A hero’s journey myth exists in every human culture because we humans reflect on our world through real stories of our own lives. You leave your comfort zone and have an experience that transforms you and then you recover from it and do it again. You don’t literally kill villains and evil dragons, but you face problems just as scary.

Keybird Instruments is developing a lightweight acoustic piano to help piano enthusiasts play with their preferred sound (acoustic) with a practicality and price comparable to that of digital pianos. Nine out of ten piano enthusiasts prefer acoustic sound, yet most play digital because of price, size and weight. We want to combine the best of both worlds. We can offer an acoustic piano that weighs only 40 + 15 kg, only occupying half a square meter of valuable living space. It can be transported in normal cars. The first model has a slightly reduced amount of keys (just like many digital keyboards) having all the keys for pop and jazz but also most of classical music in the first five years of music schools. We are in the Beta phase and will open up for sales in Autumn 2020. We use one string per key which allows us to build a piano significantly lighter, even with long strings to maintain optimal sound quality. We thus have a strong focus on sound quality, rather than loudness. We can reach the low price due to automated production here in Europe and a design strategy that allows this. We started this because we needed it for ourselves and saw the need for others. We asked all the piano enthusiasts we could reach and get the interest in our product confirmed. The huge market of acoustic and digital piano (we combine the benefits) is what keeps us in pace to release a great product.

1. INTRODUCTION A Ready-To-Wear fashion company presented by brothers Julius Juul and Victor Juul from Copenhagen, Denmark. Exploring the lines between form and function driven by experimental approaches, HELIOT EMIL™ pushes the semantic dialogue within the creative industry. A subversive scandinavian and monochromatic aesthetic, combined with custom developed materials, fabrics and trimmings, HELIOT EMIL™ entices a high attention to detail throughout every branch. Designer Julius Juul draws on thought provoking themes and a curiosity about creative expression reflected in every collection by HELIOT EMIL™. 2. FOUNDATION Since the first collection was showcased in Milan during spring / summer 17 season, HELIOT EMIL™ has continually expropriated its exploration of the creative milieu. The aesthetic is carefully developed with custom fabrics, hardware trimmings and materials. Each hardware detail is created from the bottom up with form and function in mind. Experimentation and a high attention to detail is ensured by partnering only with the best in their category and industry. A tight-bond with all partners allows for a coherent evolution of the brand aesthetic. With painstaking attention to detail each garment is conceived from a collective ideation for each season standing in relation to the brand as a whole. 3. FUTURE The subsequent phase for HELIOT EMIL™ will see a further cementation of the brand and an expansion of the semantic dialogue with the creative milieu. The core value of the brand will be explored without compromise, through both physical spaces enticing further ideas of form and function, and experiences expressing the innovative nature of the brand. Underlying the continuous organic development is a coherent understanding of the brand developed in close proximity with all partners.

Global Roadrunner is an propagator and start-up investment company owned and operated by serial entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. Our philosophy is to nourish start-ups locally and execute globally. We have built a strong support system and community around our start-ups, because we invest our MIND and MONEY in people and ideas that change people’s lives and the way we run businesses. We are driven by making life easier, sustainable and smarter for the customer, and by finding the right sweet spot in the market that creates the best basis for a healthy business and a good investment.

Our product is very simple: If you sign up, we’ll make sure you get money back if the price drops after your purchase. Through this, we’re aiming to create the shopping companion you never knew you needed. Our vision is to create shopping with radical peace of mind - imagine a purchase where you never have to worry about overpaying, missing a sale, or getting caught out by the fine print. That’s the future we’re creating. Our office is located in Copenhagen FinTech Lab, one of Europe's leading FinTech Hubs, and we have secured venture backing from both Innovation Norway and Strawberry Capital, bringing the Norwegian billionaire Petter Stordalen on board. Our app has 30k downloads in Norway, and we’re in the midst of launching the product in the Danish market. As of now, we are in the closing stages of our seed round, where we’re raising €1.5mn to further drive our growth. See www.tjommi.app for more.

Play Your Talent er et innovativt softwaresystem udtænkt til nemt og effektivt at arbejde med talentudvikling til brug af virksomheder såvel som privatpersoner. Det er et unikt ledelses værktøj der kan afdække den skjulte kultur og talentpotentialet i hele virksomheden og som samtidig giver et digitalt tool til at sammensætte teams ud fra højeste effektivitet og arbejdsglæde.

The Solution to Our Time’s Flood of Pictures Lies in Photo Books. We are living in a time where we take more pictures than ever before. However, it is also a time where we no longer have them developed or spend time looking at them together. This has the team behind the Danish company SubBook come up with a solution to. They have made it easy to get the photo books back in the living rooms, so that friends and family can gather around the pictures and look back at all of their greatest memories together. And now they are expanding to the international market. The team has developed a photo book app called SubBook, which allows users to collect pictures from both Facebook, Instagram, Dropbox, and the iPhone camera roll to make simple photo books as easy as possible. They have made it with a particular focus on a user-friendly experience, so that people can both create and order their photo books while grocery shopping or in the bus on the way home from work. Because the team would like to spread the joy of perpetuated memories and the possibility to make simple, personalized, and cheap photo books to even more people, they now have entered the international market. In doing so they have also launched their website and app in English versions, while their photo books are delivered to all of Europe. With a sustainable aim. As the team wishes to give something back to the resources they use in their production, SubBook has joined in with the organization One Tree Planted. This collaboration means that a tree is planted every time a customer orders three books using the SubBook app. The team care a great deal about the traces they leave on our Earth and because of this, they only use paper qualities complying with international environmental requirements. This also means that their customers can order books with a clean and green conscience. For now, the SubBook app only works with iPhones, but as a part of their international launch the team is working tirelessly on developing an app for Android users, so that many more can join in on getting pictures out of the phones and into the photo books.

Sherpa Edge is an outsourced trading desk and Fintech idea center for the institutional investor. We run a Lean operation, and have a combined 50 years of experience in the financial markets. Our understanding of the regulatory landscape, trading protocols and market network allow us to come up with operational efficiencies. We are both well known in the European Fixed Income markets and have both buy- and sell-side experience. Read more about us here: https://sherpaedge.net/

Campion is the AirBNB for camping - easy as that. During and a long time after the current pandemic people will have to explore and travel their nearby surroundings instead of getting on a flight to another country. Normal camping sites are not that inspirational and won't attract the people who are used to explore the world. That's why we want private landowners outside the cities to be able to rent out their grounds to campers - tents or a place to park the RV or caravan. Hosts set their own price and we take a small commission fee. Users can easily find, book and pay for the unique and never before explored places to go for the night. Spending time outdoors has proven health benefits and fosters a deeper connection to the awesome, wild world out there.

Simply.TV’s was founded in 2018 by a team of metadata experts. Experts who had been building automation processes and tools for the aggregation, editing and delivery of TV data at some of the largest companies within the metadata industry (TMS, Gracenote, Red Bee Media). Simply.TV’s vision is it to support traditional TV operators, OTT services, but also metadata providers with their metadata challenges. Within less than one year, Simply.TV ingests, normalizes, enhances and delivers metadata for more than 1000+ unique sources across Europe.

Amero er en danskejet IT-virksomhed, der leverer kassesystemer og IT-løsninger til en bred vifte af brancher i Danmark. Vores kunder spænder fra den nyopstartede tøjbutik til de helt store kæder, offentlige institutioner og attraktioner. Vi er virksomhed, der værdsætter værdien i at være et team, og hvor vi tror på, at hver enkelt har noget særligt at byde ind med. Ameros kassesystemer er baseret på FlexPOS kassesoftware, og vi integrerer vores kassesystem med webshops og økonomisystemer for at automatisere processer, som gør hverdagen nemmere og bedre for vores kunder.

IDUN audio is a fast-growing startup developing virtual- and augmented reality audio software. Our unique spatial audio engine makes it possible to create many moving sound sources around a listener wearing headphones. The listener is free to move to explore the sound, due to tracking sensors in the headphones, and the sources can be placed in any acoustical space, from a small sound studio to a large concert hall. Since the advanced embedded software uses very low processing power, it can be built into wireless headphones. This makes it possible to solve many real-life problems, like communicating in difficult environments, navigation and mapping, interactive teamwork, traffic control, and so on.

Heap® is a FinTech founded in 2020 and set out to revolutionize the pension industry by empowering individuals to take charge of their financial future. We are building a state-of-the-art digital pension platform, leveraging the newest technologies. Our company culture is based on trust, openness, and personal development. In Heap®, we truly believe that the pension structures of yesterday fail to deliver on the human needs of tomorrow. Heap® caters to the ever-changing needs of the modern workforce and flexible individuals. We offer a pension product that is simple, relevant and fully transparent, empowering people to finally create and grow their future money – on their own terms. Heap® is backed by Topdanmark and Rainmaking.

GoGlamping is an OTA focusing on the niche business of unique accommodations. Our mission is to offer unique experiences within your own borders. We do not believe that you have to compromise your environmental footprint to have an exceptional travel experience. We seek to create these throughout the world by concentrating on the beautiful local nature and the possibilities in it. Through these we seek to grow a healthy and sustainable business.

Ladybox was founded in september 2018 and sells a monthly subscription box containing products within selfcare. The Ladybox target women between 25-44 years. In 2020 we have a plan to become more sustainable which means the products in the box needs to be based on natural ingrediens, be eco- or allergy-friendly. We are three founders and are in the process of accelerating our business. Therefore, we need more hands to help us on the way to become a great succes.