Over the next three years, the funds will expand TechBBQ and strengthen Denmark’s startup ecosystem, with a focus on attracting international investors, experts, and talent.
Denmark’s largest startup organisation, TechBBQ, has received a strategic grant of €2 million (DKK 15 million) from the Danish Industry Foundation (Industriens Fond).
Since its establishment in 2013, TechBBQ has become one of Northern Europe’s leading platforms for technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. The flagship event in Copenhagen now serves as a central meeting point for entrepreneurs, investors, business leaders, and decision-makers from Denmark and abroad.
Specifically, the grant has been awarded to the TechBBQ – Denmark’s Tech Lighthouse project, which aims to strengthen Denmark’s international visibility and position in technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship, and to build on the long-standing partnership between the Danish Industry Foundation and TechBBQ. The grant runs from 2026 to 2028 and amounts to DKK 5 million (approximately €670,000) annually.
Support from the Danish Industry Foundation during the period 2023–2025 has been a key driver of TechBBQ’s international development.
“Denmark has a strong entrepreneurial environment, but must continue to remain visible and attractive in the international competition for capital, talent, and knowledge. TechBBQ plays an important role in bringing the ecosystem together and creating the international connections that Danish startups need. With this support, we want to help Denmark position itself more clearly as a leading tech and innovation nation,” says Thomas Hofman-Bang, CEO of the Danish Industry Foundation.
“The support enables us to build on the results we have already achieved and further develop TechBBQ as a leading international platform that unites the Danish ecosystem around a shared ambition. Above all, the funds are intended to benefit Danish entrepreneurs by giving them better access to international investors, specialised talent, technological knowledge, and global networks,” says Avnit Singh, CEO of TechBBQ.
At the same time, the contribution from the Danish Industry Foundation and the collaboration with Bella Centre Copenhagen — TechBBQ’s base since 2025 — mean that TechBBQ now has optimal conditions to bring together global perspectives and create stronger connections across the Danish startup and innovation ecosystem over the next three years.
Over the next three years, the funds will be used to further develop TechBBQ’s role as an international platform and to unite the Danish startup ecosystem, with a particular focus on attracting international investors, experts, and talent to Denmark.
The 14th edition of TechBBQ will take place on August 26–27, 2026, at Bella Centre Copenhagen.