DTU X-Tech is a hybrid incubator, university, fab lab, innovation and research facility in one. Run by DTU Entrepreneurship, it turns real inventions and industry needs into new ventures within a single course.
How it works
Engineering, business and marketing students work in teams on inventions, patents and technological needs from industry partners and DTU research. Over an accelerated-learning course, each team takes its case from idea to venture and leaves with:
- A working prototype
- A business plan
- An entrepreneurial team ready to explore a new business venture
Thematic tracks
Unexpected combinations build breakthrough businesses. Blending entrepreneurs and specialists from different backgrounds within one thematic focus area creates breakthrough thinking and solutions. Each track has a leadership team of DTU scientists from different fields and is sponsored by an external company, which typically submits or frames the thematic project.
- LifeScience-tech
- eHealth-tech
- Water-tech
- Food & agri-tech
- BIGScience-tech
- IoT-tech
From course to company
AQShare: clean drinking water for villages in Africa
“Clean water is one of the UN SDGs and a very significant global challenge that we chose to address,” says Kavi, one of the students behind AQShare.
GRUNDFOS, who sponsored the focus area, secured the rights to the project and employed the students to complete it.
ServedOnSalt: safe cooking with solar energy stored in salt
Every year, 4 million people, primarily women and children in rural villages, urban slums and refugee camps, die from preparing meals over open fires.
ServedOnSalt developed rechargeable batteries that store solar energy in salt. They cost half the price of charcoal and make cooking clean, affordable and safe.
Ready for a venture?
Companies can sponsor a track, lead a track as an industry fellow, or mentor a team.
What every team gets
- An industry mentor from the project's technological field
- Free access to prototyping facilities
- DKK 5,000 for equipment
- Product and business development specialists
- Lectures and keynotes on entrepreneurship
Contact
Thomas J. Howard
Professor, Head of Innovation and Group Leader of Technology Entrepreneurship and Design
DTU Entrepreneurship, Diplomvej, Buildings 371 & 372, 2nd floor, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby