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.

We specialize in designing cutting-edge materials for energy storage applications. Our expertise lies in identifying the most promising materials that meet the specific requirements of energy storage use cases, and by leveraging advanced simulation techniques, such as computational chemistry and AI, we provide solutions that maximize performance, efficiency, and sustainability. With a focus on innovation and collaboration, we bridge the gap between material science and energy storage applications, enabling a cleaner, more efficient, and sustainable energy future. With a long experience from industry, we have strong focus on the problem, and on developing business models to commercialise these emerging technologies

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 a Stealth AI startup that is revolutionizing cloud infrastructure management with our AI-driven solution. Backed by a strong team with deep expertise in both commercial business development and software development, DevSecOps, and AI, we aim to define a new category in the tech space. Our innovative platform automates cloud infrastructure setup, security compliance, and intelligent monitoring, delivering 10x speed at 1/10th the cost.

Litech, founded in 2021, is an Oslo-based startup specializing in developing sensor systems to detect and remove hazardous objects, such as flammable batteries and gas bottles, to prevent fires and explosions at waste facilities. Our vision is to create sustainable and safe waste management by eliminating the harmful impact of incorrectly sorted hazardous materials. We are currently running pilots with two major players in the waste management industry. We collaborate with partners in the waste industry and R&D and are part of the vibrant Startuplab ecosystem, benefiting from its extensive network and resources.

Dintero is a tech-first company that offers a one-stop payment solution for the Nordic market. We focus on simplifying the payment journey and have created one integration to support multiple payment methods like Visa, Mastercard, Vipps, Swish, MobilePay and Walley BNPL (soon Klarna, Apple Pay and Google Pay). Our unique solution Split Payment helps Platform and Marketplaces to connect with multiple sellers to their platform, and Dintero can split one payment to multiple parties. Dintero handles the KYB/KYC and AML. We have API-first approach when we build our microservices. Dintero handles over 60 million API requests a month. Dintero was started by experienced tech-entrepreneurs with a background from NTNU and over 10 years of experience. The founders have previously built dSAFE, which was acquired by Bambora. We launched in Sweden in 2021, but our main market is in Norway, and our customers include webshops, restaurants and physical stores. Some of our investors are Schibsted Ventures, Bring Ventures and CoFounder. We have grown substantially in recent years, but are still a small and agile team of 19 people in Oslo, with the passion for making payment as simple as possible. Our team consists of highly skilled people with long track records in the payment industry. Together, we aim to challenge the market through quick development, advanced features, and a relentless focus on the customer. Our values are based on helpfulness, honesty, agility and curiosity. We also have a strong sense of pride in the product we're building. All our tech is completely in English, and we promote an open and diverse workplace, and welcome all genders and nationalities. We like to be social colleagues and spend time together with kick-off dinners, 4 parties a year, and more cake than what might be healthy.

BitPet is an AR multiplayer mobile game making physical activity fun and social. Each player has a pet whose health depends on the activity from their step counter, and players can meet each other's pets in multiplayer AR which is fun and social. The idea for the game is based on research by a professor of game technology and co-founder of Kahoot! The game is currently in early beta and will be launched commercially in 2023.

In early 2021, we began exploring eye-tracking technology. We discovered its enormous potential when combined with in-game statistics and data analytics. The esports industry is becoming increasingly data-driven and professionalized. Teams are more focused on sustainable and healthy gaming routines. We can help them improve their skills and take care of eye health, sleep, and more.

Automatic background checks for a new era. We verify people, so you don't have to. Before volunteers can work with children, they need to go through proper screening, but the process can be complex to handle. Our first product is easy processing and verification of police certificates for youth sports organizations. By doing this we help to prevent sexual abuse and create a safe environment for everyone in sports. The founders have started several successful ventures and we are very clear on the unique culture we are trying to build. Not only will you be working with a team of talented business people, engineers and designers, but you will also be a vital part of our company and bring your voice to the table on how to build our products and services. The right person will be rewarded handsomely in love, respect, money and equity. We especially encourage women and international nationalities to apply. All ages, religions, sexual orientations and personalities are also welcome. We want a team that reflects the population of the world!

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?

Unimedia is a Scandinavian marketing agency and technology company focusing on developing and delivering our digital services to international companies while establishing the modern Silk Road between Scandinavia and China. Unimedia's unique skills, with synergy and balance of simple and advanced approaches, we have won the trust of leading international technology companies.   For more information visit: https://www.unimedia.no Unimedia is a Scandinavian marketing agency and technology company focusing on developing and delivering our digital services to international companies while establishing the modern Silk Road between Scandinavia and China. We are a market leader in display and app-based precision marketing and payment solutions delivering to consumers worldwide. Unimedia's unique skills, with synergy and balance of simple and advanced approaches, we have won the trust of leading international technology companies. With well-established multimedia solutions from the West, the East and our own market channels, we are positioned in leading positions across several markets in Scandinavia. Unimedia's mission is to create a sustainable and good trade flow between Scandinavia and the rest of the world through fantastic technology that are useful to all people.  We have a dynamic and energetic culture descended from the far east. Our core values focus on building the future with unprecedented technological solutions implemented with elements inspired by nature, delivering fantastic technology to the world.

Futurehome develops smart home solutions and connects the “Do-It-For-Me” smart home customers with professional partners, using online tools to reduce the price by up to 80% compared to similar solutions. Offering an online builder wizard for customers and tools and automation services for installers and partners, we have a solid platform to bring the smart home to the mass market. Futurehome is a Norwegian tech-startup, founded in Stavanger, 2013. Since then, the smart home company has grown considerably and now employs 17 people, built a state-of-the-art product, and teamed up with powerful investors. Today, with partners such as Nordan, Gilje, ID-Lock and Zaptec, Futurehome proudly supplies one of the most user friendly smart home systems on the market.

Cognite has a unique starting point and great of momentum on its side. The idea behind Cognite came when I was working on a digitalization project with the industrial conglomerate AKER ASA.  In less than 15 years there will be over 50 billion physical assets and machines connected to the Internet, and over seven billion Internet consumers. The exponential growth of data resulting from the increase in Internet users, combined with machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) will challenge the status quo of across all industries. We believe that data handling will become a competitive advantage for industrial companies across a range of sectors. Unlocking its tremendous capabilities should not just be for an elite group of companies. Cognite makes this technology available to our customers. Furthermore we think that the most successful companies will create alliances to leverage the numerous and complex data sources. We aim to deliver breakthrough customer benefits facilitating productivity-related savings, improved operations, increased safety, and new revenue opportunities. Our initial focus is to aggregate and process data from industrial sensors and corresponding applications combining it with 3D-models to see how these sensors are related to the physical world. This enables our customers and partners to create advanced visualizations and machine learning applications for optimization and automation. Please contact us if you're interested in learning more.

eSmart Systems has developed a scalable software platform that can process, analyze and visualize large amounts of data in real time. The platform enables the future of the digital energy industry and smart cities. The company was established in 2012 and many of its key resources has more than 20 years experience of establishing and leading IT and energy-related companies in and around the energy markets in Norway, Europe and the United States.

Squarehead Technology provides advanced microphone array systems for audio capture and acoustical zoom. A microphone array  combines a large number of individual microphones to create a highly directional audio output.  The challenge of isolating and capturing desired sound in noisy environments is a well-known problem. Our products allow an operator to zoom in on a particular area and record sound in much the same way a camera zooms in a scene. This is achieved by using sophisticated digital signal processing of audio from several hundred microphones combined into a single system. All audio channels are high quality digital signals that can be recorded without any loss.