MEET THE MOST RECENT WINNERS OF THE VENTURE CUP COMPETITIONS

Winners of Venture Cup Startup Competition 2010

On June 3rd, we hosted our annual final, where five category winners were selected: Applied Technology, Cleantech, Life Science & Medtech, Services and Software.

Additionally, the judges present on the day helped us selecting an overall winner, after listening to live pitches from these category winners.

We are happy to intruduce them.

Applied Technology NKK Innovation Aalborg University, Esbjerg A patented design to improve the process of mounting walls made of light gypsum, being introduced as The Wall Click System. Read more


Cleantech OroClean Technical University of Denmark (DTU) A centrifuge used to extract gold without using mercury in small scale mining. Read more


Life Science & Medtech InVitroQ Aarhus University Developing a new petri dish, which allows controlled stem cell expansion and differentiation according to Good Manufacturing Practice. Read more


Services Computerfriend Aalborg University, Esbjerg A new support concept connecting IT experts with regular IT users to provide online computer help 24/7. Read more


Software KKloud Aarhus University Instant and simple file sharing by allowing a simultaneous upload and download process. Read more


Venture Cup Startup Competition winner OroClean Technical University of Denmark (DTU) A centrifuge used to extract gold without using mercury in small scale mining. Read more

Winners of Venture Cup Idea Competition 2010

In January 2010, a winning idea in each of our five categories was announced at large final events all around the country. Almost 700 students and scientists in 269 teams had sent in their business idea summaries during autumn, so excitement was building among them and their universities about who would win in the respective competitions: Venture Cup Applied Technology, Venture Cup Services, Venture Cup Life Science & Medtech, Venture Cup Cleantech and Venture Cup Software.

Winner: Venture Cup Applied Technology Stjerneskibet Odense, Jan 14th 2010. Super Light Structures (CBS/DTU) - weight reducing technology for load bearing building structures. With a team made up from a DTU scientist and three CBS students Super Light Structures, and a technology that had already received interested from venture capitalists, Super Light Structures was always going to be a strong contender in Venture Cup. More than 20 years ago DTU scientist Kristian Hertz started working an this construction technology, which opens up for constructing load bearing building structures with cost and energy savings of up to 50%. In 2009 his son Peter started the process of commercializing the invention. In the process Peter teamed up with Alexander Wulff and Mads Løntoft, both studying International Business at CBS. Peter, Alexander and Mads are now working full time commercializing Super Light Structures, which already has obtained proof-of-concept and a patent. On January 14^th, the team took the 1^st prize of 25,000 kr in Venture Cup Applied Technology at a celebratory final in Odense opened by Odense's mayor Anker Boye and Rektor for SDU, Jens Oddershede. More info


Winner: People's Choice Award, Applied Technology Stjerneskibet Odense, Jan 14th 2010 IDM Hoods (SDU)- automatic range hood IDM Hoods from SDU has developed a range hood which operated automatically, without the need for buttons or manual settings. Among the core strengths of the team was its multidisciplinary concoction of designers, mechanical engineers and IT people. The team consists of Simone T Andersen and Kristina Lagoni of SDU, Integrated Design, Miha Srebot and Min Gyeol Yoon who studies Mechanical Engineering at SDU and finally Michael Bejer-Andersen and Emil Holmegaard from the Data Technology study at SDU. With the honours of having the preferred idea by the audience the team won 2000 kr in cash from Venture Cup.


Winner: Venture Cup Services RUC, Jan 20th 2010 Computerfriend (AAU & Erhvervsakademi Sydvest) - friend to friend online computer service Students from AAU entered their business idea Computerfriend.dk into Venture Cup Services, and won the first prize of 25,000. Their concept is a website which facilitates IT support among ordinary people and their IT savvy friends. Thomas Wiborg Steen and Torben Christensen from AAU in Esbjerg and team mates Ulrik Blom and Morten Toft Holm from Erhvervsakademi Sydvest are good at IT. Therefore they are often contacted by frustrated friends and family in need of IT assistance. That is the basis of the idea behind Computerfriend, a platform which allows IT savvy people to provide computer support for their friends from home while getting paid. The team has already launched a beta of computerfriend.dk, and is now working on their strategy and getting investors to launch the final version. Jury member, Carsten Collin from Ernst & Young mentions "it is a simple but innovative way of offering a new service in a time where social media is growing. The concept utilises the internet with a new twist and it can be implemented immediately." With entrepreneurship becoming increasingly important for organisations and cities alike, both mayor of Roskilde, Poul Lindor Nielsen and chairman of RUC, Christian S. Nissen, showed up to congratulate the nominated teams and show their support and encouragement for new ideas More info


Winner: People's Choice Award, Services RUC, Jan 20th 2010 IVOTESHOPPING.dk (KU/CBS) - democratic bulk shopping website At the final in Services the audience had their chance to vote for their favourite, and they chose the KU / CBS team IVOTESHOPPING.dk as their favourite idea. Thereby the team won 2000kr for their business idea, a portal where customers can meet and gain better prices by buying together. The team is made up from Nicolai Eilstrup, the founder of MEETIN and a student at KU, Casper Christensen who studies law at KU and finally Rune Theill Knudsen who studies organisational innovation and entrepreneurship at CBS. More info


Winner: Venture Cup Life Science and Medtech COBIS, 21st of January 2010 MalariTect (AU/ASB) - Technology which can diagnose immunity towards malaria medicin According to WHT half of the world's population live in areas where malaria can occur. And immunity towards malaria medicin is a big and growing problem, which makes it difficult for doctors to determine which medicin to prescribe. At the final of Venture Cup Life Science & Medtech at the new bio tech science park in Copenhagen, COBIS, students from Århus won 25.000kr for their idea MalariTect, a new technology which may be able to reduce the costs and time spent in determining immunity towards malaria medicine. Jury member Stephan Christgau from Novo Seeds says about the winners "MalariTect has developed a new technology which makes it possible to diagnose immunity towards malaria medicin, but in principle the technology can be used in other genetic dianosis" The team beind the idea has multidisciplinary skills; Anders Pedersen and Christian Jølck from ASB are commercially trained while Jakob Pedersen, David Tordrup and Jakob Virenfeldt from Aarhus Universitet are working with molecular biologi and medicine. In the opening speech at the final Martin E. Vigild, dean from DTU, commented on the importance of multidisciplinary skills in the succesful commercialisation of university research. More info


Winner: People's Choice Award, Life Science & Medtech COBIS, 21st of January 2010 eQui (AAU) - Rehabilitative equipment for patients who have suffered brain hemorrhage Jens Tranholm Olesen, Mikkel Gram, Ema Erkocevic og Mette Frydensbjerg Bøg all study health technology at Aalborg Universitet. As a course of their studies that have looked into patient needs as nursing homes and through this developed a new, easy to use, rehabilitative tool to be used on patients whose motoric abilities have been affected by the likes of stroke, brain hemorrhage or other paralysis.


Winner: Venture Cup Software Cassiopeia, AAU, 27th of January 2010 FutureCad (AU) - digitalizing construction information FutureCad is a digital software solution providing visual overview of building information. Despite his young age, the mad behind the idea Frank Nørgaard, already has solid knowledge of high-tech projection technology and the construction industry. While studying to become a construction engineer, Frank worked on consultancy projects at The Institute of Technology together with Asbjørn Levring, who is now his partner, and seeing that the information on building and construction was impossible to overview, the idea for FutureCad was born. A couple of years later, Frank is studying to become a business development engineer at AU-HIH and the team is working on a beta version of FutureCad and are planning to be able to offer the beta to selected municipalities by mid 2010 and only hereafter to private companies. On January 27th FutureCard was awarded the 1st prize in Venture Cup Software Final and won 25,000 for the project. More info


Winner: People's Choice Software Cassiopeia, AAU, 27th of January 2010 SocializingU (AAU) - Social game At the final of Venture Cup Software the prize for People's Choice Award went to Computer Scientists Daniel J. Kold og Michael H. J. Pedersen, both from AAU, for SocializingU - a platform for interactive games. The specific game entered into the Venture Cup competition allowed for a combination of physical experiences at specific interesting destinations linked to a digital game. The game, which was developed by the pairs new start up Ncouraged also allows players to play against eachother. More info


Winner: Venture Cup Cleantech Incuba Science Park, Århus, 28th of January 2010 Blue Power Technologies (DTU/CBS) - optimizing wave technology Cleantech was the buzzword of 2010 and riding this wave of attention, Keld Lundgaard and Jonathan Højberg, both DTU nanotech students, started developing a Polypower wave technology, a power take-off system aimed for ocean wave energy. The power take off system is able to convert mechanical energy stored in the ocean waves into electricity. On of the aspect which the jury liked about Blue Power Technology was the the core of the team is "engineers thinking like entrepreneurs" namely Keld and Jonathan, both DTU nanotech students, who apart from Venture Cup also are active in entrepreneurship activities with DTU Stardust. Teaming up with Bjørn Lund-Nielsen from CBS to couple their technical capabilities with business savvy, Blue Power Technologies have created the basis for commercializing their product. Currently, Keld and Jonathan have mobilized no less than 12 of their fellow students in developing and testing the technology and are looking to integrate the development of their product in DTU classes, creating a "win-win situation", as Keld expresses it, for both them and the students. More info


Winner: People's Choice Software Incuba Science Park, Århus, 28th of January 2010 ISCR Company (SDU) - Solar panels built into roof tiles People's choice award was won by the ISCR Company from SDU consisting of Kristoffer Nyrup (Chemical Engineer), Pernille Ravn Pedersen (Integrated Design Engineer), Martin Hjorth Jessing Lund (Construction Engineer), Johannes C. A. Jørgensen (Integrated Design Engineer), Morten Kronborg Andersen (Construction Engineer) og Anders Bo Haughuus (Chemical Engineer). Their technology integrates DCCS solar panels directly into the roof tiles making it possible to sell an integrated solar cell tile.