Type Government agency Headquarters Copenhagen | Website www.icdk.um.dk Founded 2006 | |
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Number of locations Munich, New Delhi, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley & Tel Aviv Products Facilitate, connect, innovate and incubate Motto Facilitate, Connect, Innovate | ||
Innovation Centre Denmark helps Danish businesses, startups as well as knowledge and research institutions with access to international knowledge and innovation environments. Further they create and develop networks and business cases with an international perspective. Innovation Centre Denmark was established and is managed as a partnership between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science.
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Innovation Centre Denmark is located in seven innovation regions, chosen for their relevance for Danish businesses, researchers, and institutions of higher education: Munich, New Delhi, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv. The head office is located at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Copenhagen with Denmark’s national investment promotion agency, Invest in Denmark, further strengthening the ties to foreign markets.
History
On June 4, 2006, His Royal Highness, Prince Joachim of Denmark, opened the first Innovation Centre Denmark in Silicon Valley, California. The Centre was a pilot project tasked with creating a sustainable, innovative business model.
The Centre was considered a success and the decision of opening the next Innovation Centre Denmark in Shanghai by 2007 was made. In 2008 the Innovation Centre Denmark in Munich opened, before the centres in New Delhi, Seoul and Sao Paulo followed in 2013. Ten years after the first Innovation Centre Denmark was launched, the seventh Innovation Centre was established in 2016 in Tel Aviv.
Organization
Innovation Centre Denmark is a cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science. Innovation Centre Denmark is a result of the Danish government’s globalization strategy with the objective to turn Denmark into a leading knowledge based economy by 2016. This objective called for new approaches to position Denmark in the global value chain.
Innovation Centre Denmark is founded on four pillars:
- Entrepreneurship
- Collaboration in Higher Education
- Partnering and Assessment in Science & Technology
- Business Development
Objectives
The objective of Innovation Centre Denmark is to link companies, investors, research and innovation communities in Denmark and the countries where the Innovation Centers are located. As part of this role, the objective is to facilitate the entry of high potential Danish companies, to attract inbound investment into Denmark and serve as the link between research and innovation environments in Denmark and abroad.
The focus is on innovation and high-growth sectors such as ICT, Life Sciences, CleanTech and sustainable energy solutions, and subfields such as FinTech, WelfareTech and data driven
Services
Innovation Centre Denmark offers a wide range of services within entrepreneurship, collaboration in higher education, partnering and assessment in science and technology as well as business development.