Apple made one of the most iconic ads “Here’s to the crazy ones” to lift their campaign “Think Different” in 1997. This ad was so “new” and controversial that it since has made history, and is now part of most curriculum in most marketing schools around the globe. It was written by Rob Siltanen, Creative Director for TBWA/Chiat/Day and Creative Director at Apple Lee Clow. It wasn’t Steve Jobs, but it was he who made the quote famous (Originally it was the voice of Richard Dreyfuss in the ad). This, for us marketing geeks, is food for thought, awe and inspiration. Not because of the text itself, Steve as a celebrity, but for what impact that ad had on its audience. Knowing now, in retrospect, the ad was basically describing Steve himself, and beautifully put together with famous “rebels” of their field, we cannot help empathizing and relate to the ad, the history and the text. Don’t get us wrong, we are no rebels. We do not contribute to any groundbreaking tech innovation or have a goal of changing the world. What we believe in, is changing the way advertising is perceived, consumed, and targeted. The glory days of “buying a TV ad and you’re set” have long passed. The effect of “Here’s to the crazy ones” can still be archived, and is our goal in everything we do. We are forever inspired by Steve Jobs, and his rebel being, and we named our company after his ad, written by an agency. The agency does not matter, the sender does.

Volant was founded in Norway by Tobias Nervik and Daniel Hoftun. They shared a flat in Oslo and wanted to buy an aroma diffuser to start using essential oils after Tobias heard about it on the Tim Ferriss show. Daniel had just refurbished the apartment and wanted a nice-looking diffuser that fit well with the interior decor. They were unable to find one. That is why they created volant: to offer a minimalistic essential oil diffuser that goes with any interior. The volant diffuser was an instant hit in Norway and launched in 15 countries within the first year. The volant diffuser is Scandinavian in design and craftsmanship and is the flagship product of volant. It infuses our customers' spaces with fresh aromas and helps them feel relaxed, energetic or focused depending on their needs.

Proptly was founded in 2021 by Kristoffer Gjerde, Gunnar Windsand Sem, and Thomas Kristiansen, with a bold vision to transform the often-overlooked, yet critical, part of the climate tech ecosystem: installations. What started as a casual conversation over Christmas drinks about the headaches of managing contractors, quickly turned into a mission to streamline the installation process for climate tech solutions across Europe. We recognized that while there’s no shortage of companies innovating in the climate tech space—producing world-class EV chargers, heat pumps, and solar panels—the bottleneck often lies in getting these technologies deployed quickly and efficiently. That’s where Proptly comes in. We’ve built a B2B marketplace that connects climate tech companies with a network of skilled, vetted installers, making sure that cutting-edge green technologies reach consumers without the typical delays and frustrations. Think of it like Uber for installations: companies get real-time data on installer performance, response times, and customer satisfaction, allowing them to scale their operations with ease. Revolutionizing the Installation Process Our platform tackles a glaring inefficiency in the market—the installation bottleneck—by ensuring that the best installers, backed by proven performance metrics, are always available to deploy climate tech solutions. For climate tech companies, we’re solving a massive headache: ensuring their innovations get installed, not just built. For contractors, we’re providing consistent job opportunities, helping them grow their businesses in a fast-expanding green economy. With $4 million in seed funding, high-profile partnerships including Easee, Sungrow, and Coop, and a stellar team of industry veterans from companies like Kahoot, Oda, McKinsey, EY, Tesla, and Easee, we’re setting the standard for how climate tech installations should be done. Our Vision Proptly aims to become the leading B2B marketplace for order-to-installation processes across Europe and beyond. With climate tech adoption on the rise, we aim to play a crucial role in accelerating the deployment of these technologies, helping the world transition to a greener future more efficiently. We’re not just about getting the job done; we’re about getting it done right—with transparency, speed, and customer satisfaction at the heart of everything we do.

AUTOproff provides software-as-a-service solutions to the professional car market – making it seamless, secure, and more attractive to trade used cars. Our solutions are important enablers of the ongoing mobility transformation of the car industry, where most people in the future will no longer own a car, but instead lease, rent, share or hail cars. Mobility means significant growth in transaction volume as cars will be traded more often during their lifetime – thereby driving strong demand for our solutions. We are growing fast and serve more than 3,500 customers from across the whole value chain including OEMs, dealerships as well as rental-, leasing-, platform- and mobility companies. AUTOproff was founded in 2013, became market leader in Denmark in 2016, and has since expanded across Northern Europe. We employ 100 enthusiastic professionals across our offices in Copenhagen (DK), Vejle (DK), Hamburg (DE), Malmoe (SE), Zwolle (NL) and Poznan (PL). In 2020, we posted revenues of more than DKK 400 million and we have been profitable since our inception. AUTOproff is privately owned by Jesper Ratza, our CEO and founder, André Rogaczewski, CEO and co-founder of Netcompany, as well as other private investors.

ARTBIO is redefining cancer care by developing a new class of alpha radioligand therapies (ART) and building the ecosystem that maximizes their potential. ARTBIO is a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical biotechnology company focused on developing a new class of alpha radioligand therapies (ART). Our unique patient-centric approach is underpinned by a deep understanding of cancer biology and the infrastructure needed to effectively design, manufacture, and distribute our therapies.

Legala is a legal practice management software designed to streamline various aspects of law firm operations. It offers features such as matter management, time recording, document management, email management, automated forms, client accounting, billing, reporting, and support for remote working. These functionalities aim to enhance productivity and service quality within legal practices.

Zeproc (www.zeproc.com) is a data and AI-driven marketplace consolidating Non-strategic supply for industrial businesses on a single platform, starting with tail-end consumables. We envision building the procurement platform for industrial 4.0 businesses, lowering costs and the environmental impact of consumption by opening access to high-quality suppliers, managing cradle-to-gate carbon footprint, and tailor-fit procurement solutions.

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Retrade is a leading online marketplace for used industrial equipment and machinery. Our platform connects buyers and sellers across various industries, facilitating the efficient and secure trade of pre-owned machinery. With a global presence and a diverse range of listings, Retrade plays an decisive role to extend the lifetime of thousands of machines every year. We help establishing a more responsible and sustainable ownership of machinery, and make sure machines from Nordic companies gets a second life somewhere relevant across the world.

At HelloFresh, we want to change the way people eat forever by offering our customers high quality food and recipes for different meal occasions. Over the past 10 years, we've seen this mission spread around the world and beyond our wildest dreams. Now, we are a global food solutions group and the world's leading meal kit company, active in 16 countries across 3 continents. So, how did we do it? Our weekly boxes full of exciting recipes and fresh ingredients have blossomed into a community of customers looking for delicious, healthy and sustainable options. The HelloFresh Group now includes our core brand, HelloFresh, as well as: GreenChef, EveryPlate, Chef's Plate, Factor, and Youfoodz. We started in the Nordics in 2019 and are continuing to scale up throughout Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Dynaspace provides insights for a greater impact on global seafood production. Our accurate data and updated information make it easier for the entire aquaculture value chain to become efficient, fact-oriented and sustainable. The aquaculture industry is a rapidly growing food source and livelihood for billions of people across the globe. It’s a fragmented market with low transparency and monitoring is complex as aquaculture production covers vast areas, making it a struggle to have updated and validated information. Our international and dynamic team solves the global data gathering challenges using satellite observations to deliver a cloud-based platform with real-time market insights and forecasts. By using space technology, we empower suppliers, farmers, processors, traders and governments, to make timely and data-driven decisions to improve efficiency, increase profits, monitor environmental resources, and enhance transparency & traceability within the industry.

Haptiq AS is a technology company that develops 3D virtual and augmented reality applications for mission-critical industries. We have a background from international AAA gaming and strong experience in core and related technologies, their development tools, and processes. Our customers span from The Department of Health and Human Services to the Norwegian Special Operation Forces. Haptiq has developed a customizable EHS training system that we connect to a digital twin of the workplace in 1:1 scale virtual reality (VR). This immersive includes natural interaction between instructor and fellow trainees as avatars, an intuitive user interface and a built-in task creator so you can add or modify training sessions. All data generated by employees training in the system is stored and easily accessible through an admin dashboard.

Ignite Procurement is one of the fastest growing Norwegian SaaS start-ups, founded in 2016 by ex-consultants from BCG, Sigbjørn Nome and BørgeLangedal. Ignite Procurement has developed a digital solution for strategic procurement and is on a mission to make strategic procurement easy and B2B market efficient and transparent. Our product has already been recognized as the customer leader by SpendMatters, while the company itself as the most promising and hottest start-ups by Norwegian Media in Finansavisen ( https://vext.finansavisen.no/) and Shifter. We are working with complex challenges and our next priority is to build the leading global solution for sustainable strategic procurement and make it easy for our customers to find, select and buy sustainable products/services from sustainable companies. For this, we need sharp innovative minds who are passionate about tech and sustainability Curious to know more on working in the product organization of Ignite? Grab a virtual coffee with one of us! : grabacoffee.io/ignite ☕️ See all our job openings here: igniteprocurement.bamboohr.com/jobs/ See more info about us in a short video: bit.ly/IgnitePvid

Insj is a student organization startup that consults and coach student with entrepreneurial ideas. We have experienced coaches that guide students with an idea through the process of making a business, NGO or organization. In short: - we coach students with ideas. - we create technical and inspirational events to teach and inspire entrepreneurship. - we connect students, investors, and business. - We give practical work experience in a learn by doing environment for our student associates.

We are Nordcloud and we're on a mission to help organisations gain te maximum benefits of the cloud. As a global leader of cloud services, we deliver cloud strategy, migration, automation, management, capacity, and training. Since 2011 we,ve completed over 200 projects to help our customers harness the power of the cloud. Nordcloud is an AWS premier consulting Partner, a Google Cloud Platform Strategic Partner, and a Microsoft Azure Gold Cloud Partner. As an independent cloud-native organisation, our team of experts delivers objective advice and builds solutions on all the leading public cloud platforms.