# Accelerace

> Accelerace is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 80 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
- Total investments: 80
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 34%
- Fund size: $5.5M
- Last fund: Jan 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/1561499
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/AcceleraceDK
- Website: http://www.accelerace.io
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/acceleracedk

Accelerace is a VC fund in Copenhagen focused on Software and Information Technology. Accelerace is one of the earliest accelerator VCs in the Nordics. Established in 2008 the alum counts companies such as Trustpilot, Labster, and Templafy. Accelerace invests in pre-traction startups in Denmark, Nordics, Baltics, and Italy. Accelerace is also organizing the Nordic NOME (Nordic Mentor Network for Entrepreneurship) mentor networkfor life science startups. Read more on www.accelerace.io and www.nome.nu or via email: info@accelerace.io

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Accelerace. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Accelerace. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/accelerace?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 12 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 9 | 11% |
| Manufacturing | 8 | 10% |
| SaaS | 7 | 9% |
| Biotechnology | 6 | 8% |

125 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 37 | 46% |
| Pre-Seed | 28 | 35% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 5% |
| Angel | 1 | 1% |
| Grant | 1 | 1% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Denmark | 51 | 64% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Chile | 1 | 1% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |

13 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Ventzel | General Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-ventzel |
| Frederik Stoltze | Head of Marketing | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frederik-stoltze |
| Peter Birk, Ph.d. | Business Accelerator & Investment Manager; Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-birk |
| Peter Marculans | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-marculans |
| Peter Torstensen | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-torstensen |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GRAND | A "mission critical" all-in-one AI-assisted management system for venues and hotels. | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Aug 15, 2025 |  |
| Involved | Involved is an interactive, facilitated real-time participant experience. |  | Seed | Mar 11, 2025 |  |
| Elby. | Elby focused on accelerating the green transition in personal transportation with smart charging for urban areas. | $320.5K | Pre-Seed | Feb 27, 2025 |  |
| Omics Studio | Omics Studio, a cutting-edge software designed to transform your interaction with omics data. Our mission provides a robust bioinformatic tool that simplifies the analysis and exploration of omics data. Omics Studio is an indispensable asset for preclinical studies and basic research, enabling seamless biomarker, drug- and biological systemdiscovery. | $169.6K | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2024 |  |
| Meat Tomorrow | Meat Tomorrow is a biotechnology company focused on producing sustainable pork through cellular agriculture. The company aims to address the growing global meat demand and the environmental impact of conventional meat production. Supported by various organizations, Meat Tomorrow is developing a low-cost, sustainable production platform for culturedpork, with hopes of making it available in supermarkets within the next seven to eight years. | $587.8K | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2024 |  |
| Vokalo | Vokalo is a sports technology that supports the communication between coaches and athletes in training sessions. Vokalowas founded in 2019 and was headquartered in Denmark. | $215.9K | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2024 |  |
| tiny | tiny makes the first interactive indoor farm for the purpose of education: we aim to transform the way that children learn about key topics such as sustainability, nutrition, technology and programming by teaching through doing rather than simply through reading. | $405K | Pre-Seed | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| Umamamia | Umamamia provides science-based, innovative umami solutions. Our high-quality ingredients help food producers create delicious and satisfying dishes. We focus on clean-label and organic solutions for our customers. | $128.4K | Pre-Seed | Oct 30, 2023 |  |
| Wudpecker | Wudpecker records your sales call, generate high-quality notes, and syncs them to your CRM. Automatically. | $348.6K | Pre-Seed | Oct 26, 2023 |  |
| Hyphen - Personal AI made private | Kin, by Hyphen, is the world's first 100% private personal AI powered by self-sovereign identity and decentralized infrastructure. Through natural conversation, Kin evolves intimate understanding of you while you maintain complete data control. This enables Kin to provide tailored utility - from productivity tips to life advice - withoutcompromising privacy. Kin combines the customization of AI with the empathy of a close confidant. It journeys with you across devices as your personalized life companion. With Hyphen, your personal data finally works fully for you, not for corporations. Kin helps you succeed on your terms with assurance that your privacy stays protected. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Aug 30, 2023 |  |

10 of 80 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CAPNOVA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capnova-dk) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Nupark Accelerace](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nupark-accelerace) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Overkill Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/overkill-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Seed Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seed-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [PSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/preseed-innovation) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Baboon.VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baboon-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Accelerace invest in?

Accelerace invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 80 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Denmark. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Accelerace?

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### Who are the partners at Accelerace?

The team at Accelerace includes David Ventzel (General Partner), Frederik Stoltze (Head of Marketing) and Peter Birk, Ph.d. (Business Accelerator & Investment Manager; Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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