The Danish Startup Ecosystem Guide - Magasin - Side 17
Sponsored: This article is published in collaboration with Startup Aarhus.
Upcoming events
Diversity Week (27-31 marts): Connects
women who fund, found, and work in
startups. Diversity Week creates a space,
where the minority becomes the majority
and acknowledges challenges and explores
opportunities and solutions.
Aarhus Townhall (21. april 2023 +
12. oktober 2023): Gathers the entire
startup community for a short stage program
followed by beers and informal networking.
VC-Series (Continiously when VC’s are
in town): Invites international VC’s to
Aarhus to give a short talk and network
with a select group of local founders.
700 people attended and another 350 were on the waiting list for the sold-out Slush’D Aarhus
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30. marts: Backing Minds (During
Diversity Week)
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Events create a
sense of community
in Aarhus
Aarhus Townhall and Aarhus Slush’D have quickly
established themselves as returning meeting places for
the Aarhus ecosystem.An important piece in creating a
community and a showcase for the ecosystem.
W
ith talks, intimate networking and hard-hitting
drumming from Safri Duo,
Aarhus showed a new
side as host of the startup event Aarhus
Slush’D back in October. An event that,
like its sister event Aarhus Townhall,
was completely sold out - proving just
how long Aarhus has been waiting to get
its own big startup events.
”Aarhus needs something that brings
the community together. People should
be able to meet and exchange experiences. Founders need to meet other
entrepreneurs who are on the same
journey - which happens when you
meet physically and informally and can
share experiences, ups and downs,” says
Mette Tønnesen, director of Startup Aarhus, which is the organisation behind
both Townhall and Slush’D.
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At the same time, the two events
serve as a showcase for what the ecosystem in Aarhus has to offer. Both for the
entrepreneurs, who get a storefront to
the outside world, but also for investors,
corporates and other stakeholders in
and around the ecosystem, who can
meet the entire ecosystem at once. And
the ecosystem needs that.
”We don’t brag enough in Jutland.
That’s why we want a meeting place that
can help create a we-feeling that Aarhus
can do something special. When it comes
to Slush’D and Townhall, it’s all about
the sense of community: How cool that
a city like Aarhus can attract this. There
must be a pride in the city and its amazing entrepreneurs, so that the founders
themselves will eventually start shouting
about the good stories from the community,” says Mette Tønnesen.
More information at
www.startupaarhus.com
What does the ecosystem say?
Startup
Yana Vlatchkova
Question Base
Startup Aarhus has been instrumental for
creating a vibrant and engaged startup
ecosystem here. They are amazing at running
many get-togethers and knowledge-sharing
events during the year. But nothing matches the
two big dates - Aarhus Townhall and Slush‘D.
There’s tons of high-fives, exchanged contacts
and advices. It creates a sense of belonging,
like this is your hood and together, we can
make each other stronger. To be part of this
experience as a startup, means it is less lonely
to be on the hard startup journey.«
Investor
Christian Vinther
Founderment
Townhall and Slush‘D help to gather and attract
both national and international people from the
community to Aarhus. It is a unique opportunity
to showcase the ecosystem - it helps put Aarhus
on the map. And as an investor, it provides an
opportunity to see more exciting cases and also
to connect with other investors, who are often
interested in having a local contact.«
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