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Social Bites

Social Bites manufactures and sells frozen dairy products in Kenya, East Africa. It is a company of 35 full-time employees and 200+ sellers working from the three largest cities in Kenya - Mombasa, Kisumu and Nairobi. The production headquarters are in Nairobi, Kenya, where the production of frozen flavored milk and frozen yogurt products takes place. The company operates a distribution model where it engages youth to become sellers of its products in the market. The sellers are offered an attractive commission-based salary with performance incentives as they retail the products in the major cities in East Africa. All new sellers go through our training academy that provides vital business training, setting them up for success with the product. Our ambition is to develop thousands of meaningful jobs in East Africa with this unique distribution concept. International investors back Social Bites and the company is run out of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Naetion

Naetion is working to create the world’s largest on-chain professional network. Naetion operates at the crossroads of consumer and crypto, allowing the general public to participate in the emerging web3 industry. Naetion acts as an umbrella for everything you may need. Quest - the “business in a box” for service providers, talent, and creators is still around. It’s a solid first step, however, we intend to provide a platform that assists you in reaching your life goals as well. PAEYROLL - is an HR tool that allows businesses to turn payroll into revenue. MONAEY - is a neo-bank where your earnings are always yours, and features like staking become easier than ever.

Finklusiv

Addressing financial exclusion… in Denmark. Small business owners and entrepreneurs report having difficulties to access corporate banking services and small business loans. Without access to banking, their business is at risk. We are developing the first inclusive financial solution for business owners in Denmark, starting with refugees.

Blend

Blend is a mission-led start-up which believes business should be a force for social good. Blend works with social enterprises who employ and uplift marginalized women from patriarchal villages in India to bring elegant products to the urban buyer in Nordics. Our main product line is carpets hand-made with natural materials such as wool, jute, silk and recycled PET. The carpets are made with the same superior weaving technique of Persian carpets but have simple and neutral designs which suit the Nordic design sensibility. By promoting handmade products by marginalized women Blend can impact 11 out of 17 UN SDG goals. We launched in Q2 and already have our products in boutique store in North of Copenhagen. Once we establish market connects, Blend wants to connect designers from Denmark and other Nordic countries to production centers in these rural villages to blend the functional Nordic design with 5000 years old artisanal talent of India. In future, Blend will also explore tech-based leasing options for its high-end home furnishing range. We believe that everyone should be able to upgrade home furnishings without giving-in to consumerism and impacting mother nature adversely. Blend is founded by Shakti, an Indian who has lived in Denmark and worked at many Senior Director level positions in Danish companies like Mæersk, Deloitte and Rambøll. Through Blend, Shakti hopes to bring functional Danish design closer to the 5000 years old artisanal talent of India. When one wholeheartedly loves two countries so diametrically opposite to each other, then it’s impossible to hold back from exploring what a blend of these 2 cultures can offer to the world. Her desire to contribute to women empowerment through livelihood is rooted in her own experience and observation of how girls are still seen as a liability in many rural areas. She spoke about it on the award-winning BBC podcast –Dear Daughter: You are wanted https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FX2Gz0o2TSTG7Ymva9YVz?si=3FcvDo9QQ0GBtOg9MNth2Q

hiveonline

hiveonline is a fintech startup headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, with subsidiaries in Stockholm, Sweden and Kigali, Rwanda, where our development team is located. We give communities of unbanked businesses, primarily women led, access to formal finance through a digital reputation. We are supporting village savings groups with blockchain technology with our MVP accounting app, and building on this to help cooperatives, agricultural associations and their members create more sustainable farming communities. We are expanding from Niger into Mozambique and other African countries.

Building Communities

Building Communities is an organisation runned by volunteers in Argentina, Denmark and Guatemala. We support projects that focus on cooperation and sustainable agriculture. We are currently working in reforestation and agriculture in Guatemala. Our mission is to engage more people all over the world in questions of climate justice and social change.

Vera Mexicana

Vera Mexicana is a brand focused on Mexican food products made with real high-quality ingredients. All of our products are crafted by locals based on traditional recipes that will maximize flavor in the homes of cooks everywhere, whether you’re new to Mexican cuisine or a life-long fan. By working with local farming communities and small-scale producers, Vera Mexicana aims to follow sustainable practices across the entire supply chain – from how suppliers are treated to the farming practices used in Mexico.

Plazzo

Plazzo is a start-up located in Hasselager near Aarhus. We've started business in April 2021 and are still in a early phase of research and development. Our core product is solid plastic sheets that are moulded from granulated plastic waste in a heatpress. The sheets can be sold as they are, as a building material, meant to replace plywood and other sheet materials. The sheets can also be routed and finished into ready to use design products, such as tables, chairs, wall panels, etc. The short term goal is to make a profitable business in Denmark by creating a brand and demand of our recycled circular products. The long term goal is to sell the plastic recycling machinery in container based factory units to developing countries. We are currently two owners whom are working part time on the project with administration, as well as one full time technical employee in the production. We are receiving consultation through several funded programs such as: Cirkulær Grøn Omstilling and Green Tech Center Inkubator Program. We are exhibiting at Tech BBQ in Øksnehallen in Copenhagen on September 17th.

WOHN

WOHN provides Affordable Tiny Homes, 3D printed from up-cycled waste plastic. WOHN supplies affordable modular homes designed for user comfort and well being. The homes bring aesthetics & quality of life into a condensed living making sustainable & re-densified cities possible.

Jamii.one

Jamii.one is bridging Sub-Saharan Africa’s vast insurance gap by digitising community-based group (CBG) data, making insurance affordable for Ethiopians and sustainable for insurers. Their offline-first app, offered in local languages, allows CBGs to transition from paper to digital, enhancing financial transparency and creditworthiness. Once digitised, groups unlock tailored insurance products. This solution simplifies bookkeeping for CBGs while providing insurers a low-cost, reduced-risk entry to previously unreachable segments. With 650,000 users, and 70,000 purchasing life insurance, Jamii.one epitomises how tech can foster financial resilience. Their platform, rooted in tech innovation and community trust, ensures accessible, relevant financial services for underserved communities.

Nordic Roasting Co.

Nordic Roasting Co. is a hand-crafted roastery with a strong focus on social-environmental responsible coffee. As first-movers within the Nordics to deliver a zero-waste coffee product, our newly acquired roastery in Amager is equipped with the newest, most modern equipment within the coffee roastery industry.

Red Container Coffee

Red Container Coffee is embarking on a journey to revolutionise the way green coffee is traded across the world. The platform will enable the digitalisation and transparency of coffee being sold by working as a marketplace where buyers and sellers can have a more direct way of trading,communicating, and monitoring the supply and demand of coffee available on spot, The objective is to unite importers inventory and facilitate coffee trade for small to medium size coffee roasters. To learn more about Red Container Coffee please check Red Container Coffee instagram. Coffee makes the world go round :)

Africa Reframed

Online marketplace for African imagery - Powered by online learning. Africa is rising and a visual reframing of the continent is emerging. A reframing crafted by African content creators, telling Africa's story of change. At Africa Reframed we connect a community of African photographers to the world’s leading companies and organizations to create and promote captivating imagery and bespoke projects that propel new storytelling from the African continent. Imagery in the Africa Reframed imagebank has been used by the worlds leading organizations such as: Gates Foundation, UN, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Pfizer, Ernst & Young, Spotify, NBC, Yahoo, Sitecore, Exxon, Cambridge University Press, Hearst, Condé Nast, Lloyds bank, Europe- an Investment Bank, Shell, AOL, ABC, NEC, CNBC, KPMG, Discovery, VISA, Deloitte, Accenture, Ogilvy, UPS, Viacom, Pearson, Barclays, BBC, Axel Springer, British Council, M&C Saatchi, ASUS, Del Monte, Time inc., RTL, Virgin, McKinsey, Airtel, Guardian, Uber, Orange, 3M, HSBC, Samsung, The World Bank and many more. We are looking for investors sharing our vision of Africa Reframed as a value-driven, profitable business that strives to alter the global community’s perception of the African continent while also building sustainable job opportunities for photographers across Africa. Alongside its sister organization, Commerce & Culture, Africa Reframed has managed an array of long-term projects with leading contemporary visual artists globally and organized photo exhibitions with more than 100.000 paying visitors across 3 continents. Among these, the largest exhibition to date with African photography in northern Europe. SDGs: Quality education and decent work and economic growth, SDGs 4 and 8, are an integrated part of the Africa Reframed business model. When the United Nations In 2015 was launching the SDGs with Project Everyone, they did so with a campaign to share the global goals with 7 billion people in 7 days. This happened via global broadcasts, outdoor advertising campaigns, cinema ads, mobile partnerships, and more. Because of the above, Images from our program were among the officially chosen for the campaign and were singled out by the global campaign team as good education and economic growth in action. Misson: Most of the imagery we encounter from the African continent tends to either depict the beautiful scenery and wildlife or scenes of poverty, war, and desperation. While these indeed are bona fide aspects and challenges, Africa is also a continent characterized by immense growth, varied opportunities, and not least, change. The mission of Africa Reframed is to capture and contribute to the spurring of this change by a visual reframing of the continent. A reframing that reflects African enterprise, innovation, and everyday life. Africa Reframed exists to create and promote this new imagery in the belief that by changing the visuals, we can help change the conversation. Thus an inherent part of Africa Reframed’s DNA, which is also mirrored in the name of the company, is to be a catalyst for the way the world looks at the African continent. The wish to illustrate the real Africa and thus to spur optimism and hope around its future makes the company strongly value-driven, and it is believed that such a shared view will help bind contributors, clients, and other stakeholders close together. In 2020 Africa Reframed received an investment from Innovation fund Denmark and was selected as a finalist for the SDG Tech Award.

OptikosPrime

We make conducting an accurate and reliable eye exam on a smartphone is possible. Using only a smartphone camera, our technology provides results as good as those of an optician. This is a chance for online retailers to grow their business and recover the lost revenue. For end users, this makes eyesight testing accessible to all. Developing and distributing smartphone-based, instant, comprehensive eyesight testing is an interdisciplinary challenge. We are looking to hire a wide range of people with diverse engineering, scientific, and operations expertise. See our open positions. We offer an opportunity to help improve the lives and livelihoods of millions of people while working with some of the brightest and most talented experts from different fields. As our company grows, we invest in our employees, ensuring that those who contribute also become a genuine part of the success. Our culture is direct and radically transparent. We champion the best ideas regardless of where they come from, celebrate high performance, and provide fast and unfiltered feedback. We expect nothing else from you.

Simplified Retail Model

The Simplified Retail Model ™ is the key to a fulfilled life, offering a nature-centric approach to achieving lifestyle balance alongside professional success. Via our innovative Elite MasterClass, we are changing the way the world builds brands, introducing a shareable, scalable and lucrative model that gives back full circle. Designed on the principles of simplicity, innovation, connection & giving back - these are the building blocks of a new mindset. A way of living that is in tune with your nature, bringing balance and energy to every aspect of your life.