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AAU brought investors and promising entrepreneurs together for a summit

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AAU brought investors and promising entrepreneurs together for a summit

Lagt online: 22.05.2025

The Aalborg Investor Summit gave several startups the opportunity to pitch business ideas to investors and foundations with a taste for new business ventures.

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AAU brought investors and promising entrepreneurs together for a summit

Lagt online: 22.05.2025

The Aalborg Investor Summit gave several startups the opportunity to pitch business ideas to investors and foundations with a taste for new business ventures.

By Torben Haugaard Jensen, AAU Communication and Public Affairs
Photo: Mads Anton Andersen, Louise Karin Hansen and Trine Reinholt Andersen

Research creates solutions for society – but putting them into practice requires investment.

So AAU brought together more than 260 participants - startup companies, investors, foundations, experts and partners - for the Aalborg Investor Summit in AAU Innovate on 15 May.

The event is a kind of annual summit for investors and the region's most promising entrepreneurs, and its importance for the business community in Northern Jutland cannot be underestimated. 

"The Investor Summit is a crucial piece of the North Jutland startup ecosystem. This is where relationships are built, ideas are formed and the growth opportunities of the future get their crucial initial support," says Mads Bang, Innovation Director at Aalborg University.

Investments are a societal obligation

AAU has a tradition of collaborating closely with the wider world, and the university has taken significant steps towards developing research with commercial potential.

The Investor Summit is a crucial piece of the North Jutland startup ecosystem.

Mads Bang, Innovation Director, Aalborg University

But it requires more support from outside if we are to boost the research-driven innovation in Northern Jutland and avoid a situation of promising technologies going nowhere. Such is the opinion of investor Morten Lindblad, who took part in the Aalborg Investor Summit.

"Those of us who can build companies have an obligation to society. It is up to us to exploit the enormous value that universities create – and we must act now," says Morten Lindblad.

Value to society

Mads Bang is delighted that so many people took part in the Investor Summit. He hopes that the startups' presentations will lead to collaboration and investments that can help realize the business ideas - and make a difference.

It is up to us to exploit the enormous value that universities create – and we must act now.

Morten Lindblad, investor

"The Investor Summit is clear proof of how we – in close collaboration with investors and the business community – can translate research into concrete solutions that create value and address society's major challenges," says Mads Bang.

Translated by LeeAnn Iovanni, AAU Communication and Public Affairs

Facts

  • At the Aalborg Investor Summit 2025, 22 carefully selected startups and research-based companies pitched their solutions to a strong field of investors. 
  • Gert Spender, Business Developer at AAU Innovation, gives three tips for a good pitch that can create visibility and attract the right partner looking to invest. 
    • Describe the problem clearly – what is the challenge and why is it worth solving?
    • Show how your solution works – and what makes it unique.
    • Make the business model clear – how do you create value and how do you make money?
  • Partners in Aalborg Investor Summit are Beyond Beta, EIFO, Norlys, HjulmandKaptain, BusinessAalborg and University College of Northern Denmark. 

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