Previous winners of Venture Cup

Since the foundation of Venture Cup in Denmark in 2000, around 500 different ideas have been through the competition. Of these, about 10% have become active companies. 

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2006/2007

1. Axon7 (Multicore Solutions)

Axon7 won first prize for their software library, called CSP.NET, aimed at computer programmers. The library makes it easy to program networks of machines and machines with multiple processors.

2. InMold Biosystems

InMold Biosystems is a way to mold a specific pattern of biomolecules into a plastic surface e.g. a petridish, culture flask or microwell plate. All of them are materials to grow cells onto in the Life Science industry.

3. Mooncean

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most notorious infectious pathogens spreading in the hospitals. Mooncean is developing a MRSA detection device that will be accurate, real-time and inexpensive.

2005/2006

1. RSP Systems

RSP Systems won first prize for their unique needle-free glucose measuring method, which especially helps people with diabetes.  Read their case story (in Danish) here.  

2. Vinzyme

Vinzyme has developed a new method for controlling fungi and its byproducts in wine production, making the taste and bouquet of red wines easily adjustable.

3. Polycan

Polycan is a nanotech project which have developed a method to determine the presence of an arbitrary virus in less than 10 seconds.

2004/2005

1. Flex Acoustics (AQStix)

Concert halls are usually acoustically designed for classical music but not for rock and pop music. Flex Acoustics has developed an inflatable panel that alters the acoustics in a concert hall to make it more suitable for Rock and pop music.   

2. NIL Technology (Nanomask)

Nanomask provides state of the art nanotechnology solutions for the manufacturers of integrated electronics.  

3. Health Equipment Denmark

The product HEDclip is simple, but solves an annoying problem; it fixes tubes and needles when patients is giving blood or is in dialysis.

2003/2004

1. INAGEN

INAGEN has created a novel method of developing new forms of therapies against viral diseases. The technology utilizes a “self targeting” capability that occurs in the natural defense mechanism of the specific disease to target and kill infected cells.  The platform technology can be developed for numerous infectious diseases.

2. Sapio Systems

Sapio Systems' revolutionary patent pending Intellego technology takes computers to a higher level by enabling them to read and understand knowledge described in text. With Intellego's comprehension of knowledge, Sapio Systems enables its customers to shorten their time to market and create new, useful products.  

3. Oddlabs

Oddlabs produces games for an unutilized segment of the computer games market, by using in-house developed technology.  

2002/2003 (Venture Cup Øresund)

1. Swedish team

2. MESH Technologies

MESH Technologies is developing a set of techniques encapsulated in software that allows for optimal utilization of cluster-type supercomputers achieving the best price/performance ratio for high-performance/scientific computing customers.  

3. Swedish team

2001/2002 (Venture Cup Øresund)

1. Sententia Medical AB (Swedish)

Founded to develop and market less invasive sutureless products for Mitral Repair and Replacement, based on its own proprietary technology. A technology that will facilitate fast, reliable and less invasive open chest mitral valve surgery as well as total endoscopic mitral repair and replacement.

2. Blindsight Aps

Blindsight has developed a technical device to help blind people by guiding them in their surroundings.

3. Pulmox (Swedish)

Ett individanpassat system för ökad säkerhet inom dykeribranshen