Event

Accelerating your growth journey with Danish Industry

DI Startup and DI Biosolutions invite founders, investors and advisors to connect, share insights and gain practical tools on fundraising, team building and scaling deeptech companies.

If you experience any issues with signing up, you are very welcome to contact Mikael (Head of DI Biosolutions) at MIWV@DI.DK. We will add you manually - just include your CVR number, your name, and the company you represent.

The full program can be found by scrolling down below the text.

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Navigating the rough seas of being a startup is rarely easy. Learning to scale up, finding promising ventures, building a high-performance team, and engaging critical partners – there is a lot to attend to. Therefore, we’re thrilled to invite deeptech startups of all of Aarhus and Jutland to connect, gain knowledge and share experiences on how to deliver value.

Danish Industry with our partners in INCUBA is excited to invite you to a unique event on how to boost your fundraising and learning to build a commercially viable company.

The program will be focused on having founders, investors, and advisors sharing their perspectives, so you gain concrete tools, which you can put to use the very next day.

Target audience

Founders and executives of deeptech startups, including the verticals biosolutions, biotech, life science, digital, energy and similar.

Board members and advisors to the mentioned verticals are welcome on request.

Time and date

19 May 2026

Language

English

Organizers

Danish Industry - including DI Startup and DI Biosolutions

Programme

  • 14:45

    Registration and arrival

  • 15:00

    Welcome and perspectives by Danish Industry – why does strong communities matter for founders

  • 15.10

    Session 1: Finding funding to fuel your growth – insights, presentations and Q&A session

    Learnings from a VC: Mathias Brink Lorenz from Delphinus
    Leveraging soft funding to boost your business: Steen M. N. Olesen at Canute by Thursday
    Learnings from early-stage startup: Mathilde Fevre from LaevaCare
    Learnings from a late-stage startup: Randi Wahlsten from Matr Foods
    Interactive session: Q&A from audience

  • 16:15

    Break

  • 16:30

    Session 2: Building the right team and getting the right advisors – speed pitching

    1. How to build and managing your Team: Kristina Haugaard, Senior Advisor DI
    2. Levering your IP to increase value and funding: Camilla Kiørboe, Partner at Potter Clarkson

  • 17:00

    Network and drinks