Denmark is full of startups within CareTech. New ideas are being brought alive all the time but most of this innovation and the solutions are kept in silence.
We wish to change this and give the startups a fair chance to tell their unique story. So welcome to this publication, where all the startups from the project “DANISH CARETECH DAYS 2024” initiated by Danish Care and supported by Danish Board of Business Development share their journey and solutions.
With this publication showcasing the startups, we hope to encourage aspiring entrepreneurs and at the same time showcase Denmark within the health sector focusing on CareTech.
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09-ANYWARESOLUTIONS 10-AQUATIME
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DANISH CARETECH DAYS #1
Entrepreneurship, healthcare, professionalism and sparring, all came together at the first of two DANISH CARETECH DAYS in 2024
The first event of DANISH CARETECH DAYS was held through a collaboration between Danish.Care, Centre for Welfare Technology and the business school ZBC - Zealand Business College
The event marked an important milestone for innovation and entrepreneurship within the care and health sector in Denmark. The uniqueness was in the combination of showcasing the new CareTech solutions and the sharing of the stories behind the solutions.
The official opening of the day was performed by MEP Astrid Krag (A), who emphasized the importance of assistive technology, which she described as an "easter egg" of good work environment, entrepreneurship and quality of life. Business Developer Brian Jacobsen from Copenhagen Business Hub shined a light on the challenges but also fruitful advice on how to navigate within the CareTech Industry
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The event housed 20+ visionary startups, where the majority of the participants were part of Danish Care's startup program CareTech CHALLENGE. The event attracted students from social and health schools, who had the opportunity to get to know the technologies they will encounter in their future work along with people from the ecosystem
Startups sharing their story and journey was a key element
A winner of the Future Welfare Hero was found at each event
Awards & recognization
One of the highlights of the day was the selection of the future Welfare Hero award recipient The winner, chosen by the visitors, was Drinksaver. Drinksaver has developed a glass that can be used by people with shaky hands or unsteady gait, without spilling and at the same time it looks like a regular glass An inclusive invention that can improve the quality of life for many.
Creating an environment for the startups to showcase, present and have one-to-one with potential stakeholders is the hallmark of the DANISH CARETECH DAYS
Danish design of silence
The winner of CareTech CHALLENGE cohort 2 was also announced. The award went to Anne Mygind with HabiWe, who has created soundinsulated chairs in sustainable material These chairs allow users to take a break in a busy environment, which can benefit many, including healthcare professionals and patients alike.
A new platform for sharing DANISH CARETECH DAYS 2024 clearly showed how technological innovation can improve the healthcare sector in Denmark, and by bringing entrepreneurs, students and professionals together, the event created a platform to share ideas and solutions
Winner of the future Welfare Hero Award; Drinksaver
Brian Jacobsen from Business Hub Copenhagen shared important insights
The unique story behind the startups brings everyone closer to understand the impact the startups are trying to achieve and why the embarked on the journey
Astrid Kragh in HabiCave by HabiWe Winner of Caretech Challenge
CareTechinDenmark
Company name: 4mvideo
4Mvideo’s solution consists of an app and a sensor that can be applied to any kind of homebike-solution. The user can then choose between already existing bicycle routes or can via the 4Mvideowebpage upload their own bicycle-tours.
THESTORY
4Mvideo has been co-created in collaboration with Gladsaxe Municipality. It has been developed in order to offer and nudge daily physical exercises in the users own home The solution offers an experience of a bicycle tour in known and familiar surroundings for the user. and thereby encourage them to exercise, while experiencing a beautiful sceneray.
MILESTONES & STATUS2024
2017: First edition ready for commercialization to municipalities 2020: Ready for public commercialization
2023: Chosen for clinical trial - Team Rynkeby and COPD patients biking to Paris
www 4mvideo com
E-mail: kontakt@4mvideo.dk
CARETECHINDENMARK
Erik Johannsen, CEO
Company name: Anyware Solutions
Anyware Solutions is an Innovative IoT and smart living technology company focused on delivering innovative solutions for smarter homes, eldercare, and digital services. It operates primarily as a B2B provider, collaborating with industries like insurance, energy, telecom, and healthcare. The company's core offerings include retrofit multi-sensor devices and a patented platform that integrates data insights, automation, and personalized services, marketed as Smarter Living™ and Smarter Care™
THESTORY
Anyware Solutions was founded as a crowdfunding project with a mission to simplify the smart home experience for everyday users. The all-in-one, highly adaptable solution design was awarded the CES Innovation Award in 2018, and the first projects with insurers and energy providers in Denmark paved the road for Anyware Solutions. In addition to Smarter Living™, Anyware Solutions has expanded into healthcare with non-intrusive remote monitoring for eldercare with the Anyware Care™ offer, reflecting its versatility and commitment to improving quality of life. Anyware Care™ is the result of a recent EU AAL project led by Anyware with field trials in 4 countries during 2023-2024.
MILESTONES & STATUS2024
2018: Launch of the Anyware Smart Adaptor™ 2020: First patent achieved 2021: Red Dot Design Award 2024: EU AAL project completed
AQUATIME is an intelligent drinking glass that continuously monitors fluid intake, displays drinking status on the glass and sends data to caregivers and healthcare professionals.
Aquatime’s nudging functionality stimulates the elderly to drink.
Kim Toft Madsen, Managing Director
THESTORY
AQUATIME was the result of the first Innovation Partnership in Denmark, and was developed in close collaboration with elderly citizens, caregiver and healthcare professionals from the municipalities; Albertslund, Esbjerg and Frederikssund.
The solution is digitalizing the time consuming, low quality and manual fluid balance chart process in the care sector. The solution was developed by MøllerJensen Innovation & Design Aps
MILESTONES & STATUS2024
2021: The first sales to a municipality in Denmark 2022: Aquatime v2 and the first international customers 2023: ABENA Group becomes majority owner of Aquatime
www aquatime dk E-mail: info@aquatime.dk
Company name: b-near
b-near® is a digital communication tool with a touchscreen and app, ideal for people with cognitive or physical challenges. Video calls are made with a single touch. Relatives and professionals are invited to the user's network by an administrator, ensuring a secure and abuse-free solution
THESTORY
A very personal story brought the b-near solution to life Malene Raundahl, Founder & CEO, saw her niece with a mental handicap, her autistic nephew, and her father-in-law with dementia struggle to use smartphones, longing for family connection.
Finding no solution, she took on the challenge, creating a tool so simple and secure that even the most vulnerable could use it effortlessly. This journey involved sacrifices, including using family savings, and extensive dialogues with target groups and caretakers.
MILESTONES & STATUS2024
2019: First prototype installed with niece, Camilla (August 2021)
2021: Software development
2022: Nominated for Product of the Year at Health & Rehab
2024: Final solution on the market (August 2024)
www.b-near.com
E-mail: info@b-near.dk
Malene Raundahl, Founder & CEO
Company name: byLink
byLink is a House of Healthcare Innovation, focusing not only on developing smart solutions aiding and assisting the healthcare professionals, but also on inspiring and helping them to take action on everyday problems in their local organization. byLink offers workshops and development processes, bringing ideas to a full function product - always in close cooperation with the users
THESTORY
It was the meeting with the healthcare professional Inge, that set byLink in motion. After having listened to Inge and her challenges, Line & Liza decided to bring Inges idea to reality by creating Roomie – a multifunctional table. In cocreation with Inge and her colleagues from other nursing homes, Roomie was brought to life as the first product by byLink. From there on more healthcare professionals approached byLink, which now has developed multiple products aiding and making everyday situations easier
MILESTONES & STATUS2024
2020: Roomie enters the Danish marked/Healthcare sector
2020: First exhibition Health & Rehab
2021: Add-ons for Roomie have been developed
2023: Roomie is introduced to the Norwegian and Swedish marked
www.bylink.dk
E-mail: info@bylink dk
Liza Haslund-Larsen Co-Founder & COO
Line Bluhme Co-Founder & CEO
Company name: Coco Care
Coco Care offers a digital therapy platform consisting of an app and a web portal. The solution provides live guidance to users during training sessions at home or work, monitors activities such as steps, and tailors each individual rehabilitation journey. Additionally, the platform helps healthcare professionals save time by empowering individuals to manage more of their own treatment and by automatically journaling progress.
THESTORY
The team and the idea originated from Rokoko, a company specializing in democratizing access to motion capture technology a process that tracks movement in real time. With support from EU funding, the team discovered that this technology could be used to nudge and monitor home treatment for people undergoing rehabilitation. They also realized it was possible to make the technology even more accessible by leveraging computer vision technology on smartphones. Today, this spinout is called Coco Care and operates as an independent entity
2022 Devleopment of Rokoko Care 2023: Proof of concept
www.cococare.io
E-mail: hj@cococare io
DANISH CARETECH DAYS 2024
CareTechinDenmark
Company name: Demenskonsulenten
Demenskonsulenten offers online-tools via monthly subscription or 1:1 sessions with the affected families. Demenskonsultenten also offers talks, where Tina J Kjeldsen is booked in by organizations or companies to talk about the life the family will face, when dementia is part of their everyday life
Tina J Kjeldsen, Founder & CEO
THESTORY
Through her work as a Leader and Consultant within Dementia at municipalities, Tina J Kjeldsen decided to make an impact after having experienced the chaos and dispair many families ex-perience when a loved one gets dementia, She therefore created her own consultancy and online-media support for the families living and being affected with dementia every single day
MILESTONES & STATUS2024
2021: Demenskonsulenten.dk founded 2023: First exhibition Health & Rehab 2024: Book release
www demenskonsulenten dk
E-mail: kontakt@demenskonsulenten. dk
Company name: Drinksaver
Drinksaver is a Danish company that has developed a lid that reduces waste but still makes it possible to drink from. Drinksaver's vision is that everyone should be able to drink independently and safely from a drinking glass with a lid, without fear of spillage or the social stigma that often accompanies visible aids.
THESTORY
Drinksaver is not just an ordinary drinking glass, but revolutionary in everyday aids, created by the two design engineers, Laila and Casper. During their student years, Drinksaver began as an ambitious project with a noble mission: to make festivals and concerts more accessible to the physically challenged.
The development of the solution is the result of a collaboration between design engineers, occupational therapists and other professionals, where all functions have been thought out. The functional needs are discreetly integrated into an aesthetic design and the lid and drinking glass are today sold to aid people having fysiological difficulties when drinking.
MILESTONES & STATUS2024
2023: Official market launch.
2023: Winner of Venture Cup Denmark, product innovation category
2024: Expansion into the German market
2024: Winner of the prestigious Red Dot Design Award.
www.drinksaver.dk
E-mail: contact@drinksaver.dk
Laila Midjord, CEO & Founder
Company name: En Ven
Anette Krag, Founder & CEO
THESTORY
Anette Krag had a dream one night She simply dreamt that she had created a friend for other people needing one. As a former toy designer from amongst others LEGO she sat her dream in motion and created the device It could be called many things, a toy, a medical device, an aid, but first and foremost it is a friend.
MILESTONES & STATUS2024
2021: First exhibition Health & Rehab
2022: Collaboration with relatives and Health Care Professionals
2023: Prototype testing
2024: CE-Mark
www enven dk
E-mail: mail@enven.dk
En Ven - (A friend) is a soft companion for people needing a friend It is a sensory stimulating aid, developed with the aim of creating value for both users, care staff and relatives
Company name: HabiWe
HabiWe, the Danish design of silence, is a furniture design company that develops aesthetically compelling and innovative furniture. Habiwe’s development is rooted in sustainability, functionality, and acoustics, with the aim that the furniture contributes to enhancing the well-being of the user and ensuring a sustainable indoor climate.
THESTORY
MILESTONES & STATUS2024
2021: First exhibition Health & Rehab
2023: Winner of the year, Entrepreneurship Skanderborg
2023: DokkX Århus Exhibtion
2024: Winner of CareTech CHALLENGE
www.habiwe.dk
e-mail: anne@annemygind.dk
Anne Mygind, CEO & Founder
Company name: Helpii
Helpii is an easy accessible digital platform that provides elderly citizens with health information and self-training programs to support their independence, thereby postponing the need for municipal assistance.
THESTORY
MILESTONES & STATUS2024
2019: Helpii established
2020: Collaboration with the municipalities of Slagelse and Fredensborg
2022: Helpii licenses sold to 4 municipalities
2024: Helpii licenses sold to 15 municipalities and collaborating with two hospitals
www helpii dk
E-mail: info@helpii dk
CARETECHINDENMARK
Christian Wittenkamp Co-Founder
Ivar Havsteen-Mikkelsen Co-Founder
Company name: I Bedste Fald
Mathias R. Krabholm, CEO & Founder
THESTORY
Mathias has since he was very young practised judo During his study at University of Copenhagen he realised that he could use the practices and techniques he had learned doing judo to educate in falltechniques and created I Bedste Fald. A company that teaches fall techniques and thereby contributes to prevention of falling amongst the elderly popoluation
I Bedste Fald offers fall techniques workshops either in groups or 1:1 where the particpants learn to fall safely.
Mathias takes it to the next level and embraces the participants fear of falling by including mindset-tools. Thereby transforming the participant’s fearmindset to a safe and in balancemindset
MILESTONES & STATUS2024
2021: First workshop
2022: Collaboration with Municipality of Copenhagen
www.ibedstefald.dk
E-mail: mathias@ibedstefald.dk
DANISH CARETECH DAYS #2
Future careworkers and future assistive technology were brought together when SOSU Esbjerg hosted DANISH CARETECH DAYS #2 on Thursday 28th November
Apps that make it easier for the technologically challenged to get hold of their relatives, aids for gentle preparation of the deceased, apps that can help with daily training The solutions were many, when students, employees and the many guests who passed by had the opportunity to experience these and many other assistive technologies when SOSU Esbjerg hosted the conference
The event was organized by Danish.Care in collaboration with Centre for Welfare Technology and SOSU Esbjerg.
Danish Care had received support from the Danish Board of Business Development to build the event.
“It has been a strategic choice to have the two events at SOSU schools in order to bring the health professionals of the future and the developers of health and welfare solutions together,” says Anders Lyck Fogh-Schultz, who s
our industry, namely development and innovation in the healthcare field. For us, the careworkers are the real welfare heroes who must have the care technology to work together with the individual citizen, so that technology and the human resources make a difference in a healthcare system under pressure."
Chief Consultant, Danish Care
Winner of the future Welfare Hero Award; NJORD
Anders Lyck-Fogh Schultz
That pleases Thomas Eggersen from the Centre for Welfare Technology. According to him, one of the biggest problems in the implementation of assitive technology is getting the technologies widespread and used in elderly care. It is therefore crucial that SOSU assistants and helpers are involved in the development of the technology. "Ideas arise when we are standing by the bedside," says Thomas Eggersen, who himself has training as a social and health worker and continues:
"Often it is an existing technology that you want to develop further. SOSU students and trainees all know the barriers We have a fantastic number of SOSU students who are very competent. Let's get them in play. The implementation is what challenges. When we get out into municipalities and regions, there is not much technology out there ”
Insight into what is available For SOSU Esbjerg, it is important to be able to host an event such as DANISH CARETECH DAYS, says Kim Madsen, who is head of courses at SOSU Esbjerg "There is no doubt that assistive technology will fill the future. It is one thing to develop technology, another to bring it to life and create security and understanding for it among citizens, employees and students in elderly care For us, it is important to strengthen the dialogue between practice and care technology companies and thus contribute to the development of the right care technology solutions in the future,"
The organizers were pleased to see that many other than students and staff stopped by the conference. Among other members of an elderly council and employees
DANISH CARETECH DAYS 2024
CareTechinDenmark
Company name: Linucare
The Linucare system consists of an app and an alarm button When the button is activated, the network receives an alarm along with navigation to the location of the activation.
THESTORY
2023: Winner of Venture Cup Denmark, Social category
2023: Launched waterproof bracelet for the safety button
2024: Participated in Dragons Den and got the first investors
2024: Cooperation with the Elderly Affairs & Missing People in Denmark
www.linucare.dk
E-mail: kontakt@linucare.dk
Nicklas Lynge, CEO & Co-Founder
Company name: LivaWheel
THESTORY
The Founder behind LivaWheel; Lisbeth Jacobsen found out during her pregnancy how complicated and difficult even the most simple task could be, such as to get the chair you sit on being placed under the table. Realizing how this is an everyday challenge for elderly people with reduced body strength or people with back and hip issues, she came up with a portable wheel-solution and founded LivaWheel.
MILESTONES & STATUS2024
2023: LivaWheel tested and approved at DTU
2024: LivaWheel ApS was established
2024: DokkX Århus Exhibition
2024: First sales in Denmark
www livawheel dk
E-mail: LivaWheel@outlook.com
CARETECHINDENMARK
LivaWheel offers a set of 4 wheels to be applied to almost any design of a table chair. The design has been developed in collaboration with engineers from DTU and tested by Danish Technological Institute
Company name: NJORD
NJORD’s mission is to create outdoor spaces that combines the scenery of the nature with whatever wish the user has. Whether they wish it to be a space for mindfulness, a space for joy, a space for creativity or a space for relaxation, NJORD brings it.
THESTORY
MILESTONES & STATUS2024
2020: NJORD Founded
2022: Ready for commercialization
2022: Sales to Region Copenhagen
2024: Export to Greenland
2024: Winner of the future Welfare HERO award
www.njord.green
E-mail: info@njord green
Sif Orbensen, Founder & CEO
Company name: Optoceutics
Dr Ngoc Mai Nguyen, Founder & CEO
THESTORY
Inspired by a 2016 Nature study that demonstrated the potential of 40Hz light therapy to combat Alzheimer’s in mice, the vision began to take shape. Born out of a collaboration between the University of California, Berkeley, and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Optoceutics was founded by Dr. Marcus Carstensen and Dr Mai Nguyen to turn this groundbreaking discovery into a realworld solution for cognitive health. They harness the power of precisely timed light pulses to reconnect and strengthen neural pathways, offering new hope for brain health.
At the heart of Optoceutics’ innovation is EVY a cuttingedge multi-sensory platform designed to deliver light and sound stimulation to the brain. The EVY LIGHT® and EVY INSIGHT work together to create an experience that is as powerful as it is simple, seamlessly integrating into daily routines
MILESTONES & STATUS2024
2018: Participating in Danish Tech Challenge 2019: First sales 2020: CE-marked
www optoceutics com E-mail: mail@optoceutics.com
Company name: ParkinsonPod
In 2018 Martin Jantzen and his team composed four albums with seven tracks each. The four albums come in four different paces; 102 beats per minute, 107 beats per minute, 114 beats per minute and 120 beats per minute. Within this range of paces, people with Parkinson’s disease can be supported. At the beginning of each track there is a count, making sure you are getting the right pace from the start
THESTORY
2018: Music launched 2021: 100.000 users in the Nordics
www parkinsonpod com
E-mail: contact@parkinsonpod.com
Birgitte Brabrand Co-Founder
Martin Jantzen Co-Founder
Company name: Relift
Relift is still being developed. Nearing completion and ready to make a difference.
THESTORY
ReLift is developing an automatic and adjustable toiletstool that ensures the correct sitting posture on the toilet, enabling dignified and independent toiletvisits for elderly and individuals with reduced mobility. Inspired by personal experiences and public attention on conditions in care homes, they have been working intensively for nearly four years and expect to have a production and market-ready product by 2025.
MILESTONES & STATUS2024
2020: Idea developed
2021: First exhibition Health & Rehab
2023: First (functional) prototype
www relift dk E-mail: info@relift dk
CARETECHINDENMARK
Victoria Dalby Wacher Co-Founder
Maria Freund Thinggaard Co-Founder
HOW DID IT ALL START?
CareTechinDenmark
Company name: Saluscur
Saluscur is an innovative Danish startup company that develops, manufactures, and sells products for the healthcare industry. One of their offered products is MaxillaAir™; an inflatable neck collar designed to improve the dignity and workflow in preparing the deceased for the final goodbye.
THESTORY
2022 First prototype of MaxillaAir™
2023 Final development and testing of the product
2023 First costumer in Denmark
2024 Collaboration with ABENA
www.saluscur.dk
E-mail: info@saluscur.dk
Julie Grønkjær Jensen CEO & Co-Founder
Simon Poulsen COO & Co-Founder
Company name: Syncsense
SYNCSENSE® is a digital exercise device that transforms boring exercise equipment into meaningful nature experiences, making exercise fun and motivating for the elderly and people with disabilities. The VR solution is an evidence-based tool for hospitals and rehabilitation facilities, used by therapists and caregiving staff to support care and rehabilitation efforts in a new and smart way.
THESTORY
The idea of developing a simple and effective intervention against physical inactivity and social isolation started in 2018 from an R&D project at Herlev and Gentofte Hospital An idea/project that later spun off by the two founders and former classmates Simon Bruntse Andersen and Steen Petersen from the University of Copen-hagen and the Technical University of Denmark.
SImon Bruntse Andersen CEO & Co-Founder
MILESTONES & STATUS2024
2019: Syncsense founded 2021: CE-marked and sales in Denmark 2024: Sales in UK & US
www syncsense io E-mail: contact@syncsense.io
CARETECHINDENMARK
Petersen CTO & Co-Founder
Steen
Company name: VentriJect
The mission at VentriJect is to mainstream cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2max) measurement in routine health checks, ensuring it becomes an integral part of everyone’s well-being - as it is one of the best overall indicators of health. Through awareness, user-friendly tools, and educational efforts, VentriJect aims to support healthcare professionals in empowering individuals to proactively manage their cardiovascular health, contributing to a culture of preventive healthcare, improved lifestyles, and better health for all
THESTORY
MILESTONES & STATUS2024
2020: Registered as CE-marked medical device
2021: First customers in DK
2023: Customers onboarded in both Germany and UK
2024: Featured on BBC World News, and invited to present at UN digital health event
www.ventriject.com
E-mail: contact@ventriject com
Mikkel Kristiansen, CEO
Company name: Weiss-Poulsen/L3WO
L3WO – (pronounced “Lewo”) Light as a kick scooter, fast as a moped Versatility on 3 wheels, with All-Wheel-Drive, L-tracks and variable track width along ability to handle stairs when remote controlled, are some of the technologies and properties.
Product is still under development
Kim Poulsen, CEO & Founder
THESTORY
Kim, who is born with Cerebral Palsy, has always been fascinated by transportation of some sort, to compensate for lack of proper walking and balance abilities After looking through the entire global market for years, not finding anything suitable, a simple idea was formed, then further developed into so far two prototypes, still in the process of further development and growing it into a business.
MILESTONES & STATUS2024
2022: First prototype 2023: Second prototype
www.L3WO.eu
E-mail: kontakt@L3WO eu
SHOWCASING IS KEY
Anders Lyck-Fogh Schultz Chief Consultant, Danish.Care
