Denmark’s best university startup 2022: humAId - empowering deaf people
Posted: 24 June 2022
By Ida Toftegaard Clausen, Venture Cup Denmark
This week Venture Cup Denmark hosted both the category finals and the final award show of the National Startup Competition. Students, startups, and a large part of the ecosystem came together to celebrate as Denmark's best university startup 2022 was announced.
Morten Ugelvig Andersen, CEO of Venture Cup, Thomas Bernhard, Business Developer from SDU, Søren Land, Head of Division at SDU RIO, Pascal Gyldenberg, Business Developer from SDU and Mads Lorentzen (in front) founder of humAId.
The overall winner and winner of the social category was humAId from Southern University of Denmark. The founders Mads Lorentzen and Mikkel Bytoft only started their journey in December 2021, but impressed both the judges and audience with how far they have come. humAId is a digital sign language translation service that will ease the daily lives of deaf and hearing impaired people. humIAd is an app that translates sign language directly on your phone, allowing for many more hours of translation than deaf people get today, as well as flexibility and mobility. A solution that will make a true social impact by empowering people with hearing disabilities.
Mads Lorentzen pitching in front of a crowded room and the VIP jury; Stephan Christgau, Partner of Eir Ventures, Stine Mølgaard, co-founder of Radiobotics, and tech investor Sune Alstrup, co-founder of The Eye Tribe.
After winning the social category, Mads Lorentzen pitched in front of a crowded room and the VIP jury; Co-founder of Radiobotics, Stine Mølgaard, partner of Eir Ventures, Stephan Christgau, and tech investor and co-founder of The Eye Tribe, Sune Alstrup, on the night of the 22nd June.
Besides from a lot of credit, humAId took home 100.000 DKK and can now look forward to strategy sessions with McKinsey & Co and a storytelling workshop with Copus, before they move on to participate in Venture Cup Denmark’s University Startup World Cup, which they have now qualified for.
humAId competed against some strong startup teams. The other category winners and semi-finalists were: Green Category: StaySeat ApS (DTU). Health Category: Yuman (DTU). Product Category: Hydrovertic (SDU). Digital Category: Innolidix (DTU)
