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Tapp

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.

Meaningful Entrepreneurship

Reimagining how we create value in a changing world. Meaningful Entrepreneurship is an educational project by Startup Guide, which has supported 15k+ entrepreneurs and mapped 70+ ecosystems globally. This initiative began with a research report based on insights from 400 aspiring entrepreneurs across Denmark, revealing that traditional entrepreneurship education no longer resonates with the new generation of founders. Our purpose is to support founders in building ventures aligned with their values through tools and learning experiences socially and environmentally meaningful.

PharosBio

PharosBio is building an autonomous AI scientist—a platform and APIs that help biopharma and research teams reduce R&D risk by turning fragmented evidence into decisions across discovery and translation. The problem Despite billions spent on R&D, the research ecosystem runs on incomplete, siloed insight. Around 90% of drug candidates still fail in the clinic, wasting time and capital and delaying therapies for patients. This affects 4.5 million scientists across pharma, biotech, and academia who must constantly decide what to study, why it matters, and whether to proceed—with evidence that’s scattered and stale. Our solution We’re building the first agentic AI built for life sciences: a system that plans, reads, reasons, and writes like a tireless collaborator, and plugs into existing workflows via APIs. What it does • Target discovery & repurposing: surfaces novel targets and repositioning opportunities from literature and data; ranks by mechanism and evidence strength. • Translational go/no-go: aggregates preclinical and clinical signals to support milestone decisions with transparent rationales. • Scientific writing copilot: drafts systematic reviews, grant sections, IND-supporting summaries, and patent landscape briefs with citations. How it fits • Platform + APIs integrate with existing tools and pipelines. • Evidence-first UX: every recommendation is linked to sources; uncertainty is quantified. • Autonomy with control: agents run end-to-end tasks, while scientists supervise, edit, and approve. Outcomes • Faster time to insight, • Fewer dead-ends, • Higher confidence at each stage from early discovery to translation. Our motivation We’re expats who fell in love with Denmark’s research culture and collaborative ecosystem. We started PharosBio because agentic AI is powerful but under-applied where it matters most—healthcare, research, and biotech. Watching promising ideas stall for lack of clear evidence lit the spark: we want to equip every scientist with an always-on partner, so more therapies reach patients - us and our loved ones!

EVEWAVE

🔹 Shaping the Future of Sustainable Supply Chains 🔹 At EVEWAVE, we are reimagining the future of global logistics with a clear mission: to create a zero-waste and transparent logistic system, that delivers measurable impact. We are tackling the critical challenge of packaging waste in logistics, providing innovative solutions that help businesses adapt to the rapidly changing sustainability landscape. Our patented, data-driven rental packaging solution is designed to streamline international supply chains, optimise efficiency, and reduce waste—while ensuring full control and transparency. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, we’re not just improving logistics, but transforming the entire supply chain ecosystem for a more sustainable future. We're passionate about helping companies across industries navigate and thrive within the evolving sustainability policies. Join us in reshaping the future of packaging and logistics—where sustainability, innovation, and transparency meet. 🌎

Sneaker Stock

SneakerStock is a Danish sneaker and streetwear webshop focused on exclusive drops, rare sneakers, and curated fashion. We solve the problem sneaker lovers face when trying to find authentic, limited-edition models in their correct size. From Jordans and Yeezys to Birkenstocks and Nike Dunks, we offer only carefully selected pieces with verified fit info and trend insights. Our platform also features blog content, sneaker care guides, and style advice tailored to Danish fashion culture. We aim to be the trusted destination for streetwear in Denmark — combining exclusive products with local relevance and global style.

Cap

Cap is an AI-native operating system for modern venture capital. Founded in 2023 in Copenhagen, we’re building a connected workspace where investors get the full picture in real time, without juggling multiple tools. Our journey started with a simple but powerful observation: today’s investors don’t lack data, they lack structured insight. Instead of switching between Affinity, Todoist, Notion and endless spreadsheets, Cap gives venture capital firms a single, structured platform that organizes, understands, and prioritizes information. This AI-native foundation is what sets us apart. Where others layer AI on top of existing clutter, Cap was designed from day one to structure complexity into clarity. Our platform continuously adapts, ensuring VCs can move faster, act with confidence, and lead with clarity in an increasingly competitive investment landscape. At Cap, we combine engineering excellence, ambition, and entrepreneurial drive to reimagine how venture capital operates. We are still at the beginning of our story, but with early traction across the Europe and the US, we’re building a product and a team with global impact in mind.

Zoliro

Better Shopping Ads Mean Better Sales. We Make Both Happen. Zoliro is transforming European e-commerce with intelligent CSS (Comparison Shopping Service) solutions. By leveraging our proprietary AI technology, we help online retailers reach high-intent customers, resulting in up to 45% higher conversion rates. What sets us apart: ✓ Smart AI-driven shopping technology ✓ Focus on quality traffic that converts ✓ Risk-free, performance-based pricing ✓ Full transparency and reporting ✓ Expert e-commerce support team We believe in true partnership - you only pay when we deliver sales. Whether you're an established retailer or a growing e-commerce business, we have the technology and expertise to boost your online performance. Ready to transform your e-commerce growth? Contact us at info@zoliro.com

Legeakademiet

Legeakademiet, based in Hørsholm, Greater Copenhagen, is an online toyshop focused on educational toys for children. Our mission is to facilitate learning through play. Our niche is centered around toys that are educational, that develop body and/or mind and are fun to play with. Our dedication, unique approach, and passion for our mission have led to continuous growth and, most importantly, thousands of satisfied customers. We operate international web shops in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, and the Netherlands, and have plans to expand to new markets within the next year. Our office in Hørsholm, close to Kokkedal train station, with a dedicated team of 20 colleagues in a cosey and welcoming atmosphere.

Kupla ApS

”We want to transform the way we seek out and receive information.” Kupla is an AI-based media platform. The AI software collects data across all news sites in Denmark 24/7, thereby creating a fully encompassing news platform that can solve a lot of problems for companies and brands. The platform features useful tools which include a news search engine, surveillance of keywords, a variety of search functions to provide a fast and purposeful news overview, and much, much more. kupla.io not only provides our users with insight and access to all news sites in Denmark, all in one place. It is also a contribution to change the way companies look at news. “News articles are published in unfathomable numbers, on more platforms than ever.” Kupla is contributing to advancing a purposeful and insightful news overview, detached from algorithms, click bait and hidden agendas. Our mission is to provide media transparency, which has all but disappeared today. When searching on Google or clicking on a news site, one often wonders: Why are these articles shown? Is it because of algorithms? Click bait? Hidden agendas? – or actual relevance? Is it original journalism or reposted content from somewhere else? Our platform empowers our users by providing them with the ability to navigate in the news without questioning any of the above. “The news are a societal phenomenon that we can learn a lot from.“ The infrastructure we are building for our AI models is unique in the way it has the capacity to manage and store information about the whole world of media. The structuring of news data allows us to explore the societal phenomenon that news are. By enabling our AI models to learn more about the news, we are teaching AI’s about human society as a whole. This advances the quality of AI technology. “We want to be the best at utilizing AI-models and suit them to our purposes.“ We are building the technological infrastructure in which current and future AI-models of the highest caliber can perform at their best. Our infrastructure will be able to cater not just one or two, but hundreds of AI-models. We plan to use existing – and future – AI-systems, wipe them clean and adjust them to our purposes. This includes ensuring that new AI-models will inherit the knowledge and memories from the previous ones. In doing so, we believe we will become more agile than our competitors. Our product: Kupla consolidates news stories from all media sources into one single, accessible news site. Our platform empowers the users by giving them complete freedom of choice, enabling them to navigate the entire media landscape fast and easy and monitor keywords of interest to them. Our AI’s will also analyze the behavior of news publishers, enabling our users to gain more in depth insight into their media presence: timelines: how frequently a company/brand is mentioned the nature of the publicity (positive or negative) early warnings regarding potential media storms geographical data: in what areas are people talking about your company/brand Our message is simple. We have created a tool based on artificial intelligence that can solve a lot of problems for companies – and change the way we use the internet. We offer media transparency – an impartial news overview and insight into the way stories develop over time. By bringing together news articles from every media site into one platform, Kupla enables companies to access news more efficiently, allowing them to strengthen their strategies and make informed decisions.

Nimblr ApS

Nimblr combines interactive training on IT security with simulated attacks, practical exercises and current content on the latest threats in a continuous training programme. Through simple configuration, the system is loaded with customer-specific data that automatically adapts training materials and simulations to each organisation’s specific environment.

ruumi

At ruumi we are building apps to give farmers actionable insights at their fingertips and manage their grassland and grazing in sustainable ways. We work with farmers and companies to create the conditions for a better future. We’ve spent the last two years listening to farmers - an experience we wouldn’t swap for anything. As a result, we feel deeply optimistic about the possibility of restoring a healthy balance between mankind and nature. By putting the real-world needs of farmers first – and by being open and honest about what we can and can't do – we believe we can make a difference. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in a purpose-led early stage startup. You'll have the opportunity to build your ideas, see the impact quickly and watch a business (and grass) grow.

Jobspire

Jobspire is talent engagement platform that match talents and companies and facilitate engagement when there is no personal connections. We let companies take on proactive recruitment and build a pipeline of talent. We uses advanced data models and analytics in all three parts of our solution. We are based in Copenhagen.

Zylinc

Zylinc is an independent SaaS based software company located in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, with more than 20 years of experience and over 2 million users worldwide. We develop switchboard and contact center solutions that enable organizations to deliver great customer experiences through improved availability, stronger collaboration, and actionable insights. Our solutions are rooted in the Nordic approach to customer service, where trust, expertise, and collaboration are fundamental. We believe great customer experiences start with people and the relationships they build. That’s why we use technology to support what truly matters: human connection, insight, and seamless interaction. Our ambition is to give users clarity and confidence in their daily work, enabling them to deliver reliable, professional, and value-driven service. At the same time, we help our customers work more efficiently and gain the flexibility to continuously evolve their business.

Chainalysis

Chainalysis offers cryptocurrency investigation and compliance solutions to global law enforcement agencies, regulators, and businesses as they work together to fight illicit cryptocurrency activity. Backed by Benchmark and other leading names in venture capital, Chainalysis builds trust in blockchains. For more information, visit: www.chainalysis.com

Medley Venture Capital

Medley er en platform skabt af iværksættere, for iværksættere og til alle de erhvervstalenter der kan og vil. Medley befinder sig i sweetspottet mellem et traditionel Venture Capital firm og et Family Office, et founding team bestående af succesfulde og erfarne iværksættere såsom; Jørgen Hansen (NTG), Allan Flindt (Blue Energy m.fl.), Peter Grubert, Philip Flindt, Mathias Christensen og Abdalla Al-Ayrot er med til at sikre det økonomiske bagland, der i høj grad kan facilitere de høje ambitioner om at skabe morgendagens succeser i det nordiske marked, med et særligt fokus på tech.