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?
Hey guys! Cleanthech ideas include a vast range of solutions for simplifying the way of living in a green way...from energy efficiency to recycling and green transportation!
So just set free your mind and check out these ones for some examples!
Check also this blog for more ideas!
Wikipedia refers to Cleantech as “knowledge-based products or services that improve operational performance, productivity, or efficiency while reducing costs, inputs, energy consumption, waste, or pollution”.
Everyday the world is getting more conscious of global warming, toxic emissions and impacts on the environment. Denmark has come out with a lot of ideas and has a leading position..do you also have a Cleantech idea and want to be part of the future?
We interviewed Henrik Gedde Moos, CEO of Danfoss IXA, who reached the third position during the final in Global Cleantech Open in San Francisco and Lars Martiny from Risø DTU. Why entrepreneurs should be dealing with Cleantech?
Check what they say!
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Coming soon:
Startup and China, how you can work with China
Pitches from Venture Cup Idea Competition Finals: see the winners on www.venturecup.dk
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Danmark er blandt verdens bedste indenfor cleantech, men vi skal geare op for at følge med. Det blev konklusionen efter dansk top 3 placering ved det uofficielle VM i USA.
Det danske hold fra Danfoss IXA imponerede de 1500 fremmødte til det store Award Show i San Fransisco med deres nye gas-sensor teknologi. Lesa Mitchell, Vice president for Kauffmann Foundation, som står bag Global Entrepreneurship Week nævnte blandt andet Danfoss IXA i hendes åbningstale, og fortsatte efterfølgende med en ros til danskerne: “Der er mere cleantech i danmark end nogen andre steder”.
Henrik Gedde Moos fra Danfoss IXA er ærgelig over, at de ikke løb med sejren, men glæder sig over de afledte effekter af at være med i USA. “Vores succes står og falder heldigvis ikke med om vi vinder en pris eller ej, selvom vi rigtig gerne ville havde vundet. Jeg har dog fået en masse gode kontakter, som jeg vil hjem og følge op på.” lyder det fra Henrik Gedde Moos.
Førstepladsen gik til Puerto Rico, der med et interessant alge-energi projekt, gjorde mest indtryk blandt de mange fremmødte dommere. USA nåede ligesom Danmark en top 3 placering og med en massiv indsats indenfor Cleantech og en velsmurt amerikansk iværksætter maskine skal Danmark holde faste for at bevare sin førerposition.
“Der sker virkelig nogle ting i USA som vi kan lære noget af, og så kan vi selvfølgelig også lære dem noget”. lyder det fra Henrik Gedde Moos, Danfoss IXA, der ligesom Venture Cup TV, som fulgte det danske hold før, under og efter finalen, var imponeret over den amerikanske tilgang. Steve Westly, tidligere frontfigur for E-bay cementerede fra scenen behovet for at satse på cleantech og pegede samtidig på, hvem der skal løse problemet. “Iværksætteri driver den nye økonomi. Det er dem der har chancen for at omforme verden”, lød det fra Steve Westly.
Venture Cup, der har arrangeret den danske indsats ved VM i Cleantech, har op til arrangementet været på udkig efter cleantech ideer. 8 blev udvalgt til den danske finale, men det var tydeligt, at der er behov for at kommunikere begrebet cleantech bredere, sikre de rigtige kompetencer og teams samt derudover, at fortsætte den gode indsats for at opdrive danske iværksættere lyder det fra Tine Thygesen, direktør i Venture Cup.
Tendensen fra finalen i USA bakkes ligeledes op af det cleantech miljø. “Danmark har et forspring indenfor cleantech, men der satses bare så massivt i andre lande, at hvis vi vil beholde vores position skal vi gøre noget nu”, er budskabet fra Lars Martiny, Risø DTU.
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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.
Have a look at the interview with Lesa Mitchell from the Cleantech Open, Ideas Competition. She clarifies what the Global Entrepreneurship Week is all about, the history of its creation, why it is useful today etc. The Kauffmann Foundation is the major actor behind Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009!
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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. The winning position went to a Puerto Rican Company with an idea of how to extract oil from alges. Henrik Gedde Moos shares lessons learned and describes the next step for Danfoss IXA. What is their strategy now?
Please see Video (in danish) to find out
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