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

At the heart of our business is a commitment to offering personalized security services that are tailored to meet the unique needs and concerns of parents in Oslo. We recognize that the safety of teenagers is a paramount concern, and our services are designed to address this by providing a high level of security and support. We establish ourselves as the go-to provider for personal security services. Our strategy involves extensive market research to understand the specific needs of our target demographic, coupled with targeted marketing campaigns to reach and engage parents effectively. Our services are built on the foundation of innovation, leveraging technologies in real-time tracking, emergency response, and communication. We plan to continuously invest in research and development to keep our offerings at the forefront of the personal security industry. We believe in building long-term relationships with our customers. This involves not just meeting but exceeding their expectations through exceptional service, regular feedback mechanisms, and personalized customer care. Recognizing the importance of community in ensuring the safety of teenage & individuals, we plan to actively engage with local schools, youth organizations, and law enforcement. Our team comprises of highly trained professionals who are experts in personal security. Continuous training and development programs will be a staple to ensure that our staff remains knowledgeable and skilled in the latest security practices and technologies. We are committed to sustainable business practices and have a clear roadmap for growth. Presense’s business is anchored in the philosophy of providing innovative, reliable, and personalized security services. We aim to create a safer environment for the youth and peace of mind for their families.

50% of the population will encounter mental illness, but 65% leave treatment without results. We're here to change that. We develop the world's 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. 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!

Etain is a software company founded by lawyers, technologists, finance experts, and industry leaders determined to enable better collaboration and automation of legal and business processes within all aspects of the corporate world. Our first software products are already in use in large legal projects handled by the most prestigious law firms in Scandinavia.

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.

Biim is a global medical company developing low-cost portable and pocketable ultrasound devices that connect to IOS and Android interfaces. Biim is entering the commercial stage with both FDA and CE approvals in place. The company has signed a 3-year distr. agreement with AngioDynamics worth a minimum of 20 million USD. Year-to-date revenue has exceeded more than 2.4 million USD. The company has secured a credit facility of 4 million USD with DNB. Biim is raising up to 9 million USD for the development of two new probes and to expand the global footprint to more than 30 countries.

Preventing One Million Falls Before 2024 Dele Health Tech is redefining how the market conceptualizes and achieves fall prevention by offering a data fusion platform that functions as middleware between hardware and data stream partners. Our mission: To save lives through fall prevention, and prevent one million falls by 2024.

The Pitch SignLab helps families that need to learn sign language or sign-assisted communication to communicate The What Parents to children who are severely hard of hearing or deaf need to learn sign language to communicate. Today, only 1 in 4 parents to deaf children in high-income countries manage to learn sign language. In low-income countries, it is believed to be less than 1 in 10. Families with individuals that benefit from sign-assisted communication face the same challenge. These include the parents to children with Down Syndrome, severe autism or Cerebral palsy. The How An international learning platform for sign languages and sign-assisted communication. The SignLab learning platform is fully digital and can incorporate new languages within weeks. The user only needs access to a smartphone or a computer. The platform makes it fun and easy to learn through gamification and timed encouragement. To ensure that the user gets the most out of every learning session, our review functionality incorporates an AI that knows what signs you are about to forget. The AI then designs a learning session that is tailored to the individual user’s need. Our curriculum is designed in cooperation with sign language teachers in each language. The platform launched in open beta in Norway November 2018. Feedback from parents and sign language teachers gave it a NPS of +64. The platform saw exponential growth with an average growth rate of 276% each month for the first three months (Nov-Feb). This growth all came from word of mouth, $0 spent on marketing. The Why Today less than 10% of the 64 million parents to deaf and hard of hearing children know sign language due to the low availability of education centers. Exclusion from communication have a significant impact on everyday life, causing feelings of loneliness, isolation, and frustration. The inability to properly communicate have a significantly adverse effect on the academic performance of children. SignLab works towards a society where all families have access to teaching themself, their children and their community signs and sign language so that everyone can feel included.

We've grappled with the complexities of managing SaaS subscriptions in past roles, and we believe it doesn't have to be this hard. Traditional solutions in the market often felt elusive and burdened with top-down procedures, offering little joy to the end-user. This sparked the idea for Cardboard. Our goal is simple: take away these headaches and make SaaS management straightforward and even enjoyable. Rooted in a love for simplicity and a good user experience, Cardboard aims to make your life easier. From Norway to the world, we're excited to redefine how businesses interact with software subscriptions one company at a time.

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

At Kyoto we work to decarbonise industrial energy consumption by increasing the share of renewable energy sources used to generate industrial process heat. Kyoto Group AS was founded in 2018, and consists of 9 skilled full time employees, plus a handful of great helpers. Our largest investors are solid and forward leaning industry leaders in the green energy transition: Hydro Energi Invest AS, Kongsberg Innovasjon AS, and Valinor AS.

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.

Where change comes to work! Part innovation lab, part business incubator, and part membership community: Impact Hub Bergen provides a collaborative work, meeting and learning space for people who seek to create positive impact. We believe in the power of innovation through collaboration. Our members come from a variety of backgrounds but are united in their quest to create sustainable solutions for the biggest issues of our time.

We develop business with positive impact on the environment and society – creating more with less based on game changing new technologies. Our ambition is to create synergies of resources available, from the Earth, from research and between people and networks. Therefore, we have chosen Vili Vé as our name, from the two brothers of Odin who created fjords and mountains out of the resources available from Ymir. Our focus areas are cleantech and life science, our primary market is Europe and Asia, our customers and partners are major manufacturers, distributors, B2B customers and consulting companies. Our team, communication and style reflects diversity and openness, and our teamwork is based on dedication and trust. We want our customers and partners to experience us as competent, genuine and attentive – and proactively focusing on win-win solutions.

Innovation Dock is a living, energetic innovation hub for entrepreneurs, innovators, and growth companies in Stavanger, Norway. Four buildings of prime office space, co-working, and conference facilities with a front-row view of the fjords and mountains, located in the most energetic part of Stavanger city center; the growing Stavanger east.