Innovation Fund Denmark

Innovation Fund Denmark invests in entrepreneurs, researchers, and businesses that create value for Denmark and develop new solutions to society's biggest challenges. They are particularly interested in sustainable solutions such as climate mitigation, healthier food, more effective healthcare, cleaner environment, and green transport. The fund prioritizes responsibility, requiring societal engagement, transparency, education, and ethics in all projects they invest. Unlike traditional investors, their results are evaluated not only on financial metrics but also on social welfare improvements, increased societal wealth, job creation, reduction of CO2 emissions, and environmental improvements. Innovation Fund Denmark is willing to take risks on projects with high potential, even if others don't see the possibilities. Their goal is to foster strategic research and innovation projects throughout Denmark, and they aim to operate with minimal bureaucracy, making the investment process simple and transparent. The fund emphasizes creating real value for Danish society through their investments. The fund supports Danish participation in European Startup and Scaleup Hubs (ESSH) and invests in research projects aimed at sustainable production, such as the VISTACON project focused on sensor technology and AI for concrete production. They also invest in projects focused on bringing quantum technology closer to application in the healthcare sector, such as the ODAQS project which seeks to develop software that makes quantum computers easier to use in drug development and pharmaceutical research. Innovation Fund Denmark views these types of projects as key to promoting innovation and addressing societal challenges.

Sustainable solutions, climate mitigation, healthier food, effective healthcare, cleaner environment, green transport, start-ups, quantum technology, AI, sensor technology

Core thematic spaces, technologies, and target market segments of interest.