DIF Innovation Lab

The Danish arena for sports and innovation

We bridge companies, startups, sports federations, athletes and universities to develop, test and scale new solutions to empower the Danish sports industry.

SERVICES

We offer

Consulting

We can help you with sparring on new ideas, products and prototypes. We will set up and facilitate user tests to validate the market of your business model, and give you guidelines for design, service, and usability.

Matchmaking

With our vast knowledge of the sports ecosysten, we can identify opportunities and contacts, and provide you with access to federations, facilities and athletes. We also establish networking events for sharing insights and data.

International Relations

Whether you’re a Danish company looking to go global, or a foreign investor interested in what Denmark has to offer, we help you make the connections – directly, or through events such as fairs and delegations.

CASES

Our work

Sustainable solutions for sporting events

New technology to reduce ankle injuries in sports

Building innovation skills

Digital Dance Creator

3D print of personal soles

International exposure of Danish sports tech companies

SportsTech Denmark network

Communication technology for training

Solutions to generate movement in schools

PEOPLE WE'VE WORKED WITH

ABOUT

Our mission

DIF Innovation Lab was established in 2017 to strengthen and grow the Danish sports industry. Our approach is rooted in open innovation, and we believe in co-development and experimenting with new solutions close to the end user.

We help the sports community innovate.

We help identify new opportunities and needs for innovation in sports and support open innovation to bridge established companies and startups with sports federations and athletes to co-develop, test and scale new solutions.

We bring people together.

We help identify partners in sports and facilitate co-design workshops and user tests with national federations, athletes, event managers and volunteers.

To sum up, we are here to share our data, network and insights.

We nurture the ecosystem.

We connect the sports ecosystem in Denmark, create partnerships with leading universities, municipalities and investors. We work with a global perspective to help companies gain international exposure.