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“From University to Unicorn 2022” celebrates the innovation ecosystem around Danish universities.
Research, business and technology meet again when the Digital Tech Summit opens its doors on 25-26 October.
Digital Tech Summit inviterer til startups og forskning igen i år
On the same day, we publish the magazine “From University to Unicorn”. A theme that explores how students and researchers are turning their knowledge into businesses that have the potential to become the next unicorn; how the established business community is playing a key role through partnerships and collaboration; and how digital entrepreneurship efforts across universities are shaping the talent of the future.
You can already read the first articles from the magazine on our theme page here:
Read last year’s “From University to Unicorn” right here:
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DIREC only supports researchers who collaborate across universities
Denmark's talented researchers must become better at collaborating across universities and industry. Only then do we stand a chance against the big foreign knowledge institutions. Denmark has researchers in the absolute world elite. Morten Meldal
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Students are challenged to invent the future of tourism
The tourism sector holds huge business potential for start-ups coming up with new digital business models. That's why the Hub for Innovation in Tourism is challenging university students to invent the future of the industry.
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Young talents, what do you want?
Almost all companies are competing for the coveted graduates who are hot commodities in the global labour market. But to attract them, you need to understand what they want. Many of the world's countries are
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Expert panel: How do we turn more research into business?
Danish universities are among the top in the world. But how do we get more research translated into new technology, start-ups and large companies for the benefit of society? We asked four experts. Christian Vintergaard,
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The Link gathers and connects the entire ecosystem in Aarhus
Aarhus startups are doing well, and The Link wants to take the ecosystem to the next level by connecting the actors more closely - among other things, they are working on integrating corporates into the
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Find inspiration from others (Startup Communities, Media & Ressource + Misc)
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Big business in startups? (Corporate Venture)
Before becoming the industry giants they are today, Novo Nordisk, Lego and Mærsk also started out as small upstarts. Even though their white collars and multi billion dollars revenues are far from the startup life,
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A new type of investment fund creates new opportunities for founders and early investors
Nordic Secondary Fund is the only fund in the Nordic region, and among the largest in Europe, to invest in "second-hand" shares between investment rounds - so-called secondaries. This provides liquidity for early investors, founders
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Sustained growth requires deep pockets (Late Stage Capital)
If you have created a machine that spits out €5 every time to put €1 into it, you obviously want to feed the machine as many coins as possible. That is essentially what successful, fast-growing