PSV

PSV Tech01 is the flagship venture capital fund of PreSeed Ventures (PSV) — Denmark's largest and most experienced pre-seed investor. PreSeed Ventures was founded in 2000 at DTU (Technical University of Denmark), where it originated as DTU Innovation, and is still owned by DTU, headquartered in Kongens Lyngby in Greater Copenhagen. PSV operates as a 'venture house' — a coordinated collection of funds and platforms designed to act as the first institutional investor on the cap table for Danish and Southern Swedish startups. PSV Tech01 is a EUR 55 million software-oriented pre-seed fund launched in December 2021 to back approximately 40 early-stage startups over four years. PSV Hafnium — Denmark's first dedicated deep-tech venture fund, launched in 2024 with a EUR 80 million hard cap — targets science-based cleantech, healthtech, and next-generation industrial solutions, with a first close of EUR 38.1 million in October 2024 backed by the European Investment Fund and EIFO. Since inception in 2000, PSV has financed and assisted over 400 startups and made 141 disclosed investments; more than 75% of portfolio companies go on to raise follow-on capital. Notable portfolio successes include Vivino, Trustpilot, Lunar, Seaborg Technologies, and Glycom. The firm leads rounds at pre-seed and seed and operates through a broad co-investor network including Creandum, Seed Capital, Northzone, Vækstfonden, Howzat Partners, Merck Ventures, and the Lundbeck Foundation. PSV's DTU ownership gives it a structurally privileged position in the Danish innovation ecosystem: the university relationship generates direct access to research commercialization opportunities, faculty founders, and student entrepreneurs before they enter the broader market. This pipeline advantage compounds over time and has enabled PSV to be the defining first investor in some of Denmark's most successful technology companies.