Vilje Bionics is a fast-growing medical exoskeleton startup based in Oslo, Norway. Our mission is to improve the lives of people with arm and hand disabilities by providing them with innovative, high-quality exoskeletons that can enhance their mobility and independence. We are a passionate team that is committed to making a positive impact on people's lives.

Joymo is a streaming platform that makes it easy for any sport club, federation, league and event, anywhere in the world, to broadcast their valuable content to fans across the globe. Through innovation in technology, broadcasting, AI and automation, Joymo enables the creation of video content from any level in sport and delivers that content to fans, athletes, coaches, referees and scouts through an innovative and exciting platform. Founded by experts from the Scandinavian broadcasting world, Joymo is a movement created to engage fans, develop athletes, and inspire sport.

Timma is an ambitious Finnish start-up that offers a smart solution to an everyday challenge. With our service people can easily find hair, beauty and massage services in their area fast and at a fair price. Timma also offers entrepreneurs a digital booking and cashier system, that enables them to fill their empty time slots with new customers. Our vision is to lead the way as the most innovative company within the salon industry. We are growing steadily and looking for new talents to join us!

Agens has an award-winning team in the field of concept work, design and mobile development. We work hard to make sure your brand comes alive in the right digital channels – wrapped in a refreshing, world-class user experience.    At Agens, we have conceptualized, designed and developed some of the biggest mobile software projects in Scandinavia ever since Steve Jobs pulled the iPhone out of his turtleneck.

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.

F3nice AS, founded in 2020, specializes in creating high-quality metal powder for additive manufacturing using recycled metal scrap. With a strong focus on sustainability, we are on a mission to revolutionize the additive manufacturing industry by providing a circular business model to our customers. F3nice’s efforts toward sustainability and challenging the status quo of additive manufacturing feedstock have been internationally recognized. The company has participated in multiple joint-industry projects, been part of paid pilot projects, and generated several commercial sales. We have received funds from both EU and Norwegian grants and are funded by international corporations and venture capital.

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.

At Over Easy Solar, we are tackling the challenge of underutilized rooftop spaces for solar energy, particularly focusing on flat rooftops and green roofs, which are often overlooked due to concerns about maintenance, energy efficiency, and potential damage from traditional solar panels. Rooftops represent a significant opportunity for clean energy production, yet their potential is often untapped. Our solution is the innovative vertical bifacial solar panel, which is specifically designed to overcome these challenges. This unique panel integrates seamlessly with flat roofs and green roofs, maximizing energy output without disrupting the environment. By using a prefabricated design, we streamline the installation process, making it up to ten times faster than conventional systems while reducing costs. The vertical configuration allows our panels to capture more sunlight, especially during peak demand times, such as mornings, evenings, and winter months, increasing energy efficiency when it’s most needed. Additionally, the panels’ design ensures easy access and reduces the need for heavy ballast, making them compatible with most roofs. Our mission is to unlock the potential of underutilized spaces, contributing to the global transition to renewable energy while supporting EU energy goals for rooftop photovoltaic (PV) installations. By providing an efficient, eco-friendly, and versatile solar solution, we are helping to build a cleaner, more sustainable future.

Bookis is a next-generation online bookstore that makes sharing of knowledge and stories playfully easy for everyone. We have no inventory and own no goods, but currently have Norway's largest selection of physical books through the bookshelves of our customers, and are growing rapidly in Sweden. Over 200.000 users Launched in Sweden in September 2020 Raised $6 million in May 2021.

SurplusHub.com - the world's premier marketplace for selling and buying surplus oil, gas and shipping equipment. The oil and gas industry is global, extensive and a mass consumer of equipment and materials. SurplusHub.com offers a more convenient way of trading surplus, saving time, money and reducing environmental impacts. The oil and gas industry is fast moving, procurement-intensive and resource demanding. Oil field operators, service industry majors and third party suppliers are under constant pressure to have updated and specialized parts in hand, replacement readily available and at the same time balance logistics, lead times and regulations. As a result budgets are often massive to ensure quick deliveries, and environmental aspects down prioritized. SurplusHub.com is a brand new take on how equipment and materials can be indexed, accessed, sold, bought and reused on a global scale. The result are lower cost, more efficient sourcing procedures, shorter lead times and significantly reduced environmental impacts. Too often industry surplus is perfectly fine, sometimes even brand new second hand, and with varying needs across the globe, one company's scrapping candidate might be golden for someone else. SurplusHub.com offer an online solution that enables buyers and sellers to discover, connect, trade and ship all over the world, from anywhere to anywhere. The online portal, which pre-launched 2 year ago, has been custom built from the ground up to be tailored and adapted to actual industry needs and modes of operation: The item categories adhere to internationally recognized classifications and descriptions, users can easily put items up for sale on the go using the mobile app, and any documentation can be uploaded alongside each item, and the trade dialogues are logged and carried out directly between registered sellers and buyers, ensuring transparency, efficiency and amicability.

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?

Fygi Technologies leverer programvare for selvbetjening til detaljhandelen. Kundene våre er fremtidsrettede forhandlere som ønsker å gi kundene sine en bedre shoppingopplevelse. Teknologi skapte e-handelen, og nettbutikkene utnytter teknologien. Nå vil fysiske butikker delta i revolusjonen. FYGI er fremtiden for fysisk handel, og skaper gode og effektive shoppingopplevelser. - Espen Lippert, grunnlegger Fygi Technologies

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.

Shifter is an independent news site about Norwegian tech startups in the new economy. We cover big and small events in the startup industry while reporting on innovation in bigger companies. We focus on ideas, challenges, money, power, people and good stories from everywhere.

We open doors for everyone, everywhere. Our mission is to simplify everything with keys. We believe in a world where security and convenience can coexist on a whole new level. Therefor, we are building the world's digital keychain. Unloc has been growing rapidly since we opened our first door in 2017. Today we are 40 ambitious, independent, inclusive and committed employees. We are a fully digital company where the software we create is the core of our business model. We are building a global platform and user-friendly apps for sharing digital keys across all types of electronic locks.