Copenhagen Industries

On a mission to replace live firearms on movie sets, with safe and reliable replicas.

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Media and Entertainment
  • Location Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Currency USD
  • Founded September 2017
  • Employees 8
  • Incorporation Type LLC
  • Website cph.industries

Company Summary

Copenhagen Industries is on a mission to replace real firearms on movie sets with safe and reliable, firing replicas. We develop and design products for special effects in the entertainment, event, film and TV industries.

Copenhagen Industries enables replica weapons to appear as if they were shooting blanks but without the hassle of permits, licenses, the risk of personal injury or the massive budgets they usually require.

Team

  • Daniel Karpantschof
    Co-Founder & CEO

    Serial entrepreneur with 15+ years of experience in entrepreneurship and feature film development. Previously at White House Council for Entrepreneurship, Danish Creative Elite 2014, and Economist Ideas Lab.

  • Søren Haraldsted
    Co-Founder & Pyrotechnician

    Special effects, pyrotechnics, and firearms expert with 16+ years of experience in the film industry. Previously has worked in over 50 feature films.

  • Kasper Emil Feld
    Science Officer

    Ph.D. in Physics and expertise from open source space exploration.

  • Frederik Berg
    Operations & Product Manager

    Project Manager with 15+ years of experience with project management, and content development. Previously at hardware pioneer Arduino and Zentropa.

  • Tien Pham
    Product Designer

    Product Designer with 15+ years of experience in product design. Previously hardware pioneer at Arduino and founder of wearables tech F.lashes.

  • Victoria Apodaca
    Global Launch Fellow

    Marketer with 7+ years of experience in digital marketing. Previously marketing professional within several startups, and Warner Music Group.

  • Mie Haraldsted
    Head of R&D

    Product Engineer with 15+ years of experience with mechanical and industrial design. Previously at Dyson, Nokia and Novo Nordisk.

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