Odense Robotics StartUp Fund & Incubator
Are you an early-stage robotics startup seeking support to turn your ideas into a successful business? Apply now for the Odense Robotics StartUp Fund – a fund offering founder-friendly investment, cutting-edge know-how from leading robotic business leaders and world-class incubator facilities at the Danish Technological Institute in Odense.
Even with a good idea, you need funding, knowhow, and the right facilities to get your robotics startup off to a solid start – and that’s precisely what the Odense Robotics StartUp Fund & Incubator offers.
The fund is continuously seeking ambitious, early-stage robotics and drone entrepreneurs ready to take their idea to the next level.
Strengthen your startup
The fund offers startups a wide range of benefits. The package is designed to support startups within both engineering and business development:
- Get access to founder-friendly capital in the form of a loan that you pay back when you can.
- Strengthen your business strategy so you're ready to pitch to initial customers and investors.
- Develop your prototype into a viable product in the Danish Technological Institute’s incubator in Odense, where you get office space, work together with other startups and get access to advanced technical equipment.
- Mentor course with leading figures from Denmark's robot and drone industry as well as technical experts and business coaches
- Expand your network in Denmark's thriving robot and drone ecosystem, meet partners, future investors and other startups.
O-Robotics – an example of the startups currently based in the incubator at DTI
How to apply
The fund is open to applications on an ongoing basis from robotics and drone startups from Denmark and abroad.
Eligible startups are typically 12-24 months before a pre-seed investment and demonstrate high-growth potential within robotics, automation and drones.
To apply, send a short company description and pitch via the fund's website, which also explains the application criteria and process:
www.robotstartupfund.dk
About Odense Robotics StartUp Fund & Incubator
Odense Robotics StartUp Fund is a new model for shaping successful robotic startups for generations to come.
The independent commercial foundation offers early-stage robotic and drone startups from Denmark and abroad access to founder-friendly investment, cutting-edge know-how from leading robotic business leaders and world-class incubator facilities at the Danish Technological Institute in Odense.
The Fund was established in 2022 with donations from leading figures from Denmark’s robotics industry, large industrial companies and several independent foundations. Returns are reinvested in the non-profit fund, making it a unique sustainable model that aims to bring lasting benefits to startup founders, investors and Denmark’s robotics industry at large.