Jury criteria

Principles for the selection of jury members

It is crucial that the juries are composed in the most appropriate and impartial manner. Therefore, we work with a set of criteria for selecting participants in our juries. The guidelines are intended to ensure that the most competent members are always included in the jury and that they are completely impartial about the companies they are evaluating.

  • All juries are composed with competence and diversity in mind.
  • No one can sit on the same jury more than three times.
  • No jury member can have an interest in the companies to be assessed, whether as a mentor, advisor, board member, investor, or any other type of close personal relationship.
  • Jury members cannot invest in the companies to be assessed for a period of six months after the assessment.
  • Jury members may not take pictures or otherwise disclose anything about the companies or their participation in DTC.

The selection of jury members follows the following process:

  1. A database of potential jury members is built based on competencies and diversity.
  2. For a specific jury, a shortlist of relevant candidates is selected for that particular jury.
  3. The eligibility of candidates on the shortlist is checked.
  4. The final list of candidates is generated.
  5. Selection and contracting with each jury member.

 

Read more about Danish Tech Challenge.

External juries

In Danish Tech Challenge, we use external juries to select the companies that will participate in the program and determine the competition’s winners, including the Industriens Fond Entrepreneurship Award.

Legal & accounting

Discipline owner: NJORD Law Form & Grant Thornton

Purpose

Ensure that all necessary business documents are in place, comply with legal requirements, and prepare the company for potential future investments.

To ensure that the startup can create reliable and accurate financial reporting and manage its liquidity, essential for conducting business and reporting to investors.

How?
  • 1:1 coaching on using accounting systems, reporting VAT/taxes, and setting up P&L budgets and liquidity budgets.
  • 1:1 coaching on how to use the tools and processes to be ready to attract, hire, and train new employees.
  • You will have access to templates that you can use as inspiration for employment contracts, director agreements, confidentiality agreements, etc.
Outcome
  • Budgets
  • P&L structure (Profit and Loss)
  • Tax including company structure
  • Financial reporting