Based in Stavanger, Norway, Desert Control is a clean tech company that specializes in turning deserts to green land using our patented Liquid NanoClay. Through a patented mixing process, LNC combines clay and water and is then spread onto sandy soil.

We are developing a platform to help owners of renewable power plants and their service providers gaining access to the right information at the right time, enabling the right decisions. In order to achieve this we deconstruct the hundreds of documents describing each plant into snippets of information in accordance with our domain-driven data model. In the next 7 years, the world needs to invest almost twice what has been invested into renewable energy generation in the last 20 years. At the same time subsidies are being rolled back, increasing the need to for ensuring that projected ROI is not compromised by underperformance of the investments (i.e. plants). We have lived the pain, and know that NOW is the time to transform the way commercial management of renewable energy plants is being done.

Approximately 50% of Norwegians sell their car to a car dealer. With Nettbils managed marketplace car sellers get offers from 850+ dealers and sell their cars without after-sale risk in less than a workday. - 23% MoM growth since the last investment round in April 2018. - Great customer ratings and case studies from car sellers and car dealerships - First mover advantage in the Norwegian market and currently 1% market share - Easily scalable with NAF and Viking as partners - Own unique custom made tech-platform - With partnership, Nettbil can establish the product in Finland and Denmark

Orgbrain is a next generation portal that is tailor-made for manage digital board meetings and general assembly. The portal gives you everything you need to organize a meeting like meeting planing, video conferencing, shareholder book, digital voting, document storage, distribution of minutes for consultation and signing of minutes with BankID. The system provides proposals for both annual plan, agenda and minutes. Orgbrain also contains a digital board school where users can complete an authorization course in board administration with exams and diplomas. #orgbrain #styreskolen #styret #styrearbeid #styreleder #dagligleder #styreportal #styreplattform #ledelse #digitalisering #maskinlæring "kunstigintelligens #innovasjon

CYBERSECURITY FOR INDUSTRIAL NETWORKS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS Secure-NOK® is a technology company providing cybersecurity solutions for monitoring industrial networks (OT), and for detecting vulnerable areas. The company has vast experience and recognized technology, and has participated in several research projects with outstanding results. The technology (SNOK) can detect any abnormal event in a network and prevent important infrastructure from experiencing downtime due to malicious attack. Today, most industries are digitized, and thus more exposed to attacks from the outside. With technology from Secure-NOK, such attacks will be detected early, and thus avoid damage and downtime. Secure-NOK has developed patented sensors which are installed in a OT network, and which capture and report any abnormal traffic. The company has sensors for both networks, end-stations and PLC systems.

Pretty miserable out there, isn’t it? We’re in the business of spreading smiles. Glede is a micro gifting platform that enables users to send gifts to friends, family, and co-workers. Through Glede you can send everything from a cup of coffee to a bouquet of flowers, or an experience. Glede makes the sending and receiving of gifts spontaneous, fun, and easy!

The Curated is an online dtc fashion label focusing on sustainable luxury for the modern woman. We work with left over fabrics, certified suppliers and ethically audited factories to create limited runs of classic staples. We have an honest pricing policy in order to make luxury quality affordable.

Entrepedia AS is a "not for profit" company, set up as a subsidiary for the investment company Firda. Best practices, documents, templates, etc. from the portfolio companies will be made available for everyone through the soon to be released Entrepedia platform. Our purpose is to support founders and company builders to set up a good company from the start and further provide advice through the journey, and so increase the chances of new Norwegian successes and industry. Entrepedia's mission is to make the Nordics more innovative, starting with Norway. We are a small team consisting of: Oliver Halvorsrød, CEO  of Entrepedia and former Digital lead for ABB Norway, representing ABB Technology Ventures in NorwayGeir Førre, serial entrepreneur and Managing Partner in Firda – Founder of EntrepediaMagnus Nordseth, investment professional and Partner in Firda - active contributor to Entrepedia.A growing base of key players in the community that want to contributeYou?

VIBBIO is the online video maker for workplace communication. We enable fast-paced teams to create communication their employees will love, and achieve their internal communication & engagement goals with video creation made simple. With VIBBIO businesses can trust their employees to stay on-brand at all times, while easily adding video to their communication skillset with no experience needed. We believe that the future of comms is video created by everyone.

We’re building Teston, a tool that will take all the hassle out of user testing. Our dream is a world with only user-friendly products, where technology truly serves people of all ages and backgrounds. Where technology supports us in our daily life instead of causing frustration and confusion. In addition to having a strong user- and customer-focus, we also care about creating a great work culture and environment for our team. We’re currently a small (but growing!) start-up, meaning that every single person helps shape the way we work, how we interact with each other, and the way we build products.

Societec develops processes and ICT tools called Friskus, for a systematically and integrated volunteership, with focus on meaningful activities and user accomplishment. Friskus is a user-friendly social network platform with a companion app for municipalities and non-profit organizations to collaborate, connect and communicate with volunteers. Have a look at our website to see what else we are up to!

We are the new stuff in business education. Hubro Education develop business simulations that give students training in applying their business skills. We make it easily understandable and fun! The Hubro Business Simulation is aimed at management accounting and business economics courses in higher and secondary education. The simulation is used at more than 50% of Norwegian universities, universities in Sweden, Denmark and Finland, and secondary schools in Norway, Sweden and England. We're passionate about education and technology, and use tech to lift the classroom experience to new hights. If you ever sat in class and thought that this place is ripe for innovation, then maybe you should join us? We're a diverse bunch of engineers and programmers, teachers and business graduates, marketers and entrepreneurs.

Introduction to SurplusMap SurplusMap is on a mission to revolutionize the way we develop and optimize EV charging infrastructure. By leveraging advanced geospatial tools and machine learning models, we empower energy companies, local utilities, and charge point operators to make informed decisions about site selection and utilization prediction. This ensures the efficient and effective deployment of charging stations, addressing a critical need in the rapidly growing electric vehicle market. Our secret advantage is our ability to draw on Norway's leadership in EV infrastructure, combined with our collaborations with top-tier partners like Google and Bentley Systems, to deliver cutting-edge solutions. The challenge we face is significant: the current pace of infrastructure development is insufficient to meet the future demands of the booming EV market. The market is highly fragmented, causing inconvenience for EV users and difficulties for energy companies and local utilities trying to optimize their investments. For instance, the EU mandates the installation of 6,000 new charging points per week by 2030, a target that is far from being met with the current rate of deployment. This gap presents a substantial opportunity for innovative solutions like SurplusMap to make a real difference. At SurplusMap, we focus on ensuring our customers invest wisely. Our sophisticated, map-based software integrates geospatial data and machine learning algorithms to pinpoint optimal sites for new charging stations. This means our clients can invest in the right locations, install the ideal number of chargers, and maintain high utilization rates over time. By doing so, we help them maximize their investments and build a robust EV infrastructure network that meets the demands of the future. We are driven by a vision of cleaner, more sustainable cities. Electric vehicles are crucial in reducing air pollution and creating healthier urban environments. However, the key to this transition lies in the efficient deployment of charging infrastructure that provides greater flexibility to the energy grid, allowing for more renewable energy sources to be integrated. At SurplusMap, we are passionate about facilitating this energy transition. By optimizing EV charging infrastructure, we help accelerate the shift to cleaner energy, positively impacting both the environment and the communities we live in. Join us in our mission to create a greener, more sustainable future through innovative technology and strategic planning. Together, we can drive the change needed to make our cities cleaner and our energy systems more resilient.

THE URGENT ISSUE IN TODAY'S JOB MARKET IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES: ✪ Traditional recruitment prioritizes CV algorithms and keywords over human potential, by an astonishing 90%. When ATS/AI control who gets seen, we lose the most important factor: the human behind the CV. This creates not just unemployment, but social exclusion - when people can't find work, they lose connection to society and experience profound isolation. ✪ Todays recruitment methods are narrowly fixated purely on qualifications and historical experience, relying heavily on algorithms to sift through CVs. This approach overlooks the unique talents and motivations of individuals, drivingforces, personality and thus missing out on valuable opportunities for growth and success. ✪ THE RESULT: People are often using ChatGPT or Copilot to write their applications + HR are using AI to read them = nobody is getting hired. ✪ Sweden struggles with high youth unemployment and urban-rural divides. Refugee integration remains uneven, and platform work is eroding traditional protections. Union influence is waning, especially in tech and service sectors. ✪ Denmark’s famed flexicurity model is under pressure. Women are overrepresented in part-time roles, and older workers exit early. Gig work is expanding faster than regulation, challenging collective bargaining norms. ✪ Finland faces persistent long-term unemployment and mental health-related exclusion. Industrial restructuring is shifting jobs to tech hubs, leaving peripheral regions behind. Labor mobility remains low despite retraining efforts. In conclusion; the Nordic countries face mounting labor market exclusion despite strong welfare models. Norway leads with 700,000 adults outside the labor force, driven by regional stagnation, immigrant underemployment, and early retirement. The green and digital transitions are creating jobs—but not where displaced workers live. THE PERFECT STORM FOR US! TURNING THE RECRUITMENT MARKET UPSIDE-DOWN «From employer initiated to 100% talent focused.» Our Solution: Talentity.ai = AI meets empathy! Nordic's first community for job seekers, where talent takes center stage. Meeting the talents, rather than relying on historical data on a piece of paper. Creating an empathic AI, that combines human expertise with technology, supporting decision making and not taking over the entire process.

Playpulse is an in-home fitness company that provides entertainment-based workouts on custom exercise equipment for the whole family. The company’s flagship product is a wireless stationary bike with integrated game controllers that blends multi-player games into a seamless and immersive workout that you’ll actually look forward to. Based on scientific evidence and testing with thousands of players, users get a complete workout without even realizing it because they’re having so much fun!