Silicon Valhalla is a Nordic tech intelligence hub that maps startups, founders, investors, and market signals across the Nordic region, with a particular emphasis on AI, SaaS, and frontier innovation. It exists to make the “Silicon Valhalla” ecosystem - Nordic tech’s answer to Silicon Valley - more visible, navigable, and investable for founders, operators, and capital. The platform combines a curated startup directory, an events calendar, and ecosystem insights into a single, neutral entry point for Nordic tech. Startups and scaleups get structured profiles highlighting what they do, where they are based, which sector they play in, and how to reach them, while investors and partners can quickly scan emerging companies across AI, climate, fintech, deep tech, and more. A continuously updated view of companies and activity aims to surface momentum early, so users can spot new categories, breakout teams, and upcoming fundraising stories before they hit the mainstream. Silicon Valhalla is designed to be independent and ecosystem-first rather than a job board or paywalled database. The service is currently free to use, making discovery accessible while opening the door for future premium offerings such as featured profiles, highlighted events, and deeper signal products for investors and corporates. In short, Silicon Valhalla is building the default map and narrative for Nordic tech: a living overview of the startups, talent, and ideas turning the region into one of the most dynamic innovation hubs in Europe.

We are an early-stage company developing retail software for the global watch and jewellery industry. Our customers work with high-value objects, but often rely on generic systems not designed for their industry. We develop a specialized platform for operations and documentation that improves efficiency and transparency without compromising quality.

ScaleupXQ is a growth partner designed to help B2B companies accelerate their sales and scale their operations. We specialize in supporting businesses through critical phases of expansion — providing the strategy, tools, manpower and expertise needed to drive sustainable growth. Our mission is simple: to help ambitious companies build high-performing commercial organizations, enter new markets, and sell more, faster. We do this by combining growth strategy, revenue design, and hands-on execution across sales, marketing, and customer success. Whether you’re expanding into new markets, refining your sales model, or scaling your commercial engine, ScaleupXQ provides the guidance and operational muscle to make it happen. We act as an extension of your team — bringing deep expertise, data-driven insights, and a bias for action to every engagement. In short, ScaleupXQ helps B2B companies sell more and transform growth potential into commercial success — faster, smarter, and more predictably

We help people become software engineers and break into the tech industry for a fraction of the cost of a traditional education or coding bootcamp. We've got 1.5 million users and customers all over the world. Our investors includes the likes of Y Combinator, Amasia, Alliance Ventures, and Startuplab.

Respire is a Norwegian venture studio focused on building companies within the energy transition and sustainability. We work hands-on from early problem exploration through company formation and early growth, typically partnering closely with founders as active co-builders. Our team brings experience from energy, industry, startups, and venture building, and we believe a systematic approach gives better odds in complex, capital-intensive domains. We build a small number of ventures at a time and take a long-term view. Respire contributes sector insight, structured venture development, access to relevant networks, and in-house capacity for early MVP development. We work with entrepreneurs who want real ownership and responsibility, and who are motivated by solving concrete problems in energy and green industry rather than chasing hype. We’re based at RE Gründerhus in Asker, a hub for sustainable innovation, and are now scaling the studio.

Nabostylisten is a platform offering beauty services performed at the comfort of your home, office, friends place, nursing home, ANYWHERE. We give buyers a chance to get beauty services performed wherever they are located. We help beauty stylists create a living out of their dreams and to be their own boss by giving them a platform to showcase their work, get bookings and a dashboard with all necessary tools. The way people use beauty services today is unnecessary complicated. There is a million different choices and they are all on different platforms, lacking a uniformed list of information. Beauty services are performed in salons- as they have been for the last 100 years. In recent years more and more stylists have transferred their businesses to Instagram where they can showcase pictures of their work and get in touch with potential clients, doing their bookingsystem via direct messages. This has resulted in a huge and unstructured beauty service market, confusing for both buyers and sellers. Making it difficult for buyers to get an overview of the offers and for stylists to be visible for customers, as well as a lacking booking system. On top of this buyers still have to travel to the salons and set all of their responsibilities aside to get a service performed in a salon. This problem affects men and women, in all ages and lifestyles all over the world. Especially in Norway with our remote landscape, hectic lifestyles and beauty needs always developing. Nabostylistens solution to the mentioned problems above is a one-stop-hub for buying and selling beauty services. Giving a full and uniformed overview of stylists and their services within your area with prices, pictures, duration, descriptions, bio of stylist, timeslots available and a booking flow. Customers can choose to get the service done at their location to fit beauty needs into their hectic everyday life. Stylists will only need nabostylisten for all of their duties, booking overview, chat, services and profile, income section, working schedule and a platform to showcase their business. Nabostylisten is founded by Tomas Erdis, a well known and sought after makeup artist with over 13 years of experience. Tomas is one of Norways absolute best and most booked stylists. He has worked with brands, celebrities, other profiles and regular customers. He noticed that normal people did not know if they were allowed to book him for his services, or how to do it. He has been delivering services at location all of his career and noticed that for other stylists this was not the regular way to work. He was able to meet his clients needs by travelling to them, and in doing so he became very popular. 
Tomas knows what it’s like to be on your own, trying to get a name for yourself in the business. He wants to help other stylists so that they do not have to go through the same challenges as he did. He also wants buyers to be able to express their beauty needs and for everyone, no matter who you are to get beauty services that suit you!

THE URGENT ISSUE IN TODAY'S JOB MARKET IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES: ✪ Traditional recruitment prioritizes CV algorithms and keywords over human potential, by an astonishing 90%. When ATS/AI control who gets seen, we lose the most important factor: the human behind the CV. This creates not just unemployment, but social exclusion - when people can't find work, they lose connection to society and experience profound isolation. ✪ Todays recruitment methods are narrowly fixated purely on qualifications and historical experience, relying heavily on algorithms to sift through CVs. This approach overlooks the unique talents and motivations of individuals, drivingforces, personality and thus missing out on valuable opportunities for growth and success. ✪ THE RESULT: People are often using ChatGPT or Copilot to write their applications + HR are using AI to read them = nobody is getting hired. ✪ Sweden struggles with high youth unemployment and urban-rural divides. Refugee integration remains uneven, and platform work is eroding traditional protections. Union influence is waning, especially in tech and service sectors. ✪ Denmark’s famed flexicurity model is under pressure. Women are overrepresented in part-time roles, and older workers exit early. Gig work is expanding faster than regulation, challenging collective bargaining norms. ✪ Finland faces persistent long-term unemployment and mental health-related exclusion. Industrial restructuring is shifting jobs to tech hubs, leaving peripheral regions behind. Labor mobility remains low despite retraining efforts. In conclusion; the Nordic countries face mounting labor market exclusion despite strong welfare models. Norway leads with 700,000 adults outside the labor force, driven by regional stagnation, immigrant underemployment, and early retirement. The green and digital transitions are creating jobs—but not where displaced workers live. THE PERFECT STORM FOR US! TURNING THE RECRUITMENT MARKET UPSIDE-DOWN «From employer initiated to 100% talent focused.» Our Solution: Talentity.ai = AI meets empathy! Nordic's first community for job seekers, where talent takes center stage. Meeting the talents, rather than relying on historical data on a piece of paper. Creating an empathic AI, that combines human expertise with technology, supporting decision making and not taking over the entire process.

Kobbr is on a mission to lead craftsmen, such as electricians, painters and carpenters, into a data driven future. Craftsmen are used to old and outdated software that requires several training days to master. We are building a product that our customers actually love to use and requires no training to get started. Our approach sets us apart from traditional software companies in the industry. We prioritize integrating seamlessly with existing tools, rather than replacing them. Kobbr simplifies workflows and decreases manual tasks by offering a modern alternative to pen, paper, and Excel. Since our software can be easily integrated with craftsmen’s existing software, it shortens our sales processes significantly and opens the opportunity for product-led growth. Our goal is to develop an inclusive work atmosphere and assemble a varied team, as we encourage individuals from all different backgrounds to submit their applications and join our collective journey.

Unlisted is building a global ownership platform for unlisted companies and investors. As of now we are companies succeed with employee stock ownership plans, raising capital and ownership management. We are a purpose driven company. Our long term goal and vision is to democratise entrepreneurship and wealth creation. We are achieving that by building providing entrepreneurs with tools which makes it easer for them to succeed. And we are allowing more people get access to equity and be part of the big value creation in the unlisted market.

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.

Let's achieve results together We create a successful service together that you can be proud of, and that makes you the job's digital expert. We have extensive experience and promise you a process where you can breathe a sigh of relief and avoid budget cracks, delayed deliveries, and sour emails to customer service. It requires you to set aside time to work with us. This is not free time in your calendar today. You have to prioritize collaboration, and that means downplaying something else. We promise that the time you set aside will yield great results. You can measure the difference before and after you have worked with us. More satisfied visitors? More, new members? More money at the checkout? We help you not only to reach your goals but to know that you have reached them. And you? It's going to be fun too. We thrive with each other here in Netlife, and we are very happy with everyone we work with. We are not just going to "deliver" something, we are really committed.

A startup from Haugesund in Norway was established late 2021 aiming to create better and more revolutionary products for building powerlines. There is the slow development of new and innovative products in this industry, which we have experienced ourselves while building powerlines. A quick youtube search on building powerlines will leave you astonished by the old-fashioned techniques and products that are being used. In many areas of the building, it is done in the same way as 20 years ago. Despite all this, the need for reliable power is bigger than ever and continues to grow every year. While the demand is growing, the existing power grid is deteriorating. Our products will make building new powerlines safer, and cheaper and will deliver less environmental damage. Combined with hardware products, software, and AI we make optimized solutions for the future building of energy distribution. We are starting to test products this summer, get confirmation from customers and continue to build product this fall. We are looking for team members who have experience in start ups, business and IT,whom wish to make a real contribution to meet our electric and green 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.

Our SURF scooters are loved by both our customers and the earth. We make the world a better place by enabling people to SURF their streets on clean energy! SURF Rides AS er et norsk mikromobilitetsselskap fra Oslo. Reinventing micromobility for greater good🏄 Vi hjelper våre brukere å reise på e

indyRIOT offers a turnkey Community and Networking Solution that provides complete functionality out of the box. It is white-labeled software as a service (SaaS) that enables our clients to fast launch their own fully branded, independent community. It doesn’t mean you can’t bootstrap off another network, but ultimately, It's your community - Own it!