Octo Ventures, based in Oslo, Norway, is an incubator that initiates, invests in, and develops companies together with external co-founders. Based on investment criteria that have proved to deliver superior returns, we have developed a proprietary algorithm that generates high-potential ideas. Our methodology combines best practices within innovation, product development, and business design to accelerate the process from concept development to MVP and commercial launch.

We improve the way the shipping industry works and communicates. The whole industry is currently bogged down with unstructured emails and ship data.We have built a great ship database, and have a growing and happy customer base just from this. But we are not done. We are building communication tools on top of this, massively increasing the number of users we can help out!

Hypatia Learning provides a learning service infrastructure that gives educational institutions governance of all data produced by their learners. This data is used to provide innovative services for teachers, parents, schools, school owners, and learners. When the educational institution governs all data, meeting the GDPR requirements would be easy. Hypatia Learning provides the infrastructure necessary to give the educational institution governance of all data. We provide tools for better education. For better education, we need to give educators better tools.

Sensar Marine is set out to revolutionize the boating industry. Using the latest sensor and wireless technology we will improve safety at sea, protect the boat when not in use and give boat owners and their families peace of mind wherever they are. Sensar Marine makes products designed to improve the relationship between a boat and its owner. Our flagship product is a boat monitoring system designed specifically for use in boats, which could run 24/7, 365 days a year without draining boat batteries. Our service has introduced a way for boaters to monitor their boats from their mobile phones, and be notified when their boat needs attention. To date, SmartBoat One has been installed in thousands of boats of all types, in harbors around the world.

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.

We provide the banking network, messaging, settlement, and cash management solutions to meet any bank’s requirements. We are based in Fredrikstad, Norway, where UNITE evolved as a correspondent hub for banks, but our origin is global, developed over years in international banking centers. We have studied other initiatives over the years and learned that the third-party philosophy of trying to bolt-on smart software to multiple bank accounts is less than ideal. A holistic revolution was required to deliver a cross-border payments solution fit for banks in the 21st century.

Vi er her for deg når du trenger ferie, en ny opplevelse eller avlasting. Vi er det dyreelskere trenger! AniPort er Norges ledende markedsplass for alle som er glade i dyr, og samler de viktigste dyretjenestene du trenger. Via ulike tilbud som dagpass, hundelufting og overnattig, kan mennesker over hele landet få hjelp neste gang ferien, og den lange arbeidsdagen kommer oss imøte. For deg som liker å oppdage nye ting, er dyreopplevelser det nye ferieminnet.

We start our project in 2017. We develop and offer to the market ecological & sustainable fertilizers made by mineral and organic nature. We cultivate a unique product and engage experience and innovation. By offering a quality product with added value to our customers, we help make a cost-effective solution for horticulture and agriculture.  We are happy to be engaged in the optimization of performance for allied businesses and private customers.

Settle Group (formerly Auka) is a Norwegian fintech company enabling banks to launch their own mobile payments service to fight the competition from third-party providers, startups and other banks. In 2016 we were awarded the fastest-growing fintech company in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) by Deloitte. Settle Group has built a white-label financial services platform featuring real-time payments, complex clearing and settlements, card processing and more. Auka is the first regulated financial services company to run fully in the cloud. We first launched our technology to the Norwegian market in 2014 under the brand mCASH. In 2015 we sold the mCASH-operation to SpareBank 1 focusing on global sales of our white-label financial services platform. We’re always on the lookout for skilled personnel sharing our vision to become the backbone of modern banking.

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.

Helping entrepreneurs access the network of expertise they need to succeed. The new normal of business advisory is digital, efficient and tailor-made for your goals. We want to make business advisory more goal-oriented, convenient, time- & cost-efficient with fast access to sophisticated advice, connect over borders, so that every entrepreneur has the toolset handy to develop his or her full potential.

Campanyon is a booking platform for nature and sustainable accommodation, where you can find and book campsites, glamping, private properties like farms, RV spots and more. Campanyon was founded in 2020 and is on a mission to make nature accessible for everyone, by building the world’s biggest community of responsible travelers and hosts.

SPENN is a full-service financial platform that allows for real-time payments not only for the unbanked but for anyone seeking a one-stop solution beyond what a traditional bank can offer. We are live in 4 countries: Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia and Philippines. We are looking for motivated individuals to fill our Product and Project Manager roles.

Jordisk ("Earthly" in Norwegian) is a start-up based in Norway that is developing a unique distribution platform for sustainable packaging to help businesses which need single-use food packaging to become environmentally friendly by embracing products which are recyclable, compostable and/or biodegradable. We are also a part of the accelerator Fauna: https://www.faunaeksperimentet.no/ There is an immediate need to replace traditional single use packaging that is normally based on fossil based plastics with more sustainable alternatives that already exist in the market. Food packaging is becoming a growing global concern, because of the large amount of waste it generates and the chemicals it contains that can be detrimental to our health. In 2014, out of the 258 million tons of municipal solid waste generated in the US, more than 63 percent was of packaging materials (for food and other purposes) and, overall, only 35 percent (89 million tons) was recycled or composted. What happens to the remaining 65 percent? We all know that landfills are frequently used and that a lot of waste is just burned which leaves a huge carbon footprint. The end of life alternative for food packaging can be significantly improved by using alternative eco-friendly materials that already exist and can be implemented in a circular model. The aim of our distribution platform is to be the natural marketplace for sellers of sustainable food packaging where they can showcase their products to potential buyers who need one time packaging. Moreover, ideal sellers would genuinely care about the environment and have a circular model in order to reduce the carbon footprint as much as possible. A typical customer would be a restaurant that offers takeaway. The food packaging industry operates in a very traditional way with one-to-one contracts and is mature enough for a disruption. With our platform, we can be the link and matchmaker between the supplier and customer. Our goal is to raise awareness in the industry and among consumers, so they can know about sustainable food packaging alternatives such as products that are made of bagasse, bamboo, mycelium, leaves, bio-laminat and plant-based plastic such as PLA. The timing is ideal, as we are currently seeing drastic changes in jurisdiction and lawmaking in Europe, single-use plastic cutlery, cotton buds, straws and stirrers will be banned by 2021 and the EU's Green Deal Strategy is to find sustainable alternatives to replace traditional fossil based plastic. We are currently doing market research in Norway in order to source and partner with producers that could be interested in our platform. The feedback we are getting so far are positive, as most new producers would like further traction in order to get much needed market share. We are actively looking for another person with the technical know-how that wants to join the team to develop this platform with us. Even though we live in an era of Instagram and Facebook where spreading awareness in a particular topic is easier than before, environmental pollution is still one of the most concerning issues in today’s world. We, as consumers, are either too busy to care about packaging, or there aren’t many sustainable options to choose from when buying a product. One of the founders, Rezowan, has a background from the travel industry, and has from many of his previous travels seen the growing amount of plastic going astray, both on land and at sea. In many Asian countries, he has seen that there are no good waste solutions that contribute to, for example, plastic being recycled in a circular way. Over the last 2-3 years, new technology has been developed that makes it easier to choose sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives, and the main goal is to promote environmentally friendly alternatives to fossil plastics so that society can become more aware of this.

Succeeding with your company is not only about building a great product, but also about finding the right investors. This is what we want to help growth companies with - if we can match them with the right people, they can get the help and funding they need to ensure their success. As a company we are young and ambitious - a small team of startup founders, investors and technologists with big plans. We believe there’s a better way for companies and investors to meet and collaborate, and we are building a platform to enable this. We strive for an inclusive and collaborative culture that celebrates curiosity and new ideas. We love that we are a multidisciplinary bunch with different skills and experiences, and we really believe in giving everyone the freedom to contribute with what they’re great at.