Newly launched Venture Cup TV goes on the search for the best Danish cleantech startup.
We trawl the Danish entrepreneurship world talking to startups, organisations and business people to find out what is really going on in the cleantech scene; how is the Danish pipeline looking, are we internationally competitive, what does it take to start a cleantech business and more important, what is actually cleantech?
We share our findings through a weekly TV episode and updated insights about the cleantech scene on our Venture Cup TV blog.
Early November, a jury will select the best idea, which will be sent to Silicon Valley to represent Denmark in the international final of "Global Cleantech Open Ideas Competition", created by Kauffmann Foundation and Cleantech Open (CTO).
Venture Cup TV will follow the team before, under and after the final, and broadcast the footage back to Denmark.
Naturally, we encourage all the entrepreneurs we meet on the journey to submit their idea to Venture Cup Cleantech too.
Venture Cup TV reporting from Cleantech Open in Silicon Valley
Danfoss IXA among The Top Three. Interviews and footage before and after the Final in Silicon Valley
Interview with Lesa Mitchell, Vice President of Kauffmann Foundation
Interviews with Henrik Gedde Moos, before and after the final in World Cleantech Open, as well as a clip from the live-pitch. Marianne Lubanski from Danish Innovation Center in Silicon Valley also shows her support for the team. After the announcement of the winner, Puerto Rico with their idea of extracting oil from alges, Henrik Gedde Moos shares lessons learned and describes the next step for Danfoss IXA. What is their strategy now?
To all the Danes: "you guys don't know, there is more cleantech stuff going on in Denmark than there is anywhere else" -L. Mitchell, Nov 17th 2009.
An interview with Lesa about the Global Entrepreneurship Week, where she puts forward the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Cleantech Idea:
Interview with Matt Scullin -Alphabet Energy
Cleantech Idea:
Interview with Daniel Gilliland -Driptech
Interview from Cleantech Open Ideas Competition in Silicon Valley, November 2009, as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week. Matt Scullin describes their idea about taking waste heat from e.g. power plants, and turning it into electricity.
Interview from Cleantech Open Ideas Competition in Silicon Valley. This cleantech competition is part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week. Here Daniel Gilliland explaines their idea for the use of low cost irrigation for third world countries.
Cleantech Idea:
Interview with Jerry Scharf -GreenPyro
Cleantech Idea:
Interview with Anton Willis -Lunescent
Interview from Cleantech Open Ideas Competition in Silicon Valley, as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009. Jerry Scharf describes their product, Organic Biochar.
As part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week, Cleantech Open Ideas Competition took place in Silicon Valley, November 2009. In this interview with Anton Willis, he puts forward a special type of Street Light.
Cleantech Idea:
Interview with Doug Cannon -Micromidas
Interview from Cleantech Open Ideas Competition. Doug Cannon explains a procedure of how to use caron wast to get polypropylen (a fiber that exists in some fabric, and in plastic). They wish to gain access to the plastic packaging market.
Denmark challenges Silicon Valley
Danfoss IXA ready for combat
Danfoss IXA, Denmark's best early-stage cleantech company challenges other participating companies at the Global Cleantech Open Ideas Competition, which will be held on Nov 17th in Silicon Valley.
Interview with Henrik Gedde Moos -Danfoss IXA, the day before the big final at the World Cleantech Open in San Francisco
Weekly episodes & the green ideas discovered:
Hightlights of the search for the best Danish Cleantech startup
Important points & the best bloopers
This is the video showed at the Danish final of the Best early-stage cleantech company, held on November 2nd. It includes highligts from all four episodes put together.
Some good points from 'Jagten på den grønne idé' together with a few funny bloopers that you have not seen before.
Episode 4 (part 2)
We visit Scion DTU to meet some entrepreneurs
Venture Cup TV interviews Danfoss IXA
In this second part of the fourth episode, Kim Høgh from DTU takes us to Aquaporin, who produces ultra clean water, and who is currently one of the most promising Danish cleantech startups.
Peter Holme Jensen, CEO, tells us about the potential of Aquaporin and shares some good advice.
Venture Cup TV interviews Henrik Gedde Moos, who is the Managing Director of Danfoss IXA. Henrik has developed a really interesting new sensor technology, that can be used in agriculture, garden nursery and the shipping industry. Find out how a small thing can make a big difference.
Episode 4 (part 1)
We visit Scion DTU to meet some entrepreneurs
Why working with Cleantech?
In this episode, Venture Cup TV visits Scion DTU, where Managing Director, Kim Høgh shows us around.
We visit among others, one of the most interesting Danish cleantech companies right now: Stirling. Lars Jagd tells us about Stirling motors and give some good advice to upcoming cleantech entrepreneurs.
Henrik Gedde Moos from Danfoss IXA gives his opinion, on why entrepreneurs and students should work with Cleantech.
Episode 3
How do we make Cleantech interesting for business students?
Venture Cup TV meets AC Sun
This week, Venture Cup TV visits Risø DTU, where Lars Martiny gives us a better insight about Denmark's position and challenges as a Cleantech nation.
Lars explains how the Cleantech scene started in Denmark in the 50's and he comes with a suggestion on how to make Cleantech 'sexy' for the business students.
In an industrial area of Århus, we found Gunnar and Søren Minds, who have found out how to use water properties in a new way, so we can refrigerate saving energy and money.
Episode 2
On the search for the Danish ideas
Venture Cup TV meets Seluxit
We ask the people who work with entrepreneurship on a daily basis how and where to find the new cleantech ideas, and about their view on the Danish pipeline of cleantech startups.
We also ask the Danish students about their interest on working with cleantech.
Do you know your exact energy consumption? Listen to Seluxit and find out how you can save a lot of energy and money.
Episode 1
What do the swedes say about us?
Venture Cup TV meets Mensa Heating
How can you find out if you are good enough? By asking your archrival... Therefore, Venture Cup TV begins the search for the best Danish cleantech startup in Sweden, where we get Swedish investors opinion about the Danish cleantech pipeline.
We joined the more than 40 investors and venture capitalists that participated in Stockholm Cleantech Venture Day 09'.
Venture Cup TV meets Dall Energy
The search for the green ideas brings Venture Cup TV to DTU's version of Christiania, where Jens Dall Bentzen tells us about Dall Energy.
Why working with Cleantech?
Lars Martiny from Risø DTU gives his opinion, on why entrepreneurs should give their Cleantech ideas a shot.
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