The Norwegian fashion brand BRGN was founded in 2015 by Ros-Mari Tobiassen Gaundal and Karine Trellevik Lunde. Their mission is to offer great alternatives to the traditional all-weather jacket, through high-quality garments and shoes that can be worn on any occasion and in any kind of weather. Their technical and waterproof products, designed for a functional and urban lifestyle, are now sold by over a hundred retailers in Norway, Germany, France, and the UK in addition to their two concept stores in Oslo and Bergen. BRGN set a new turnover record in 2021, at 25.8 MNOK. Up from 16. MNOK in 2020.

Every year 282 million metric tonnes of plastic waste is produced worldwide, yet only 15% of this is recycled. This needs to change. AION’s purpose is to industrially scale a circular plastic economy. We make circularity happen at an industrial scale by working with our customers to identify opportunities to shift from linear to circular and grow their degree of circularity within plastic. Together with our partners we orchestrate a tailored, traceable and circular value chain for specific use cases. Our team of material, regulatory, logistics and business development experts work with companies to make sure the products and processes fit their existing operations, meet quality requirements and importantly have a tangible impact towards reducing their use of virgin plastic, reducing their CO2 footprint, and avoiding a generation of plastic waste.

Zeabuz is a spin-off from the leading research community on autonomous vessels at NTNU in Trondheim. Our autonomy technology is field-proven for shortcuts across urban waterways, and we are now searching for long-term investors while preparing for market launch. Water used to be the main infrastructure for most cities in the world. While roads are filling up everywhere, much of the urban waters are have become highly underutilized. At Zeabuz we want to reverse this trend by introducing a technology platform that makes local waterborne transport an economically viable and sustainable option. Our mobility system, which comprises a combination of a network of small vessels, electric drive, and autonomous operation, is a truly scalable solution fit for many of the world’s urban areas. Enabling increased flow by utilizing available waterways will allow more people to travel by foot and bike and hence will reduce the need for road traffic and in the end reduce emissions of climate gasses. Another perspective is that dynamic utilization of waterways will reduce the need for new inflexible infrastructures such as roads and bridges, which saves both money, emissions from concrete production, and local footprint. The Zeabuz urban mobility system will be a compelling and attractive mobility solution for cities globally. Rough estimates have shown that there is a market for approx. 4000 Zeabuz-like ferries in the EU alone. Zeabuz aims to take a major share of this emerging market. The company is founded on the idea that passenger transport across urban waters is a highly suitable starting point for commercializing autonomous mobility. In this segment, risks are mitigated by low speeds and high physical margins which also allow us to focus on solving only a few problems at a time while still earning positive returns from the start. As the Zeabuz technology platform matures in this first segment, we will explore its scaling potential across several dimensions. This means we could branch out and adapt to new opportunities and market demand based on our solid foundation in autonomy, assurance, and mobility solutions. Our autonomy platform can be utilized to deliver Autonomy-as-a-Service which enables entries into new markets, new use cases, and an expansion to more complex operational domains. Zeabuz is now preparing for launching a commercial pilot in a Scandinavian city in 2022. Much of the financial structure required is already in place and will be triggered by the entry of a Lead Investor

Greenphones provides an end to end solution for to extend the lifetime of mobile phones and tablets. Through the provision of a simple user friendly interface allowing private individuals to trade-in their used phones where the value can either be used for the purchase of an upgraded phone or paid out in cash. We saw a clear need in the market to help the consumer and at the same time reduce the number of new mobiles being introduced into the market. As such for each and every new mobile 'not sold' sold in the market, we reduce the CO2 footprint by approximately 55kg. We estimate that we can extend the lifetime of any mobile between 250% and 300% Inspiration for your startup description There are other firms selling used mobile/tablets, but very few that offer the level of service trade-in value. The founders who previously worked with used IT equipment saw that the used mobile market was also in need of a solution. Greenphones has a number of strategies to expand beyond the core business to enhance the circular economy and is constantly in search of ways to support climate initiatives.

Norway’s unique landscape necessitates one of the most extensive tunnel networks in the world. 1800 road and rail tunnels contribute to 9000km of tunnel in Norway. These are inspected manually by eye and on foot, a time-consuming and hazardous process producing only qualitative data on tunnel safety. To combat these issues, Techrail aims to provide an integrated solution that is safer for inspectors, that does not interfere with traffic, and more comprehensively evaluates the safety of tunnels. Our solution enables the measuring the change of a tunnel’s surface over time, which allows tunnel directors to predict maintenance needs and more accurately evaluate the state of their tunnels. A digital paper trail will also aid regulators in overseeing tunnel maintenance. Furthermore, our technology has a large number of secondary uses that provide value such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), tunnel construction, and crack detection.

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.

We made Vev for the next generation of creatives. From our own experiences as developers, designers, digital producers, content writers, and so much more, we were constantly faced with the brick wall that is web production. Large bespoke builds were costly and labor-intensive, and CMS templates made our stories feel flat and uninteresting. We built Vev with this simple principle: Take what's in your imagination and put it on the page. We are excited to bring creative power back to teams and we can't wait to check out what you all create.

We make Dreams come true, so can you. 💫 Call us dreamers if you like, but we want to help people feel good about money. In a world of overspending and easy credit, it’s no surprise that money is the number one source of stress for millions of people. We created Dreams to level the playing field. To give people a better chance of achieving their goals, and a simple way to take control of their finances. We use behavioral science to design financial services that fit neatly into people’s lives, making it easier to save, invest and pay off debt. As a result, the Dreams app is personal, easy to use and incredibly effective. It’ll even help you find money you didn’t know you had.

Awake is a creative agency that single-heartedly works with sustainable projects. We dive deep into research and strategy, talk to the target group and create ideas that can stand out in a crowd. Our projects generate positive change for people, planet, and profit. We aim to build a better future for everyone. Our clients want to contribute to a more sustainable consumer market. We can help our clients with: communication strategy, advertising, forward-thinking ideas, design, copywriting, content, film, digital solutions, and PR.

RAGE for Climate allows everyone to fight climate change with direct and measurable impact. We focus on enabling businesses and individuals to make a real and traceable change in reducing air pollution by supporting renewable energy projects. This ensures there’s no greenwashing and no contributing to projects that have already been established and provide no additional impact with your money. With RAGE, you get real-time data on your contribution showing your environmental impact and how you're making a real difference on climate change. 100% climate impact 100% guarantee of where your money is going and 100% no bullshit. #realimpact #nobullshit #rageforclimate

Sensonomic develops software services to solve one of our most pressing challenges: how to make global food production more sustainable. We are doing this to achieve resilient food systems; profitable production, and future-proof farming. We are working with international partners, cooperatives, and large commercial corporations. We work hard across all continents, and we have a research collaboration with the University of Oxford. Our values are to be curious, constructive, and compelling. We are now hiring exceptional colleagues at our Oslo office.

Clean Sea Solutions AS is a Norwegian Ocean Tech company that develop innovative solutions to prevent and reduce plastic waste in the sea. Our products are designed to collect plastic waste in and below the water surface in lakes, water channels, rivers and river mouths, harbors, marinas, and other close coastal areas. This year, and in collaboration with the City of Oslo, Clean Sea Solutions (CSS) is launching the CSS Aqua-Drone, an all-electric, autonomous floating waste-collecting aqua-drone in the Port of Oslo. Using a combination of computer vision and remote sensing based on ultrasound or 3D laser scanning (LIDAR) technologies. The robot gathers trash and stores it on board, disposes it at a dedicated docking station, and recharges for the next mission. Our solutions are advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals with technologies that reducing plastic pollution, contributing to the sustainability of the ocean, and improve the quality and sustainability of water resources by addressing the impact of plastic waste inflow.

Comlight is a Norwegian company specializing in energy saving streetlight solutions and is a commercial technology provider on the international market. For Comlight, the question is how to solve the problem of pointless energy waste in fully illuminated roads at times when there is no traffic. The answer is the Motion Sensing Street Light Control System, an energy saving technology that illuminates only when and where it is actually needed, without compromising the safety. The system features a radar detector on each light pole that senses all activity that requires optimal lighting on the road or in the area. When movement is detected by the closest street light, the light turns on to a full 100 per cent, allowing full sight and turns down to 20 per cent for energy saving when no one is around. The system has been tested by the Norwegian Public Road Authority and is represented in thousands of light points across Europe. Comlight is constantly expanding through its distribution partners. The system suits roads/streets, parks, large industrial areas and residential areas. Comlight sells to commercial distributors and is continuously working to find distribution partners that match its environmental values and future plans.

Prelud is a health tech startup focused on meaningful use of existing sensor technology to accumulate data and monitor vital parameters for patients receiving home care services. Our main goal is to reduce preventable hospital admissions among patients receiving home care by offering a user friendly home monitoring tool for both health care providers and users of their services.

Glocal View is an IT software company from Norway, established with a vision to help companies succeed with Sourcing initiatives. Our aim is to provide vendor independent advisory and delivery services within sourcing (where sourcing could be both local or global) to our customers. Glocal View has prior experience in various consulting to sourcing and development assignments, hence our customers also get benefits of domain expertise and process understanding.