The Danish tech ecosystem has produced eight unicorns: Zendesk, Unity, Tradeshift, Just Eat, Sitecore, Trustpilot, Net Company and Chainalysis. The Danish startup ecosystem is primarily located in the capital region of Copenhagen and its surroundings, where numerous co-working spaces, accelerators, and incubators have sprung up within recent years. The Copenhagen ecosystem is particularly strong within Fintech, Greentech, Healthtech, Life Sciences and Smart City-solutions.
Denmark has a very strong University based startup ecosystems. Out of the 8 universities in Denmark, 7 of them have university-based start-up ecosystems. Most of the universities also run innovation labs and have science parks closely attached to the university.
According to the Global Innovation Index 2020 (GII 2020) Danish innovation is ranked among the top 5 global leaders.