NODES is the independent marketplace for a sustainable energy future where grid owners, producers, and consumers of energy can trade decentralized flexibility and energy. NODES, as an independent market operator, is addressing key trends and challenges in the energy system such as increased share of renewable power production, decentralized generation, and the rapid change of customer behavior. NODES vision is to build Europe’s most customer-centric, integrated energy marketplace to unlock the value of local flexible power resources and support the drive to a sustainable, emission-free future. NODES mission is to facilitate the optimal use of flexibility in the grid by offering an open, integrated marketplace to all flexibility providers and grid operators.

Overview We are committed to developing and distributing user-friendly and intelligent software assisting ship owners, cargo owners, and operators optimize and manage their portfolio of commercial decisions. Norway is a small country but has a good functioning maritime cluster consisting of companies providing different services to the global marine industry. This makes Norway an excellent place for maritime R&D projects. Our Purpose We started Maritime Optima because we wanted to assist people working in the maritime industry in unlocking their digital potential. We believe useful and user-friendly software should be made available to everyone working in the marine sector. We want to show that people working in teams, collaborating, exchanging data and knowledge, create higher profits because they attract talent and make better decisions, and working in a team is also more fun. Our Ambition We are building affordable, intuitive, and useful software where you can decide with whom you want to share your data. Maritime Optima aims to help you or your team to be more productive, reduce stress, improve the quality of your decisions, and have more fun. We also believe Maritime Optima can assist you in unlocking your digital potential.

Porterbuddy er et innovativt internett oppstartselskap innenfor logistikk, kundedrevet distribusjon og plattformteknologi. Dagens tilbud for varelevering etter netthandel mangler gode alternativer som matcher kundenes behov. Porterbuddys logistikkplattform skal gjøre leveranseopplevelsen smidig og fleksibel for kundene og sørge for økt konvertering og salg for våre handelspartnere. Porterbuddy skal ta en ledende posisjon i markedet som tilrettelegger for samme-dags leveranser i urbane områder.

Evvent is developing a digital platform to revolutionize event planning and organization for Muslim communities worldwide. Our goal is to provide a one-stop-shop for event organizers, connecting them with Muslim vendors and suppliers who offer products and services that meet their unique needs. Our secret sauce lies in our commitment to inclusivity and diversity, and our passion for empowering the Muslim voice. Evvent is solving the problem of a fragmented and underserved event planning market for Muslim communities. Muslim event organizers often struggle to find vendors and suppliers who understand their cultural and religious needs, resulting in a subpar event experience. This problem is widespread, affecting Muslim communities globally, and has gone unaddressed for far too long. Our platform offers a comprehensive solution that connects event organizers with Muslim vendors and suppliers who specialize in catering to their unique needs. From halal catering and decor to entertainment and photography, our vendors are carefully curated to ensure they offer the highest quality products and services. By providing a one-stop-shop, we are streamlining the event planning process for our customers and empowering Muslim entrepreneurs. Our team is building a digital platform that will serve as the go-to resource for Muslim event organizers worldwide. Our platform will feature a user-friendly interface that allows customers to easily search for vendors and services, book and pay for services, and manage all aspects of their event planning process. Our platform will also offer educational resources and support to Muslim entrepreneurs, helping them to grow and scale their businesses. We are leveraging the latest technology and digital marketing strategies to reach our target audience and make our platform accessible to Muslim communities worldwide. We are also building strategic partnerships with key organizations and influencers within the Muslim community to help us spread the word about our platform and reach as many customers as possible. Our team is deeply passionate about empowering the Muslim community and addressing the unique challenges that Muslim event organizers face. We became aware of the problem we are solving through our personal experiences and those of our friends and family members. We saw a clear need for a platform that could provide a comprehensive solution to the fragmented event planning market for Muslim communities. We are motivated by our desire to make a positive impact on the Muslim community and to empower Muslim entrepreneurs. We believe that our platform will not only streamline the event planning process for our customers but also create opportunities for Muslim vendors and suppliers to grow and scale their businesses. We are committed to building a platform that reflects the values of our community, including inclusivity, diversity, and excellence, and we are excited to continue working towards our vision of revolutionizing the event planning industry for Muslim communities worldwide.

Age Labs is a Norwegian molecular diagnostics company that discovers, develops and commercializes biomarkers for the early detection of age-related diseases. We offer a service for evaluating epigenetic drug effects for use in clinical trials. Our biomarker discovery pipeline includes a biological age predictor and a test predicting the severity of COVID-19 infection. To date, we have raised 30 MNOK in private and public funding, and became a Nordic Startup Awards finalist in 2020. We are supported by strong commercial and R&D partners, including Oslo University Hospital, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Merck Group and Fürst Medical Laboratory. Our mission is to develop novel precision biomarkers for the early detection of age related diseases to extend the human healthspan.

Aquabyte was founded in 2017 to bring machine learning and computer vision technologies to the aquaculture industry. Our diverse team of machine learning experts, entrepreneurs, and aquaculture biologists are hyperfocused on delivering solutions with a real world impact. Real-time sea lice counting, biomass monitoring, and appetite detection are just a few of the many applications that will eventually be possible with the Aquabyte system. We have offices in San Francisco and Norway.

Playpulse is an in-home fitness company that provides entertainment-based workouts on custom exercise equipment for the whole family. The company’s flagship product is a wireless stationary bike with integrated game controllers that blends multi-player games into a seamless and immersive workout that you’ll actually look forward to. Based on scientific evidence and testing with thousands of players, users get a complete workout without even realizing it because they’re having so much fun!

Perlo is building project intelligence for property developers. We help real estate development teams replace fragmented workflows across Excel, Outlook, Teams and SharePoint with one platform for project delivery, reporting and proactive decision-making. Perlo gives teams a clearer view of where projects stand, what requires attention, and what they should do next.

ProTag is building a Digital Product Passport platform that helps manufacturers and product owners manage and share product data across their supply chains. We solve the growing challenge of fragmented, unstructured information by combining a network-driven SaaS platform with AI that turns messy supplier data into structured, usable product intelligence. Across industries, a new reality is emerging: products are no longer just physical objects, they are data assets. To sell, operate, and scale, companies need reliable information about what goes into their products, where it comes from, and how it evolves over time. The problem is that this data does not exist in one place. It is scattered across suppliers, stored in PDFs, buried in emails, or locked inside disconnected systems. Most companies today are trying to manage this with spreadsheets and manual processes. That might work internally, but it breaks down completely across a supply chain. This creates a structural problem: • Companies depend on data they do not own • Suppliers struggle to provide consistent information • Teams spend significant time chasing, cleaning, and validating data At the same time, external pressure is increasing. Customers, partners, and regulators are all asking for more transparency. What used to be “nice to have” is quickly becoming required to do business. The result is a growing gap between what companies need to know about their products and what they can actually access and trust. ProTag gives companies a way to build a live, structured view of their products across the entire supply chain. Instead of trying to centralize everything manually, we connect the different actors and let data flow where it is created. Companies use ProTag to: • Organize product data in a consistent structure • Request and receive information directly from suppliers • Keep everything updated as products evolve • Share product data with customers and partners when needed AI plays a critical role in making this scalable. We use AI to: • Turn unstructured documents into structured product data • Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and risks in real time • Reduce the effort required to onboard suppliers and maintain data quality What makes ProTag different is how it scales. We are not just building a tool for a single company. We are building a network. When one manufacturer joins ProTag, their suppliers are invited in. When those suppliers join, they can reuse their data across multiple customers. Over time, this creates a shared data layer where: • Information becomes easier to access • Data quality improves naturally • Switching costs increase for everyone involved We do not replace existing systems. We sit on top of them and connect them. This makes adoption fast and reduces friction from day one. We started ProTag because we experienced this problem firsthand. Working in industries with complex products, we saw how much time was spent chasing information that should have been readily available. Engineers, quality teams, and commercial teams were all dealing with the same issue from different angles, but there was no real solution. At the same time, the direction of the market became clear. Transparency around products is increasing, not decreasing. The amount of data required is growing fast. Most companies are not prepared for this shift. We realized this is not just a workflow problem, it is an infrastructure problem. The way product data is managed today does not match how supply chains actually work. That is why we are building ProTag. Our ambition is simple: to become the default way companies manage and share product data across supply chains. Once that layer exists, it unlocks everything else.

Ludenso is a Norway-born team of playful builders redefining how students learn. Partnering with leading global publishers, like Cambridge University Press, Karger, Gyldendal, and Springer Nature, we deliver safe, trusted AI grounded in textbooks. As generic AI spreads misinformation and risks learning outcomes, we aim to set the global standard for trusted, engaging, and safe educational technology.

Append Consulting er et norsk teknologiselskap innen AI, data science og systemutvikling, med kontorer i Oslo og Trondheim. Problemet vi løser: Mange virksomheter har et konkret teknologiproblem eller en AI-ambisjon, men mangler folk som kan bygge løsningen. Store konsulenthus har et stort apparat og en pris som ofte er høyere enn det problemet er verdt. Gode ideer blir liggende, eller ender som demoer som aldri blir produkt. Slik jobber vi: Små team tar ansvar for hele leveransen, fra problem til drift, eller går inn i utviklingsteamet kunden allerede har. Kunden jobber direkte med dem som bygger, ser fungerende løsninger tidlig og eier koden når vi er ferdige. Hvis svaret er at noe ikke bør bygges, sier vi det. Det vi har levert: Vi har gjennomført over 30 prosjekter siden 2022. Hydro har vært kunde siden start, og samarbeidet omfatter i dag analyse, overvåkning og optimering. Helsedirektoratet valgte oss blant 21 leverandører til å bygge en løsning som samler offentlig informasjon for familier med alvorlig syke barn. VilMer oppgir 6x høyere utviklingstakt etter at vi gikk inn i teamet deres. Hvorfor modellen fungerer: Vi rekrutterer teknologer tidlig i karrieren og vurderer dem på hva de faktisk får til, ikke på hvor lenge de har vært i arbeidslivet. Mange har programmert i over ti år før første fulltidsjobb. Små team og lite overhead gir en annen økonomi enn et stort konsulenthus. For deg som vil jobbe her: Du får reelt ansvar fra første prosjekt, tett faglig sparring og oppdrag der du ser verdien av det du bygger.

Mobcoder is an innovative IT service provider specializing in digital transformation and advanced technological solutions globally. With over 10 years in the industry, Mobcoder has served 150+ businesses worldwide, helping them raise over $500 million through the products we’ve built. We operate with a team of 268 professionals across 10 global locations, including Seattle, Toronto, London, Dubai, Riyadh, Melbourne, and Delhi NCR (HQ). Our services span AI, Machine Learning, Cloud Solutions, Product Design, Cybersecurity, Digital Strategy, and Growth Marketing. We are deeply focused on creating intelligent, AI-powered agents that help enterprises transform and scale through tailored digital solutions. Our commitment to quality and innovation is backed by industry certifications like ISO 27701 and a strong culture of continuous learning and collaboration.

Orgbrain is a next generation portal that is tailor-made for manage digital board meetings and general assembly. The portal gives you everything you need to organize a meeting like meeting planing, video conferencing, shareholder book, digital voting, document storage, distribution of minutes for consultation and signing of minutes with BankID. The system provides proposals for both annual plan, agenda and minutes. Orgbrain also contains a digital board school where users can complete an authorization course in board administration with exams and diplomas. #orgbrain #styreskolen #styret #styrearbeid #styreleder #dagligleder #styreportal #styreplattform #ledelse #digitalisering #maskinlæring "kunstigintelligens #innovasjon

At Aivero we strive to bring AI to industrial robotics. We are a young and dynamic startup with offices in Norway and Denmark Aivero is a Scandinavian startup founded in 2017 with a mission to democratize automation by simplifying robotic control to the point where anyone can deploy and operate them. No more code, programming, or complex path planning—vision-guided robotics automates this too.

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.