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.

GOODIEBOX is an innovative fast-growing beauty company based in Copenhagen. GOODIEBOX is an online business whose mission is to create relationships between beauty and cosmetics brands and consumers. We give both large international brands and smaller niche brands the opportunity to market their products directly to a specific target group interested in their products. Every month, we send thousands of members a sample of products in a GOODIEBOX, after which members test, evaluate and often repurchase the selected products.

Check out all of our current open positions here: https://tactilegames.com/careers/ Tactile Games is located in the heart of Copenhagen and is dedicated to making fun, narratively-driven games that challenge and delight our players. We make the ongoing puzzle games Lily's Garden and Penny and Flo, along with a few projects that we're secretly growing. We are proud of being a lean organization with little hierarchy. We work hard on nurturing an open, casual and amicable work environment in which each individual is encouraged to grow and develop. We live and breathe our core values which emphasize trust, responsibility and respect. We pride ourselves in creating a studio that stays away from crunch, that fosters your skills no matter what your discipline is, and one that give you a place to be creative alongside talented and invested storytellers. We firmly believe that when talented people collaborate instead of compete, amazing things happen! This is why we consider ourselves not only a growing company, but also a growing community. We are proud to say that we’re now a total of 360+ colleagues from over 50 different nationalities and are 40% women.

As a global leader in maritime Safety, Data Collection, and AI-based Analytics, Danelec is driving the digitalization of the maritime industry to accelerate the route to net-zero shipping. Currently, Danelec boasts an installed base of 16,000 units across 13,000 vessels, driving operational optimization for safety and sustainability for ship owners across the globe, including the world's top 10 largest shipping companies. With headquarters in Denmark, 14 global hubs, +165 employees, and more than 700 factory-trained technicians in more than 50 countries, Danelec has a truly global footprint. Together, we deliver the agnostic platform for maritime sustainability and safety

Zuuvi is one of Denmark’s fastest-growing tech companies. We rethink the way modern marketers produce digital content. We believe that creativity in digital marketing is important today - and will become even more important in the future. Zuuvi is a Danish tech scale-up company based in Copenhagen. Our market-leading Creative Performance Platform enables brands and agencies to create, personalise, and distribute high-performing ads. Scale your campaigns across all digital channels - in minutes, not days. We're on an exciting journey. Working and being a true Zuuvineer is fun, challenging, ambitious, and most importantly, it will develop your skills, and you will get the chance to make a real impact.

Seasony enables vertical farms to be profitable, scalable, and efficient. Since the company’s start in 2018, the cornerstone of our mission has been sustainability. We realized that in order for the world to embrace sustainable food practices, they need to be made profitable. For this reason, Seasony will provide low investment and intelligent automation solutions that will enable vertical farming as an established industry and therefore revolutionize future food production into a greener, healthier, and more localized direction. Our robot Watney™ is able to handle all the logistics in vertical farms and allows for more automation in the main growing process by gathering data and providing actionable information. It enables vertical farms to automate a large share of their activities, reducing labor costs by up to ~20-30%, and provides a platform for yield improvement as it automatically collects data, enabling precision farming. Seasony’s truly international and young team has experienced a constant growth trajectory as our product approaches a larger production phase, so we are in a regular position to recruit new team members, whether employees or interns. Our work culture is built on the spirit of encouraging new initiatives, openness, and a relaxed atmosphere. Team members are encouraged to take on responsibility, ownership of their own projects, and given the freedom to pursue new ideas, meaning we have high regard for people who share these ideals. We love expanding our network so feel free to reach out to us on our social media channels.

Yaay is revolutionizing travel booking with a video-first and creator-led approach! With Yaay you can discover hotels, experiences, and restaurants through curated short-form videos, made by real travelers. This gives you an authentic and immersive look at each destination before you book it. Yaay also allows you to plan your trip with friends and family by offering trip planner groups, where you can save travel favorites and easily make decisions by voting “yaay” or “naay”. On Yaay, inspiration leads directly to action on the same platform. With our unique Traveler Studio and creator program, any user can become a creator in order to transform their existing and new social media content into actionable booking experiences.

Sagitta Family Office holds a significant ownership stake in 3Shape A/S, a company they co-founded. In addition to this, the office runs multiple internal R&D and engineering projects, driving innovation across its operations. The office also invests in diverse sectors such as robotics, med-tech, life sciences, sustainability, and healthcare, as well as in investment funds and public securities through its Sagitta Investments and Sagitta Ventures brands. Sagitta Family Office continues to implement a long-term ownership strategy aimed at providing a strong foundation for future generations.

Live streaming should grow your audience and income, not stress you out with technical failures. Streamrun helps creators, event producers, and organizations deliver professional broadcasts from anywhere, using the devices they already have. Your stream keeps running even if your connection drops, your device overheats, or you need to switch networks or hardware mid-broadcast. Viewers stay connected, watch time stays intact, and you don’t lose momentum. Instead of relying on a single fragile connection, Streamrun keeps your broadcast alive on the server side. That means fewer interruptions, fewer restarts, and a more professional experience that audiences trust. Stream to multiple platforms at once, control your broadcast remotely, enhance audio quality, and add advanced features without complex setups or expensive gear. Whether you stream from a studio, a venue, outdoors, or on the move, you can deliver a consistent, high-quality show. Streamrun works with OBS, mobile streaming apps, action cameras, and hardware encoders, so you don’t have to change your workflow. Professional reliability leads to real results: higher viewer retention, stronger engagement, better brand perception, and more opportunities to monetize your content through subscriptions, ads, sponsorships, and live events. If live video is part of your business, Streamrun helps you deliver broadcasts that look dependable, polished, and ready for serious audiences.

Wingbits, based in Stockholm, is an innovative startup revolutionizing flight tracking with blockchain technology. Funded initially by Antler in November, then also by Borderless Capital in December, our core mission is to globally aggregate flight data to develop advanced models, like delay prediction algorithms. This aims to bring a proactive edge to the traditionally reactive aviation sector. In 2022, flight delays cost the aviation industry a staggering $75 billion, not to mention the environmental toll. At Wingbits, we envision a world free of unexpected flight delays. From a business standpoint, we hit the ground running with revenue generation from our first month and have maintained an impressive organic growth rate of over 200% month-over-month since September 2023. With a comfortable runway ahead, we're gearing up for our next investment round in the first half of 2024. This will enable us to scale rapidly, expanding our team across development, commercial, marketing, and community management domains. Join us at Wingbits, where we're not just tracking flights – we're setting new standards in aviation efficiency and predictability.

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.

We are a global affiliate platform that connects content creators and companies. Our goal is to help content creators all over the world to live by their passion for content creation and help large companies profitably acquire new customers. We work in both the USA and all of the EU, and our vision is to build the world's best platform for content creators to find jobs and handle all their finances.

The BioInnovation Institute Foundation (BII) is an international commercial foundation with a non-profit objective supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. BII operates an incubator to accelerate world-class life science innovation. Our vision is to support world-class life science innovation that drives development of new solutions by early life science start-ups for the benefit of people and society. With continued positive development, The Novo Nordisk Foundation can provide up to EUR 470 (3,5 mia. DKK) to BII over 10 years.

At Benify, we help companies around the world become better employers. Benify spent the last decade disrupting the global HR tech market with our benefit and engagement SaaS platform. Our core solution helps employees live better lives and help companies attract, reward and retain their global workforce by strengthening the relationship between employer and employee. Today, Benify is a truly independent, flexible, and agile global technology company offering the market’s leading global benefits and total rewards platform with more than 1,500 clients and 2 million users worldwide.

SpySERP delivers the most advanced rank tracking tool on the market, advanced features, unlimited keyword tracking, data integration, and targeted reports. You find exactly what is the contribution of SEO to your bottom line, gaining insight into repeat visitors, sales and success indicators. SpySERP allows for a unique synthesis of business and tracking data. This tracker is used worldwide, in small agencies to huge marketing enterprises. It earned its position on the market thanks to the accuracy of its algorithm, and the results their clients can rely on. SpySERP covers local and international rankings, allowing the use of any language, from any country or city in the world. Its main features include daily ranking checks, full SERPs, auditing and optimization, automated reports, discovery and tools for teamwork and outsourcing. Its Rank Tracker tool is simple yet highly advanced in its possibilities. It allows you to monitor your progress over time, compare your performance with competitors’, gain data on SERP features, and see your return rate. Your data is segmented through filters and tags and visualized to provide a clear overview of your rankings. Reports are directed straight to your inbox, clear to read and share with colleagues.