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.

CATR is an AI-powered marketplace for catering and events. On CATR you can find, order, coordinate, and handle every type of event in one place. From a department dinner for 20 to a 200-person summer party. One platform, one bill, no email chains. The problem Booking an event today is a mess. If you're an office manager planning a summer party or a department head organizing the Christmas dinner, the process is always the same. Five vendor emails. Three rounds of quotes. Scattered invoices. Last-minute scrambles. Stuff goes wrong. The industry hasn't been rethought in decades, and the only ones really benefitting from that are the legacy event agencies who charge €10k+ to coordinate what should be self-serve. I've spent 20 years in this industry. I've opened and sold restaurants. I've catered the biggest festivals in Denmark. I've run operations for thousands of guests at a time. And the same problems keep showing up: quotes that disappear, invoices nobody can find, orders nobody can track. Everyone in the industry knows the system is broken. Nobody has bothered to fix it. Why now Consumers learned to order pizza on their phone. There's no good reason they should still have to call five vendors and chase emails to plan their company summer party. And AI is finally capable enough to handle the operational complexity that crushed every previous attempt at this market. ezCater, Hungry, Foodee. They all got stuck on human-heavy operations. The future of fragmented industries is marketplaces that pull everyone into one place. Nobody has done for events and catering what DoorDash did for takeaway. The window is open right now. Where we are Multible paid MVP test events delivered. Pipeline of mid-sized Danish companies ready to onboard. New AI-first platform I'm building myself. Pre-funding, raising once cofounder is on board. Next: the wedge We're going after 20-30 selected office managers in Copenhagen first. They give us repeat usage, real GMV, and the operational learnings AI needs to scale. From there: mid-sized company events across Denmark, then every standard event, B2B and consumer, running on CATR. The longer vision covers the full lifecycle. From "let's host something" through vendor sourcing, operations, payment, and the social layer afterwards where guests get invited, share photos, and stay connected.

Welcome to BeCause – the sustainability management hub. We envision a future, where sustainable choices flow seamlessly for decision-makers throughout ecosystems such as Travel & Tourism, so all may thrive. Just imagine booking a trip where you throughout your user journey can choose sustainable options for hotels, restaurants, etc., with utter ease, credibility, and ever-improving competitiveness, so as to allow travelling to go hand in hand with a positive impact rather than a negative footprint, to reward responsibility-leading businesses in an upwards spiral towards sustainability, and thus to allow for simply exploring this beautiful world with a good feeling and clear conscience. That’s what we’re aiming for and work to empower. We get there with our AI-powered platform, because.eco, offering the simplest, fastest & most synergistic way for businesses to manage their sustainability work- & dataflows, so they can supercharge their positive impact on people, planet & profits. We do this by unifying & automating the work of collecting, coordinating, communicating & compounding sustainability accolades of businesses, both for the individual company, while connecting the collective ecosystem of e.g. hotels, marketplaces, certifiers & other stakeholders, all in one place. BeCause is growing fast with a tried, true & future-proof product that already has won some prestigious awards and helps some of the world's leading travel & tourism companies, including Google, Booking.com, easyJet, TUI, and Radisson Hotel Group. And we are backed by an awesome group of investors that add great resources and experience with skyrocketing other startups to the moon – just like they believe we will. Yet, we are just getting started! And there are still vacant seats on the spaceship – many blanks you can still help fill out, many existing solutions you can help us upgrade to the next excellence level, and a big market waiting you can help serve.

Matrikel1 is the  innovation House on Højbro Plads in the very center of Copenhagen. We opened in May and it has been fast pace ever since. It is the focal point for investors, entrepreneurs, creators and disruptive business in Denmark. Specifically, Matrikel1 provides high-end event space, bar&cafe, flexible work space, lounge and offices. We actively work with and create network across all of above.

BOXHUB is disrupting the sale of used shipping containers - A global billion-dollar industry. We will make it simple, efficient and transparent for everyone to buy and sell shipping containers By doing this we enable the re-use and upcycling of the 25 million shipping containers currently in circulation around the world. Our customers turn shipping containers into anything from Affordable housing, pop-up restaurants, emergency shelters and a number of sustainable storage solutions.

Planday makes a real impact on the lives of shift-workers and business owners by simplifying administrative processes and communication, freeing up time for what really matters. Central to this is a product-driven mindset and great customer service. As an organisation, we are proud to be ambitious and collaborative and emphasise employee experience. We're all on different journeys - professionally and personally - and we aim for Plandayers to experience their time here as full of support and self-growth.

PILLAR is building an AI-native relocation management platform for relocation companies and global mobility teams. Relocation work is still heavily managed through email, spreadsheets, shared drives and disconnected tools. PILLAR brings cases, workflows, documents, communication, tasks, appointments and client collaboration into one platform. Relocation professionals get powerful tools to manage many cases efficiently, while employers and relocating employees get a simpler guided experience showing what they need to provide, complete or review. AI is embedded directly into the workflow to help teams understand cases, find information and reduce repetitive administrative work. PILLAR is already a working product and is being developed closely with relocation companies in Denmark and Norway using real immigration, housing and settling-in workflows. The company is bootstrapped, incorporated in Denmark and initially focused on the Nordic market, with the ambition of becoming the modern operating platform for relocation companies internationally.

Capptain is a Danish SaaS platform for workplace safety and statutory compliance. More than 1,500 companies run their statutory workplace assessments (APV), chemical risk assessment, whistleblower scheme, training records, policies and energy data in one place, instead of spreadsheets, folders and disconnected systems.

Our Mission We are on a mission: Every year, millions of tons of coffee fruit waste (cascara) are discarded during coffee production, creating significant environmental challenges. We salvage this nutrient-rich, naturally caffeinated super-ingredient to craft premium, organic, non-alcoholic sparkling drinks. By prioritizing a circular economy and working directly with the upcycling of waste products, we don’t just create a delicious alternative for the conscious consumer - we also help reduce environmental impact and create an additional revenue stream for coffee farmers. How We Work We import cascara directly from the farmers and partner with expert subcontractors for our organic brewing, production, and storage, allowing our core team to remain agile, creative, and completely focused on scaling our market presence. At the outset we focus on local hipster/organic cafés, restaurant and bars in the HORECA segment preparing for broader retail when the market is ready. Why Join Us? We are a small, ambitious, and passionate team of founders, innovators, and specialty coffee enthusiasts. As a startup, we value creative freedom, and believe in true ownership. Joining us you will be a foundational part of our journey, with the opportunity to shape our sales strategy, brand culture, and future growth. If you are driven by sustainability, love building authentic relationships, and want to help turn a circular business model into a household name, we’d love to have you on board.

Atlo is a wholesale management platform for lifestyle brands. We help brands prevent lost orders by replacing manual, email-driven workflows with AI-powered sales optimization built specifically for wholesale execution.  Atlo automatically aggregates retail partner signals (e.g. stock levels, pricing, historic orders, and inbound demand) to recommend who to contact and what to propose, so sales teams can create personalized orders in minutes instead of spending ~50% of their time on manual follow-ups and guesswork. 

At Normark Defence, we are at the forefront of advancing defence capabilities through innovative technologies. At Normark Defence, we empower the next generation of defence capabilities. With extensive experience in the Danish defence sector and a strong background in business development and specialized knowledge, we create innovative technologies.

We’re on a mission to make parking simple. By giving vehicle owners clear, on-the-spot insight into local parking rules, we help them avoid parking fines and park with confidence. With more than 600,000 parking tickets issued in Denmark in 2024, it’s clear that many drivers struggle to navigate and comply with parking rules. We’re developing AI-powered technology that translates complex parking rules into simple guidance—beginning in Denmark and eventually across Europe. By combining tech with regulations, we aim to eliminate confusion, stress, and unnecessary parking fines.

We are a creative startup focused on elevating the live music experience for a conscious crowd of music lovers. Many people now recognize the need for ear protection at concerts, yet the earplugs sold at venues are usually low-quality and disposable. We provide premium, reusable earplugs directly at events, making it easy for people to protect their hearing without compromising the joy of live music.

Nuvve powers the future of flexible energy by turning electric vehicles (EV), batteries, buildings, and distributed assets into dynamic grid resources. At the core is Nuvve’s advanced platform for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and intelligent energy management, orchestrating real-time bidirectional charging, load optimization, and grid services. By harnessing an ecosystem of electrification partners, fleets, stationary storage, and smart EV chargers, Nuvve helps utilities and communities unlock flexibility at scale — enhancing reliability, accelerating electrification, and lowering costs. Nuvve enables a clean energy future where mobility, buildings, and infrastructure work together to support a more resilient, sustainable, and equitable grid. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Nuvve operates globally and online at nuvve.com

In 2019, Kuba was founded to bring fresh ideas to the mobility payments space. We launched a mobility platform that’s fast, simple and cost-effective to deploy. Our scalable, account-based ticketing engine is the foundation. Transit agencies can build on this cloud-based solution to launch contactless payments and Mobility-as-a-Service. Kuba is growing fast and its technology is used in more than 500 cities and regions around the world. It is a member of the ICM Mobility Group, an investor in mobility solutions driving a new era of digital payments.