Internettets hjerte er truet – og Danmark står med en unik mulighed

Turning great Danish research into global success takes the right people, ambition, risk appetite and faster decisions.

This is some of the key messages shared by Mathias Brink Lorenz in a recent Børsen article on building companies from Danish research.

The article examines how quantum computers could threaten today’s internet security and highlights Denmark’s opportunity to build on its world-leading cryptography research to develop and commercialise quantum-safe security technologies.

The main points from Mathias were the following:
• Strong research alone is not enough, commercial success also depends on the people behind the technology, their motivation and their ability to build a company.
• Risk appetite is essential, both entrepreneurs and venture investors need to be willing to take greater risks when developing breakthrough technologies.
• Denmark needs to be more ambitious when it comes to turning research into globally successful companies.
• Speed matters in venture investing, while investment decisions in the US can be made within days, the same process can take months in Denmark.

Read the full article on Børsen