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Loans

BioInnovation Institute Venture Lab

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
4,200,000 DKK

DKK 4.2M convertible loan (12 months, Danish-incorporated start-ups with no commercial investors); the separate International Venture Lab offers up to EUR 500,000 convertible loan.

Funder

BioInnovation Institute (funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation)

private · national

Deadline: One call a year — Applications assessed in evaluation rounds; the International Venture Lab states next evaluation 16 Dec 2026 (pre-application by 24 Oct, full application by 30 Oct 2026). No fixed deadline published for the Danish Venture Lab block.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Evidence-based idea and founder team; Danish Venture Lab only supports early-stage companies without commercial investments/ownership; company must be incorporated and led from Denmark on acceptance.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://bii.dk/programs/venture-lab/

"Helps early-stage start-ups accelerate their journey towards validated venture"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: bii.dk

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