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Alexander Viterbo-Horten

Kongens Lyngby, Denmark · Person

Co-founder and General Partner of PSV (PreSeed Ventures) Tech. He backs technical founders at the earliest stage and supports them through the journey from research and prototype to first institutional venture rounds across the Nordic region.

Person Venture CapitalSoftwareDeep Tech

Anders Kjær

Kongens Lyngby, Denmark · Person

Founder and Managing Partner of PSV Hafnium, Denmark's first dedicated deep-tech venture fund, which closed at €60M in 2025. He invests in science-rooted spinouts across quantum computing, cleantech, new materials, biotech and new space, primarily from Nordic technical universities.

Person Venture CapitalDeep TechCleanTech

Christel Piron

Kongens Lyngby, Denmark · Person

Co-founder and General Partner at PSV and CEO of PSV Foundry, the Technical University of Denmark's investment and incubation arm. She works at the intersection of university research and venture creation, helping turn deep science into fundable Nordic startups.

Person Venture CapitalDeep TechUniversity Spinouts

Christian Lindegaard Jepsen

Copenhagen, Denmark · Person

Partner and co-founder of Heartcore Capital. Based in Copenhagen, he invests in consumer technology and software founders across Europe and has been part of the firm since its 2007 origins as Sunstone Technology Ventures.

Person Venture CapitalConsumer TechSoftware

Dave Thomas

Copenhagen, Denmark · Person

Programmer and author, co-author of The Pragmatic Programmer and a signatory of the Agile Manifesto, a longstanding influence on software craftsmanship and developer practice. He is a confirmed speaker at GOTO Copenhagen 2026, reflecting on pragmatic programming in the age of AI.

Person Software DevelopmentEngineeringAgile

Freek Van der Herten

Copenhagen, Denmark · Person

Developer and partner at Belgian web agency Spatie, prolific open-source author of widely used Laravel packages and host of the Laravel and PHP community. He is a confirmed speaker at Laravel Live Denmark 2026 in Copenhagen, sharing practical Laravel and package-development insights.

Person Software DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentOpen Source

Gojko Adzic

Copenhagen, Denmark · Person

Software delivery consultant and author of books including Specification by Example and Impact Mapping, known for his work on collaborative requirements and product engineering. He is a confirmed speaker at GOTO Copenhagen 2026, focusing on human-centered software delivery in the age of AI.

Person Software DevelopmentEngineeringArtificial Intelligence

Helle Uth

Kongens Lyngby, Denmark · Person

Co-founder and General Partner of PSV (PreSeed Ventures) Tech, Denmark's most active pre-seed fund. She invests in early-stage software, AI and digital-infrastructure founders across the Nordics, writing first institutional cheques into pre-product-market-fit companies.

Person Venture CapitalSoftwareArtificial Intelligence

Jimmy Fussing Nielsen

Copenhagen, Denmark · Person

Partner and CEO of Heartcore Capital, the Copenhagen consumer-tech VC he co-founded in 2007 (as Sunstone Technology Ventures). He has backed European category leaders including Tink, Trustpilot and GetYourGuide and is one of the Nordics' most active early-stage investors.

Person Venture CapitalConsumer TechFintech

Jonas Dupont

Copenhagen, Denmark · Person

Jonas Dupont is an investment professional at EIFO, Denmark's state-backed investment and export financing fund. At Ignite Odense 2026 he speaks on investment decision-making, covering how institutional investors evaluate innovation, growth potential, leadership teams, and strategic fit when deploying capital. His role at EIFO places him at the centre of Denmark's public startup financing infrastructure, making him a key ecosystem figure for Danish founders seeking growth capital.

Person Venture CapitalInvestment

Katharine Jarmul

Copenhagen, Denmark · Person

Data scientist and privacy engineer, author of Practical Data Privacy, specialising in machine learning, data security and responsible AI systems. She is a confirmed speaker at GOTO Copenhagen 2026, where she presents on designing and running AI agents locally and securely.

Person Artificial IntelligenceData PrivacyCybersecurity

Kent Beck

Copenhagen, Denmark · Person

Software engineer best known for creating Extreme Programming and Test-Driven Development and for his influence on agile software practices. He is a confirmed speaker at GOTO Copenhagen 2026, where he addresses software engineering, testing and developer productivity.

Person Software DevelopmentEngineeringAgile

Kevin Dalgaard

Copenhagen, Denmark · Person

Kevin Dalgaard is Senior Principal at Lundbeckfonden BioCapital, the venture capital investment arm of the Lundbeck Foundation, one of Denmark's largest private foundations dedicated to advancing research in brain and neurological diseases. He evaluates and manages life science investments across the Nordic and global biotech ecosystems. Lundbeckfonden BioCapital is a key and highly respected institutional investor in the Scandinavian life science community.

Person Life SciencesVenture CapitalBiotechnology

Marianne Hyltoft

Kongens Lyngby, Denmark · Person

Founder and Managing Partner of PSV Hafnium, the Nordic deep-tech fund she co-launched in 2024. She focuses on industrial biotech, energy, robotics and future-of-compute spinouts, helping technical founders commercialise research with patient venture capital.

Person Venture CapitalDeep TechBiotech

Ondřej Mirtes

Copenhagen, Denmark · Person

Czech software engineer and creator of PHPStan, the popular static analysis tool for PHP that helps developers find bugs before runtime. He is a confirmed speaker at Laravel Live Denmark 2026 in Copenhagen, where he discusses static analysis and code quality in modern PHP.

Person Software DevelopmentDeveloper ToolsOpen Source

Pauline Vos

Copenhagen, Denmark · Person

Software engineer working with MongoDB and an active voice in the Laravel and PHP developer community, focused on databases and backend engineering. She is a confirmed speaker at Laravel Live Denmark 2026 in Copenhagen, addressing data persistence and developer experience.

Person Software DevelopmentDatabasesWeb Development

Rasmus Errboe

Copenhagen, Denmark · Person

Rasmus Errboe is CEO and Group President of Ørsted, the world's largest offshore wind developer headquartered in Fredericia, Denmark, with operations in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas. He became CEO in February 2025, succeeding Mads Nipper, having previously served as Deputy CEO, Chief Commercial Officer, and Interim CFO since joining Ørsted in 2012. He was responsible for Ørsted's 2016 IPO and the 2017 divestment of its oil and gas business, and is a member of the Confederation of Danish Industries' Main Board.

Person EnergyCleanTech

Shane Rosenthal

Copenhagen, Denmark · Person

Software engineer and co-founder of NativePHP, a framework for building native desktop and mobile applications with PHP and Laravel. He is a confirmed speaker at Laravel Live Denmark 2026 in Copenhagen, presenting on cross-platform application development with PHP.

Person Software DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentOpen Source

Taylor Otwell

Copenhagen, Denmark · Person

Creator of the Laravel PHP framework and founder of the company behind it, one of the most widely used open-source web frameworks. He is a confirmed speaker at Laravel Live Denmark 2026 in Copenhagen, where he addresses the Laravel ecosystem and modern PHP development.

Person Software DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentOpen Source

Thomas Madsen-Mygdal

Copenhagen, Denmark · Person

Thomas Madsen-Mygdal is a Danish entrepreneur, designer, and digital activist who co-founded Denmark's first internet company, Mondo, in 1995 and later created Podio, a widely-used workplace collaboration platform. He is co-founder and CEO of TwentyThree, a video marketing and communication platform, and the initiator of Techfestival Copenhagen, a major annual Nordic festival exploring technology's societal impact. He also serves as chairman of the Copenhagen startup community initiative #CPHFTW and co-founded Nordic Makers, an early-stage startup support network.

Person TechnologyEntrepreneurshipDigital CultureStartups

Troy Hunt

Copenhagen, Denmark · Person

Security researcher and creator of Have I Been Pwned, the widely used service that lets people check whether their accounts have been exposed in data breaches. He is a confirmed speaker at GOTO Copenhagen 2026, addressing web security and lessons from real-world breaches.

Person CybersecuritySoftware DevelopmentWeb Security

Zoë Johnson

Copenhagen, Denmark · Person

Zoë Johnson heads Gubra Ventures as Head of Ventures at Gubra, a Danish bioscience company focused on metabolic diseases and CNS disorders. Gubra Ventures is the investment and partnering arm of Gubra, providing capital and expertise to early-stage biotech companies aligned with Gubra's scientific areas. She is an active investor and connector in the Nordic and European life science ecosystem.

Person Life SciencesVenture CapitalBiotechnology