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.

Prelud is a health tech startup focused on meaningful use of existing sensor technology to accumulate data and monitor vital parameters for patients receiving home care services. Our main goal is to reduce preventable hospital admissions among patients receiving home care by offering a user friendly home monitoring tool for both health care providers and users of their services.

Kitchen Collective is a practical, culinary breeding ground, where gastronomic ideas can be tested, developed and produced on a smaller scale. Kitchen Collective enables culinary entrepreneurs to build up their businesses by offering production facilities, workshops and a network. Kitchen Collective is also one of the owners in the food innovation house CPH Food Space, which is a shared office space for food people, an event space and we also host an accelerator programme for food startups.

Who is Qred 💸 Qred is a fast-growing international FinTech company focused on small business financing. Traditional lenders are slow and expensive. So, one country at a time, we plan on changing this. We’ve hired some of the most talented marketers that the world of tech has to offer, and we’re eager to showcase their talent to the world - and that’s where you come in.

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).

Founded in 2010, Bannerflow is a Creative Management Platform (CMP) that enables teams to design, scale, publish, analyse, personalise, and optimise display campaigns. Bannerflow’s CMP allows brands to manage the entire campaign lifecycle, from start to finish, across languages, formats, and markets – with full transparency over cost and performance. Bannerflow has been named as one of Europe's fastest growing tech companies. It has been on the Deloitte Tech 50 for three years straight, on the Financial Times FT1000 for three years in a row, and has also been awarded Mäster Di Gasell status. In total, 3,000 people view a Bannerflow ad online each second all over the world

Nearyou is a unique self-service App designed to help youfind local events happening near you.The app was builtwith a vision to enable anyone find and attend new things to do that excite their passions and uplift their lives.NearYou is a super-dynamic app that enriches your lifeby discovering and sharing local events that matter to you. Nearyou continuously crawls social media, looking for entertainment-related events and showing them to the user based on his time and location.

Arundo is a software company based in Oslo, Norway; Houston, TX; and Palo Alto, CA, with presence in 6 locations in Europe and the Americas. Our software enables advanced analytics, machine learning, and IoT applications for more efficient, safer, and more effective physical systems in heavy industries such as energy, chemicals, and shipping. Founded in 2015, Arundo currently consists of around 50 software engineers, data scientists, designers, and industrial domain experts. Our team members are passionate about being part of a company that can solve tough problems and create innovative solutions. We believe in a fun environment, where our people can be fearless and feel empowered to always do the right thing. Arundites come from many different backgrounds including academia, industry, and even a submarine! We look for smart, creative thinkers with a player-coach mindset who can wear multiple hats and contribute to the company`s exciting future! And finally; we are 18 different nationalities and speak 19 different languages.

Artboost is an art agency that offers bespoke curatorial services to companies, organizations, and institutions that want to create inspirational experiences for their customers, visitors, and employees. Artboost represents a carefully selected community of artists to ensure high quality, originality, and diversity throughout its many commissioned projects. Artboost is profitable and currently funded by sales.

The Actimo platform enables larger companies with many non-desk employees to easily create branded employee apps to seamlessly connect with their employees with everything they need to stay informed, productive, and engaged. We are a growing team of 55+ employees spread across 5 locations in Copenhagen, London, Barcelona, Guatemala City, and Mexico City and serve over 200 large enterprise customers such as 3, ISS, Compass Group, Novo Nordisk, Sonos, BMW, and Nespresso. In September 2020, Actimo was acquired by Kahoot!, the world’s leading game-based learning platform. As part of the Kahoot! Group, we will work together to create innovative solutions for employee engagement that redefine corporate learning across the globe. Kahoot! is on a mission to make learning awesome. They empower individuals, organizations, schools and corporations to unlock their full learning potential through engaging, interactive content.

Saxo is Denmark's first and largest online bookstore with millions of title. We are a bookshop, a publishing platform and a learning portal. Ever since we opened the doors to the bookstore on Østerbrogade in 1961 we have worked to bring authors and readers closer together. In Saxo we have redefined the way we write, publish, read, discuss, recommend and meet literature. We believe that the way to learning and experiences should be easy and straightforward. For readers, authors, society and you.

Practio is making high quality healthcare accessible for all, by providing a technology platform that strengthens pharmacies as local healthcare hubs. Founded in 2015 in Copenhagen, Practio currently employs 30+ people in our offices in Copenhagen, Lisbon and Liverpool, and is currently active in Denmark and the UK.

Vertic is a leading independent digital agency dedicated to developing digital solutions that help their clients build their brands and generate tangible business results. Their award winning solutions are based on the unique ability to blend the core competencies of strategy, story telling, creativity, and interactive design with an in-depth understanding of content creation. By developing an affinity with the brand and an emotional bond, they change consumer behavior. At Vertic, they believe that people must be entangled when interacting with a brand.

Our employees are engaged and happy, and we have the data to prove it! We believe in giving our employees freedom, responsibility, and opportunities to grow. Together, we create a market-leading product that helps our customers become more engaged, happy and perform better. If you want to work alongside fun, driven and supportive colleagues while creating better workplaces around the world - Eletive is the place for you!

Vår beiteteknologi skal bidra til at mer av verdens arealressurser kan utnyttes til bærekraftig matproduksjon.En stor andel beitedyr lever mesteparten av livet innendørs og spiser mye kraftfor. Målsettingen til Nofence er å få beitedyra ut på beite, på en trygg og god måte, slik at de kan ha det godt og selv finne den maten de er skapt for å spise.Vi vil at beitedyr skal få muligheten til å ta i bruk sitt naturlige miljø. Det er god dyrevelferd og det vil frigjøre store arealer som kan brukes til å dyrke menneskemat i stedet for soya i kraftforproduksjon.Vår teknologi gir dyra denne muligheten.