Shifter is an independent news site about Norwegian tech startups in the new economy. We cover big and small events in the startup industry while reporting on innovation in bigger companies. We focus on ideas, challenges, money, power, people and good stories from everywhere.

AppSpotr™ - Create, preview & publish your native iOS & Android apps. AppSpotr is geared towards creative professionals. It provides a low-cost, consumer friendly, and time-saving app development platform. Unlike anything on the market, it is available to smaller non-programming businesses. AppSpotr is completely user-friendly for anyone and everyone.

Katam Technologies develops a digital solution, making high accuracy measurements of standing forest with smartphone. The measurements are performed in field, in real time and with full traceability and option to upload to Katam or customers cloud service, which will increase the utilization of forest resource. Our aim is to provide a new global standard for terrestrial forest measurement. The technology is based on advanced 3D image processing, artificial intelligence and sensor fusion.

Sentio Simulations enables industry 4.0 through a software tool that can automatically create training solutions by repurposing existing engineering data. Currently available as standalone with a variety of interfaces (Mouse/keyboard, Wii/Kinect, HTC Vive), we empower manufacturers to integrate training solutions seamlessly into their work flow.  This ultimately creates value by leading to better, cheaper and faster production.

The Actimo platform enables larger companies with many non-desk employees to easily create branded employee apps to seamlessly connect with their employees with everything they need to stay informed, productive, and engaged. We are a growing team of 55+ employees spread across 5 locations in Copenhagen, London, Barcelona, Guatemala City, and Mexico City and serve over 200 large enterprise customers such as 3, ISS, Compass Group, Novo Nordisk, Sonos, BMW, and Nespresso. In September 2020, Actimo was acquired by Kahoot!, the world’s leading game-based learning platform. As part of the Kahoot! Group, we will work together to create innovative solutions for employee engagement that redefine corporate learning across the globe. Kahoot! is on a mission to make learning awesome. They empower individuals, organizations, schools and corporations to unlock their full learning potential through engaging, interactive content.

When was the last time you booked something where it was fun and you were able to do with from any device? People love Timekit because it is easy to build your own booking experience that is engaging, connected and so enjoyable that customers will love booking time with you. Timekit makes it a breeze to turn ideas and needs for online booking flows into reality and helps entrepreneurs, small business owners, educators and anyone else needing to offer people the ability to book something.  We're a small team of designers and developers who work on creating a beautiful product. We're inspired by the sheer number of people and businesses who rely on being able to receive bookings, but who are currently underserved by outdated software. To us you are more than an employee. You are family and part of an exciting journey. Expect open discussions and transparency, family celebrations, and trips to exotic places around the world to recharge and work in new surroundings. If you want to join Timekit get ready to learn, laugh and push boundaries.  At Timekit it's OK to say I don't know, ask for things, stay at home if you don't feel well or don't feel like "office". It's OK to forget things or not know everything and it's OK make mistakes. It's OK to be structured and follow lists and not be structured and not follow lists. It's OK to have a messy desk and it's OK to have tidy desk. It's okay to prefer tea - our CEO will look at you weird, but it's OK. We look forward to working with you in Timekit

Edulabs vision is to make every child in the world better at math. Therefore they created the math platform MatematikFessor.dk which is the biggest provider of digital math for primary schools in Denmark. Today 70% of the schools in Denmark uses EduLabs digital solution and over 75.000 students visits the site every day. More than 1 million questions are answered per day. In 2013 EduLab launched the norweagan edition MatteMestern.no to get closer to the goal of the vision, to make every child better at math.

Vi er et norsk agri-tech-selskap etablert som en joint venture-startup, eid av TINE SA, Felleskjøpet Agri og Gjensidige. Vi utvikler digitale løsninger og dataprodukter som bidrar til mer effektiv og bærekraftig matproduksjon, i samarbeid med bønder og aktører i landbruksnæringen. Med utgangspunkt i data gir vi bønder viktig innsikt til planlegging og forbedringer i sin gårdsproduksjon.

At Barberklingen, Kaffedrengen, and Elome, we deliver razor blades and coffee capsules to over 120,000 members in Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands. We rethink subscriptions, striving to offer premium products and an exceptional customer experience at the best price—tailored to the user’s needs and delivered straight to their mailbox. We call that convenience.

DUUO supports companies’ everyday life and helps companies fully focus on the core business. We create the best conditions and framework for your company's talents to thrive and be able to do what they are best. This creates room for increased productivity and happy employees. We do this by offering a wide range of facility services, such as cleaning, window washing, pico- and picoline services as well as handyman services. In short, we serve our clients with all the daily chores that they do not have the skills and / or time to perform, or where the time is simply better spent by letting us handle the task. Our business is making your business shine. And how do we do that? By offering dynamic cleaning models based on data and adapted to your specific workplace. We do this because we view all companies as unique. Unique approaches to unique companies.

Skill3 revolutionizes career development by transforming the traditional CV into a dynamic, evolving document tailored to each individual's career journey. Recognizing the shared goals of organizations in retaining talent and employees in pursuing growth opportunities, Skill3 is working on an interactive platform to help bridge this gap. Join us in reshaping career development and enabling professionals to achieve their full potential.

Move your business across systems Hopp Tech is transforming how businesses handle data migration. Our software turns a complex, risky, and time-consuming process into a fast, transparent, and reliable experience. With capabilities such as full traceability, validation, no-code configuration, and real-time issue tracking, we help companies successfully migrate data and fully realize the value of their new systems. We are a growing tech company with global ambitions, informal yet professional culture, and our office located in central Copenhagen. We move fast, take ownership, and focus on building solutions and teams that scale.

Returna is the ITAD orchestration platform that gives enterprises full visibility and control over every device transition, from the moment a laptop is flagged for return to its final disposition outcome. Large organisations retire thousands of IT devices every year across multiple regions, vendors, and regulatory jurisdictions. Most still manage this through spreadsheets, email threads, and fragmented vendor relationships. The result: compliance gaps, lost recovery value, and coordination overhead that scales with every new office and every new vendor. Returna replaces that patchwork with a single platform. One interface for every device retirement, regardless of region or vendor. Certified data erasure with per-device chain of custody. Automated compliance reporting across GDPR, ISO 27001, and NIS2. Real-time visibility into recovery value, grading, and vendor performance. And integration with the tools teams already use, including ServiceNow and Freshworks. For IT operations, Returna provides a single registration point for devices entering disposition, with automated routing to certified Return Hubs based on geography, device type, and security policy. For finance teams, every disposition has a financial outcome mapped to cost centres, categories, and invoicing workflows, with full recovery tracking per device, batch, and region. For compliance, erasure certificates, audit trails, and chain-of-custody records are generated automatically and available on demand. No more chasing vendors for documentation. For sustainability, every reuse, recycling, and recovery event is tracked and certified, with ESG metrics aligned to GRI and CSRD reporting requirements. Returna connects enterprises with a global network of certified Return Hubs that handle the physical work: collection, erasure, diagnostics, repair, and resale. The platform coordinates, documents, and reports. One orchestration layer for the entire IT asset disposition lifecycle.

GoPool, India’s first taxi-agnostic ridesharing platform, makes airport travel cheaper, more convenient, and safer. By connecting verified passengers seamlessly, we reduce travel costs and CO2 emissions. Our robust verification process ensures passenger safety, while our integration of various taxi services enhances convenience and affordability.

PryvX is a secure data collaboration platform, that enables multi-parties to collaborate over sensitive and private data to tackle common industry challenges such cybercrime and fraud by taking advantage of advance privacy enhancing technologies like Federated Learning, Secure Multiparty Computation, Homomorphic Encryption, ZKProof.