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University Startups

The most successful ventures rarely grow in isolation. 

Whether you are exploring a research-based idea, building your first prototype, or looking for pathways into the financial sector, early connections can shape the direction of your venture. Access to industry insights, relevant partners and the right conversations can help you transform your promising ideas into scalable solutions. 

Nordic Fintech Center brings together university entrepreneurs, researchers and organisations across the financial ecosystem. Together, we create opportunities to test ideas, explore real-world applications and build the relationships that help new ventures grow. 

Pathways to scale. The right doors, opened early.

The Fintech
Venture Track

A programme helping founders strengthen their business models, navigate industry complexities, and accelerate their journey from idea to market.

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Access to the prime spot of fintech innovation: the Copenhagen Fintech Lab.

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Get funding to develop and test new solutions together with one additional partner such as a large company, another SME, a knowledge institution, a public organisation, or a non-profit private organisation.

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The Fintech Venture Track

Your shortcut into the Nordic financial sector.

The financial sector is one of the hardest markets to break into. It is regulated, relationship-driven, and moves on trust built over time. This programme helps startups move faster with the right support around them.

Fast track to market entry in the Nordic financial market and fintech sector

Expert sparring and support from people who know the sector

A stage in front of the financial ecosystem

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Module 1 Find your place

Module 2 Build your case

Module 3 Sharpen your edge

Early Stage Membership

Free access to Copenhagen Fintech for one year.

If you are part of a university startup, you have the opportunity to get free membership to Copenhagen Fintech for a year.

Copenhagen Fintech sits right at the heart of where Nordic fintech happens, and this membership can give you access to the sector, investors, and corporates that normally take years to reach.

It is also your entry point to the Fintech Venture Track, our three-month programme with introductions to the sector, pilot and mentor sparring, and the chance to pitch at Nordic Fintech Week.

Reach out to your local fintech ambassador to apply for membership.

On top of that, you also get the following and more:

Access to 120+ events and the broader fintech community

Application pathways into Copenhagen Fintech's programmes, including Incubation, Tech for Fin, Mentor and more

Priority access to the Help Desk for specialist advice on legal, regulatory, and other matters

A biweekly fintech newsletter and intelligence reports

The option to book a spot at the Fintech Lab in Copenhagen

Fintech Ambassadors

Kristine Holst Frisk
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Kristine Holst Frisk

Fintech Ambassador

Copenhagen Business School

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Christian Nicolai Thiesen
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Christian Nicolai Thiesen

Fintech Ambassador

Technical University of Denmark

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Danny Grydholt-Jantzen
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Danny Grydholt-Jantzen

Fintech Ambassador

University of Copenhagen

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Helene Niclasen Jeune
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Helene Niclasen Jeune

Fintech Ambassador

Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship

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Marjan Mansourvar
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Marjan Mansourvar

Fintech Ambassador

Technical University of Denmark

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