We make smart collection systems for the circular economy. Helping companies get their circular products back from consumers. So that the products can be reused, refurbished or recycled. Think reverse vending machines for bottles and cans- but for other products, and with a twist of cutting edge technology and beautiful design. We’re an early phase start-up based in Oslo, collaborating with some of the largest companies in the world, helping them transition from linear to circular. We are located at StartupLab at Oslo Science Park, the epicentre of Norway’s tech start-up scene. As part of the GRIN team, you will be given the opportunity to shape and scale a company, as well as innovating, developing, and growing new global business models necessary for a sustainable future.

ExperWELL AS was established in 2016 by an innovative group of Ph.D. scientists and engineering professionals in resin technology and services for the oil and gas industry. Our focus is to be reliable, competent, innovative, and flexible. Our head office is in Norway. ExperWELL® today has different partners and agents in different countries. Our vision is to be the world leader in resin products & services for downhole applications in the oil and gas industry. Our mission is to provide eternal good barriers from innovating, environment-friendly resin. ExperWELL®’s strength lies in its experienced Ph.D. scientists who have many years of experience in resin product development and realization, as well as its experienced professional engineers in an understanding of oil & gas reservoir description and flow dynamics leading to individual well and field production performance. We are proud of what we do and strive for success with our passionate team of dedicated people. ExperWELL®’s Top Management Team always knows that the highest importance is the environment as well as the Health and Safety of our staff, persons working with our products and on our behalf, and anyone else who may be related to our operations. That is why our product development and realization is focused on GREEN and environment-friendly products which eliminate adverse effects on the environment and personnel. The Company aims to develop our proprietary main products which are safe to use as household goods.

We have developed a system for calculating and supplying Solcelle, and wind power for Scandinavia. In addition to this, we have obtained a license as a power supplier, so we can offer our customers both purchases and sales of green power. Why solar cells? Sun provides energy. As an energy source, the sun is unsurpassed. Every year, the earth receives 15,000 times more energy from the sun than the earth's population uses. Even in Norway, the sun provides 1,500 times more energy than what we use. Depending on where on the globe you are, the sun provides an amount of energy from 700 to over 2,200 kWh/m2 per year.

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.

RESPINOR is a privately-owned medical device company, founded in Oslo, 2015. We have developed an objective measure of breathing for critically ill patients within intensive care. The technology provides precise, continuous and real-time information of diaphragm function, our main breathing muscle, to increase the quality of care and reducing costs. RESPINOR’s technology is the winner of Horizon 2020 both in phase I and II. We are addressing an unmet medical need because every breath counts.

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;

AURA Biopharm AS was founded in 2016 by a team of scientists and drug developers with many years of experience in academia and major pharmaceutical companies and a proven track record of success in drug development. The emphasis of AURA is the development of novel and breakthrough therapies for unmet medical needs and orphan diseases and our slogan “A new opportunity for health” reflects AURA's mission to give a new opportunity to diseases in need of new and/or better therapies. The company operates virtually using a network of external collaborators (consultants, KOLs, CROs, CMOs etc).

Inspired by the sharing economy we're disrupting an old-fashioned industry, saving institutions in the health care sector immense amounts of money and time.uWork is Norway's 1st platform for on-demand healthcare staffing. Launched in May 2016, uWork has already partnered up with more than 50 healthcare institutions in souther Norway, and we're expanding rapidly. Our talent pool of pre-screened healthcare specialists now consists of more than 150 uWorkers, with more signing up every single day.

Cloud Insurance is a seamless and user-friendly SaaS solution made by insurance experts for insurance companies, MGAs, agents, and brokers since 2016. Founded by ambitious minds. While studying together, our founders observed various complications in the insurance industry. Being two ambitious and tech-savvy students, they decided to help and challenged the status quo. After many sleepless nights, they launched the first version of a SaaS product to serve our first client. Partner – not a vendor. Our international team consists of techies, ex-consultants, and heavy hitters from the finance and insurance industries. We know everything about your daily operations, and we're determined to make them more productive and cost-efficient. We aren't a vendor but a partner who works to help you act faster and innovate easier. And we have lots of templates in place so that the process will take weeks, not years or months. Customer-first company. We're finalists of many insurtech competitions, but this is not as important as the great feedback we get from our clients. Thanks to our platform, on average, we see up to a 50% decrease in time-to-market and a 40% increase in revenue. While many of our competitors are just announcing innovative features, our clients have been using them for a while.

50% of the population will encounter mental illness, but 65% leave treatment without results. We're here to change that. Mindcare develops Konfidens – the worlds first holistic mental healthcare platform designed to improve the effectiveness of psychological treatment. Our SaaS platform for psychologists combines the basic tools needed to administer a private practice, with novel research-based treatment instruments. Right now we are working on a module for psychometric symptom analysis based on clinical research, an algorithm matching patient and therapist based on empirical treatment data and a suite of tools to aid the therapists professional development. We are an ambitious team of psychology specialists, business developers and an advisory board with industry specialists. You can take a look at our team here: https://www.konfidens.no/team. Mindcare is backed by Innovation Norway, Aleap and several private investors. We are now hiring our first team members. We're looking for two talented developers to join our company as co-founders and help build the organization and product. Is this you or someone you know? Get in touch!

Snapbooks is the digital accountant that keep companies accounts updated everyday. Open the app, take picture of receipt and after minutes the books are updated. Everything for a fixed monthly fee and everything available on the phone. We mean that the accounting service does not have to be expensive and you can still have full controll even you don´t do the accounts yourself. We will continuously try to push the price down by automating more and more of the accounting work inhouse. We want Snapbooks to be a tool that companies can use to run their business better and to have better chances for success.

Cosgear was founded in 2018 with the goal of developing costume technology to become a world-leading brand in the cosplay market. So far, we have launched an autonomous electric tail and a magnetic headband for use in cosplay. We have delivered 2,500 products to over 20 countries, and have taken a commanding position in cosplay tech. Day to day, the company operates with strong systematic process management, and works in 4-6 week focused sprints. We have since the beginning developed a clear corporate culture, and are generous with both each other and our customers. Ideas flow freely and we are always open to creative suggestions and initiatives. We believe that trust in each employee's competence builds good companies, and we do not intervene unless we see that the goals we have set together are not achieved.

Aquaai is a marine robotics company that builds affordable robotic fish platforms or specialized fishlike Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) to collect and deliver real-time visual and environmental data that is accessible on an AI powered online dashboard for multiple industries. We currently service Norwegian sustainable salmon farms near the Arctic Circle.

Folq er en transparent og selvbetjent markedsplass som kobler kvalitetssikrede konsulenter med konsulentkjøpere. I dag primært innen IT. Kunder får øyeblikkelig oversikt over kvalifiserte og tilgjengelige konsulenter, og kan kontakte relevante kandidater direkte. Vi ønsker å bygge den prefererte markedsplassen for konsulenter på tvers av nivå, geografi og bransje. Eller bare å lage den diggeste måten å være og å kjøpe konsulenter på. For at våre brukere kan fokusere på det som skaper verdi, automatiserer vi administrative oppgaver og forenkler hele bookingprosessen fra A til Å. Teamet vårt på tolv er balansert med tanke på bakgrunn, alder, personlighet og kjønn. Vi ser på oss selv som ambisiøse og kompetente med åpne sinn. Diskusjoner og meninger oppfordres og er ønskelig, før vi tar en beslutning og gjennomfører dette raskt. Vi legger til rette for å kunne jobbe fokusert med høy hastighet, og med det holde tiden i møter til et minimum. Utover å spise lunsj sammen daglig (i en av Oslos beste kantiner), har vi månedlige middager og andre sosiale happenings. Som en del av Folq arrangerer vi også faglige og sosiale meetups hvor konsulenter på plattformen inviteres inn.

BoldBooks is a tech company disrupting the book industry. In traditional publishing the author lose his/her IP, control and is left with only 10-15 % of the revenue. BoldBooks has a new business model that is more fair to the content/value creators in this industry. With a two-sided digital platform we connects authors directly with freelancers/services, skipping the publishing house and empowering the authors. We have over 3000 users in Norway and Germany.