ScaleupXQ is a growth partner designed to help B2B companies accelerate their sales and scale their operations. We specialize in supporting businesses through critical phases of expansion — providing the strategy, tools, manpower and expertise needed to drive sustainable growth. Our mission is simple: to help ambitious companies build high-performing commercial organizations, enter new markets, and sell more, faster. We do this by combining growth strategy, revenue design, and hands-on execution across sales, marketing, and customer success. Whether you’re expanding into new markets, refining your sales model, or scaling your commercial engine, ScaleupXQ provides the guidance and operational muscle to make it happen. We act as an extension of your team — bringing deep expertise, data-driven insights, and a bias for action to every engagement. In short, ScaleupXQ helps B2B companies sell more and transform growth potential into commercial success — faster, smarter, and more predictably

We are in indie game developer based out of Oslo, Norway. We have to date launched five games for PC, Switch and mobile platforms. At the moment we develop "Life Below", a creative strategy city-builder where you build and manage ocean ecosystems. So a reef builder! In addition to our own IP, we develop games and gamification projects for society. We call ourselves an impact game developer as many of our projects are focused on positive change to society. Right now we develop a game for all kids going into hospital, a history game to spice up history learning in schools, a city cleaning game using the mascot of Oslo, a climate game and an awareness game tackling difficult issues in relation to sex and identify. Many of our impact projects are successes, and are widely used. Our aim is to make society better, one game at the time.

We make smart collection systems for the circular economy. Helping companies get their circular products back from consumers. So that the products can be reused, refurbished or recycled. Think reverse vending machines for bottles and cans- but for other products, and with a twist of cutting edge technology and beautiful design. We’re an early phase start-up based in Oslo, collaborating with some of the largest companies in the world, helping them transition from linear to circular. We are located at StartupLab at Oslo Science Park, the epicentre of Norway’s tech start-up scene. As part of the GRIN team, you will be given the opportunity to shape and scale a company, as well as innovating, developing, and growing new global business models necessary for a sustainable future.

The Norwegian fashion brand BRGN was founded in 2015 by Ros-Mari Tobiassen Gaundal and Karine Trellevik Lunde. Their mission is to offer great alternatives to the traditional all-weather jacket, through high-quality garments and shoes that can be worn on any occasion and in any kind of weather. Their technical and waterproof products, designed for a functional and urban lifestyle, are now sold by over a hundred retailers in Norway, Germany, France, and the UK in addition to their two concept stores in Oslo and Bergen. BRGN set a new turnover record in 2021, at 25.8 MNOK. Up from 16. MNOK in 2020.

Cosgear was founded in 2018 with the goal of developing costume technology to become a world-leading brand in the cosplay market. So far, we have launched an autonomous electric tail and a magnetic headband for use in cosplay. We have delivered 2,500 products to over 20 countries, and have taken a commanding position in cosplay tech. Day to day, the company operates with strong systematic process management, and works in 4-6 week focused sprints. We have since the beginning developed a clear corporate culture, and are generous with both each other and our customers. Ideas flow freely and we are always open to creative suggestions and initiatives. We believe that trust in each employee's competence builds good companies, and we do not intervene unless we see that the goals we have set together are not achieved.

Brevio's mission is to create a better auditing experience. We help solve administrative tasks for the benefit of the auditor and their clients. Our users save time and money, gain better control and can provide better services to their customers. At Brevio, we are proud of what we make. We are passionate about creating great (SaaS) services, which leads to a better and easier workday for our users. We are humbled to be trusted by thousands of users every year.

Vår beiteteknologi skal bidra til at mer av verdens arealressurser kan utnyttes til bærekraftig matproduksjon.En stor andel beitedyr lever mesteparten av livet innendørs og spiser mye kraftfor. Målsettingen til Nofence er å få beitedyra ut på beite, på en trygg og god måte, slik at de kan ha det godt og selv finne den maten de er skapt for å spise.Vi vil at beitedyr skal få muligheten til å ta i bruk sitt naturlige miljø. Det er god dyrevelferd og det vil frigjøre store arealer som kan brukes til å dyrke menneskemat i stedet for soya i kraftforproduksjon.Vår teknologi gir dyra denne muligheten.

Hold is an innovative mobile app that helps students focus in school by rewarding those who spend time away from their smartphones. The idea is simple: Start Hold, collect points for not using your phone and trade them for rewards. We are a small team - all hands on deck. We kind of love it. Everyone has a role, but we help out wherever we can. After all, we have the same mission:  We want to make it fun and rewarding to put away your phone

Age Labs is a Norwegian molecular diagnostics company that discovers, develops and commercializes biomarkers for the early detection of age-related diseases. We offer a service for evaluating epigenetic drug effects for use in clinical trials. Our biomarker discovery pipeline includes a biological age predictor and a test predicting the severity of COVID-19 infection. To date, we have raised 30 MNOK in private and public funding, and became a Nordic Startup Awards finalist in 2020. We are supported by strong commercial and R&D partners, including Oslo University Hospital, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Merck Group and Fürst Medical Laboratory. Our mission is to develop novel precision biomarkers for the early detection of age related diseases to extend the human healthspan.

CityCharge is a fast growing startup based in Oslo Norway. It was founded in 2018 and is currently receiving support from InsjUIO incubator, and collaborating with Xplorico and other partners. We are launching our product and services to Stockholm Sweden in 2020. CityCharge gives users' mobile phone power on demand through its network of portable power banks, whilst providing venues with a unique marketing tool driving customer flow. Users can find CityCharge stations in their favourite venues, like shops, restaurants and cafes, all over the Nordics. Open the app to find the stations near them. CityCharge’s portable power banks include cables for all types of phones with fast charging service, giving users the freedom to charge on the go. Users can return the power bank to any CityCharge station in the network, from the local cafe to the favourite nightclub. CityCharge's mission is to give users opportunity to be powered and stay connected any time any where, and to turn that need into venues benefits. In short term, we provide power bank sharing service for charging the phone.

Areo gives facility managers and buildings owners new ways to get their work done. Building data and history are tracked and made accessible in a shared online repository. The system supports open standards in the building and IT industries. The system connects building information models, documents, processes and collaborative content.

AirDodge is a Norwegian company with an HQ in Oslo, Norway. We are building an automated air traffic management system(termed as U-Space software) to enable scalable drone operations. Our target end customers will be drone operators. U-Space solves the problem for all drone operators by making it much easier to obtain permissions. It enables large scale Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations whereof today this is too costly for most companies. It also makes it safer for manned aviation such as emergency helicopters that will have full visibility of ongoing drone flights in the area they are approaching. Other drone operators such as police, search and rescue will be able to quickly deploy drones opposed to wait for helicopters to arrive. They may also mandate quick clearing of drones from any given area in case such operations must take place. Our solution is to build our own software platform and provide flight services according to the EASA framework recently published. These services will be legally required and the 4 primary services are defined by: 1) Drone Identification: This service will be focused on providing information on all the live drone traffic in U-Space to all participants (operators in the air). 2) Live Air Traffic Identification: This service will be focused on providing information on all the live manned air traffic in U-Space. All manned air traffic has to make themselves electronically visible if flying in U-Space. If a manned aircraft flies too close to a drone, then the drone pilot/operator will receive a warning message. 3) Geo-Zones: These are the core geographical definitions of airspaces on map where drone operators can see where they can or cannot fly. Examples of restricted airspaces include airports, military bases, prisons, bird sanctuaries, obstacles etc. Having an extensive dataset which displays all the possible flight restriction/warning zones is significantly important to drone operators as it ensures compliance and more efficient flight planning. 4) Flight Authorization: This gives drone operators the ability to ensure their flight path does not intersect/conflict with any other operators conducting drone flights in the same airspace. The flight authorization will require drone pilots to submit their flight path in 4 dimensions which include 3D trajectory and time. Flight authorization will also allow drone pilots to communicate with Air Traffic control to request a drone flight in restricted airspace. The response times for both types of requests will be instant. AirDodge was originally founded by Umar in 2022 in Sweden. A year later he moved the company to Norway where he met Serhii in 2024 and then they built the company together. Umar, as the founder of Skyqraft—a company specializing in drone-based powerline inspection—gained firsthand experience with the challenges of commercial drone flying while leading its operations. His deep industry knowledge, combined with Serhii’s technological expertise, laid the foundation for AirDodge. Together, they are building innovative solutions to streamline drone operations, making them safer, more efficient, and seamlessly integrated into regulatory frameworks. We are backed by Antler, Nordic Makers and also received grant funding from Innovation Norway.

Kleda is a platform that allows users to share their personal styles and earn money from it. The platform allows users to create a profile to showcase and share pictures of their clothing style, as well as add links to where the clothing items were purchased. These links are then transformed into "deep links" that enable tracking of purchases made through a given user's clothing style. Users who share their styles on the platform will receive a commission of approximately 10-20% on sales made through these links. Kleda facilitates transactions between users and clothing stores, with the aim of making it easier for users to shop for clothes and get inspiration to create a good clothing style. Kleda solves several problems in the fashion industry. Consumers often experience friction when they have to visit multiple different stores or websites to find the clothes they want. Kleda provides a seamless and user-friendly experience by offering multiple stores on one platform. Additionally, Kleda provides publishers with a platform to build their own brand and earn money through collaborations with clothing stores. Kleda provides clothing stores with an easy way to sell products directly to consumers on a platform that already has a large and engaged user base, thereby increasing their visibility and revenue. Kleda has three different customer groups. The first group is shopping customers who use the Kleda app to find and purchase clothes from various stores on an easy and user-friendly platform. The second group is publishers who share their clothing styles and inspire other users. Kleda offers publishers the opportunity to build their personal brand and earn money by collaborating with Kleda's clothing store partners. The third group is clothing stores that want increased visibility and accessibility on a new platform. Kleda provides clothing stores with the opportunity to sell their products directly to customers and collaborate with Kleda to promote their products through campaigns and marketing. Overall, Kleda is solving the problem of the friction and inconvenience that consumers experience when shopping for clothes, while also providing opportunities for publishers and clothing stores to benefit from the platform.

Orca is a quickly growing marine-tech scaleup. Based in Oslo, Berlin, and Madrid. Orca delivers navigation for the modern boater. Tesla changed the way we view in-car navigation and infotainment. Orca is doing the same for boats – from software to hardware and marine mapping. Learn more at getorca.com/careers/

The future of the internet is 3D, and people will increasingly create and express themselves in 3D. Sloyd is using automation to make the creation of 3D faster and more accessible and to make 3D rendering more efficient. We are building a simple-to-use WebApp to quickly generate 3D assets and a software development kit for performance-efficient runtime creation in video games and virtual worlds. Sloyd combines procedural generation techniques, machine learning, and a commitment to real-time optimization to provide the best 3D automation tools. Sloyd is a remote-first company and employees can work from home, a shared-space hub, or from the main office in Oslo. We don’t care where you come from, we only care about your passion and creativity.