Christian Vintergaard Email & Phone Number

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

"Fonden for Entreprenørskab" (Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship) is a non-profit organization that aims to promote young people's skills in innovation and entrepreneurship. The Fund shall co-finance and develop projects and activities that promote the vision to influence attitudes and interest in entrepreneurship, independence and innovation, primarily through efforts in education

Greenland

Fonden for Entreprenørskab Grønland / Fonden for Entreprenørskab Kalaallit Nunaat arbejder for at fremme børn og unges kompetencer inden for entreprenørskab, innovation og iværksætteri. Målet er at sikre en kontinuerlig udvikling af disse kompetencer fra grundskole, ungdomsuddannelser til videregående uddannelser.

Vintergaard Consulting does mangement consulting and work in strategy development. Special focus is on entrepreneurship and innovation management.

Odense Area, Denmark

Teknologipagten skal styrke danskernes STEM-kompetencer, få flere til at interessere sig for STEM, få flere til at arbejde med STEM og få flere unge til at uddanne sig indenfor STEM. Med Teknologipagten er et samarbejde mellem regeringen, erhvervslivet, uddannelsesinstitutioner, or­ganisationer og andre aktører, der har givet hinanden håndslag på at gennemføre projekter og aktiviteter for at styrke arbejdsstyrkens tekniske og digitale kompe­tencer og spore flere unge ind på STEM­-uddannelser.

Venture Cup is a business plan competition for students, graduates and faculty at Danish universities. Participants submit their ideas and plans to an independent jury, who determines which teams win cash prizes. The competition runs during the academic year, and participants are free to use resources such as workshops, seminars, and advisors in their quest for the best idea and business plan.

JA-YE Europe (www.ja-ye.org) is Europe’s largest provider of entrepreneurship education programmes, reaching 3.1 million students in 37 countries in 2011. Funded by businesses, institutions, foundations and individuals, JA-YE brings the public and private sectors together to provide young people in primary and secondary schools and early university with high-quality education programmes to teach them about enterprise, entrepreneurship, business and economics in a practical way. The JA-YE Company Programme is recognised by the European Commission Enterprise Directorate General as a ‘Best Practice in Entrepreneurship Education’. JA-YE Europe is the European headquarters for JA Worldwide.

VisionØresund Entrepreneurship Academy will be an international recognized academy in entrepreneurship. It will unite the regions strength and create a strong collaboration between the educational institutions in the Øresund region and supply competitive education in entrepreneurship. Øresund Entrepreneurship Academy will contribute to the creation of values in the region by increasing the number of students who start businesses and create innovation in established companies. It will give them the best possible proficiency for making and running a successful business. MissionThe Øresund Region should be founded as an international cornerstone in entrepreneurship education and research. It aims to use international best practices and to work with a creative business mind.

During my time with CBS I was developing CBS´s entrepreneurship and innovation activities. Thias also included engangement with teaching and rescerach.Sample peer-review papers published:• Stolt & Vintergaard (2008) “Tværfaglighed & Entrepreneurship - En antologi om tværfaglighed i entrepreneurshipundervisningen”• Moberg, Vintergaard & Vestergaard (2008) ”Entreprenøriel kapacitet gennem uddannelse”. The GEM report.• Moberg, Vintergaard & Vestergaard (2008) ”Regional Growth: Model for Entrepreneurship Education in Regions” AOM Meeting, 2008.• Hansen, T. & Vintergaard, C (2007): ”Teams, sociale netværk og vækstvirksomheder: Kan tværfaglighed betale sig?” The GEM report.• Knudsen, L. & Vintergaard, C. (2007): “Kommercialisering af forskningsresultater via spin-off virksomheder - belyst via TopoTarget A/S” The GEM report. • Nielsen, A. P. & Vintergaard, C. (2006): “Venture kapital – mere end blot kapital”. The GEM report• Vintergaard, Christian (2005):”Opportunities in Corporate Venturing – Actors Creating Passageways” International Journal of Innovation Management (IJIM), Volume 9, Issue 1. page 215-239.• Jørgensen, H. and Vintergaard, C. (2006): “Connecting Company Strategy and Network Identity”. In: Managing Dynamic Networks Organisational Perspectives of Technology Enabled Inter-Firm Collaboration. Klein S. and Poulymenakou A. (eds.) Heidelberg: Springer.• Husted, Kenneth & Vintergaard, Christian (2004):”Stimulating innovation through corporate venture bases”. Journal of World Business, Volume 39, Issue 3. Reprinted in: Zahra (2005) Corporate Entrepreneurship and Growth” Edward Elgar. • Munk, Birkeholm Kasper & Vintergaard, Christian (2004):“Accentuating the role of venture capitalists in systems of innovation” (VEST) Journal for Science and Technology Studies. No. 1-2 vol. 17.

Phd in Corporate Venturing

Reseach in Corporate Venturing

Phd, Corporate Venturing, Innovation, Entrepreneurship

Title of PhD: “Early phases of corporate venturing” Copenhagen Business School & visiting Scholar at Babson College (USA)

Phd, Entrepreneurship

. "Early phases of corporate venturing" Copenhagen Business School & visiting Scholar

Msc, International Marketing And Management

Bsc, Economics And Business Administration

Ba, Entrepreneurship

High School, Science