It requires collaboration with people of different expertise to push your idea forward
11 December 2023
Kurt Nielsen is one of the pioneers behind encryption and blockchain technology for protecting sensitive data while in use, and co-founder of Partisia. Here, he tells about the journey from researcher to CEO.
A PhD project was the launch pad – now the research team is heading toward an international breakthrough
9 August 2023
“This can go far” a team of researchers from Aarhus University realized when a PhD project turned out to have great application potential. The project became the launch pad for the company Coana.
A commercial mindset is just as important as a good idea
7 June 2023
DIREC works to ensure that Denmark gets more university-based tech startups, and there is plenty of inspiration to be gained from successful entrepreneurs such as Chief Physician Søren Andreas Just and Professor of Medical Robotics from SDU, Thiusius Rajeeth Savarimuthu. They are co-founders of the company ROPCA and the robot Arthur, which will revolutionize everyday life in busy hospital wards.
Tech startups need a financial boost to compete with our neighboring countries
2 August 2021
The right mindset is important for tech startups, but considerable capital injections are also important. When startups grow, they need capital in order to grow without leaving the country to settle down in Silicon Valley, Israel or England, says Mark Riis.
Tailored course is to start the entrepreneurial fire in young researchers
21 June 2022
At the end of May, 55-60 younger researchers from the computer science departments across Denmark attended a course on entrepreneurship.
DIREC Tech Talk: How do we create more successes like Humio?
The sale of Humio for billions of dollars has generated many headlines about the Danish entrepreneurial business recently. They all ask the same question: How do we bring Danish world-class research into play and develop more Danish tech successes?
