Participated · Seed · Oct 2023

Wudpecker is an AI-driven knowledge management startup whose tool extracts answers from a variety of data-holding applications and condenses high-quality notes and actionable items from online meetings. The product connects to notes, files and email sources to let users pull answers and summarize meeting outputs. The company was founded in 2022 by Hai Ta, Ankur Dahama and Joona Jokivuori, who met while studying at Tampere University. Wudpecker is early stage and has an active, growing user base acquired through product-led growth. Investors cite the company’s potential to help teams work more efficiently as AI changes how we work. Financially, the startup has just secured €330,000 in Pre-seed funding from institutional backers.

Participated · Seed · Aug 2023

Founded in 2022 in Copenhagen, Jabbr.ai is building DeepStrike, the first computer-vision AI trained specifically for combat sports. The platform automatically tracks every punch, block, and movement to generate real-time analytics, live scoring, highlights, and broadcast-quality overlays, giving fighters, trainers, and fans professional-grade data and video at a fraction of traditional production costs. Jabbr functions as a plug-and-play streaming and transparent scoring solution, positioning itself as the operating system for a sector still reliant on decades-old technology. Its technology has already aired on major broadcasters such as DAZN and TNT Sports, reaching millions of viewers and sparking debate over judging fairness. By targeting an estimated €1.7 billion gap in combat-sports analytics and content creation, the company aims to power everything from automated broadcasts to betting via its hardware and API. Backers see Jabbr’s end-to-end integration of hardware, software, and AI as capable of redefining engagement across the combat-sports ecosystem.

Participated · Equity · Apr 2020

Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Lausanne with a subsidiary in Denmark, AVAtronics has developed a patented 'True Wideband Active Noise Cancellation' system that uses electro-acoustic modelling and a predictive filtering algorithm to remove unwanted noise up to 4 kHz. The company targets audio devices including headphones, wireless headphones with microphones, and speakers used in conference calls. AVAtronics completed its first round of financing, raising CHF 1.6 million in an oversubscribed round. The funds will be used to enhance the technology, recruit new employees, and expand across Europe. The startup plans to extend its ANC applications to headphones, hearing aids and the automotive industry. It benefits from Danish acoustic test facilities and audio experts via its Denmark subsidiary and is supported by Swiss and Danish startup organisations.

Participated · Equity · Aug 2015

ChurchDesk is a Copenhagen-based cloud platform with iOS and Android apps that helps church staff and volunteers run ecclesiastical administration and engage their local communities. Its integrated tools include a shared intranet, digital calendar, file manager, email and SMS messaging, and a CMS for church websites and campaign management. Launched fully in 2012 by CEO Christian Steffensen, the company says it serves over 1,000 churches across Denmark, Germany and the U.K., with roughly 10,000 staff users delivering over 50,000 events per month. ChurchDesk generates subscription revenue priced by the size of the church. The company plans to expand its product and marketing teams, accelerate rollout of new product features, and drive uptake across Europe. Investors named in the article include Mangrove Capital Partners, Klaus Nyengaard, and Accelerace.

Led · Seed · Apr 2013

Bownty is a Danish daily-deals aggregator that compiles offers for local experiences across Europe. It aggregates deals from roughly 100 deal sites, including Groupon, Living Social, KGB Deals and Wowcher, covering about 1,200 cities. The product includes a searchable website, personalized daily-email subscriptions to reduce deal fatigue, and iOS and Android apps. Part of its coverage growth came via the acquisition of Southern European competitor Yunait last year. The company says it will use new capital largely for marketing to bed down and grow its user base in existing markets. Bownty highlights the operational challenge of curating and ensuring quality and relevance among the large volume of sourced deals. The new investment brings total capital raised since 2011 to €4.9 million. Bownty is a Denmark-based daily-deal aggregator that curates offers from multiple deal sites. It aggregates over 2,500 deals from more than 100 daily-deal sites each day, including Groupon, Living Social, KGB Deals and Wowcher. Users receive a single daily email matched to their preferences, can use iOS and Android apps, and store deals in a 'Deal Wallet' that notifies them of expiring deals. The company currently targets the UK, France, Spain, Germany and Denmark and competes with Buyometric, Deal Zippy and City Treats. Bownty has raised $1.1 million in new funding from Danish SEED Capital and Accelerace Invest to fund further expansion across Europe and raise brand awareness. Management says the company has seen significant growth and believes there is still untapped potential in curating the daily deals marketplace.