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.

We’re building Teston, a tool that will take all the hassle out of user testing. Our dream is a world with only user-friendly products, where technology truly serves people of all ages and backgrounds. Where technology supports us in our daily life instead of causing frustration and confusion. In addition to having a strong user- and customer-focus, we also care about creating a great work culture and environment for our team. We’re currently a small (but growing!) start-up, meaning that every single person helps shape the way we work, how we interact with each other, and the way we build products.

Our cities are full of stores selling fashion and design, but 99, 9 % of them are offering mass-produced products. We want to change that. JF Curated is a global platform, curating a selection of global conscious designers. We want to show the world that fashion and sustainability is a match in heaven, not opposites.  La oss fortelle deg litt mer om bedriften. JF Curated har vært drevet av et lidenskapelig og ambisiøst team fra 2013. Ved å gjøre prosessen sakte har firmaet lagt et solid fundament og en sterk merkevare i et lite men sterkt voksende segment, den miljøinteresserte fashionistaen. Grunnlegger Marte Djupesland, medeier Iselin Schumba og Thomas Bergersen er de tre som i dag legger mest tid og krefter ned i den daglige driften, mens et kompetent styre og advisory board følger opp i bakhånd. JF Curated’s bidrag til en bedre verden er å involvere seg på et dypere plan. Å koble designere med et nytenkende og grønt mindset, ikke bare med kunder, men også seg imellom. Ved å lage gode verktøy og muligheter for samarbeid, styrkes ikke bare den bærekraftige moten, men også muligheten for å leve av dette for hver og en designer. Vi tar masseproduksjonen ut av moten og gir rom for kvalitet og talent. Gjennom bruk av teknologi og kommunikasjon skal vi nå skalere og skape et globalt engasjement for den bærekraftige uavhengige moten. Vår fysiske butikk i Prinsensgate er et viktig tilskudd til online universet, og å knytte de to, fysisk og digitalt, sammen, er viktig for oss.

Crowdfunding done rightOur goal is to make crowdfunding in Norway great!Our page funde.no is the only proper rewards-based crowdfunding page in Norway.We currently have a 75 % sucess rate for our projects. This is possible because we support the projects on our platform and share our knowledge about crowdfunding.We are always open to hear your ideas! Whether it's a book, a keychain, a web page, a spaceship or something completely new, let us know!   Our goal is to make crowdfunding in Norway great!We currently have a 75 % sucess rate for our projects. This is possible because we support the projects on our platform and share our knowledge about crowdfunding.We are constantly looking for new projects and are eager to hear your ideas! Whether it's a book, a keychain, a web page, a spaceship or something completely new, let us know!We are a flexible operation, but we are focused on growing the crowdfunding community in Norway.

Join TheFactory - the premier fintech & proptech accelerator & incubator in the Nordics!At TheFactory, we give entrepreneurs fuel to grow through mentorship, guidance, partnerships and investments. Startups gets investment of up to NOK 500.000 per company and access to free perks from our accelerator partner GAN worth roughly USD 1 Million. Building on 6 successful accelerator programs since 2016, we are ready to bring new proptech & fintech entrepreneurs to the next level.

Socius is a design driven technology company developing next generation ad tools. Founded in Berlin in the fall of 2013 the international team works with top tier brands and publishers in US and Europe and is venture backed by Axel Springer, Google and 500 Startups. Our first product is Socius Native – a smart banner ad builder that removes production costs and generates 10-100x higher engagement by turning influencer content and a brand’s social feeds into next gen ads on publishers’ web pages

AssiTech designs physical aids for people with mobility challenges, to help overcome daily obstacles in an active manner. Our first product is the unique AssiStep, a stair assistant which gives support for climbing stairs in a controlled manner. This promotes activity, mastery and independence of our users, at the same time as it is considerable cheaper than alternative solutions for the stairs. The AssiStep currently sells in Norway and Sweden.

Xeneta (Norway Startup of the Year 2016) is one of the most promising tech companies coming out of the Nordics. We are changing the business of the $200Bn container-shipping industry. We have become the world's leading information platform for ocean freight pricing intelligence. With our international background from logistics, technology and business we have managed to develop a turnkey solution addressing the challenges traditionally related to trade in the containerized shipping industry. We come from all walks of life and from all corners of the globe. With over 16 different nationalities, there really isn't a dull moment in a typical working day. Our colorful personalities makes for rather interesting and healthy discussions on the most mundane topics, but it's what keeps it fun. With our headquarters in beautiful and charming Oslo, Norway our team of dedicated and extremely intelligent human beings is what makes Xeneta tick. We have a passion for software technology and global trade, but most of all, a desire to change the business of global logistics once and for all.

nLink AS is developing mobile robotic systems for the construction industry. Our mobile drill robot is the first mobile drilling robot of its kind! We will revolutionize the way this heavy manual work is done today. Imagine drilling the hundreds of thousands of holes needed in the ceiling of a large shopping mall.nLink focuses on reducing overhead work, by assisting workers with automatic measuring and drilling from a distance. Health and safety is our number one priority.

Documentation of the things that make your organization function – processes, systems, capabilities, strategies – can quickly get spread out across many tools.  Ardoq keeps that information in a single place and makes sure it stays up-to-date through automation and collaboration. We offer a complete SaaS solution using some of the most exciting technology.  Working at numerous companies, big and small, we always had trouble finding historical documentation. It took days to navigate the local system architecture. And even when we found documentation, the lack of standardization made things even harder. To make matters worse, we never really understood the big picture, “how were we affecting other teams, processes, and systems?” we could never know. All this wasted time was costing these companies money and causing employees huge amounts of frustration, especially when new staff arrived. So we decided to stop pulling our hair out and created a lightweight, easy-to-use alternative to the solutions you find in enterprise architecture and documentation software.

Smartwatt er et software selskap som benytter AI og skyteknologi til å optimalisere styringen og senke energiforbruket i næringsbygg. Vår teknologi identifiserer hvor og hvordan næringsbygg kan optimalisere eksisterende installasjoner for å spare maksimalt med strøm. Smartwatts software benytter maskinlæringsalgoritmer, inneklimadata, værmelding og morgendagens strømpriser til å regne ut optimale driftsparametre for næringsbygg som utveksles automatisk med byggets eksisterende styringssystem. Løsningen installeres raskt i bygget og kundene våre opplever resultater på svært kort tid. Av de 70 bygg som allerede har tatt teknologien i bruk er effekten betydelig og har ført til en besparelse på opptil 30%. Vi er fortsatt i startfasen av vår reise, men har allerede etablert oss som en seriøs aktør og utfordrer i bransjen. Asko, Elkjøp, Elektroimportøren, BI og Møller Bil, er blant kundene som har tatt i bruk Smartwatt sine løsninger, og vi har store ambisjoner. Med sterke investorer i ryggen gjennom en nylig gjennomført finansieringsrunde, ledet av Hafslund Invest og DNV, er vi klare til å fortsette veksten og la flere bedrifter dra nytte av våres løsninger. Smartwatt sitt mål er å bli markedsledende i Norge samtidig som vi vil fortsette å skalere opp i Norden

We are on the mission to reinvent civil engineering for a sustainable future. We are building a one-stop shop for the design and engineering of structural assets. We are leveraging AI, cloud technologies, parametric modelling, geotechnologies, structural engineering, remote sensing (wind and terrain data) and big data to reduce the cost and time of structural design and analysis. We strive to optimize engineering structures to reduce carbon footprint and have identified strong reduction potentials. Our ambition is to build a B2B SaaS product house for structural engineering within several industries such as telecom, wind, solar and power. Our founding team possesses world-leading expertise within the telecommunication industry, therefore we are starting off by targeting this field. We believe that we have identified a niche with a truly global potential. We have launched the first version of our software that we have sold and delivered to customers represented by Europe’s largest telecommunication provider (Vantage Towers) as well as completed an integration with one of the largest asset management platforms (Atrebo). We have attracted international VC investors, established a strong advisory board, and are now looking for team members! Check out: shapemaker.io

A bold leadership development program designed to empower and support the next generation of conscious leaders, ready to take on the challenges of tomorrow. We believe in leadership as a tool for creating a positive impact - both in your personal life and in the world. As we are faced with increasingly complex global and local challenges, we encourage you to take an active part in shaping the future. This program will help you map and define your personal path and drive. We will come together and learn how to thrive in chaos, change and complexity.

--Improving resilience against a changing climate-- Haawal Engineering focuses on creating practical solutions to address the challenges of a changing climate. Our main innovation is a user-friendly, portable flood barrier designed to protect communities from flooding. Developed and patented by our team, this effective solution has already been adopted in Norway, Germany, and Spain. As we continue to grow and adapt, Haawal Engineering remains dedicated to finding accessible and inventive ways to help communities face the realities of climate change.

The main piece of equipment in the gym is the barbell. It is as simple in its form as it is timeless in its design. But when it comes to using the proper safety equipment that comes with the barbell, that’s when the flaws become visible. Today’s methods of securing weight plates to a barbell is done by using collars or clips, which often lead to a poor user experience, and they are often hard to put on and pull off, can easily break or slip during lifts, they are often hard to find and even disappears. The Olympic barbell has remained virtually the same for the last 93 years, and despite today’s standards, improvements can be made. In a seemingly ever-growing market, people’s expectations of safety, design, quality, and user-friendliness in products are on the rise. Gungnir of Norway is a Norwegian startup company that designs and manufactures high-quality gym equipment. The company’s first product is the Allrounder, a standard Olympic barbell with built-in collars for securing weight plates. The built-in collar system or “SlideLock” makes the lifting experience safer, faster, easier, and more reliable than the standard safety equipment in use today. Also, the SlideLock system can be applied to several other bar types like compact group training bars or loadable dumbbells. This solution has shown enormous potential in the fitness market, which we intend to continue to take advantage of. The SlideLock is the first of many solutions that we seek to create within the fitness equipment industry. We started as a company in 2018 in Oslo, Norway, with an idea for a better solution to a problem well known to many who use weightlifting equipment regularly. Gungnir’s vision is to become the new standard solution for securing weight plates worldwide. A game-changing solution to a century old problem.