Respire is a Norwegian venture studio focused on building companies within the energy transition and sustainability. We work hands-on from early problem exploration through company formation and early growth, typically partnering closely with founders as active co-builders. Our team brings experience from energy, industry, startups, and venture building, and we believe a systematic approach gives better odds in complex, capital-intensive domains. We build a small number of ventures at a time and take a long-term view. Respire contributes sector insight, structured venture development, access to relevant networks, and in-house capacity for early MVP development. We work with entrepreneurs who want real ownership and responsibility, and who are motivated by solving concrete problems in energy and green industry rather than chasing hype. We’re based at RE Gründerhus in Asker, a hub for sustainable innovation, and are now scaling the studio.

As a idea factory, incubator and investor, Askeladden & Co identifies opportunities, develop concepts and scale up companies. Our sweet-spot is in traditional industries that - until now - have seen limited consolidation, limited innovation, too high prices and a customer journey that has been standing still since the 90s.   Our investments and startup journeys so far:  Cutters | Adams Matkasse | Freska | Lotel | Lorry Restaurant | Wellbee

Hera Solutions is an early-stage startup developing technology within the transportation and logistics sector. We are developing a robust and secure system for the electronic transmission of shipping information, through our first product Hera Road. We offer a driver application and administration panel to transport companies for a real-time overview of goods during transport, which simplifies communication, handling and documentation of tasks carried out. As a young company, flexibility is important to us, we always start with the end user, are adaptable, and deliver value immediately. We are an innovative company with big ambitions to scale internationally in a few years. By taking part in Hera Solutions, you will have the opportunity to take part in an incredibly demanding and exciting phase of the company's development.

Cavai AS was founded in December 2017 with the goal of revolutionizing online advertising. User experiences have largely been neglected on the web, and Cavai saw early on that chatbot technology, which has initially been used in customer service, could be a wonderfully good advertising product. Usually, chatbot technology is used as customer service on its own website, while Cavai's platform is built to be able to use chatbot technology on millions of websites for contextual advertising. The team today consists of 15 people, and the product has been launched in Norway, Finland, Sweden and the UK with 50 paying customers. Customers are very pleased and report that Cavai's technology is having a very good effect on completed advertising campaigns. Cavai will have its first month of positive operating results in October and looks to have sales of around 3 million in 2019. Next year will be a big growth year, where we have budgeted with a turnover of NOK 41 million. This growth has also been discussed by Finansavisen, where as part of Finansavisen's web-TV series "Vext", Cavai filmed his meeting with advertising legend Sir Marting Sorell in London. For more information, see https://finansavisen.no/vext/tech/2019/10/23/7465643/chatbot-company-cavai-2020-blir-the-store-growst>  To finance further growth, we are now running a seed funding round of NOK 9.5 - 15 million. The company is priced at NOK 60 million pre-money. For more information see the investor summary, investor presentation and subscription form attached.

50% of the population will encounter mental illness, but 65% leave treatment without results. We're here to change that. Mindcare develops Konfidens – the worlds first holistic mental healthcare platform designed to improve the effectiveness of psychological treatment. Our SaaS platform for psychologists combines the basic tools needed to administer a private practice, with novel research-based treatment instruments. Right now we are working on a module for psychometric symptom analysis based on clinical research, an algorithm matching patient and therapist based on empirical treatment data and a suite of tools to aid the therapists professional development. We are an ambitious team of psychology specialists, business developers and an advisory board with industry specialists. You can take a look at our team here: https://www.konfidens.no/team. Mindcare is backed by Innovation Norway, Aleap and several private investors. We are now hiring our first team members. We're looking for two talented developers to join our company as co-founders and help build the organization and product. Is this you or someone you know? Get in touch!

The Core Service group is more commonly known by its brand name, mcare, and it has been servicing the Nordic market with aftersales processes and authorized Apple repairs since 2010. The company employs over 60 certified Apple experts and has a capacity exceeding a quarter of a million repairs on a yearly basis for the 19 locations spread throughout the Nordics. The revenue for 2019 landed at €22,4M, showing a 20% annual growth. We primarily drive a B2B set-up, having customers within the insurance industry, carriers, and larger well-known enterprises, as well as municipalities and SMEs. Now, we also aim to gain broader recognition amongst consumers.

Blank Space is an ambitious creative space in Oslo that works in countless aspects of the visual art and design community. We are a meeting place for the creative and the productive. We are a safe haven for the curious and the strange. We are a Blank Space for what the visual art and design community needs. We offer a full international art gallery,  high quality but easily accessible classes and workshops, private studios and open desks to professionals and a membership program for enthusiasts. Blank Space consists of four parts:   Our GALLERY, which represents both international and Norwegian artists.   Our WORKSHOPS, which grant both entry level opportunities as well as advanced resources for existing artists.    Our STUDIOS, which offer 3 office spaces to visual artists as well a full silkscreen studio for rent.    Our COMMUNITY, where we work within Oslo's creative scene to strengthen the market from the inside.    Break down the barriers in art:   Blank Space works with every type of person to reassure them that art is for everyone, regardless of finances, background, education, or job. Rich or poor, young or old, artist or not - everyone is welcome.    Diversify art:   Blank Space represents art that isn't commonly found in a gallery setting to help give these forms of art validation in the public eye. Though we believe the definition of art is much broader, we focus on areas such as illustration, animation, comic books, graphic design, street art, film, game design, and concept art. We also work with traditional artists who explore contemporary applications.     Strengthen education:   Blank Space offers a wide variety of workshops, lectures, and events to broaden the creative resources for artists in Oslo. These high quality arrangements vary in topic, theme, and level so that everyone can improve their skills in visual art and design.   Support production:   Blank Space encourages action, not just talk.     Challenge yourself:   Through our studios and events we promote taking risks in art, pushing skills past their current level, and helping others to be the best artist / designer they can be. We help people recognize their mistakes while providing a nurturing environment in which to fix them.

The Lunicorn is a media brand and production house, exploring business culture within the global innovation industry. We travel the world in search of unknown startup stories, uncovering the tech industry in an easily consumable format (short-form mobile video). Providing our audience with hyper-localised knowledge about entrepreneurial culture. To date our content has reached over 2 million people, and we have worked with the likes of DNB, Oslo Business Region and Microsoft.

Mia Health is on a mission to enable people live healthy lives, by giving unique personalised insights and research-based lifestyle advice, combined with an engaging community for motivation, inspiration and support. Starting with an inspiring physical activity score, we are expanding to more holistic health in the future. At Mia Health we build products where we can change lives and impact public health care costs. Our core is our digital twin – data analysis based on world-leading research. These analysis can help people live longer (8 years) and healthier (quality of life). BUT! If we cannot wrap this knowledge into an attractive application that users understand, trust, and want to use – then we have nothing! UX is a key focus area for Mia Health.

Aleap, a non-profit incubator, offers a community for health startups. Our mission is to facilitate innovation and value creation by developing an ecosystem for ambitious health entrepreneurs and companies to create new products better and faster. We believe that entrepreneurship and successful startups will benefit from collaboration in a multidisciplinary environment with proactive sharing.   What we do 1. We help you reach your growth goals. We have our own methods to guide you and your start-up company, whether it be development, financing or commercialization.2. Here you will be part of a stimulating environment with like-minded entrepreneurs. We facilitate sharing, learning and collaboration through professional and social meeting places.3. With us, we adapt a development course especially for your company and acquire the expertise you need along the way. Our national and international network of experienced advisors contributes to an increased chance of success. Our Community  Aleap is situated at the innovation, research and knowledge hub, Oslo Science Park. The Science Park has a long tradition of commercializing R&D activities and is today home to more than 300 companies. Aleap is funded through the support of SIVA, Oslo Municipality and Innovation Norway to foster an ecosystem for health startups and innovation. Industry experts collaborate with us to provide our members with the best possible knowledge, networks and services so the entrepreneurs can focus on their core business. We have representatives in IPR, regulatory services, legal, design, financing, accounting and production services.

After working together since 2012 in game development company Henchman & Goon, we launched Goontech in January 2015. Our background in game development has given us a ton of knowledge and a special mindset that we apply to our projects. We continue to look to the game industry for inspiration, techniques and technology, and bring this with us into other industries. Our vision is “Visualizing Great Ideas”, no matter what industry or format, and our mission is to make smarter and more user-friendly visualization solutions. Goontech is located in Bergen, Norway, in short distance from a growing entrepreneurial environment, and some of the biggest players in the oil and gas industry. We also have a small office in Oslo, Norway.

We provide the banking network, messaging, settlement, and cash management solutions to meet any bank’s requirements. We are based in Fredrikstad, Norway, where UNITE evolved as a correspondent hub for banks, but our origin is global, developed over years in international banking centers. We have studied other initiatives over the years and learned that the third-party philosophy of trying to bolt-on smart software to multiple bank accounts is less than ideal. A holistic revolution was required to deliver a cross-border payments solution fit for banks in the 21st century.

Pixotope Technologies is an international, award-winning technology and service company headquartered in Norway. Our flagship product Pixotope® is the world’s leading mixed reality solution for media production that allows media producers and content creators to produce exciting mixed reality content for television, online streaming, and film. Our product and services have been used in some of the largest live productions made in the last few years, such as the Superbowl, League of Legends Championship broadcasts, Euro-vision, and The Weather Channels mixed reality experiences. A selection of these productions can be viewed on our website: https://www.pixotope.com/customers We are a global company with headquarters in Oslo and branch offices in Los Angeles, London, Madrid, and Zagreb. Our customers are from every corner of the world.

Building the new standard for measuring programming skills, to give every developer who loves to write great code a seat at the table. We offer a platform of skill analysis where developers can validate coding skills in a relevant and realistic manner, with access to tools needed and with objective scores.

Prelud is a health tech startup focused on meaningful use of existing sensor technology to accumulate data and monitor vital parameters for patients receiving home care services. Our main goal is to reduce preventable hospital admissions among patients receiving home care by offering a user friendly home monitoring tool for both health care providers and users of their services.