Diwala is a Norwegian-based company that is focused on building opportunities for youth, addressing the global issue of identity theft and certification fraud. Today, displaced individuals and people in emerging markets are challenged by high costs and slow manual processes to verify the authenticity of their skills, identity and credentials. As a result, these individuals have to deal with tedious and out-dated credentialing processes, and are in some cases forced to repeat years of education. This leads to both loss of productivity and inflated unemployment. Imagine that you had to flee your own home because of war. Like Aıscha Najjar, a Syrian doctor turned refugee immigrated to the United States to pursue her dream of work & a safe home. Yet, due to loss of information, she was forced to repeat medical school in the United States. If she had a verifiable skill identity, she might have had the privilege of practicing medicine without any questions. Aıscha`s story amongst others epitomizes the challenge Diwala is addressing. To tackle this challenge, Diwala has created a platform that enables schools and NGOs to issue skill-based identities, backed by blockchain technology. A skill-ID is a digitally verified record of a person’s educational and work history. Diwala is building an ecosystem of trust, by enabling educational institutions and organizations to safely and digitally issue and verify credentials. This will, in turn, save all parties time, money and build a bridge for global work opportunities for untapped talent. Complementing the platform, Diwala has built an app that allows students to easily receive, store and share credentials of both soft and hard skills. By utilizing a decentralized identity management tool, Diwala’s application will also give people ownership of their data information. Diwala is currently executing pilots regularly, to optimize the features and security of the platform in both Kenya and Uganda. Working with their implementation partner Clarke University in Kampala, Diwala recently issued the first set of skill-identities to both students and administrators. These are the first ever digitally verified certificates backed by decentralized identity and blockchain in Africa

GoBoat is an experience company, which offers unique social experiences on the water to both locals and tourists, through sustainable boat rental. It was founded in Copenhagen in February 2014 by Anders, Carl and Kasper – three young entrepreneurs. Today the company operates boat rentals all over the world.

Our goal is to fix the issues with IT recruitment by challenging the role WE used to have for many years. The issues are that:1. It's hard to know who's best for a job because we rely on manual evaluations based on CV-descriptions.2. It's even harder to know where you can find the best candidates because it's time consuming and expensive to track and promote on all platforms.Now, the easiest solution is to hire a recruitment agency (like we used to be), and receive candidates from their private database. But when the price range form 5000-15 0000$ per hire, very few companies can afford this. And you still have to trust that the agency have fixed the two issues above, and that their recommendations are not influenced by the potential payout.That's why we are creating a tool that matches candidates and companies so precisely that there should be no doubts to who you should interview. We match your skill need to everyone who has applied for the job and everyone who has applied for other jobs, so that you don't have to limit your talent access to only your own marketing efforts and budget. And we are only charging 500$ per process, with unlimited hires and users.

MyMuse er en Nordisk nettbutikk som selger eksklusivt kvinneundertøy produsert i Europe. MyMuse ble etablert høsten 2013 av Venture Factory og har i dag tilstedeværelse i Norge, Sverige og Finland. MyMuse er på jakt etter ytterligere finansiering og har store ambisjoner om å øke omsetningen i løpet av det neste året. Nettbutikken er bygget på Venture Factorys egenutviklede eCommerce-platform med kontinuerlig tilgjengelige utviklingsressurser for forbedringer og utvikling av funksjonalitet.

Arundo is a software company based in Oslo, Norway; Houston, TX; and Palo Alto, CA, with presence in 6 locations in Europe and the Americas. Our software enables advanced analytics, machine learning, and IoT applications for more efficient, safer, and more effective physical systems in heavy industries such as energy, chemicals, and shipping. Founded in 2015, Arundo currently consists of around 50 software engineers, data scientists, designers, and industrial domain experts. Our team members are passionate about being part of a company that can solve tough problems and create innovative solutions. We believe in a fun environment, where our people can be fearless and feel empowered to always do the right thing. Arundites come from many different backgrounds including academia, industry, and even a submarine! We look for smart, creative thinkers with a player-coach mindset who can wear multiple hats and contribute to the company`s exciting future! And finally; we are 18 different nationalities and speak 19 different languages.

We find & match undervalued developers with modern companies. Recently, we've helped Mohammad land his first IT job at a 752k NOK salary. We delivered a top performer to TGN Energy in 2 days. We also helped Innovation Norway hire securely at scale with 49 job sim reports. All of this was made possible by deep IT job simulations; many times richer than traditional assessments.

FJONG is transforming the world’s second most polluting, $1.7-trillion global fashion industry by introducing a convenient way to rent and share clothes. We reinvent the way people consume, by providing clothing rentals from a limitless, virtual closet. Our goal is to be our customers’ digital stylist, matching them with personalized outfits that make it easy to save both money and the environment, without compromising style.  The FJONG team is ambitious, hardworking, creative and highly collaborative. We celebrate our diverse backgrounds from many different countries and industries.

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

Tind Studio is an AI consultancy that helps Nordic businesses turn AI from hype into working solutions, through hands-on advisory, custom implementations, and team enablement. Most companies know AI will reshape their business but don't know where to start. Tools are everywhere, vendors overpromise, and internal teams lack the time and expertise to separate signal from noise. The result: stalled pilots, wasted spend, and missed competitive advantage. We work side-by-side with leadership and operational teams to identify high-value AI use cases, build custom solutions (agents, automations, internal tools, AI-powered workflows), and train teams to actually use them. Pragmatic, fast, and focused on real business outcomes, not demos. The Why Founder Joakim saw too many companies burning budget on AI projects that never shipped or never got adopted. Tind exists to close that gap, turning AI from a boardroom topic into measurable results in the day-to-day work.

Breeze IP is a modern IP Portfolio Management software company dedicated to simplifying and streamlining intellectual property management for both IP owners and agencies. Founded in 2023, our mission is to modernize the way businesses handle their IP assets by providing intuitive, efficient, and comprehensive tools that cater to the evolving needs of the IP industry. https://www.breezeip.com/

Short ------ Wepost makes marketing your superpower. We are developing the greatest platform for marketing. We combine artificial intelligence with design to provide high-quality creatives for scale-up companies. Each creative is tailored every individual social media platform based on the company's strategy and publishing plan. Long ----- Problem: The problem is that the vast majority of companies do not know how to use social media marketing strategically or effectively. This leads to them either; 1) spending too much money on paid advertising to reach their target audience, or 2) not having a clear strategy behind their marketing, resulting in low quality content. In the worst cases, they do both. This leads to low visibility and ultimately loss of customers and revenue. In fact, 14% of startups fail as a result of poor marketing. In addition, those who work in marketing experience that daily content production for social media is a repetitive and boring job. They themselves feel that they are overworked, and social media often fall far down the priority list. Solution: Our solution is to use artificial intelligence (AI) to turn marketing into a company's superpower. We create a platform that helps companies create a strategic marketing plan, and then automatically generates the content using AI. The content is adapted to their brand and segment, which makes the software unique on the market. In addition, the service is priced as a software, where there is a public fixed monthly subscription to the content production, something similar services from agencies do not offer today. The focus on software development also makes the service highly scalable, and with our team it is only a matter of time before it is developed.

How it Works Our Experts Help You Every Step of the Way to a Circular Economy Our experienced circular advisors help you easily transition into the circular economy. Looking at your organization's specific needs and requirements, they will help you set it up. Register What You Have A quick and easy way to map out what you already have and what can be reused. Loopfront's unique surveying tool allows you to take inventory of a lot more materials and products in a lot less time. Organize Your Products and Materials Save time and money by checking what you have before you acquire something new. Reserve the items you want to ensure they don't get allocated to another project or purpose. Loopfront's material overview gives you a full overview of all of your organization's furniture, interior and building material that can be reused. Access Important Product Information Check if the product or building material you need meets the requirements. Loopfront provides a "material passport" for every product. It includes specifications and documentation that makes it easy to know if it's suitable for your needs. Invite Other Contributors in Your Value Chain To make your projects run more efficiently, grant platform access to contractors, architects and other collaborators. Loopfront makes information sharing easier and faster by allowing you to share your information with who you want. Generate Reports to Show Financial and Environmental Savings Get automatically generated reports of your financial savings, reduction inCO2 emissions and waste. These can be used internally, for investors, for ESG reorting, to apply for green loans and more. Loopfront helps you derive statistics and reports showing savings from your operations Instantly Know Exactly How Much CO2 you save For every material and product added to the platform, you can see how much CO2 you've saved. This can help with certification requirements from BREEAM-NOR or the EU taxonomy. Loopfront's experts help you every step of the way towards your organization's circular goals.

Approximately 50% of Norwegians sell their car to a car dealer. With Nettbils managed marketplace car sellers get offers from 850+ dealers and sell their cars without after-sale risk in less than a workday. - 23% MoM growth since the last investment round in April 2018. - Great customer ratings and case studies from car sellers and car dealerships - First mover advantage in the Norwegian market and currently 1% market share - Easily scalable with NAF and Viking as partners - Own unique custom made tech-platform - With partnership, Nettbil can establish the product in Finland and Denmark

The future of the internet is 3D, and people will increasingly create and express themselves in 3D. Sloyd is using automation to make the creation of 3D faster and more accessible and to make 3D rendering more efficient. We are building a simple-to-use WebApp to quickly generate 3D assets and a software development kit for performance-efficient runtime creation in video games and virtual worlds. Sloyd combines procedural generation techniques, machine learning, and a commitment to real-time optimization to provide the best 3D automation tools. Sloyd is a remote-first company and employees can work from home, a shared-space hub, or from the main office in Oslo. We don’t care where you come from, we only care about your passion and creativity.

Nordic Data Resources is a leading online data provider, well established in all the Nordic markets after a successful market launch in Q4 2015. We have run more than 1000 campaigns with 100 media agencies in our first 18 months, which generated revenue of € 0,5 million in 2016. We have a monthly run rate of more than € 100 k, which will increase significantly moving forward, particularly when we have globally launched our data. 1) PRODUCT We have developed a scalable, full-reach consumer classification online audience data suite, available for any programmatic platform and digital channel. We specialize in geo-targeting and consumer classification data to reach the entire population. Our data provide a unique way of targeting audiences in a safe and reliable way, available for both buy-side and sell-side, as well as data exchanges and DMPs. Please look at our video presenting the consumer classification audience data; https://vimeo.com/193398498. 2) REVENUE MODEL We distribute our data through programmatic trading platforms and data exchanges to advertisers/agencies (buy-side) and publishers (sell-side). Our revenue is driven by ad impressions using our data to target more effectively. We offer CPM based pricing model in the programmatic platforms, as well as a monthly fixed DMP agreement (recurring revenue model) 3) STRONG MARKET GROWTH / CUSTOMERS The data market is driven by the strong growth in the programmatic buying of ads on the internet, mobile, and soon TV. It’s the best-performing sector in the ad industry (40% growth in 2016). Our market is both the media buyer and the publishers; Agency customers / buy-side We have run more than 1000 campaigns with 100 agencies and all of the global media agency groups in the Nordic countries. See more about our Buy Side offering; http://nordicdataresources.com/agencies/ Publisher customers / sell side We launched our audiences in the Publisher market in Q1 and are now starting up with leading Nordic publishers, both broadcasters and online publishers. See more; http://nordicdataresources.com/publishers/ 4) GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS We work closely with global players in the online data /programmatic advertising industry, who have established platforms, infrastructure, and customer bases, which helps us to scale our business. We have focused on this since we started and have many great partners like Oracle, MediaMath, Google, Experian, Adform, Semasio, InsightOne, Digital Element, and son. You can see more on http://nordicdataresources.com/platforms/ 5) SCALABLE BUSINESS MODEL Data is the new gold on the internet and represents a strong growth area, growing together with programmatic trading's 30-40% market share. It is predicted that programmatic buying and selling will soon and completely take over the ad market. We have built a global distribution from day one with the leading data exchanges and programmatic trading platforms, so we have a very scalable business and revenue model. We have successfully launched our data in the Nordic markets and are now launched in Germany. Nordic Data Resources has an international "Go to Market" strategy where we plan to globally launch our data in the next 3-9 months. We are able to do this since we have a global audience data set and distribution partners, the key job is to make trading desks and media agencies aware of the existence and great value. As soon as they have tested the data, they can measure their performance, which drives the use of more data. 6) EXPERIENCED  FOUNDER/MANAGEMENT TEAM We are a founding team of 19 internet veterans, and all of us have long internet and online advertising experience. See http://nordicdataresources.com/about/ for the team overview. All in all, the founding team has a total of 150 years of Internet/advertising/data background;