The innovation ecosystem plays a crucial role in the success of startups, but these ecosystems are facing operational and strategic obstacles that limit their potential. The operational difficulties include an inability to effectively support startups leading to high failure rates, low engagement from startups, and resource-intensive reporting processes. On the strategic front, innovation ecosystems face intense competition and struggle to scale their efforts and establish sustainable business models, which often rely heavily on government funding. These challenges impact a wide range of players in the ecosystem, including incubators, accelerators, universities, and enterprise innovation departments. Addressing these challenges can lead to a thriving startup ecosystem, boosting economic growth and driving progress. By investing in the solution of these significant problems, the innovation ecosystem has the potential to unleash its full potential and drive positive change.

GreenStock’s cloud-based platform streamlines logistics for the reuse of building materials. Organisations can use the platform internally to map available materials in existing buildings and leftovers from building projects in a database for reuse in future construction projects. This will reduce carbon emissions as well as overall building costs. In future, GreenStock will be offered as a digital marketplace connecting buyers and sellers of reclaimed materials to reduce waste in commercial and residential construction projects. Concrete benefits Streamlined management of building materials can reduce construction waste, while cutting the costs associated with wasting new materials. GreenStock’s digital platform enables users to save materials, manage transport and storage, and gather documentation about the materials. It also provides data on the carbon reductions and financial savings generated through use of the platform. Materials that can generally be recycled from construction sites include steel and concrete elements, aluminium, untreated timber, cardboard, paint and plastics. Leftover materials may include complete products, such as doors, windows, insulation, flooring and technical equipment. Market potential GreenStock has completed development of the beta version of the platform and is testing it together with building developers. A fully developed solution for a public marketplace will be available by the end of 2020. The company is a member of NTNU Accel, an accelerator programme at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). GreenStock is targeting the Norwegian construction market which represent an annual revenue of NOK 466 billion (roughly USD 53.4 billion), Norway’s largest building suppliers which represent an annual revenue of NOK 29 billion (roughly USD 3.3 billion), as well as the home renovation market representing NOK 76 billion (roughly USD 8.7 billion). Around 10 per cent of materials from all building projects in Norway have the potential for direct reuse.

Compax Solutions is a Norwegian tech company founded in 2017, with a vision to contributing towards a more efficient and sustainable society. By introducing innovative solutions that makes everyday life easier, more sustainable, and impactful, we believe that we can make the world a better place through new technology. Currently there are no open positions, but we're always looking for talent to join our journey. If you're interested we would love to hear from you! Send your cover letter and resume to info@compax.no

STRATEGY TOOLS Strategy Tools is busy building the Modern Strategist Platform. We run a global strategy platform with users in 100+ countries. Our customers are accelerators, strategy directors, top management, business schools, innovation clusters and more. We already have customers in 60+ countries and we love what we do.  We are based in Stavanger,  but happily work remotely and travel globally. You  can too, if you join us, work from anywhere. Seriously. We look forward to connecting with you.

Nordic impact is the investment arm of the EXP Group, focusing on impact investments and social entrepreneurship. The main activity is investing in early stage impact tech startups, and we also support projects that further impact investing and social entrepreneurship.  Nordic Impact are part of the Katapult World, a network creating a positive impact on our future society. We invest, support and teach early stage impact tech startups or projects that strive to solve the world’s most pressing problems through the use of exponential technologies and artificial intelligence.

CoHub - a social and innovative entrepreneurial environment in Grimstad. We are a coworking community in Grimstad, CoHub offers office spaces for startups and entrepreneurs,  ranging from your own office to a more open flexible workplace in our coworking community. CoHub is working to collect the startups, network, activities, and expertise within innovation and entrepreneurship in Grimstad - and working with other coworking spaces in the region.

Using carbon footprint data, we are building products to help companies track and mitigate their carbon footprint. Our current product is a web application which enables companies in the food industry to calculate and label the carbon footprint of their food, set reduction goals and follow their progress through monthly climate reports.

Behind Bars is an Oslo based design agency with a clear focus in delivering tailor made bar solutions that inspire bartenders and enhance business performance. As the founder Alex Ruas describes it as follows; I wanted to create an innovative design process for better bar solutions, taking into account the flow of creativity of the bartender, the financial focus of the owner and the service towards the guests.

EcoFarm is a new way of indoor planting with unique Norwegian technologies providing us with fresh and healthy vegetables, barriers and herbs, all important nutritions that we lack buying from food chains. Being the owner of EcoFarm, we become a part of a human society protecting our planet from ever-growing food demands and helping to stop deforestation caused by increasing agricultural industry. EcoFarm is designed for all of us. It’s time to reconnect with our most valuable life source. We are the team of enthusiastic people with more than 10 years background experience in mechanical and electronic engineering. We are trying to convince people to grow their own food indoor rather than buying it. With current technologies we implement in our EcoFarm it is possible!

Nabonett er det lukkede sosiale nettverket for nabolaget ditt. Nabonett kobler naboer ut fra bostedsadresse og nabolaget de bor i. Du har bare kontakt med menneskene som bor i nærheten av deg. Nabonett er den enkleste måten å finne ut av hva som skjer i nabolaget ditt - uansett om det er å få informasjon om nabolagets sommerfest, å bli advart om sykkeltyverier eller å låne et verktøy. Det finnes mange områder naboer kan hjelpe hverandre på, man trenger bare en enklere måte å komme i kontakt på. Nabonett er resultatet av et samarbeid mellom Omega Media AS og et entusiastisk team av unge og høyt utdannede entreprenører og webutviklere. Vi er opptatt av å bruke teknologi for å forbedre folks liv. Vi har over 10 års erfaring i vellykket utvikling og innføring av nettbaserte løsninger i Norge og andre internasjonale markeder.

Our proprietary technology uses big data and machine learning techniques to maximize oil production in real-time. Data generated from increasingly instrumented modern oil fields has reached massive amounts and will continue to grow. We are taking on the challenge of turning data into value with our advanced data-driven tools that exploit existing data sources to deliver actionable intelligence. We help oil companies make operational decisions on a daily basis to maximize oil throughput. We are a young team of mostly NTNU alumni. Our goal and passion at Solution Seeker is better utilization of available data and increased situational awareness in complex environments for our customers. We want to make technology simpler and the data more available to as many users as possible.

On the right you will find the link to our career site -->> Please go to our career site to find open positions: https://career.axogroup.com/ In the career site you will find our current open positions all around the nordic countries. Please go there and apply: https://career.axogroup.com/

Zendera is an award-winning management system for small and medium-sized transportation companies. The system solves complex logistical challenges and helps carriers use their resources efficiently and sustainably. A positive investment for the carrier and the environment.The transportation industry is one of the pillars of our society, but the industry is characterized by low efficiency, poor customer experiences and considerable emissions. Our product has thus been met with great enthusiasm.

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.

KickBack is an e-commerce marketing platform helping brands with cost effective marketing  and at the same time saving consumers money on their everyday purchases. KickBack works with more than 300 well known brands such as Zalando, Hotels.com, Expedia and Adidas.  KickBack's e-commerce marketing platform covers both cashback with  KickBack.no and vouchers with VG Rabattkoder, Jyllands-Posten Rabatkode og Aftonbladet Rabattkoder.  KickBack recently also launched VG Sammenlign.