Accelerace

investment firm

About

Accelerace, a Denmark-based business development organization, provides training, funding, and business development services for startups.

Details

Last Funding Type
Series Unknown
Industries
Biotechnology,Blockchain,CleanTech,EdTech,FinTech,Food and Beverage,Health Care,Internet of Things,Medical Device
Founded date
Jan 1, 2008
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Accelerace Management A/S
Investor Type
Accelerate
Sub-Organizations
Copenhagen FinTech Accelerator Soundtech Accelerator

Accelerace is one of the world’s top 10 seed accelerators. Since 2008 Accelerace has spotted, trained and invested in more than 700 of the most promising Danish and international startups and growth companies. 88% of the companies are still on the market today.
As partner in the national Scale-Up Denmark initiative, Accelerace scales startups within foodtech, edtech, cleantech, IoT, soundtech, fintech, future of work, medtech, biotech and digital health with help from experienced serial
entrepreneurs, mentors, bootcamps and a vast network.

Accelerace has in its lifetime invested more than 38.8 million USD in promising startups and has launched partnerships with the Novo Nordisk Foundation, Arla, COOP, Nordea, Nykredit, Danske Bank, Bang & Olufsen, Sound Hub Denmark, Arbejdernes Landsbank, Ørsted og Elia among others.

Accelerace is also organizing the Nordic NOME (Nordic Mentor Network for Entrepreneurship) mentor network for life science startups. Read more on www.accelerace.io and www.nome.nu or via email: [email protected]

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
2
kr10.50M
Accelerace has raised a total of kr10.50M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Mar 1, 2019 from a Series Unknown round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Mar 1, 2019 Series Unknown 1 inQvation Detail
Jan 10, 2018 Series Unknown kr10.50M 3 Detail

Funds Raised

Announced Date Fund Name Money Raised
Jan 1, 2018 Overkill Ventures €5M
Jan 1, 2012 Accelerace Welfare Tech Invest €14M
Jan 1, 2012 Nupark Accelerace Invest $18.47M
Jan 1, 2010 Accelerace Invest $12M

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
4
Accelerace is funded by 4 investors. inQvation and Færch Foundation are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
inQvation Yes Series Unknown
Færch Foundation Series Unknown
Symbion Series Unknown
Vaekstfonden Series Unknown

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
8
Accelerace has 8 current employee profiles, including Executive Peter Torstensen
Executive
Executive
Executive
Executive
Executive

Exits

Accelerace has had 8 exits. Accelerace most notable exits include Graduateland ,   Coinify

Date Company Name Exit Type Industry
Sep 21, 2022 Graduateland M&A Education Detail
Aug 2, 2021 Coinify M&A Financial Services Detail
Apr 8, 2021 Seneco M&A Energy Detail
Sep 16, 2020 Actimo M&A Enterprise Software Detail
Jun 1, 2017 Sorbisense M&A Biotechnology Detail