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Tinyfarms and Accelerace: Pioneering STEM Education in the EU
Accelerace has recently invested in Tinyfarms, an innovative startup emerging from Denmark’s Technical University (DTU). This strategic move is aimed at addressing the critical shortage of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) workers in the European Union, a concern highlighted by Cedefop. The Urgency of STEM Education: Europe’s Labor Crisis Cedefop’s report on the labor […]
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Accelerace exports successful model for collaboration between universities and the venture eco-system to the Baltics.
One-third of the startups that VC-accelerator Accelerace has invested in across its two funds have been startups created by university students, and will now enter into a collaboration with the Latvian university incubator, UniLab, to expand business opportunities to more universities and students. In 2023, Accelerace onboarded CPH Lighthouse, the innovation and entrepreneurship center for […]
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New portfolio company brings umami flavour to plant-based products
The newest investment from Accelerace, has created a game changer for plant based alternatives to meat. When Martin Decara, the founder of Umamamia, decided to reduce his meat consumption, he, like many others, found it much harder than expected. He sought to understand why and discovered that most plants contain very little to no umami, […]
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Accelerace believes, and invests, in music and video curation for companies.
TuneButler provides companies with a background music and video solution that makes it as easy and flexible as possible to enhance the customer experience. When you’re focused on building and maintaining your business, you might have your thoughts elsewhere than: how do I control the background music and video screens at my physical […]
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Accelerace joins international VCs in AI-investment
Wudpecker is addressing the challenges of time wastage and information loss that arise from the growing number of communication applications used within organisations. An increasing amount of time is wasted in organisations searching for information across various platforms as organisations expand their use of communication channels and online meetings become increasingly prevalent. With the recent […]
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Melatech looking to decrease huge wait times for dermatologists
More than 40 day wait times for dermatologists can have serious results. The enormous wait times for dermatologists in Denmark need to be fixed, and Accelerace portfolio company, Melatech, is trying to solve that problem with their dual component software, Dermloop. Niels Kvorning, the founder and CEO, along with the rest of the […]
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Faster and greener fashion delivery made possible by Goods
Accelerace invest in Danes who will bring down time and pollution for clothes delivery in the US. After witnessing the unsatisfying delivery landscape in the US first hand, three Danes are challenging the standard of Amazon in the realm of delivery for fashion brands. Delivery times should be closer to the European standard and […]
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Your personal AI assistant should be data protected
Accelerace invest in pioneers of world’s first private personal AI, Hyphen. As the world’s population is buzzing with excitement over the newest development in AI, there is still a big hurdle that needs to be cleared, before we can take full advantage of AI as our personal assistants: data ownership, protection and trust. The future […]
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Going to the doctor needs to be as easy as ordering food
Why are some service areas fully digitized, while others are not? How have areas like food delivery been able to make the transition into the digital realm, while other sectors like health services have not? The suggestion might be that something like going to see your GP requires face-to-face interaction, but the team behind Salu […]
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Accelerace invest in the future of combat sports
A game changer in the world of combat sports Every once in a while, new technology arrives to change the game and take industries to new places – inventions with the potential to shift paradigms and turn things upside down. When such technology opens up the world and gives access to more people, we have […]
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New investment Weedbot aiming to make organic farming more affordable
Organic farming is still in its infancy Even though the agricultural land being farmed organically went up by 50 % from 2015-2020, by the end of that period only 9.1% of Europe’s agricultural land was being farmed organically¹. However, as we are looking for more organic agriculture for environmental and health reasons, farming in this […]
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Accelerace and Even Founders in partnership to increase gender diversity
Accelerace and Even Founders have agreed on a partnership that will seek to increase gender diversity, by tackling the issue at the earliest stage possible. The problem of gender diversity in founding teams is well known and documented – an issue that Even Founders and Accelerace have a new take on. The latest diversity commitment […]
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The Upcycl is working for a bigger impact in waste materials
The Upcycl are making waste materials circular The Aarhus-based company are on a mission to improve how waste materials are dealt with. With 895 million tons of waste materials ending up in landfills every year, there is a clear problem that needs to be addressed. Instead of traditional recycling, the team are basing their model […]
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New investment in much needed help for bicycle industry
Accelerace has invested in Bikekey – a potential game changer for the bicycle industry. About 45.000 bicycle thefts are reported per year, and approximately 100.000 lost bikes are discarded each year in Denmark, due to having no way to track down their owners. That all too common theft of your bicycle is what had happened […]
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Accelerace invests in solution to plaster cast limitations: EXO360
For almost 200 years, plaster cast has been the best method for non-surgery fracture treatment. However, it comes with serious limitations, that new Accelerace-portfolio company EXO360 is working on solving with the Exocast. “There is a clear value for hospitals here, with the potential of saving money and manpower, not to speak of the physical […]
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Accelerace invests in Aioray, a Web3 e-commerce platform
Accelerace invests in Aioray, a Web3 e-commerce platform for tokengated commerce. Its platform allows you to connect physical and digital items on the blockchain, create limitless tokengated experiences, authenticate ownership of products, and sell them in your store. Web3: Building the future of e-commerce Web3, a new version of the web built on blockchains, […]
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Accelerace invests in Impactly, a reporting analytics tool that helps social sector providers measure their impact
Accelerace invests in Impactly, a reporting analytics tool that offers a fast and easy solution for social sector providers to measure and report the social and economic impact of their initiatives. Real-time data on the effects of social initiatives Approximately 50 billion DKK are spent annually on social impact projects and initiatives through public […]
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Accelerace invests in Parazute, a digital parachute to prevent hospitalizations for people with mental illnesses
Accelerace invests in Parazute, a mental health app that utilizes AI to identify adverse changes in people with a mental illness and alert relevant caregivers, relatives, and social networks to prevent free-falling into hospitalization, self-damage, or suicide. Using AI and social networks to prevent mental free falling To suffer from a mental illness feels like […]
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Accelerace invests in SmallClaims, a full-service legal tech platform that automates small claims processes
Accelerace invests in SmallClaims, a Denmark-based legal tech startup that specializes in automating small claims processes (so no attorney is needed) and unlocks a latent market of about 50 million claims below 5000 EUR. Attorney costs outweigh the claim itself Imagine that you run a company that has not been successful in recovering accounts […]
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Accelerace invests in Judico, a SaaS solution that guides corporate employees toward policy compliance
Accelerace invests in Judico, an AI-driven one-stop policy and early warning platform that checks, highlights and guides corporate employees toward business-prescribed conduct. Saving time, money and headaches Due to a vast number of policies and regulations, corporate employees are constantly at risk of unintentionally breaching regulated compliance areas such as anti-money laundering (AML), anti-bribery […]
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