Jonas Woodrow Hansen from QuickInspect won the Mobile and Web category of this years Idea Competition. Here, he shares some insights into what it takes to win and what he learned along the way:
I participated in the Venture Cup Idea Competition, and to spoil the excitement already, we won the cup. Our project [...]
Continue Reading →There are not enough options for fashion designers when it comes to materials and coloring. The DANfur team found the solution.
By introducing revolutionizing new technology to the traditional fashion industry, DANfur can set out to put Denmark on the map for innovative fashion. The judges saw the potential and the team won [...]
Continue Reading →For a long time, Denmark has had goals to reduce the use of pesticides in farming. Now, with RoboWeed Support, farmers can accomplish this goal by with 40% fewer pesticides and even save money.
Farming must embrace digital technology! That is the message from the team behind RoboWeed Support, a team that [...]
Continue Reading →The DTU team behind QuickInspect used business experience and academic problem solving to find the right solution for building inspectors everywhere.
By using the QuickInspect app, building inspectors can now save time and money one every one of the 3.000 inspections done every year. This team worked out all the aspects of their idea [...]
Continue Reading →Many hospital visits end with an infection, due to the bacteria on hospital equipment. This Aarhus University team of scientists convinced the judges that they hold the solution, and won the Life Science and MedTech category at this year’s Venture Cup Idea Competition.
Scientists can innovate much more than they think! So says [...]
Continue Reading →The 24 year old Christian Olesen won the Venture Cup final People’s Choice Award. He found the right combination of environmental awareness and great bargains for consumers.
Denmark has to stop the more than 300.000 tons of food that is wasted every year and consumers must be rewarded for helping. That is [...]
Continue Reading →We have had our biggest year yet for the Idea Competition 2013 – more than 1100 students participated in November. The competition was sharper than ever with so many highly qualified team applying, and our team of judges worked hard to narrow it down to only 20 teams. Here are the finalists for the [...]
Continue Reading →The University of Copenhagen, KU, is a vast educational facility, spanning 1,000,000 square meters and four campuses. More than 37.000 students spend their days here thinking, working and learning. It is a place ripe with ideas and engaged young people. But are they falling behind when it comes to entrepreneurship? Venture Cup set out to [...]
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When it comes to starting a business in school, students are usually hesitant. They worry about time, exams, if they can get help and, of course, possible failure. But is there really anything to fear? We had Joachim Harris from STARTit answer our questions and calm our [...]
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The University of Southern Denmark is packed full of entrepreneurial opportunities. But what does the future hold for its students? We met with two SDU entrepreneurs to talk about organizations, prejudice and student life.
Christian Olesen is a young serial entrepreneur who not only started his first company in high school, but [...]
Continue Reading →From Robocat apps to the first new Masters study in Social Entrepreneurship – there is more going on at RUC than meets the eye. Venture Cup caught up with Carl Johan Rising from Krebitat to talk about new developments at Roskilde University.
Carl Johan Rising was in the second year of his Bachelor’s degree when [...]
Continue Reading →Over the past decade, SEA and Venture Cup have been working to make Aalborg and Aalborg University a thriving hub for entrepreneurship. But what can be done to further nurture the entrepreneurial spirit of AAU students?
Morten Dahlgaard is head of the Center for Entrepreneurship, SEA, in Aalborg. He also supports [...]
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