Ten years ago the Danish robot company, Universal Robots, had a CEO named, Enrico Krog Iversen. At that time, interest from foreign venture funds were not common place in Odense as investments were first possible after robot companies had a positive cashflow and had proved their potential in the market. Enrico Krog Iversen, one of the robot cluster’s most experienced entrepreneur says, that today the venturefunds have changed their business models because of the robot startups in Odense.

Investment funds have come to understand that if they don’t invest early on, they won’t be successful in the industry.

“The entire…

The Danish venture fund Nordic Eye has acquired the share majority in the English sales company Double Six, who will now change their name to Nordic Eye Sales Accelerator. The acqusition is uncommon for a venture fund that focuses on investing capital in startups. The two founders of Nordic Eye, Peter Warnøe and Lars Tvede, however, have experienced time and time again that the fund’s portfolio companies struggle with sales. An experience that they can recognize from their own background as entrepreneurs.

We want to ease the load for our portfolio companies, so that they can focus their skills where

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Den danske venturefond Nordic Eye har købt aktiemajoriteten i den engelske salgsvirksomhed Double Six, som nu skifter navn til Nordic Eye Sales Accelerator. Købet er usædvanligt for en venturefond, der fokuserer kapital på at investere i startups. Men de to stiftere af Nordic Eye, Peter Warnøe og Lars Tvede, oplevede igen og igen i arbejdet med fondens porteføljeselskaber, at især salg var svært for iværksætterne. En oplevelse, de selv genkender fra deres egen tid som iværksættere. ”De nye virksomheder mangler tid, penge og salgskompetencer. Ofte er det et kapløb for dem at nå de salgstal, de har sat som mål….