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From downturn to recovery – 2011 Silicon Valley venture capital stats
SVForum quarterly venture overview: 2011 year review On Feb. 7 2012 SVForum gathered a group of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and the business community to report on 2011 venture statistics. Following the presentation of stats, SVForum invited partners from Norwest Venture Partners, Venrock and Hummer Winblad to a panel debate on the broader outlook of the [...]
New interns at ICDK
Innovation Center Denmark, Silicon Valley is happy to present the new group of interns. The three masters-level students will work together with the rest of the team at ICDK for the next 6 months to achieve our goals in 2012. The interns bring a great variety of skills and experiences to the center. From left: [...]
Grundfos Cuts the Ribbon to Innovative Water Technology Center
On September 20, Grundfos Chairman, Niels Due Jensen, unveiled Grundfos’ Water Technology Center in Fresno, California. The center will set the standard in water technology throughout the world as well as benefit the entire region, said Ashley Swearengin, Mayor of Fresno. The Water Technology Center will primarily focus on innovative product research in irrigation and [...]
Danish Entrepreneurship Award 2011
Sign up now for free and be part of the Danish Entrepreneurship Award 2011! People from all around the educational system will participate with one goal mind – create growth by being more creative, innovative and entrepreneurial. Everyone can participate in idea contests on different educational levels. Besides that there will also be interesting talks, [...]
US Military’s Green Push
MarketWatch’s Steve Gelsi just wrote an interesting article about how the US military has set very aggressive goals to reduce the use of fossil fuels. Last year, the US military spent as much as $13 billion on petroleum for its ships, planes, and combat vehicles alone! On top of that, energy dependence and supply reliability [...]
New interns at Innovation Center Denmark
We are happy to present four new interns at Innovation Center Denmark. Through a hard selection process, these four Danish Master’s students made it through the narrow gap – welcome guys! Magnus, Henriette, Philip and Lasse Lasse, Information and Communications Technology My name is Lasse Chor, and I will be part of the ICT team, [...]
Danish Smart Grid experts coming to Silicon Valley June 20-24!!
Danish Smart Grid experts coming to Silicon Valley June 20-24!! We are pleased that our Smart Grid Applied Silicon Valley Conference is attracting such high level participation from prominent Danish and US experts in the field. With over 20 confirmed participants from Denmark we are very excited to present Danish smart grid solutions and development [...]
Sustainable conference center in Denmark is first of its kind
The future of sustainable building technologies might emerge out of the small Danish Island Bornholm. As the first hotel and conference center in the world build in full compliance with the cradle-to-cradle principles the demonstration project for sustainable building technologies on Bornholm the Green Solution House will be something to watch for the next years. [...]
Danish Minister brings University Chancellors to the Valley
In late June, Innovation Center Denmark will host the Danish Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Charlotte Sahl-Madsen, when she brings chancellors of the Danish universities on a study trip to Silicon Valley. The objective of this trip is to gather inspiration for how to advance the conditions for entrepreneurship at Danish universities. Unique constellation [...]
Denmark continues to be a hot spot for EV companies
As the electrical vehicle infrastructure and industry are rapidly expanding, international players continue to flock to Denmark to tap into the buzzing EV ecosystem. Due to the progressive energy policies, tax exemption on electrical vehicles (EVs) and high adoption rates of new technologies by Danish consumers, many world leading EV companies are involved in the [...]
Do you want to launch your startup in Silicon Valley?
Launching a business in Silicon Valley can be a springboard for almost for any company. Investors are always on the lookout for new opportunities to invest in. One of the initiatives dedicated to help startup companies to get this head start and find investors is Launch: Silicon Valley 2011 Launch Silicon Valley is a full-day [...]
