ERHVERVSHUS HOVEDSTADEN

Their core work

Erhvervshus Hovedstaden is a Danish public business support agency serving the Copenhagen capital region, focused on helping SMEs access innovation services and EU funding instruments. They act as a regional gateway connecting Danish small and medium enterprises with European innovation programs, particularly EIC (European Innovation Council) instruments like FTI and FET. Their core work involves innovation management capacity building — assessing companies via tools like IMP3rove and Innovation Healthcheck, then guiding them through Key Account Management (KAM) toward suitable EU support schemes.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their early work (2017-2018) centered on foundational innovation management diagnostics — using assessment frameworks like IMP3rove and Innovation Healthcheck to evaluate and build SME innovation capacity. By 2020-2021, the focus shifted toward specific EU funding instruments (EIC, FTI, FET), indicating a move from general innovation support toward targeted EU program navigation. This evolution suggests they matured from broad capacity building into a more specialized advisory role connecting SMEs with concrete funding opportunities.

Moving from general innovation diagnostics toward specialized EIC/FET/FTI advisory services, positioning themselves as a go-to regional broker between Danish SMEs and specific EU innovation funding instruments.

How they like to work

Erhvervshus Hovedstaden operates exclusively as a participant, never leading consortia — consistent with their role as a regional service delivery partner rather than a project originator. With 29 unique partners across 18 countries from just 4 projects, they plug into large, pan-European Coordination and Support Action (CSA) networks. This makes them a reliable local implementation node: they deliver services on the ground in Denmark while the consortium handles overall coordination.

Despite only 4 projects, they have connected with 29 partners across 18 countries, reflecting their participation in broad pan-European CSA networks designed for wide geographic coverage. Their network is structurally wide but operationally focused on the Copenhagen/Danish SME ecosystem.

What sets them apart

As a public business house for the Copenhagen capital region, they offer direct access to a dense ecosystem of Danish SMEs — a valuable entry point for any consortium needing a Nordic implementation partner. Their combination of IMP3rove-certified innovation assessment capability with hands-on KAM services means they can both diagnose an SME's innovation readiness and actively shepherd it through EU funding processes. For consortium builders, they bring a ready pipeline of pre-assessed Danish companies rather than just institutional capacity.

Highlights from their portfolio

• INNODK IV
  Their largest funded project (EUR 137,085), representing the most mature iteration of their Innovation Denmark service line with explicit EIC/FTI/FET instrument focus.
• KET4CleanProduction
  Their only project outside the Innovation Denmark series, extending their SME support into manufacturing clean production — a departure into sector-specific technical advisory.