencies, which we would encourage anyone to do! This is why we developed uniclub, the best way to study abroad.

We are changing the world of work. We love to think big. We are a people company and a tech company at the same time aiming to support people in maximizing potentials through stellar technology. We want to be curious, open, and transparent in everything we do. Our vision is to make work better by giving people and businesses ultimate freedom to work in the most flexible way possible with no friction. In short, our platform matches any company with any specialist in no time – better and faster than any traditional consulting or recruitment solutions in the market. How do we do this? We use technology and machine learning algorithms to help match, automate and shorten the process – so we can approach the market in an entirely new way. We thus transform how companies find, hire and manage their agile workforce; with a mission to radically transform and improve the way companies organize themselves around a super skilled and agile talent base. We’re consistently growing double-digit every month and are on a global journey to transform work and bring the best of the freelance economy to companies and talents alike. Set up in Denmark in 2017, we currently have teams in Copenhagen, London, and New York and are rapidly expanding into new markets. You’ll be working closely with our co-founder & Chief People Officer to further grow Worksome and make sure that we always have the best opportunities to scale our business with the best talent available.

Tapp is developing a software-only POS suite—tap-on-phone payments, eshop self-order, Native AI data platforms, and AI-assisted menu/setup - to help small UK service businesses ditch expensive hardware POS, solve slow service and rising operating costs, and stay compliant by default, powered by our ultra-fast UX, AI onboarding, leading AI features, and embedded payments. Independent cafés, massage parlors, and any other service spots are squeezed by hardware terminals, clunky back-office flows, and staffing shortages—which translates to slower turnover, longer queues, and lost revenue. Operators also face VAT/receipt/tips complexity and card-data obligations that traditional POS doesn’t simplify. The market is crowded, but legacy and “one-size-fits-all” tools still mean slow UI, multi-minute setup, and rigid pricing. Our analysis of UK-relevant providers shows many still require dedicated hardware or fragmented QR solutions—creating cost, training, and integration friction for small teams. Whilst providing insights on all the data collected, without the user having to ask. Tapp replaces boxes and paper with a phone-first POS: - Tap-to-Pay on iPhone & Android: take contactless cards/Wallets directly on staff or owner smartphones—no reader required. Fully productised in our “Staff” flow. - QR self-order, eshop & pay: guests scan, order, tip, and receive receipts digitally; staff stay focused on giving the best service, not card machines. - AI onboarding & menu import: snap a menu or upload a file; Tapp auto-parses categories/items, generates a store description, and lets owners tweak with guardrails (VAT, pricing, tags, duration). - Built-in compliance for UK SMBs: support for e-receipts, VAT invoice scenarios, and transparent tip/service handling—plus card-data best-practice via our payments stack. - Embedded payments on Adyen: unified acquiring, wallet rails, refunds/chargebacks, payouts, and potential embedded finance/share—with clear IC++ economics and SoftPOS fees. - Elite performance: our internal tests show UX runs 2.7× faster LCP and 3.3× less blocking than a leading competitor—keeping staff in “flow” during rush. Why this wins: zero hardware CAPEX, minutes-not-weeks deployment, faster service cycles, and fewer receipt/VAT/tips headaches—all in a single app the team already knows how to use (their phone). Feature depth is production-ready across signup/KYC, menu, staff, orders, payout views, and refunds per our shipped user stories. Whilst (soon) providing industry-breaking intelligence to make the small merchants play in the big leagues. We started Tapp after watching small venues spend too much on terminals and too long wrestling slow software—only to still miss orders at peak. We dug into the UK compliance tangle (VAT, receipts, tips) and saw a chance to bake the rules into the workflow, not bolt them on. Then we validated the experience with hard performance data and a best-in-class payments partner so owners can serve more customers with less kit and less stress. That’s why we’re doing this: give time back to small operators with a POS that is fast, compliant, and delightfully simple.

AdPlenty is a Copenhagen based start-up. We have a vision of making marketing and advertising easy and accessible for all! At AdPlenty we have several years of experience in the field of marketing. We know how much time and experience it takes to manage and target ads on different platforms. We have combined all our knowledge with advanced technology to create an intelligence-based platform that fully automates the advertising process. Our mission is to help people stand out, run their business and provide a solution that is not only about technology, but about connecting sellers and buyers. In other words: Empowering connections.

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.

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