Apple made one of the most iconic ads “Here’s to the crazy ones” to lift their campaign “Think Different” in 1997. This ad was so “new” and controversial that it since has made history, and is now part of most curriculum in most marketing schools around the globe. It was written by Rob Siltanen, Creative Director for TBWA/Chiat/Day and Creative Director at Apple Lee Clow. It wasn’t Steve Jobs, but it was he who made the quote famous (Originally it was the voice of Richard Dreyfuss in the ad). This, for us marketing geeks, is food for thought, awe and inspiration. Not because of the text itself, Steve as a celebrity, but for what impact that ad had on its audience. Knowing now, in retrospect, the ad was basically describing Steve himself, and beautifully put together with famous “rebels” of their field, we cannot help empathizing and relate to the ad, the history and the text. Don’t get us wrong, we are no rebels. We do not contribute to any groundbreaking tech innovation or have a goal of changing the world. What we believe in, is changing the way advertising is perceived, consumed, and targeted. The glory days of “buying a TV ad and you’re set” have long passed. The effect of “Here’s to the crazy ones” can still be archived, and is our goal in everything we do. We are forever inspired by Steve Jobs, and his rebel being, and we named our company after his ad, written by an agency. The agency does not matter, the sender does.

24Nettbutikk is one of the leading e-commerce platforms in the Norwegian market. More than 1200 small and medium businesses currently use the platform to sell their products through digital channels. 24Nettbutikk focuses on developing strong partnerships and technical integrations with leading providers of services such as logistics, payments and marketing to offer a complete solution for our merchants at a competitive cost. We have a strong focus on our customer's success and work hard every day to ensure that customers experience a short time to value and continuous growth in sales volume.

At Vitaloop, we are working on giving you clean water everywhere. We make it whole again, removing substances and pollution left by our actions. In a rapidly changing world, Vitaloop will be insurance, proven access to the one thing no one can exist without – clean, fresh, and healthy water. Our go-to-market product is called VITALOOP ORIGIN and is a ground-breaking, patented, high-tech water cleaning bottle that can remove almost everything harmful, manufactured and caused by climate change. It's your own mobile water filtration station using the revolutionary nanomaterial Graphene. It runs by a powerful pump and a rechargeable battery that will clean 450 ml of water in 60 seconds. Vitaloop Origin provides true independence wherever and whenever. VITALOOP- Water restored.

Speak Norsk is an ambitious team that started with one goal in mind – to make expats fluent in Norwegian! We are passionate about language-learning and bringing to Norway a new, innovative way of teaching Norwegian. Since the beginning, we have been known for our interactive conversation-focused classes, own-written books, and something that it´s not quite common for other schools – a personal approach and a customized offer for each one of our students. Meet our passionate and united team of Speak Norsk school!

Norwegian Oil & Gas Company was founded in 2016. Nor Oil Tools provide innovative tools to both simplify operations and cut costs without changing your whole process. Allowing you to cut your pipes, reduce your costs and improve your HSE. The Nor Tubular Cutter (NTC 325-10S) is the first tool to be released by Noroiltools and was launched in late 2017.

Halify AS operates on markets within the field of urban spatial area management, with a specific focus on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and urban mobility. We have supplied solutions for Horizon2020-funded projects (VICINITY, CrossMove, BIG IoT), and received support from the Research Council of Norway on projects like Komét and Sparkling, and cooperated with the NCE environment in Horten and Oslo. We are active within several consortiums and part of the Smart Cities Norway network, the ENIT network, and ITS Arena. We have developed solutions for calculating and visualizing the environmental impact made by the transport industry on Norwegian municipalities, and take pride in visualizing difficult concepts and results in a way that is easy to convey.

Our mission is to create shareholder value by developing disruptive innovation to commercial products together with industrial partners The development of environmentally friendly fuels shows that there will be several types of fuels with different availability across the globe. The situation is unclear to all affected parties: Shipping companies, truck owners, engine manufacturers and the authorities

Our mission is to create a thriving and evolving community of startups and creatives.DIGS is an innovation platform located in Trondheim, built on exchanges between members and partners who unite entrepreneurs, ‘makers’, and ‘doers’ from varied sectors. DIGS supports startup activities by providing an office environment and space for public activities, stimulating a culture of collaboration, sustainability, and mutual innovation through shared knowledge and experience. We participate in entrepreneurship networks across Norway, Europe, and internationally and aim to strengthen ties, stimulate the local community, and boost business development in and around the region of Trondheim. The idea of creating DIGS started with three enthusiastic people who wanted to make space for innovation in Trondheim. They started working on the idea in 2011 and acquired the space we are currently located in in the summer of 2013. The word DIGS means workplace and living space.

We design and create software solutions for an increasingly complex world! --- We are a growing team of thinkers, designers and developers who are passionate about technology and driven by the need for positive change in the world. --- Technologies: Python, GO, C, C++, Javascript, Java, Linux, Embedded, Docker, K8S, Cloud, ArangoDB, Neo4j, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, S3, Svelte, React, Node, Git, Gitlab CI, ML, kvm, nginx, lighttpd, Cryptography, ...

Pixotope Technologies is an international, award-winning technology and service company headquartered in Norway. Our flagship product Pixotope® is the world’s leading mixed reality solution for media production that allows media producers and content creators to produce exciting mixed reality content for television, online streaming, and film. Our product and services have been used in some of the largest live productions made in the last few years, such as the Superbowl, League of Legends Championship broadcasts, Euro-vision, and The Weather Channels mixed reality experiences. A selection of these productions can be viewed on our website: https://www.pixotope.com/customers We are a global company with headquarters in Oslo and branch offices in Los Angeles, London, Madrid, and Zagreb. Our customers are from every corner of the world.

VesselMan is a cloud-based management system that enables the digitalization of your value chain .​Digitalization by Vesselman enables improved "ways of work” with closer partnership and distributed value chains, lean processes, and self-service operations that reduce risks, costs, and people dependency.  We help ship owners and ship managers to digitalize the execution of complex dry-docking, conversion, and new building projects by providing a cloud-based management system that is easy to use and easy to implement. We also provide intelligent apps for digital collaboration, ISM safety, asset management, and utilization of IoT and big data. We have signed several well know customers and have recently signed a partnership with Kongsberg Digital in order to take part in their Kognifai platform.

OK, Self-Storage Group consists of the brand's City Self-Storage and OK Minilager. We have more than 60 locations in Scandinavia. We aspire to be the leading company in tech in our industry. We have just closed funding from several investors, and we have an ambitious growth plan for the years to come.

We have now published the first version of the website Devent for Agility. The idea is to have a website where you can find agility-related information in the form of a meeting overview (list or calendar), results, annual overviews, and statistics for dog/organizer/judge (graphs are best viewed on a PC or landline phone). You manage which dogs you want to see statistics for easily on "my page". The system also has modules for setting up and running your own events and supports e.g. 5 size classes if desired. If you want to use the system for your event, you can read more and register here. We are still in an early phase and the system is under constant development. We are grateful for all constructive feedback, whether you experience errors or see things that should be solved in a different way. You will find a link for feedback here.

Pexip enables enterprises and organizations of any size to deploy and use video-based communication and collaboration. The Company’s portfolio of products ranges from self-hosted software to cloud service video solutions. Pexip provides seamless collaboration between previously incompatible video and audio technologies such as professional video conferencing systems, Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts Meet, and WebRTC. Pexip’s software-based meeting platform can also be used as a foundation for service provider offerings. Pexip has HQ in Oslo, Norway, main offices in London, UK, New York and Reston, US, and Sydney, Australia, as well as sales offices across the globe. For more information, visit www.pexip.com, or follow @PexipInc on Twitter.

ZEN OCEANS is a startup developing fully electric, autonomous-ready ships to affordably decarbonize ocean transport. We will think big and nudge the market for fully electric ships from 0 to 1. To fund our vision, we will develop products that in themselves can scale into large revenue-generating operations; among them maritime batteries (ZENERGY) and autonomy solutions (OCEANEYE). The future of ocean shipping is simple, safe, and sustainable - the frictionless fabric of global trade. Consequently, we consider the argument for electric and autonomous ships to be very strong. We envision a fleet of electric ships deployed at scale, coordinated by an intelligent network for the efficient movement of goods. The future starts now. Maritime batteries: We develop safe and low-cost maritime batteries for large energy systems. Type approval by DNV is ongoing. Fully electric ships: We develop energy- and cost-effective electric ship concepts for short sea trade and more. If you want to learn more, please reach out to us!