Ugly Duckling Ventures is a Nordic-focused venture fund investing in early-stage B2B subscription startups with proven revenue, partnering with exceptional founders to help them scale and succeed. We are operational by nature and want to get in the grind as we excel at getting early-stage ventures ready for scale. Being a GP team only, our portfolio founders are never handed off to junior account managers but are directly linked to our experienced partners. We invest in Danish and Nordic B2B subscription startups at the preseed and seed stage; - Initial ticket €0.5-1m - Follow-up thesis: Heavy - Geo: Nordics - Stage: Pre-seed/seed, post revenue (>€200k ARR + traction) - Focus: B2B subscription, open for hardware-enabled SaaS Please don't hesitate to get in touch at hello@uglyduckling.ventures We look forward to hearing from you!
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See you at Digital Tech Summit - a lot about AI. We have been here before [1945] “The machines were to take over the trivial routines, while humans took over the challenging tasks of developing and managing them” Poul Due Jensen, founder of GRUNDFOS It’s all about the data and how to curate it! It’s not about technology but the processes to leverage the data and take advantage of AI Nicolai Bæk Thomsen Ugly Duckling Ventures
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Enormt privilegium at følge unge startups i Danmark Det er en stor glæde at arbejde i Fonden for Entreprenørskab, hvor jeg får mulighed for at følge landets mest ambitiøse startups på tæt hold. At se de studerende på videregående uddannelser skabe virksomheder, der allerede gør en forskel, understreger, hvad der er muligt med den rette støtte. Eupry er et stærkt eksempel på netop dette potentiale. Fra deres tidlige stadie, hvor vi tildelte dem et Mikrolegat, har vi set dem vokse til en betroet leverandør af kritisk teknologi for pharmaindustrien – en industri kendt for sin konservative tilgang. Alligevel har Eupry formået at bryde igennem med løsninger, der digitaliserer og effektiviserer vigtige processer i sektoren, ofte med op til 50% tids- og omkostningsbesparelse. Christian Jacobsen, CEO og co-founder i Eupry, fortæller til Bootstrapping.dk om de udfordringer, teamet har mødt på vejen mod at blive anerkendt i en branche, hvor det kræver både tålmodighed og innovation at opnå tillid og troværdighed. Vi glæder os i Fonden for Entreprenørskab over Euprys fremgang og ser frem til at følge deres videre rejse. Det er inspirerende at se, hvordan deres teknologiske løsninger, som startede med fem studerende fra DTU - Technical University of Denmark, nu har tiltrukket opmærksomhed fra store markeder som USA og revolutioneret måden, pharmaindustrien tænker compliance på. Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education, Christina Egelund, Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs, Morten Bødskov Ugly Duckling Ventures, Louise Lachmann Læs hele artiken her: https://lnkd.in/dAQTbDKe
📰 Great to see Christian and our portfolio company Eupry featured in the Danish startup media, Bootstrapping.dk yesterday 🤩 The article touches upon; 🌱 Eupry’s journey from a DTU - Technical University of Denmark startup to a global player in compliance tech ⚡ The challenge of taking on industry giants in a conservative market with a new all-in-one solution 🔍 Eupry's learning curve on how to win with inbound marketing 🗽 Eupry’s growing U.S. presence and their new office in Raleigh, NC, led by co-founder Adam 🏅 The future vision and Eupry aims to be pharma’s global go-to brand for temperature compliance Link to the article in the comment section below 👇 #uglyducklingventures #eupry #bootstrapping #venturecapital #startups #vc #portfolio #b2b #saas
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Co-Founder @ Juristic · LL.M · Bridging the gap between law and technology
Thank you for a great LegalGeek Conference 2024 🤖 Completely packed with great people, visions, workshops and talks! Thank you to everyone who came to our stand, joined the session, came to say hi, had beers - and of course Beth Fellner and Henry Sturm for your help with everything before and during! It was also the first time I had the chance to speak at LegalGeek, which is an opportunity I am very grateful for! If you found it interesting, please feel free to connect! Daniel André Kristensen Tanjida Rahman Kristina Ledertoug Lissau Andrea Almind Laurenborg Cheryl Gurnham Pravina P Saeromi K. Mischa Grunberg Hyacinthe-arnaud Tiacoh Marco Mendola Hélder Santos Max Junestrand Chris Williams Karol Valencia Tanisha Minev Shreya Vajpei Sean West #legaltech #legalgeek #innovation
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Are you our new colleague? 👋 As we continue to grow, we're searching for a Revenue Operations Specialist to join our team! Are you a data-driven problem solver who loves working with cross-functional teams? Do you want to make a meaningful impact in the tourism and travel industry? If this sounds like you, check out our new job opportunity here: 👉 https://hubs.li/Q02T2XZm0 Feel free to share with anyone you think would be the perfect addition to our team! #Hiring #SustainableTourism #RevenueOperationsSpecialist #Hybrid
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Investor panel - Dilemmas in scaling right 🎯 What are the biggest challenges when scaling a startup? How do you keep focus while expanding your market? At Aarhus Investor Summit, we’ve assembled a panel of super experienced experts to discuss these questions: Stefan Rosenlund (Dreamers Collective) • Christian Vinther (Founderment) • Anders Thorup-Jensen (Export and Investment Fund of Denmark) • Thomas Marschall (Danish Business Angels - DanBAN) • Louise Lachmann (Ugly Duckling Ventures) • Magnus Stagsted (People Ventures) Moderated by Stine Mølgaard Sørensen from Alliance VC, this line-up is one to watch! 💡 #Scaling #Entrepreneurship #Startups #AarhusInvestorSummit #AIS2024
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I have the coolest board member! 🤩 This year, we hit a massive milestone at Juristic. We secured our first VC investment from Ugly Duckling Ventures! 🎉 For Christian and me, it felt like we graduated from elementary school and got thrown into middle school, where everything suddenly feels more intense, confusing, and exciting all at once. Let’s be honest, being a first-time founder is basically a crash course in imposter syndrome. You’ve got all these incredible things happening, and you’re just trying to look like you know what you’re doing! 😅 In the midst of all this, I couldn’t be more grateful for our amazing board members. Louise just contributed to Denmark’s 100-year vision for entrepreneurship, and I’m not even surprised! She’s been nothing but an inspiration since day one, and moments like this remind me why I look up to her so much. A huge thank you to Rune and Jens as well for being such incredible supporters on this wild ride. I honestly couldn’t imagine having a better group of people guiding us through these next phases. Here’s to learning, growing, and hopefully making it out of “middle school” in one piece! 🚀
Every Country Needs a 100-Year Vision! 🌍🔮 Last week, I had the privilege of participating in a truly historic event. Alongside 12 other Danes—including the King of Denmark, our Prime Minister, and the CEO of Novo—I was invited to share my vision of what Denmark could be in 100 years, as the best place to live and do business. Our contributions were sealed in a time capsule, which was placed in the cornerstone of the reerected stock exchange that burned down earlier this year. While I’m deeply honored by this opportunity, what I’ve appreciated most was the process of imagining how our world might look a century from now. It sparked deep, thought-provoking conversations with brilliant minds, each bringing unique perspectives. Thank you to everyone who fueled my thinking! 🧠✨ Ida Tin Stuart Woods Denis Tudor Oline Stærke Lasse Andersson Trine Aagaard Eisinger Adam Hartmann-Kruckow Christian Jacobsen Kean Nøbølle Ottesen Christian Vintergaard Sigurd Schou Madsen Andreas Green Rasmussen Maria Hjorth Lasse Mauritzen Sara Sande Mikkel Hesselgren Herman Kienhuis Sofie Ene Wichmann Mads Lacoppidan Malene Enø Rune Hven-Jensen Søren Halskov Nissen Phaedria Marie St. Hilaire Soren Stig Bjørg Finsen Anish Wig Shoaib Abedi David Højelsen Jacob Lachmann Lucca Lachmann and many more! 💡🙌 I firmly believe every country should have a 100-year vision. It challenges us to think long-term, beyond short-term gains, personal interests, and politics. It fosters innovation and a sense of responsibility for future generations. 🫶 A big thank you to Brian Mikkelsen and Anders Schroll for the invitation and for creating an environment where so many inspiring leaders could envision how Denmark can become the best place in the world to live and do business. 🙏 **Here’s a sneak peek of my vision:** ✨ “In the next 100 years, I see Denmark as a central player in a world where data becomes the most valuable resource. Just as steam engines and railways fueled the Industrial Revolution, today we are witnessing a similar transformation through generative AI and artificial intelligence. With companies like Novo and technological breakthroughs such as the AI supercomputer Gefion, we have the power to revolutionize health data and research into lifestyle diseases. Through strong ethics and responsibility, Denmark can become the world's digital vault, protecting data from misuse. To ensure future innovation, we must integrate entrepreneurship into education from an early age. When the time capsule is opened in 100 years, I envision a Denmark that has built a system where everyone—regardless of gender or background—has equal opportunities to innovate and contribute to a better world.” What would your 100-year vision for your country be? 🔮 Feel free to share in the comments! #vision #future #innovation #entrepreneurship #denmark Ugly Duckling Ventures Fonden for Entreprenørskab Dansk Erhverv Photo credits 📷Sarah Mølsted
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Every Country Needs a 100-Year Vision! 🌍🔮 Last week, I had the privilege of participating in a truly historic event. Alongside 12 other Danes—including the King of Denmark, our Prime Minister, and the CEO of Novo—I was invited to share my vision of what Denmark could be in 100 years, as the best place to live and do business. Our contributions were sealed in a time capsule, which was placed in the cornerstone of the reerected stock exchange that burned down earlier this year. While I’m deeply honored by this opportunity, what I’ve appreciated most was the process of imagining how our world might look a century from now. It sparked deep, thought-provoking conversations with brilliant minds, each bringing unique perspectives. Thank you to everyone who fueled my thinking! 🧠✨ Ida Tin Stuart Woods Denis Tudor Oline Stærke Lasse Andersson Trine Aagaard Eisinger Adam Hartmann-Kruckow Christian Jacobsen Kean Nøbølle Ottesen Christian Vintergaard Sigurd Schou Madsen Andreas Green Rasmussen Maria Hjorth Lasse Mauritzen Sara Sande Mikkel Hesselgren Herman Kienhuis Sofie Ene Wichmann Mads Lacoppidan Malene Enø Rune Hven-Jensen Søren Halskov Nissen Phaedria Marie St. Hilaire Soren Stig Bjørg Finsen Anish Wig Shoaib Abedi David Højelsen Jacob Lachmann Lucca Lachmann and many more! 💡🙌 I firmly believe every country should have a 100-year vision. It challenges us to think long-term, beyond short-term gains, personal interests, and politics. It fosters innovation and a sense of responsibility for future generations. 🫶 A big thank you to Brian Mikkelsen and Anders Schroll for the invitation and for creating an environment where so many inspiring leaders could envision how Denmark can become the best place in the world to live and do business. 🙏 **Here’s a sneak peek of my vision:** ✨ “In the next 100 years, I see Denmark as a central player in a world where data becomes the most valuable resource. Just as steam engines and railways fueled the Industrial Revolution, today we are witnessing a similar transformation through generative AI and artificial intelligence. With companies like Novo and technological breakthroughs such as the AI supercomputer Gefion, we have the power to revolutionize health data and research into lifestyle diseases. Through strong ethics and responsibility, Denmark can become the world's digital vault, protecting data from misuse. To ensure future innovation, we must integrate entrepreneurship into education from an early age. When the time capsule is opened in 100 years, I envision a Denmark that has built a system where everyone—regardless of gender or background—has equal opportunities to innovate and contribute to a better world.” What would your 100-year vision for your country be? 🔮 Feel free to share in the comments! #vision #future #innovation #entrepreneurship #denmark Ugly Duckling Ventures Fonden for Entreprenørskab Dansk Erhverv Photo credits 📷Sarah Mølsted
📰 Great to see Ugly Duckling Ventures' own Andreas Green Rasmussen featured in PROSA - Forbundet af It-professionelle's publication Prosabladet, today 🤩 The profile feature touches upon; 🙋♂️ Andreas' journey from tech-entrepreneur to VC Investor as founding partner of Ugly Duckling Ventures 👨💻🏃 His early career as double-founder of the digital agency Nodes (acquired by Monstarlab in 2017) and YWC Sports (Acquired by The IRONMAN Group in 2013) 🎢 The roller coast journey that you often experience as a founder, how you learn from the highs and lows,- and how much you can actually overcome when you have your back against the wall ❤️ His passion for working with early-stage founders 👷♀️👷 and how he has made that his living with Rune and Louise at Ugly Duckling Ventures Link to the article in the comment section below 👇 #uglyducklingventures #venturecapital #startups #vc #vcfundraise #b2b #saas 🙏 Maria Broe Trustrup Hansen
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En 100 års vision for Danmarks fremtid 🔮 For 400 år siden havde Christian 4. en vision om at øge Danmarks velstand gennem handel og entreprenørskab, da han opførte Børsen. Nu, i 2024, tager vi hul på næste kapitel i denne historie. I går markerede Dansk Erhverv genopførelsen af Børsen, hvor Hans Majestæt Kong Frederik 10. indsatte en grundsten og placerede en tidskapsel, der først vil blive åbnet om 100 år. Fonden for Entreprenørskab er stolte over, at vores forperson, Louise Lachmann, var inviteret til at deltage i denne særlige begivenhed. Sammen med bl.a. Statsminister Mette Frederiksen og CEO for Novo Nordisk, Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen har Louise fået æren af at nedfælde sin vision for, hvordan Danmark kan blive verdens bedste land at drive virksomhed i – og leve i. "Danmark skal være en global leder inden for entreprenørskab, og vejen dertil begynder i vores skoler og uddannelser. Vi skal sikre, at entreprenørskab bliver en central del af undervisningen fra en tidlig alder, så den næste generation er rustet til at skabe fremtidens løsninger. Ved at lære børn og unge at tænke kreativt og innovativt, samt tage ansvar for de teknologiske fremskridt, kan vi bygge en fremtid, hvor danske iværksættere og innovative medarbejdere driver global forandring og skaber værdifulde løsninger for verden.", udtaler Louise. Louise har en lang karriere bag sig som iværksætter, hvor hun har etableret og solgt flere virksomheder. Som general partner i Ugly Duckling Ventures og nuværende forperson for Fonden for Entreprenørskab, arbejder hun målrettet for at fremme iværksætterkulturen i Danmark. Vi ser frem til at bidrage til Danmarks fremtid og fortsætte arbejdet med at styrke entreprenørskab i alle hjørner af vores samfund. Vi vil i hvert fald arbejde hårdt for, at entreprenørskab er for alle inden de 100 år er gået. Brian Mikkelsen