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New investment in much needed help for bicycle industry
Accelerace has invested in Bikekey – a potential game changer for the bicycle industry. About 45.000 bicycle thefts are reported per year, and approximately 100.000 lost bikes are discarded each year in Denmark, due to having no way to track down their owners. That all too common theft of your bicycle is what had happened […]
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Accelerace invests in solution to plaster cast limitations: EXO360
For almost 200 years, plaster cast has been the best method for non-surgery fracture treatment. However, it comes with serious limitations, that new Accelerace-portfolio company EXO360 is working on solving with the Exocast. “There is a clear value for hospitals here, with the potential of saving money and manpower, not to speak of the physical […]
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Accelerace invests in Aioray, a Web3 e-commerce platform
Accelerace invests in Aioray, a Web3 e-commerce platform for tokengated commerce. Its platform allows you to connect physical and digital items on the blockchain, create limitless tokengated experiences, authenticate ownership of products, and sell them in your store. Web3: Building the future of e-commerce Web3, a new version of the web built on blockchains, […]
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Accelerace invests in Impactly, a reporting analytics tool that helps social sector providers measure their impact
Accelerace invests in Impactly, a reporting analytics tool that offers a fast and easy solution for social sector providers to measure and report the social and economic impact of their initiatives. Real-time data on the effects of social initiatives Approximately 50 billion DKK are spent annually on social impact projects and initiatives through public […]
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Accelerace invests in Parazute, a digital parachute to prevent hospitalizations for people with mental illnesses
Accelerace invests in Parazute, a mental health app that utilizes AI to identify adverse changes in people with a mental illness and alert relevant caregivers, relatives, and social networks to prevent free-falling into hospitalization, self-damage, or suicide. Using AI and social networks to prevent mental free falling To suffer from a mental illness feels like […]
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Accelerace invests in SmallClaims, a full-service legal tech platform that automates small claims processes
Accelerace invests in SmallClaims, a Denmark-based legal tech startup that specializes in automating small claims processes (so no attorney is needed) and unlocks a latent market of about 50 million claims below 5000 EUR. Attorney costs outweigh the claim itself Imagine that you run a company that has not been successful in recovering accounts […]
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Accelerace invests in Judico, a SaaS solution that guides corporate employees toward policy compliance
Accelerace invests in Judico, an AI-driven one-stop policy and early warning platform that checks, highlights and guides corporate employees toward business-prescribed conduct. Saving time, money and headaches Due to a vast number of policies and regulations, corporate employees are constantly at risk of unintentionally breaching regulated compliance areas such as anti-money laundering (AML), anti-bribery […]
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Accelerace invests in Crowdbook, a plug-and-play booking solution for the event and conference industry
Accelerace invests in Crowdbook, a booking solution for the event and conference industry to automate a heavily under-digitalized booking process. Crowdbook is a graduate of the fourth cohort of the Beyond Beta accelerator program. Automates an under-digitalized booking process When it comes to digitalization, the event and conference industry has fallen behind. Due to the […]
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Accelerace invests in Chew, an interactive cooking platform for kids
Accelerace invests in Chew, an Oslo-based interactive online platform with food-related content to educate, inspire and encourage kids aged 6-14 to have a healthier relationship with food and to develop their cooking skills. Involving kids in the entire cooking process “Finish your vegetable” is probably one of the most repeated phrases for parents […]
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Accelerace invests in Teamlearning, a team-based e-learning platform that effectively upskills the workforce
Accelerace invests in Teamlearning, a Romania-based edtech startup. Its e-learning platform is revolutionizing online learning in corporate organizations by enabling learning and development (L&D) professionals to build team-based simulated scenarios. The new way to upskill your workforce Corporates spend billions on e-learning for employees. The problem is that existing corporate e-learning platforms are not […]
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Accelerace invests in Skin Bliss, an AI-powered app for personalized skincare recommendations
Accelerace invests in Skin Bliss, an AI-powered app that helps its users deconstruct, assess, and choose the right skincare products and routines based on their skin types, skin concerns, and preferences. With a bajillion skincare products on the market, confusing ingredient lists, an overload of information, and buzzwords such as “all-natural”, “paraben-free”, and “blue […]
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Accelerace and Allstar Jacob Knobel invests in FLEXeCHARGE
Accelerace, together with Allstar mentor and alumni founder Jacob Knobel, invests in FLEXeCHARGE, a smart charging solution that enables electric vehicle drivers to charge their cars faster, greener, and cheaper. Turns charging solutions from normal to smart A global shift to electric vehicles (EVs) and green energy is impossible without smart charging solutions to allocate […]
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Accelerace invests in THE UPCYCL, a circular matchmaker of industrial waste materials
Accelerace invests in the Aarhus-based THE UPCYCL, which aims to accelerate the circulation of industrial waste materials between the production and development sectors. By matching industries that want to sell leftover materials with producers and developers that need upcycled materials for their products, THE UPCYCL reduces the number of materials wasted and the number of […]
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Launching Accelerace Allstars: our most successful alumni return as mentors and investors
Accelerace is expanding the value for our portfolio companies by welcoming back the most successful alumni founders as Allstars mentors and investors — the founders of Templafy, Actimo, Densou, Coinify, AXDRAFT, and Penneo. By becoming a portfolio company of Accelerace Invest II, founders automatically join the Accelerace Allstars community and get access to the Allstars […]
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Accelerace invests in IDUN audio, a VR and AR audio software
Accelerace invests in IDUN audio, a soundtech startup that provides dynamic spatial audio and allows listeners to use their natural sound localization abilities when listening with headphones. IDUN audio is a Soundtech Accelerator alumnus from 2019. Restores natural listening through headphones When you listen to music, participate in online conferences or play computer games using […]
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New partnership alert: partner with Washbox, a fast-growing and sustainable Scandinavian carwash producer
Not your average carwash producer, Washbox provides sustainable, plug-and-play carwash units that are both modular and moveable. They are fast-growing and seeking technologies that can further enhance the sustainability of their units, from partners that can scale with them. Washbox is a fast-growing SME, sprung out of the construction company IPart. The team has experience collaborating with both […]
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New partnership alert: test your sustainable farming solution with SEGES
On behalf of SEGES, one of the world’s leading agricultural research and innovation centers, Accelerace is scouting for early-stage startups working with Sensors and Biotech to co-create the sustainable farming solutions of tomorrow. SEGES is a world leader in R&D within sustainable agricultural production and works with everything from optimum crop production to efficient milk […]
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Accelerace invests in the e-sport gaming platform Leagues
Accelerace invests in Leagues, an e-sport gaming platform and one of the largest league platforms in the Nordics. This is Accelerace’s second investment within the gaming industry — and not the last. Wants to help e-sport talents go from room to arena Leagues run the Leagues.gg e-sport platform and manage the production and administration of multiple […]
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Beyond Beta Cohort 3: Meet the Selected Startups
After screening hundreds of startups, 36 teams with the potential to build the great companies of tomorrow have been selected to participate in the third cohort of the Beyond Beta accelerator program. Beyond Beta is Denmark’s top-tier accelerator program for promising startups with growth ambitions, operated by Accelerace, the Danish Business Hubs, and the Danish […]
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New partnership alert: Coop Invest wants to fund early-stage startups from the Nordics
On behalf of Coop Invest, Accelerace is scouting for early-stage Nordic startups active in retail, food, SaaS, EdTech, and digital health. Coop Invest is the investment arm of the Coop Group, one of Denmark’s most popular consumer goods retailers. With a 40% market share in Denmark, Coop is a well-known retail chain to the general public and an appreciated partner to many early-stage startups through Coop Crowdfunding. By expanding their startup activities and support in the Nordics, Coop Invest is in a unique […]
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