With a vision to bring Smarter Living to every homeowner in the world, Anyware offers seamless personalized Smart Living-as-a-Service™ based on its patented and award-winning all-in-one IoT devices, which in 2020 includes a new innovative digital healthcare service in terms of non-intrusive remote care monitoring for elderly that lives alone and their relatives. Anyware goes to market through Insurance, Energy, Telecom providers and in the new IoT healthcare vertical also ‘Care Providers’. Our unique end-to-end Data Analytics and Digital Services platform enables companies to engage their customers, create stickiness and new revenue streams, whilst at the same time offering added value through digital home and care@home services for homeowners, room by room, service by service. The problem solved with Anyware is for Insurance/Energy/Telecom and Healthcare companies is that of digitally engaging and monetizing their unique relationship with existing customers/homeowners. For these customers, the Anyware solution essentially solves the problem of complex mono-application IoT products (one-product-one-function) by offering Smarter Living-as-a-Service through its personalized digital services platform available in the Anyware App. It means that the same Smart Adaptor can provide different Smart Living experiences dependent on the room in which it is installed and the user’s preferences – all seamlessly managed in the app – thereby adapting to changing needs throught life.

At Cellugy, we’re passionate about creating innovative solutions for one of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century: plastic pollution. Our product, EcoFLEXY, is a 100% natural bio-cellulose material produced by the fermentation of surplus sugar with specific microorganisms. The objective is to replace fosil-based plastics and products in a wide range of applications, from packaging to chemicals.

DecarbonICE develops innovative solutions for the transport and handling of captured CO₂. By leveraging standard shipping containers and existing logistics infrastructure, we make CO₂ transport safe, flexible, and cost-effective, helping accelerate the global deployment of Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS).

Tech Nordic Advocates is Northern Europe’s largest and only pan-Nordic/Baltic tech startup organisation. We’re a not-for-profit community that brings entrepreneurs, investors, corporates and experts together to fuel innovation, collaboration and growth across the region and internationally. We’re part of Global Tech Advocates, a worldwide tech community of 48 hubs, across 60 countries and 30,000 tech leaders – helping to connect our ecosystem to the world.

My startup is in the planning stage and aims to deploy scalable solar-hybrid mini-grids—using technology of Nordic origin—to provide reliable, affordable clean energy to general hospitals across Sub-Saharan Africa. Hospitals widely suffer from unreliable electricity (only ~50% have consistent access per WHO data), leading to frequent blackouts, costly diesel dependence, and life-threatening interruptions to surgeries, emergencies, diagnostics, labs, and refrigeration.The venture targets massive untapped demand in a high-priority healthcare sector, with stable anchor revenue from hospitals, diesel cost savings, falling component costs, supportive policies, and non-binding government agreements in select countries to facilitate rollout—creating very profitable scaling alongside major social/environmental impact for uninterrupted lifesaving operations.Actively exploring feasibility, partnerships, and pilots. Happy to discuss further under NDA for deeper details.

In the European Union alone, more than 1.5 million paint buckets are discarded daily, constituting a disposal of 340 tons of single-use plastic that is incinerated each day. Starting from early 2023 (2025 in Denmark and Slovenia), manufacturers are obligated to cover the disposal costs of their packaging based on sustainability criteria. In Denmark, this translates to an estimated 15% fee on paint buckets. Furthermore, the conventional round shape of packaging has proven suboptimal for logistics and transportation. Beyond its environmental impact, the traditional paint bucket poses challenges for professional painters. These challenges encompass ergonomic issues during handling, such as the strain of lifting two buckets simultaneously, which exceeds recommended weight limits according to the Working Environment Authority. Painters also find themselves in awkward positions when pouring paint into a roller bucket for wall application. The demanding physical nature of the painting profession in Denmark results in accelerated fatigue and early retirement for painters. Additionally, issues like lid leakage due to dried paint and the use of fragile, porous plastic contribute to unexpected spills, particularly during abrupt vehicle stops. Our innovative solution involves a cardboard box housing two patent-pending plastic bags, each containing 5 liters of paint. This packaging not only enhances the workflow for professional painters but also reduces costs and lowers carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions by approximately 65% per unit. The box's design facilitates easy and ergonomic transportation, allowing for a 45% increase in units per pallet. The box is opened, and one of the bags is inserted into a standard roller bucket used by painters. The bag effortlessly opens and seamlessly fits into the roller bucket, wrapping around the edges, and enabling the painter to begin work promptly. This functionality is made possible through an innovative patented design and specific plastic welding techniques.

OCEAN IDEASHIP is a non profit organization, based on a broad foundation of collaboration. The quest is to share knowledge about the blue transition and empower blue impact startups. We are making a flagship for the blue transition, and sailing from place to place, we will share knowledge and showcase the possibilities in the blue in the green transition. With a sailing flagship we can create the attention the ocean deserves, and make sure that the blue transition gets the same awareness and acceptance as the green transition have today. By building capacity, knowledge and awareness into the startup ecosystem that supports entrepreneurs, we will secure many more blue impact projects in the future.

Ecobotix offers technology that can leverage pesticide-free crop protection. Ecobotix has developed and patented a unique spreader system for gently, evenly and precisely applying natural enemies (beneficial insects and mites). The system can be applied with sprayer booms, agricultural vehicles or drones. The company is commited to making pesticide-free food available to everyone that prefers this.

Nordic BioVentures is a venture creation studio in Copenhagen focusing on planetary health. We work at the intersection of innovation and biology. We consult 100+ life science startups and projects per year through our tailored innovation programs and work for leading universities, venture capital and global deeptech NGOs and foundations.

EIT Climate-KIC (Knowledge and Innovation Community) is Europe’s foremost climate innovation initiative. We understand that keeping global temperature rise below 1.5˚C demands unprecedented change. It requires new social dynamics, ways of doing business, capital flows, policymaking, economic models, and new ways of living. That is why our mission is to leverage the power of systems innovation to transform whole places, industries, and value chains by 2030, working across sectors to develop and scale ambitious, mission-led programmes. Established in 2010 and headquartered in Amsterdam, we orchestrate a community of more than 200 organisations including large corporations and SMEs, municipal and regional governments, universities, and research institutes, as well as non-governmental organisations and uncommon actors. Historically, we have been funded by our founder and core funder, the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT), but we are currently transitioning to a multi-funder model. EIT Climate-KIC colleagues are based in one of our local offices across Europe or work remotely from home based in one of the countries where we have a branch. We meet at our local offices to exchange and connect and use online collaboration tools work with each other and with our Community. On occasion, we meet in-person as teams, and once per year as an organisation.

Stiesdal is a young and fast-growing climate technology company. The main purpose of Stiesdal is to develop and commercialize technologies with high impact on climate change mitigation. This purpose is fundamentally rooted in a conviction that more needs to be done to avert catastrophic climate change. We take great pride in our work and in the fact that our solutions make a real difference on a global scale. Currently we have activities in Power-to-X hydrogen production, carbon capture and storage combined with green fuel production, floating offshore wind, and energy storage. We are equally ambitious when it comes to our company as a workplace. While our mission is critical and requires hard work, we want our work culture to be safe, sustainable, and rewarding. Simply put, we want our company to offer the best possible working environment.

At PEAK Wind, we specialise in operations, asset management, and project management of renewable energy assets and take pride in providing best-in-class commercial, financial, and operational advisory and support to our clients. We work with some of the world’s largest infrastructure investments and are proud to count market-leading utilities, investment funds, and IPPs among our clients.

Our aim is to make the transition from fossil heating to sustainable heating as easy and profitable as possible for private homeowners. At Amalo, we understand that integrating renewable energy solutions is key to achieving this goal. That's why, in addition to our focus on sustainable heat pump solutions, we also offer high-quality solar panels. This addition enhances our commitment to a greener future and provides a more comprehensive approach to energy efficiency for our customers. Our way to achieve this goal is to provide a market-leading user experience from initial customer contact to when we install a sustainable heat pump solution in the customer's home. The integration of solar panels into our offerings aligns perfectly with this vision, ensuring that our customers have access to a wider range of sustainable energy options. What is unique about Amalo is that we provide a full online customer experience. We have emulated the traditional physical visit at the customer's address through an online configurator. This innovative approach not only means we can offer more economical heat pump solutions faster than any other provider but also allows us to efficiently incorporate solar panel solutions into our customer's energy plans. By doing so, we ensure that our customers receive a tailored, comprehensive approach to their energy needs, all from the comfort of their own home.

Growstack is an open-source non-profit community project addressing the issues within our food system via vertical farming, to improve food quality and sustainability. Foodstack - the community behind Growstack - is for do'ers of all kinds who want to get involved hands-on with and share knowledge about food technology. We are everything from engineers, designers and entrepreneurs to food professionals, scientists and farmers. Growstack has an indoor growth lab and production facility in Østerbro, Copenhagen.

mellow designs is a start-up focused on innovating living and working spaces utilizing sustainable approach and resources. our mission is to popularize zero waste philosophy and paradigm of circular economy by creating spaces for everyday use with upcycled and recycled materials. with our designs we want to help our customers who want to demonstrate an interest in sustainability by reusing waste materials and manifesting environmental concerns.