The Innovation Fund Denmark has been tasked by the Minister for Higher Education and Science to evaluate nominations for the ‘Into Innovation Award 2025’, which has been established on the Minister’s initiative and is awarded by the Minister. The purpose is to recognize a researcher, entrepreneur, or group of collaborators for their role in either founding start-ups based on research or for having played a significant role in enabling others to do so.
The nominations are assessed by experienced evaluators with solid knowledge of the Innovation Fund’s purpose and activities. Collectively, the evaluators must represent different academic domains as well as experience with the commercialization of knowledge-based innovation and/or research results. Members of the 2026 commitee will be annnounced in spring.
The committee is:
Chair
Claus Hviid Christensen
CEO, Nexus
Deputy chair
Thea Larsen
Board Member and independent advisor
Karina Rothoff
ountry Manager, Firi
Christian Møller Dahl
Professor of Economics, SDU
Mads Kivi Jensen
CEO, Made About Consulting
Søren Grove Stig, Independant Consultant
Poul Georg Moses
CTO, Power-2-X,Topsoe A/S
Natasha Friis Saxberg
CEO, The Danish ICT Industry Association
Peter Herskind
VP - Product Design & Engineering, Coloplast
Martin Svoldgård Vesterby
Founder, MedData