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Danish links

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- Service portal for entrepreneurs and small businesses

Business Angels Copenhagen

- Contributes both capital and knowledge, and actively participates in the business' development through an executive body and possible interim management.

Business Angels Øresund

- Financing for businesses in the Øresund Region of Denmark and Sweden

IST Research and Innovation Agency

- Public agency for technology and innovation.

GTS Advanced Technology Group

- A group of independent Danish research and technology organisations. 

H:S Innovation

- The Copenhagen Hospital Association (H:S) informs the business community of any potential collaboration opportunities with H:S on new discoveries and research projects, as well as of the rules and policies that H:S follows in the area of research.

The Advanced Technology Fund

- Created to stimulate research and innovation efforts in areas of technology in which Denmark has special provisions and potential.

Invest in Denmark

- The Danish Foreign Ministry’s website with information for foreign investors.

Financing Guides 

- Financing guide for the Øresund Region, published by Medicon Valley.

SeedCapital

- SeedCapital finances and assists entrepreneurs in developing the technology-based and bio-technical businesses of the future.  

Techtrans Network

- An open forum for public research institutions, private businesses and others seeking information on the commercialisation of qualified research.

Technological Innovation

- Owned by the Technological Institute. Invests and advises in innovation and technology.

Venture Capital Guide

- Index of Danish venture capital firms. Includes profiles of investors and relevant links.

VentureCup

- Business Plan Competition

Vækstfonden

- Good entry point to the venture capital market.

ØresundDirekt 

- ØreseundDirekt is an information service that provides information from authorities to citizens and businesses in the Øresund Region. Offers advice for entrepreneurs in the start-up process.

Øresund IT Academy

- a networking organisation that brings Danish and Swedish IT players together.

Patents:

Patent Exchange

The Danish Patent and Trademark Office 

- issues patents and design rights, and registers trademarks and utility models. Provides business services in the form of easily accessible information, specific assignment work, task-focused courses and international cooperation, including systems export.   

Science Parks:

CAT Research Science Park

- at Roskilde University and the Risø National Laboratory

Scion-DTU

- houses research-intensive businesses within the areas of bio, nano- and environmental technology, medicine, IT development and other advanced technologies. Scion-DTU also offers facilities for all stages in a business' growth - from start-up to commercially mature research companies.  

Symbion Science Park  

- Symbion is Denmark’s largest research park. At Symbion there is a special focus on IT, telecommunications, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and medicine.

Universities: 

DTU Innovation

- Finances and assists talented entrepreneurs to develop the technology-based and bio-technical businesses of the future.   

The University of Copenhagen

- The Tech Transfer unit assists with advice and service for entrepreneurs.  

Væksthus+

- In short, Væksthus+ is the result of an initiative taken by DTU to promote entrepreneurship among students, researchers and educators. Assists through advising and teaching.   

Swedish links

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ADA Sweden

- Association for Design and Advertising 

A meeting place for design and market communications

ALMI

- ALMI company partner. Offers financing of innovations, company start-ups and company development.  

Chalmers investing

- Invests in new projects.

CONNECT

- Väst/Sjuhärad/FyrBoDal. Provides cost-free newly started and established growth company intellectual capital and contractors with financial capital.

Companion Skåne

- Advice for setting up.

Disruptive.nu

IFS

- Advice centre for both entrepreneurship and intrepreneurship.   

The Industry Fund

- Offers growth capital, competence and networking to small and medium-sized companies wanting to grow. 

The Invest in Sweden Agency

- The Invest in Sweden Agency (ISA) is an authority commissioned to increase direct foreign investment in Sweden. ISA is under the juristriction of the department of foreign affairs.  

IUC Industrial Developement Centre

- A private organisation owned by local industry and organisations.   

Minc

- Minc is a company, owned by Malmö city, whose task is to develop small knowledge-intense companies with high rate growth potential.    

Business world House Skåne Northwest

- Information about Skåne Northwest.  

Nordic Innovation Centre

- The Nordic Innovation Centre will work towards establishing the Nordic countries as a well functioning inner market and a borderless region, where barriers which block free passage of competence, ideas, capital, people and products do not exist between nations.

NUTEK

- Department for the development of commercial and industrial life.

New Buisness Centre

- Provides confidential advice about starting your own company.

Skåne Region

- Facts about Skåne.

Swedish venture capital organisation 

- For companies and people active in the Swedish venture capital sector.

SVID

- Swedish Industrial Design. Enterprising interiour design.   

TeknoSeed  

- TeknoSeed is a venture capital firm financing start-ups in southern Sweden.

Venture Cup Sweden

- Production plan competition.

VINNOVA

- State owned authority under the Department of Commerce, commissioned to contribute to raising growth.    

Patents:

Espacenet Sweden

- Applying for patents

Forskarpatent Syd

- Forskarpatent Syd AB was built in order to increase, through patenting, the commercial worth of scientific results that are brought forward at colleges and universities primarily in southern Sweden.

The Swedish Inventors’ Association

- The Swedish Inventors’ Association’s task is to promote conditions in society for inventors and inventions.

Science parks:

Ideon Science Park

- Ideon Science Park, Scandinavia’s first research village, was founded in 1983 with the aim of harnessing all the knowledge and richness of ideas that exist within the University of Lund. Since its beginning, Ideon has had innumerable success stories from meetings, collaboration, development and innovation.

Medeon Science Park

- Focus  on knowledge intensive companies within life sciences (pharmaceuticals, medical technoclogy, biotechnology and healthcare).

Universities:

LU Innovation

- is the University of Lund’s own TTO (Technology Transfer Office) who help with issues of innovation and enterprise.

Lund UNIVA

- UNIVA is an institute that carries out research and development projects by company commission.

SLU Holding

- Holding firm, linked to SLU Sweden’s Agricultural University. Invests in start-ups from the university environment.