The Danish Startup Ecosystem Guide - Magasin - Side 52
INCUBATORS & ACCELERATORS
Sponsored: This article is published in collaboration with BioInnovation Institute
BioInnovation Institute:
Denmark can become
a “European beacon”
in health tech
Danish health research is world-class. But not enough of it is translated into
entrepreneurship and startups, according to BioInnovation Institute, which works to
mature life science and health tech startups and promote the Danish ecosystem.
D
enmark is a world leader in
many areas of healthcare: life
science, medicine and biotechnology. Here, large Danish
companies set the direction for the rest
of the world.
But in health tech, we are lagging behind the countries we normally compare
ourselves with. Several studies show
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that we hatch too few startups compared
to the scientific level of Danish health
research. But we can change that if we
create the right culture, says Jens Nielsen, researcher, professor and CEO of the
BioInnovation Institute.
“We are here to change that. We
believe that we need to educate the
next generation of entrepreneurs in the
Jens Nielsen
CEO, BioInnovation
Institute
The Guide
