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Lightnovo ApS

Private limited companyCVR 40979603BirkerødActive

Lightnovo ApS is a private limited company, based in Birkerød, active in research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering, founded in 2019. The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 4.9m. With 18 employees, the company is about 4 times larger than the industry median. Equity grew to DKK 29.3m in 2025.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 4.2m+1,914% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 4.9m−5.1% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 29.3m+67.6% vs. 2024
Employees18latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 1,914% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 4.2m.
  • The loss grew: from DKK 4.7m to DKK 4.9m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity rose 68% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 29.3m.

Employees

  • 4 more employees than a year earlier: 18 (07/2026) against 14 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: James Matthew Thomson (director, 17/06/2025), Oleksii Ilchenko (ceo, 14/07/2025) and Oleksii Ilchenko (board member, 24/07/2025) (+1).
  • Stepped down: Oleksii Ilchenko (ceo, 16/06/2025), Oleksii Ilchenko (board member, 16/06/2025) and Anja Boisen (board member, 19/05/2025) (+1).
  • New owners registered: E.m.l Holding ApS (20/11/2024), Light Compression ApS (27/03/2025) and Yurii Pilhun (07/11/2025).
  • No longer registered as owner: Light Compression ApS (26/03/2025), Yurii Pilhun (06/11/2025) and Xnovo Technology ApS (20/11/2024).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 10/03/2026: Share capital changed from 70,785 DKK to 71,493 DKK
  • 10/12/2025: Share capital changed from 65,242 DKK to 70,785 DKK
  • 07/11/2025: Share capital changed from 62,542 DKK to 65,242 DKK
  • 27/03/2025: Share capital changed from 59,764 DKK to 62,542 DKK
  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering (721000)

Calculated from the latest two annual reports in sequence and from registrations in CVR. A figure that is missing in either year gives no line, and we derive no figures.

Financial statements

Financial years 2020–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 5mDKK 0DKK 5mDKK 10mDKK 15mDKK 20mDKK 25mDKK 30m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Lightnovo ApS
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit−1075941,2492,0762104,232+1,914%
Operating profit (EBIT)−234139243−884−5,479−4,703+14.2%
Profit before tax−29586174−1,225−4,957−4,906+1%
Net profit2634369−1,604−4,668−4,906−5.1%
Total assets3,5694,5609,2726,98019,35032,276+66.8%
Equity−6865311−1,29317,50429,345+67.6%
Liabilities3,6364,4958,9607,9841,8462,862+55%
Cash and cash equivalents234184,1672,9478,58512,730+48.3%
Average number of employees1235813+62.5%

Source: annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority (XBRL). Figures for the company (not the group); change is the latest year against the year before. “–” means the figure is not stated in the annual report. Revenue is not stated for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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−DKK 1mDKK 0DKK 1mDKK 2mDKK 3mDKK 4m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (431 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Loss for 3 years in a row

    Net result has been negative in 2023–2025.

    How is this calculated?

    Net result is negative in the two or more latest annual reports in a row.

The signals are rules applied to the figures in the annual reports. They are not an assessment or credit rating of the company. See Data and method.

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Lightnovo ApS
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202514/07/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202403/07/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202327/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202228/04/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202107/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202002/12/2019 – 31/12/202009/06/2021The companyPDFXBRL

The figures from all the annual reports are shown on this page. The documents themselves (PDF and XBRL, the machine-readable edition) are downloaded with a Pro account: sign in or create a free account, and then choose Pro. XBRL is the edition the figures on the page are read from.

Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

431 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 4.2mNo. 125 of 421
Better than 70% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 29.3mNo. 85 of 431
Better than 80% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees18No. 121 of 431
Better than 72% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 616k, net profit −DKK 892k, equity DKK 2m, 5 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 2.5mDKK 63.4mDKK 1.6bnDKK 13.7bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 250 companies in the industry (latest financial year, logarithmic scale). Amber bar: where this company sits.

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form
Rank among similar companies
GroupGross profitEquity
Companies with fewer than 20 employees69,967 companies in the comparison
No. 16,129of 69,742
Better than 77%
No. 4,539of 69,964
Better than 94%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees329 companies in the comparison
No. 56of 323
Better than 83%
No. 29of 329
Better than 91%
Companies that are between 5 and 14 years old33,688 companies in the comparison
No. 9,947of 33,588
Better than 70%
No. 1,767of 33,687
Better than 95%
All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison
No. 16,247of 66,379
Better than 76%
No. 3,222of 66,505
Better than 95%

The rank is calculated among companies in the database with a figure for the latest financial year, and is shown only for groups of at least ten companies.

Compare with the industry

Research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Gross profit
  1. Lightnovo ApSDKK 4.2m
  2. Carlsberg A/SDKK 40.2bn
  3. Zealand Pharma A/SDKK 9.2bn
Net profit
  1. Lightnovo ApS−DKK 4.9m
  2. Carlsberg A/SDKK 7bn
  3. Zealand Pharma A/SDKK 6.5bn
Equity
  1. Lightnovo ApSDKK 29.3m
  2. Carlsberg A/SDKK 30.7bn
  3. Zealand Pharma A/SDKK 14.8bn
Employees
  1. Lightnovo ApS18
  2. Carlsberg A/S107
  3. Zealand Pharma A/S569

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • E.m.l Holding ApS5%
  • Light Compression ApS25%
  • Yurii Pilhun10%
Lightnovo ApS

Management

8 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Lightnovo ApS
NameRoleAppointed
James Matthew ThomsonDirector17/06/2025
Oleksii IlchenkoCEO14/07/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Lightnovo ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Christian HolznerBoard member02/12/2019
Yurii PilhunBoard member02/12/2019
Erik Mejdal LauridsenBoard member01/10/2023
Michael Patrick Karl FeserChair of the board01/10/2023
Helle Monrad-GyllingBoard member24/06/2024
Oleksii IlchenkoBoard member24/07/2025
Auditor
Grant Thornton, Godkendt Revisionspartnerselskab
Founders
Xnovo Technology ApS, Anja Boisen Holding ApS, Light Compression ApS, Yurii Pilhun
Former management (7)
Former management at Lightnovo ApS
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Anja BoisenChair of the board02/12/201905/12/2019
Erik Mejdal LauridsenBoard member02/12/201905/12/2019
Oleksii IlchenkoCEO02/12/201916/06/2025
Oleksii IlchenkoBoard member02/12/201916/06/2025
Anja BoisenBoard member06/12/201919/05/2025
Erik Mejdal LauridsenChair of the board06/12/201930/09/2023
Marcus Ravn SkyumCEO17/06/202514/07/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af den samlede bestyrelse i forening, eller af bestyrelsesformanden Michael Patrick Karl Feser, bestyrelsesmedlem Yurii Pilhun og en direktør hver for sig.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Blokken 11
3460 Birkerød

Rudersdal Municipality · Postcode 3460

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Lightnovo ApSBlokken 11, 1, 3460 Birkerød151025292045

Purpose

Selskabets formål er udvikling, produktion og kommercialisering af Raman-relaterede teknologier og dertil hørende hardwaresystemer

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

51 registered events
20262 changesaccounts 1 · capital 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Share capital changed from 70,785 DKK to 71,493 DKK
202517 changescapital 3 · ownership 4 · management 8 · accounts 1 · industry 1
  • Share capital changed from 65,242 DKK to 70,785 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 62,542 DKK to 65,242 DKK
  • Yurii Pilhun registered as owner (10%)
  • Yurii Pilhun is no longer registered as owner
  • Oleksii Ilchenko appointed board member
  • Oleksii Ilchenko appointed ceo
  • Marcus Ravn Skyum stepped down as ceo
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Marcus Ravn Skyum appointed ceo
  • James Matthew Thomson appointed director
  • Oleksii Ilchenko stepped down as ceo
  • Oleksii Ilchenko stepped down as board member
  • Anja Boisen stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 59,764 DKK to 62,542 DKK
  • Light Compression ApS registered as owner (25%)
  • Light Compression ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Industry changed to Research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering (721000)
202411 changesownership 6 · accounts 1 · management 1 · capital 2 · address 1
  • E.M.L HOLDING ApS registered as owner (5%)
  • XNOVO TECHNOLOGY ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Helle Monrad-Gylling appointed board member
  • Share capital changed from 57,911 DKK to 59,764 DKK
  • Moved to Blokken 11, 1, 3460 Birkerød
  • Share capital changed from 40,000 DKK to 57,911 DKK
  • XNOVO TECHNOLOGY ApS registered as owner (15%)
  • Yurii Pilhun registered as owner (15%)
  • Yurii Pilhun is no longer registered as owner
  • XNOVO TECHNOLOGY ApS is no longer registered as owner
20234 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1
  • Erik Mejdal Lauridsen appointed board member
  • Michael Patrick Karl Feser appointed chair of the board
  • Erik Mejdal Lauridsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20201 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Blokken 15, 1, 3460 Birkerød
201914 changesmanagement 10 · founded 1 · ownership 3
  • Anja Boisen appointed board member
  • Erik Mejdal Lauridsen appointed chair of the board
  • Erik Mejdal Lauridsen stepped down as board member
  • Anja Boisen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Registered as Lightnovo ApS
  • Christian Holzner appointed board member
  • Erik Mejdal Lauridsen appointed board member
  • Oleksii Ilchenko appointed ceo
  • Oleksii Ilchenko appointed board member
  • Anja Boisen appointed chair of the board
  • Yurii Pilhun appointed board member
  • XNOVO TECHNOLOGY ApS registered as owner (25%)
  • Yurii Pilhun registered as owner (20%)
  • Light Compression ApS registered as owner (33.33%)

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Source and updates

The information comes from the Danish Central Business Register (Danish Business Authority) and from annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority. Last synchronised 24/10/2026. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.

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