Innovation and entrepreneurship

The IT University is Denmark’s leading university when it comes to entrepreneurship, we greatly value innovation and entrepreneurship.

We encourage the students to start their own businesses. The student organisation ITU Innovators, ITU Startup Programme and our own investment company, ITU Business Development, all play important roles in maintaining our position as the Danish university with the highest rate of entrepreneurs among our students and graduates.

ITU Startups and Spinouts

ITU graduates behind new Virtual Reality startup

January 28, 2019

With a new Virtual Reality tool, two entrepreneurs from the IT University of Copenhagen have created a faster and easier way to create 3D animations. Their company, Sidetracked, has just landed a DKK one million investment which will enable them to launch their product this summer.

ITU graduates created one of Italy’s biggest game successes

September 20, 2018

Three graduates from ITU’s Games programme went on to found what would become one of Italy’s most successful indie game studios, 34BigThings. We talked to the founders about their company and their time at ITU.

Spinout from ITU automates strenuous lab work

September 13, 2018

Robot professor Kasper Støy has founded Flow Robotics, which lets a robot take over repetitive pipetting tasks that lead to hand and arm injuries among lab workers.

Startup incubator helps students create the next Danish IT success

September 3, 2018

The entrepreneurial spirit is in great shape at the IT University, where students can get help to develop their business ideas through ‘Startup Programme’. So far, more than 40 startups have received help with everything from legal advice to funding.

New music streaming app uncovers the stars of the future

August 16, 2018

Limelight Music matches new artists from all genres with potential fans. The app is developed by two just graduated bachelor students from the IT University of Copenhagen and might help record labels identify the next big star.

ITU graduates teach AI to turn designs into code – and land international investment

May 30, 2018

Three ITU graduates have founded Uizard, a startup aiming to make it easy for anyone to build apps or websites. The company has secured $800,000 in funding from a group of investors and received international media attention– before even launching their product.

New startup leads tourists to local spots in Copenhagen

May 15, 2018

Three ITU students have developed Motes, a web app that provides location-based tips for alternative sights in Copenhagen.

New student startup wants to make buying cryptocurrencies easy

March 20, 2018

Students Julien Protain and Samy Tessier have founded Clockwork Trader – a platform that will give Danes easier and cheaper access to buying cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and Ethereum. The company has received an investment of DKK 225,000 kroner from ITU Business Development and Syddansk Innovation and is planning to launch later this year.

Meet the ITU graduate behind Zendesk

March 13, 2018

Morten Primdahl is co-founder of Zendesk, one of the biggest ever Danish IT success stories. Here he talks about his time at ITU and passes good advice on to next generation of IT entrepreneurs.

Student-developed app helps you discover new music

April 10, 2017

Two ITU students are living their startup dream with a new music app that lets music lovers find music by up-and-coming artists easily.

New startup wants to create social gaming experiences

February 24, 2017

Tanja Lind Tankred and Mira Dorthé have founded the new independent game studio Other Tales Interactive specializing in narrative games for mobile platforms. Their first game Tick Tock started as a thesis project at the IT University of Copenhagen.

Thesis turned into a smartwatch app for children with ADHD

August 23, 2016

Tiimo is a smartwatch app that creates structure in the daily life of children with ADHD. The two developers have just launched a beta version of the app in Google Play.

ITU Startups: Touchlogic

August 16, 2016

At Touchlogic, they are working full speed to develop apps that can keep up with users and the technology – such as a face-recognising iPad receptionist, Denmark's very first smartwatch app and digital wish lists for Santa Claus – so Santa better have a smartphone.

ITU researchers launch robot spin-out

May 17, 2016

A new, user-friendly robot has the potential to revolutionize workflows in laboratories worldwide. The driving force behind the invention is ITU-researcher Kasper Støy, who will commercialize the idea in a new spin-out company.

Social sign language dictionary gives deaf students new opportunities

May 11, 2016

Troels Madsen has created Wign, an online sign language dictionary where deaf people can share and search for signs. This is especially useful in higher education, where many technical terms do not have an official sign.

ITU startups: deemly

May 6, 2016

Deemly creates trust between users in the sharing economy by aggregating reviews across platforms. The idea arose from an ITU thesis and today the ambition is to allow people around the world to exchange goods and services without worries.

ITU spin-out company sold for three-digit million sum

February 22, 2016

Configit has achieved enormous success since its establishment as a spin-out from the IT University of Copenhagen. The founders have sold the majority of its shares to the private equity firm Polaris and now want to become leading in the global market.

ITU-entrepreneur wins award for Open Data solution

December 14, 2015

Brand-new startup FILLR won the Danish Business Authority's first Open Data Challenge. The two founders will invest the prize money of DKK 100,000 in developing their company. But first one them has to hand in his thesis at ITU.

ITU startups Vaavud

February 15, 2014

It began as an idea for a bachelor's project and today Vaavud's wind meter, originally designed for surfers, is sold in more than 100 countries and used by farmers, scientists, sailors, and balloon skippers. And of course surfers.

ITU startups: Tonsser

February 15, 2014

Tonsser is an ambitious football related community - a lifelike version of the classic Football Manager game so to speak - and the plan is to take over the world.

ITU startups: Billy

January 8, 2014

Frustration can drive man to many things. In the case of Toke Kruse it led to the development of an easy-to-use accounting software and the successful company, Billy.

ITU Startup Programme

The IT University’s Startup Programme is an incubator for students with a business idea. The programme offers help, support and early investment in order to grow the projects from initial idea to fully fledged companies ready for the startup ecosystem. ITU Startup Programme is managed by ITU Business Development.

Learn more: startupprogramme.dk

Contact: info@itu-bd.dk

ITU Innovators

ITU Innovators is a student-driven organisation that facilitates and supports entrepreneurship among ITU students. Its mission is to support students to create startups, work together and kick-start their entrepreneurial projects during and after their studies.

ITU Innovators aims to create more student-driven startups by providing skills to get started, the right landscape to meet and the opportunity to participate in common projects.

Learn more: www.itu-innovators.dk.
Contact: contact@itu-innovators.dk.

ITU Business Development

ITU Business Development A/S was established according to the Danish Tech Trans Law and is wholly owned by the IT University. The company invests in university startups and spinouts and provides counselling for the university in connection with technology transfer and for students and researchers with ideas for startups.

Read more itu-bd.dk.
Contact: info@itu-bd.dk

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