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WeWantToKnow is a French-Norwegian company that focuses on Game-Based Learning. Its first product is the math game "DragonBox" and it has more games in the planning stages. The company was founded by financial analyst turned math teacher Jean-Baptiste Huyhn, the leading French game developer Patrick Marchal, and former Opera Software executives Rolf Assev and Christen Krogh. WeWantToKnow aims to make learning fun, easy and addictive. DragonBox does away with tedious equations and math quizzes, replacing them instead with a simple game involving cards and a magical box. The game evolves as kids master the skills and concepts presented. After one hour of playing DragonBox, twelve-year olds can tackle equations their parents struggle to solve. DragonBox was pre-launched in Norway to let schools, kids and parents test the game. Almost immediately, it rocketed to the top of the charts, becoming the most purchased app in the Apple App Store in Norway-- displacing other, more traditional games - check it out at - www.dragonbox.com

FASK founder Aarseth has worked as seaman in many years, the last years offshore and within anchorhandling. He came from goods/bulk trade and older secondhand vessel types to a offshore environment with new and modern vessels with top equipment of all categories onboard. It was therefore nearly  a shock-experience for him, when he at his first rig-move and this up to date working environment,  observed working methods associated with the stone-age while performing the opening of kenterlinks. Aarseth thought to himself that this operation seemed dangerous and cumbersome. He thought of his own sons working in this industry, and felt that this needed a better solution. That thought was the beginning of the kenter link opener, and Fask Tools. Aarseth came in contact with Statoil and Havila, who were immediately interested, but that required testing of this then unknown tool in  safe environment before testing/operation offshore. Testing was performed onshore by Kongsberg Devotek and later offshore and in operation onboard the Havila Mars.

GlucoSet develops a disposable glucose sensor for use in critically ill hospital patients. Continuous monitoring of glucose in this patient group will enable better glucose control, which significantly reduces cost and improves patient outcomes. While many solutions exist for continuous glucose monitoring in diabetics, no good solution exists for critically ill patients. The company has a portfolio of granted patents, and is backed by venture capital investors. We're currently 7 permanent employees and growing fast. We look for people who are hands-on, eager to get things done, and still eager to grow. It's important to us that work is fun, and that we have a good time together. We are a diverse bunch, both in age, sex and cultural background; what's important to us is that you are the best person for the job and that the job is the best for you.

Chargitect is a startup based in Bergen, Norway. Through our fully integrated and intelligent charging management system, we are enabling the transition to electric heavy-duty road transportation. With our system, transportation companies maximizes the utilization of their vehicle fleet and charging infrastructure, by minimizing energy costs and charging related downtime.

Digilege er Norges første digitale helsesenter og ble startet av en gruppe leger høsten 2016. Vi ønsket å bruke eksisterende teknologi for å løse konkrete og reelle helseproblemer. Vi gjør helsetjenester enklere, bedre og mer tilgjengelig ved å kombinere den nyeste teknologien med kunnskapsrike og motiverte leger. Vårt mål er å gi Norges befolkning et lykkeligere liv med bedre helse. www.digilege.no www.evaksine.no

We specialize in benchmarking software. With a focus on gaming and esports, we understand the significance of ultimate performance. We offer solutions in the B2B Market for games industry and virtual production, as well as B2C segments. Working with leading industry leading companies, we push "next-next" generation technology.

To realize our vision of "better customer journeys", we bring our customers the smoothest content platform on the planet. Our mission is to empower content-savvy organizations to optimize the use of content through flexible tools for content management and distribution. We provide an API-first hub that enables our users to reuse it as digital assets. Our open, agile, and secure platform helps our users get the most value out of their content and streamline content workflows. We make daily operations easier for everyone involved—whether it is developers looking for fast and open technology, editors looking for full flexibility and powerful content management, or business people looking for a scalable and predictable platform.

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.

Bino is a global platform for online personal training. Our mission is to lower the barriers for people to get fit while creating opportunities for trainers in countries where local demand is low. Working out is hard, but Bino makes it easy. With Bino, anyone can have a personal trainer and work out wherever, whenever - for less than ⅓ of the standard PT price. Train your way. When you want. No equipment is needed. It’s the closest you can get to someone else doing the workout for you. COVID-19 has created a difficult market locally for personal trainers due to lockdowns and closed gyms, but it has also accelerated the adoption of digital services. Bino is about creating opportunities and democratising the personal training industry for everyone.

Drifti is a b2b saas that aims to give back control to the people who work at all levels in the construction industry. Drifti does this by centralizing all administration to one place and by working for you, not by you. That means more productivity in all parts of the value chain. Drifti is growing quickly in Norway where we now work mainly with plumbers and other craftspeople. We are looking to grow our service and team in Oslo, Norway.

We invest in our planet. Norselab is a leading Nordic impact investment platform based out of Oslo, Norway. With an uncompromising focus on creating a meaningful future for all, we invest in net-positive companies that accelerate the urgently needed change in global industries. Norselab currently manages four funds; three venture funds and one credit fund. The ambition is to expand rapidly across classes and investment phases thanks to its pioneering impact approach, first-rate investment teams, and institutional-grade governance rig. Norselab is backed by Capricorn Investment Group, one of the largest mission-aligned investment firms in the world. To learn more about Norselab, visit norselab.com or get in touch at hello@norselab.com. Are you looking for meaningful capital to fund your company? We're always curious to hear from ambitious companies with a meaningful core. Submit the form on this page to open a discussion with us: http://norselab.com/dealflow.

Crystallize was founded in 2017 based on two principles: Using Internet craftsmanship to design and engineer the best headless eCommerce service for building a business online. Utilizing the same principles of internet craftsmanship in every aspect when we build our own company and defining our own business model. Giving us an extreme focus on removing friction to free up resources and focus on what really matters; team, customers, product and growth. Creating even more value for our customers and partners. Exemplified by our simplified legal framework and the way we price our service with a free tier with generous quotas and no limit on features to how we build our globally distributed team and digital customer journey. We want to use these principles to build a movement based on Internet craftsmanship. With our approach, we want to support the craftswomen and craftsmen of the Internet to build: a tailored made customer experience with beautiful service design. Merging customer interaction, digital service and business. Service designers bliss. #CX (customer experience)Beautiful and efficient user interfaces #UX (user experience)Custom fit information architecture and content modelling to fit your business. Not one size fits all. A dream for information architects and content strategists. #IA (information architecture)Super fast and easy-to-use APIs and open-source starters for developer happiness. #DX (developer experience) Enable business owners to make better decisions based on insight and data. Design ♥️ engineering - in every aspect. Crystallize is a New Normal Group company that has been at the frontier of digital technology and business models for the last twenty years, we have learnt the lessons for what to do and more importantly; what not to do. What to leave out. Both in terms of product scope as well as for your own business model. The founding brothers Bård and Aleksander Farstad have taken earlier ventures to the global scale, serving some of the most demanding clients globally, like The Economist, Financial Times, KitchenAid and NASA, building global ecosystems of partners and developers across all continents. New Normal Group is a venture accelerator and investor, founded by Bård, Aleksander and their partners, with a mission to build exponential software companies that chase the new normal of their industry. Being extremely hands-on, strategically and systematically supporting founding teams while at the same time supporting them with funding and resources so they can focus on what matters the most; building a world-class team, creating products customers love and driving growth. As we ourselves also are entrepreneurs, Crystallize is a venture fully incubated by the New Normal Group in 2017. Now a fully independent company, where Bård spends all his time as CEO, Crystallize still enjoys being a New Normal Group company. With their support we can still focus on what matters most; building the ultimate headless commerce service that redefines how to build, grow and succeed with business online, while pushing the boundaries of internet craftsmanship.

ELA’s mission is to provide our clients with the needed support, resources, expertise, and guidance which enables them to make the most of their own data. This contributes directly to their growth and that marks our success. We are providing the tools and latest technology that keeps our clients informed and connected.

BabySensor is developing a new unique monitor that measures the most important factors for a baby's health and well-being. It is the only product of its type monitoring heartbeat, temperature, lying position and baby’s cry. It is based on ground-breaking research and provides valuable information to parents through a mobile app. Safety is a high priority for families, and the trend shows a growing market within baby monitoring systems. We have a reliable, competent and experienced team who will succeed in turning the prototype into an attractive product.