Glacier grime to solve farmers’ challenges
A small vial full of grey dust stands on a desk at the Rock Flour Company offices. The company COO, Eliot Booth, insists that this... Read More
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University spinouts get easier lift-off in Denmark
Standard contracts for research-based companies are now being implemented across all Danish universities. This means that building, and scaling, a business based on university research... Read More
INNOVATION DISTRICT COPENHAGEN announces new CEO
Today, 4th March 2026, the Innovation District Copenhagen association is delighted to announce the appointment of Annemarie Munk Riis as new CEO. Munk Riis’ background... Read More
Biosolution start-ups get new scaling opportunities in district
Novel biobased solutions could be the next big business adventure for Denmark and for Europe. In agriculture, in food, in biochemicals and much more. In... Read More
New start-up investors will spend half billion on greentech
The Copenhagen based venture capital company “Footprint Firm” recently launched a new impact fund focused on deep-tech solutions to sustainability issues. Their “Footprint Fund I”... Read More
Scale-up wants to de-bottleneck quantum puzzles in R&D
Here’s a puzzle: Why do companies like L’Oréal, Pfizer, BASF and DuPont spend millions discovering new molecules with interesting properties? Answer: Because new molecules are... Read More
Broad Parliamentary Deal Aims to Turn Danish Universities into Innovation Engines
A broad majority in the Danish Parliament has agreed on sweeping reforms designed to strengthen knowledge and technology transfer from universities to industry, in a... Read More
US quantum computer company chooses Copenhagen for global HQ
The world’s most powerful quantum computer is about to start construction in Innovation District Copenhagen. It is a so-called level 2 quantum computer, the price... Read More
Innovation district partner gets massive financial boost
Five point five billion Danish Kroner or 736 million Euro. That was the size of a recent grant to INNOVATION DISTRICT COPENHAGEN -partner BioInnovation Institute... Read More
New Association Secures Strong Foundation for Innovation District Copenhagen
Innovation District Copenhagen aims to become an international powerhouse for innovation, bringing together researchers, clinicians, entrepreneurs, and businesses to develop more new solutions and companies... Read More
Emulating quantum computer operations with AI shows way forward
Quantum computers are not quite here yet, but some scientists just can’t wait. Researchers at Innovation District Copenhagen-partner University of Copenhagen programmed the Danish AI-supercomputer... Read More
Danish/Japanese start-up will help you speak Quantum
Quantum computers could be available for your industry sooner than you thought possible. The Japanese start-up QunaSys is already busy writing the algorithms and software... Read More
Innovation District Copenhagen loves visitors
Attracting international stakeholders to Copenhagen is a central mission for the innovation district. Getting their attention across borders can be challenging. That is why the... Read More
Innovation district at AI in Science Summit & Digital Tech Summit
November’s first week was busy in Danish tech. The months’ third and fourth days saw thinkers, doers and legislators in European AI assemble in the... Read More
New company wants to help life science start-ups fail faster
COMPANY PORTRAIT: Some 40 percent of all life science start-ups fail because the science doesn’t hold up. Biohagen Labs is a new CRO or Contract... Read More
Government urged to transform more Research into Entrepreneurship and Innovative Solutions
A Danish governmental “Taskforce for Strengthened Knowledge and Technology Transfer” presented their recommendations on how to support research institutions as engines for innovation and knowledge-based... Read More
Danish Parliament Agrees on Multi-Year multi-Billion-Krone Research Policy
The government and a broad majority in the Folketing have reached agreements that strengthen research in security, health, and climate, while creating better conditions for... Read More
Boosting quantum business in the house that Bohr built
ECOSYSTEM NEWS: Quantum technology may still sound like science fiction, but it is very much science fact. In a house in the heart of the... Read More
Denmark launches the world’s largest quantum technology fund in Innovation District Copenhagen
The world’s largest quantum technology fund was launched today 2nd October 2025 at an event hosted by our partner University of Copenhagen. The Export and... Read More
Two Innovation-District-located start-up accellerators merge
An un-beatable launchpad for startups could be the result of this merger. The two Innovation District Copenhagen-located incubator- and accelerator programmes BioInnovation Institute (BII) and... Read More
Student start-up improves electric mobility with AI
COMPANY PORTRAIT: Most start-ups want to be noticed. The Innovation District Copenhagen-based start-up Lumina, hopes that those who benefit most from their product will never... Read More
Political agreement paves the way for a new Danish epicenter for innovation with international ambitions
Today, Monday 9th September 2025, the Danish Government, the City of Copenhagen, the University of Copenhagen, and a broad consortium of partners present a comprehensive... Read More
Wafer factory to boost quantum tech in innovation district
For the first time, Denmark is establishing production of microchip wafers at the leading standard. This makes Denmark a global player in chip production. The... Read More
New Centre for Protein Design in Innovation District Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen is now launching their new “Centre for Protein Design” (CPD) Thanks to a generous DKK 700 million grant from the Novo... Read More
Innovation District partner still among greatest
Quick Quiz. What is: Number one in Scandinavia? Number two in the EU? Number seven in Europe? Number 32 in the world? The university ranking... Read More
Copenhagen pronounced best Nordic AI-hub
Artificial Intelligence start-ups saw the largest rise in investments of any tech field in 2024. Now the Global Tech Ecosystem Index 2025 by investor-analysts Dealroom.co... Read More
Copenhagen named ”Most Liveable” by global media-outlet
Copenhagen is now the world’s most liveable city according to Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2025 global liveability index. With this result, the Danish capital moves up... Read More
Copenhagen ranked as world’s happiest city 2025
45 percent of the world’s population now lives in cities. With so many urbanites, the cities better be good. Fortunately for Innovation District Copenhagen, the... Read More
New Prorector pledges innovative, value-creating and internationally leading university
On 1 July, Professor Eva Hoffmann from UCPH Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine joins senior management at Innovation District Copenhagen-partner University of Copenhagen as... Read More
Research Training Programme to Develop Future Quantum Specialists
With support from Villum Foundation, the Innovation Districty Copenhagen-partner University of Copenhagen is now launching a new research training programme. The university’s Quantum Hub will... Read More
New Danish national gateway to health data to boost novel health solutions
Denmark has some of the best health data in the world. Since the 1970’ies the Danish healthcare system has collected data covering the whole population... Read More
Weight-loss start-up in Innovation District raises heavy seed funding
The Innovation District Copenhagen- located biotech company, Ousia Pharma, has secured a nine-figure DKK investment (at least 13,5 mio Euro) from the Boston-based venture fund... Read More
Easier life for patients with fewer and smaller pills
COMPANY PORTRAIT: Did you ever wonder why some tablets need to be so big? Well, many drugs are extremely hard for the body to absorb... Read More
Nordic partnership to boost AI in innovation district
Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Norway al have strong academic research organization within artificial intelligence. National academic AI centers in the five Nordic countries have... Read More
Innovation district is central to government strategies for life science and entrepreneurship
The word “innovation” featured 67 times when the Danish Government launched its life science strategy on 31st October 2024. When the governmental strategy on entrepreneurship... Read More
All say aye to city plan promising innovation district development
The City of Copenhagen now has a plan outlining the Danish capitals’ development until 2036. The plan was adopted unanimously by Copenhagen’s governing body, the... Read More
Innovative scalable nuclear power developing in Copenhagen
COMPANY PORTRAIT: “Geopolitics” is not a word you routinely hear when interviewing deep-tech start-ups. Then again, Seaborg is not a routine start-up. Even by Innovation... Read More
New express-deal to pave way for more quantum-start-ups from University of Copenhagen
Quantum research is maturing to the point where inventions are now leaving university labs to enter the world of business. To ease the way for... Read More
Start-up built deep-tech product in easy access labs
COMPANY PORTRAIT: Biotechnology start-ups always need labs, but they can hardly ever afford them. In Copenhagen, one solution to this challenge is to get bench-space... Read More
New university building is crucial to innovation district ambitions
The Niels Bohr Building at Innovation District Copenhagen-partner University of Copenhagen is 52,000 square metres of state-of-the-art labs, offices and auditoria. It will house the... Read More
Denmark is premium life science destination say expert panel
In Denmark, scientific excellence, business building know-how and availability of funding from seed to stock market is now at a point where international life science... Read More
New supercomputer to boost Danish AI-research
The recently launched AI-supercomputer Gefion is Denmark’s first GPU-accelerated supercomputer. The aim of the powerful computing facility is to give a boost to the country’s... Read More
Apps, cartoons and training reduces need to anesthetise kids
Children about to undergo medical imaging procedures are usually put to sleep with anaesthetics, so they won’t move in the scanner. This is not ideal.... Read More
Non-toxic rat-control gives purpose to start-up-staff
Getting rid of rats without harming the environment is a meaningful first target for Danish biotech start-up TriptoBIO. The company is a spin-out from Innovation... Read More
Innovation District partner still among greatest
Quick Quiz. What is: Number one in Scandinavia? Number two in the EU? Number seven in Europe? Number 32 in the world? The university ranking... Read More
Innovation District professor sells AI start-up based on research excellence
In 2017 business analysts were saying that Artificial Intelligence would revolutionise… Everything. They expected the most immediate use case to be customer service, and this... Read More