Venture Cup - National Startup Competition

National Startup Competition is a competition for the best and brightest university startups from the Danish Universities. All startups compete for cash prizes, receive feedback from experts on how to improve their startup, and become a part of a network of like-minded entrepreneurs! 

Who are you?

Every startup is working on making a change. An impactful change in society. Our competition has been running for 20 years and has supported Startups including Too Good to Go, 3Shape, and Unity Technologies. All companies that made an impact.

So, who are you? You are a Startup team at one of the Danish universities and are looking for that breakthrough into the entrepreneurial world. Become part of the Venture Cup Denmark and we promise to do what we can do to accommodate in your stay.

Who is eligible to join the competition?

• All teams must have at least one cofounder who is a student, faculty member, or recent graduate (within 1 year from graduation) from one of the Danish universities (AAU, AU, CBS, DTU, KU, RUC, SDU, ITU) at the time of submission.
• Full-time foreign students and diploma students are also welcome to apply as long as they otherwise comply with the rules.

What do you get?

Besides the honor of being selected as one of the best university startups in the country and the possibility to pitch on stage in front of the university startup ecosystem, you’ll get access to a world of possibilities that will take you in the right direction with your startup.

• Cash Prizes
• Extensive Network
• Feedback from business professionals
• Venture Cup Booster pack
• Access to a Digital Bootcamp
• Access to the Venture Cup Experts
• Promotion
• Participation in the University Startup World Cup

A total of 200,000 DKK in prizes!

Win 20,000 DKK in each category, and the overall winner will take home 100,000 DKK.