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.

FrejaTECH (former Salvatio Push) is an IoT based system, comprised of an Emergency Button and App that can potentially save the lives of up to many females and elderly. This is a revolutionary new way to ensure rapid responses to enable women and elderly people to feel safe in vulnerable situations. The emergency alerts can help to save lives by sending timely notifications to family, friends, or medical institutions, which can drastically reduce the waiting time to receive assistance or medical attention. Our founder built this product based on the personal experience of sexual assault and understanding of the product that could save me from the dangerous situations and inform people who care about me where they can find me. We are in an electronics devices branch and creasy about. Our team is a group of creative people who want to make a difference. And We can do it.

TEDx was created in the spirit of TED's mission, ideas worth spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 30 years ago, TED has grown to support its mission with multiple initiatives. The two annual TED Conferences invite the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes or less. The program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level. At TEDx events, a screening of TEDTalks videos - or a combination of live presenters and TEDTalks videos - sparks deep conversation and connections. TEDx events are fully planned and coordinated independently, on a community-by-community basis.  Many of these talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman. https://tedxcopenhagen.dk/join  

Wedbox is currently the biggest European wedding photo app. The app is localized in 18 European countries, and we will be used at 35.000 weddings and 500.000 users in 2017.We deliver tech solutions tailored to the wedding business. Our core is the development of mobile apps, but we also work with printed products (www.capty.dk).

iPaper provides user-friendly software to publish online flipbooks on all devices. With iPaper, you can turn PDF files into interactive and dynamic publications enriched with innovative features. Track reader behavior, engage customers and boost sales by integrating your shop into your publications. As a Danish company founded in 2006, we were the first in the world to develop and introduce online flipbooks. Today, iPaper is used by all types of businesses around the globe and has over 20 million visitors every month.

Plecto is a team motivation software that helps sales, customer service and telemarketing teams increase motivation and boost performance. Plecto allows users to create custom dashboards that display real-time performance data across any device, computer or television screen. With out-of-the-box integrations, instant notifications and custom recognition features, Plecto will transform your team into motivated high performers fueled by friendly competition! Plecto began in 2012 when Kristian - working for a call center at the time - went to his boss and offered to "build a way for the team to compete." Kristian and his team were frustrated with not being able to see the impact they were making on the business and believed a bit of competition would liven up the office. The idea behind Plecto was born.   After developing a working version of the platform overnight, Kristian presented to his boss a dashboard that would visualize call activity data in real time and rank employees based on their performance. His boss immediately bought a television and dedicated Kristian's time to managing and improving the software.   Once he saw the impact that the dashboard had on his team, Kristian decided to hit the road - quitting his job, teaming up with long-time friend Aleš Kocjančič and rebuilding the software from scratch.   Four years and three different offices later, Plecto is a growing team of eight delivering dashboards to over 65,000 sales, customer service and call center reps.

We're a digital agency with a process you’re going to love. Abtion is a digital development agency with a strong foundation in software development and digital design. We are around 33 people spread across our two offices in Odense and Copenhagen We pride ourselves on being pioneers in the implementation of a 4-day work week, reflecting our commitment to ensuring a healthy work-life balance for our team. At Abtion, we believe in the power of a strong community and value each individual's contribution to our collective success. If you are passionate about creating great digital solutions and value close collaboration both internally and with customers, Abtion could be the next step in your career.

Blue Ocean Robotics is a highly specialized company focused on developing new generations of robots for the global market. The development takes place in cooperation with strategic partners, which typically are large global companies with a strong market position. While we take the lead on the robot technology and joint design and development, the RoBi-X partner takes the lead on the global sale, service, and production. The corporations are based on a unique partnership model (RoBi-X). Blue Ocean Robotics is a highly specialized company focused on developing new generations of robots for the global market. The development takes place in cooperation with strategic partners, which typically are large global companies with a strong market position. While Blue Ocean Robotics takes the lead on the robot technology and joint design and development, the RoBi-X partner takes the lead on the global sale, service, and production. The development of new solutions is based on a number of integrated technology platforms (TP-X) that ensure synergy across Blue Ocean Robotics' different partnerships. The corporations are based on a unique partnership model (RoBi-X). Read more on www.blue-ocean-robotics.com.

Karman Connect helps ambitious companies drive scalable, performance-based customer acquisition within a growing number of sectors such as finance, insurance, internet providers and local business’. Reach further. Faster. Karman Connect is a data-driven Lead generation partner. We use AI and advanced algorithms to analyze and segment anonymized search and channel data from millions of high-intent consumers. Our state-of-the-art algorithms connect the dots and present these high-intent users with the service options that best match their needs. Our proven model ensures high-quality leads and sustainable, performance-based growth for partners across a growing portfolio of sectors

Imagine a world where the 'Size Chart', a relic of the 20th century, no longer exists. At UTRY, we are building a universal ecosystem for personalized digital fashion. Born at Aalborg University, our mission is to ensure the digital store adapts to the individual’s unique body, rather than forcing people to fit into static categories. We aren't just building a tool for brands; we are building an interactive, personalized experience for every shopper, where getting the perfect fit becomes the new global standard. We are tackling a massive, dual-sided problem. For the consumer, online shopping is a guessing game that leads to frustration and "fit-anxiety." For brands, this uncertainty results in 8,7 billion returned packages every year, where 53% of returns are due to poor fit. This cycle produces 24 million tons of CO2 annually, because costumers has to guess which size fits them. We saw this gap and realized that the industry doesn't need more complex 3D software; it needs a frictionless bridge between the buyer and the product. Our solution is built on smart synergy. Currently, we have launched our Virtual Try-On (VTO), which leverages generative AI to give shoppers a photorealistic view of garments on their own bodies. This provides the immediate visual confidence shoppers crave. Following closely behind is our Size Algorithm, designed to provide technical fit data to ensure the physical fit matches the visual one. By combining these into a single "UTRY ID," we are creating a cross-brand network where a user sets up their profile once and shops at every brand using UTRY with confidence. UTRY started because we did not fit into the standard size chart and had to order several sizes to find the correct size ourselves. As students at Aalborg University, we didn't just want to study the problem; we teamed up with a dedicated full-time crew to solve it. We are doing this because we believe that when you give consumers a personalized, engaging experience, the business value, higher conversions and lower returns, follows naturally. We are here to prove that what is best for the person is also what is best for the planet and the companies.

Landfolk er en nystartet digital markedsplads for sommerhuse, der sætter en helt ny standard i branchen. Vi adskiller os væsentligt fra andre aktører ved at være digital first og ved at håndplukke sommerhuse, hvor æstetik, kvalitet og personlighed er i højsædet. Vi lægger samtidig stor vægt på at bygge et inspirerende fællesskab op af stolte sommerhusejere og glade gæster, der elsker sommerhuslivet. I vores fællesskab af ligesindede har vi en drøm om at komme væk og ud. Tættere på naturen og hinanden. Om at kunne trække tiden ud. I en uge eller en weekend. Finde lidt stilhed. Lidt nærhed. Lidt ro og masser af grin og gode minder. Det er rødvin, gåture og en lur foran brændeovnen. Vær med næsten helt fra start og sæt dit fingeraftryk på en startup med kæmpestore ambitioner, hvor der allerede er et hold af meget engagerede folk med både tekniske, forretnings-, design-, community- og kommunikationskompetencer.

Electric Monkey builds internet products, primarily B2B SaaS tools. From the founders of Assemblage (acquired by Cisco Systems) and Roger.ai (acquired by Fleetcor). We're a small team based in Denmark and the US that creates stellar user experiences for the next generation of businesses and pro-sumers.

TrialSync is a health-tech startup addressing the issue of low patient awareness and participation in clinical trials, which delays treatment development. By centralizing patient health data and enabling patients to drive recruitment, we streamline trial design and execution, helping new treatments reach the market faster.

AUTOproff provides software-as-a-service solutions to the professional car market – making it seamless, secure, and more attractive to trade used cars. Our solutions are important enablers of the ongoing mobility transformation of the car industry, where most people in the future will no longer own a car, but instead lease, rent, share or hail cars. Mobility means significant growth in transaction volume as cars will be traded more often during their lifetime – thereby driving strong demand for our solutions. We are growing fast and serve more than 3,500 customers from across the whole value chain including OEMs, dealerships as well as rental-, leasing-, platform- and mobility companies. AUTOproff was founded in 2013, became market leader in Denmark in 2016, and has since expanded across Northern Europe. We employ 100 enthusiastic professionals across our offices in Copenhagen (DK), Vejle (DK), Hamburg (DE), Malmoe (SE), Zwolle (NL) and Poznan (PL). In 2020, we posted revenues of more than DKK 400 million and we have been profitable since our inception. AUTOproff is privately owned by Jesper Ratza, our CEO and founder, André Rogaczewski, CEO and co-founder of Netcompany, as well as other private investors.

We create a future where the entire water infrastructure can be monitored in real-time using a network of distributed wireless sensors. Dryp is a range of solutions that enable proactive and holistic decision-making for water infrastructure. Dryp builds data bridges across both physical and adminstrative boarders. We are uniquely co-owned by a major danish utility - along with private companies and investors. We are spearheading a data, iot and machine-learning revolution.