Learn to work as a successful entrepreneur. Become a co-founder with our 4-week start up accelerator. Best of all, anyone can join.// Anyone can join // Become a co-owner // Co-found a company // Build your dream job //// To apply for our programs and to learn more -> https://www.x2labs.io/ocean-space-program/ Curious about how can we derive clean, renewable energy from the power of waves, currents or tides? - Or the future of transport at sea? - Or how to manage aquatic resources in ways that lead to more clean drinking water, increased food security, better crop irrigation? Want to explore ways we save our oceans from overfishing, climate change, acidification, and pollution? Or perhaps look at how our oceans can save us? The oceans of the world are vast and hold the last unexplored expands of our planet. The long Norwegian coast has shaped our culture and the prosperity of our society and it is the single largest natural resource we have to build our future on.– Such riches demand a strategy which emphasizes high, yet sustainable activity to continue value creation and employment growth. This while simultaneously taking advantage of the knowledge and know-how we as a nation have gained through different industries working in the ocean space. Industries like; oil & gas, shipping, fish-farming, traditional fishing, wind-power, other energy creation and in a longer perspective, even mineral mining on the bottom of the sea and more.  The common challenge all industries working in and with the ocean space share is that they need to develop world leading technology!  - This to continue growth while getting rid of pollution and keep the development sustainable for future generations.Norwegian industry has proven that they can deliver tomorrows solutions and utilize experience transfer from other industries working, both within and outside the ocean space.This is the framework for this X2 Lab´s 4th Program: “Ocean Space”. Are you ready to make a difference?

Wiral is empowering the new generation of filmmakers, by providing better ways of content creation. With Wiral LITE, we introduce the worlds first affordable and easy to use cable cam, a camera accessory that will enable new film angles in places even drones can’t go. Wiral LITE was launched with 1 000 000USD in funding on Kickstarter in 4 weeks, pre-sold over 5000 units to 80 different countries, started production in China and the products will be seen in the customers hands in July.

NewSchool develops innovative digital tools for collaboration and project based learning by combining agile working methods, psychology, games and mobile media.The tools draw on a set of successful business practices  - the kanban boards for Lean Management, adapted to education purposes, in real-time. By focusing on the organization of the process, not its content, it helps develop self-regulation and collaborative skills for 21st century learners. We are an education technology start-up, with extensive change management experience, unique insights in workforce trends and technology, and pedagogy at its core. All team members have solid international experience from fields like mobile technology, business development and technology management, international education, instructional design, and learning sciences research.The team consists of Fredrik Harloff, Chief Executive Officer, and Mihaela Tabacaru , Community Manager, both co-founders of NewSchool, working full time. The third co-founder, Stian Hofslett Thowsen, works full time as a teacher and part of management team at Langaugen secondary school in Bergen, Norway. Besides the three co-founders, NewSchool relies on an interdisciplinary board of administration with senior level execs: Anne Posner, Bjarne Solhaug, and Paal Kaperdal, all with broad experience, covering international business development expertise, publishing house and human resources expertise, and digital transformation expertise. Frequent contributor and education research expert is Marina Hirnstein, PhD in cognitive psychology, expert in learning analytics .We have offices in Bergen and Oslo,  members of two incubators: Nyskapningsparken in Bergen (http://www.nyskapingsparken.no/) and SoCentral in Oslo, Nordic Center for Social Innovation (www.socentral.no). With an international mindset from day 1, we have been testing our product in classrooms across Europe, from Norway to Denmark, Portugal and Romania, to USA. Our extensive education network made it also possible to plan pilots in emerging countries like India and Iraq.

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.

Vi er et norsk agri-tech-selskap etablert som en joint venture-startup, eid av TINE SA, Felleskjøpet Agri og Gjensidige. Vi utvikler digitale løsninger og dataprodukter som bidrar til mer effektiv og bærekraftig matproduksjon, i samarbeid med bønder og aktører i landbruksnæringen. Med utgangspunkt i data gir vi bønder viktig innsikt til planlegging og forbedringer i sin gårdsproduksjon.

This is an app that aims at combining different alternative healing methods in order to help individuals experiencing mental and/or physical issues. All advice is personalized after the person has checked all the health issues he or she is experiencing. It combines ayurveda, yoga, breathing, meditation, daily and seasonal routines. One can add a reminder for each activity. One can get in touch with a therapist as well for energetical healing. The content of the app is ready. Looking for collaborators in the form of investor and app developer

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

At Kyoto we work to decarbonise industrial energy consumption by increasing the share of renewable energy sources used to generate industrial process heat. Kyoto Group AS was founded in 2018, and consists of 9 skilled full time employees, plus a handful of great helpers. Our largest investors are solid and forward leaning industry leaders in the green energy transition: Hydro Energi Invest AS, Kongsberg Innovasjon AS, and Valinor AS.

Norwegian based SmartWear company that specializes in trainingwear. Embarking upon this journey with our first product, the "Hypertrophy Manual adjustment 1" (HTM1). A training wear that aids you in reaching muscle hypertrophy faster, easier with lighter weights than ever before in the history of training apparel, playing a large role in the future of Rehab, training and de-loading phase of training as we know it. Thus winning us the award of "Invention of the year 2019" by UPMCA. (Read more about our product here)

TAG Sensors utvikler og produserer kombinerte NFC-/RFID-tags for kontinuerlig overvåkning av kjølekjede for varer fra produsent til sluttbruker. Gjennom vår løsning får kundene kontroll på at temperaturfølsomme varer som fisk, frossen mat og farmasiprodukter har vært innenfor temperaturgrensene fra produksjon til forbruk.

Creator Makerspace is an open prototyping space. We offer offices, meeting rooms, as well as all kinds of equipments and workshops: wood, metal, electronic, laser cutter, scanners, 3D printers, and a variety of other tools. Today more than 650 specialists are connected to Creator Makerspace, just after three years in business. We are located at Tvedtsenteret in the heart of Forus, Stavanger. Our main goal is to help individuals and companies get their ideas off the paper!

We believe in making a positive impact. We believe in technology as the key driver to solve the challenges in the ocean. We believe in the untapped potential of our oceans. We believe in the untapped talent of the world. We are Katapult Ocean and we help build and scale profitable businesses with a positive impact on the ocean.

IBEN is a Norwegian lifestyle fashion brand for women that wants to express their style and identity trough the way they dress. Established in 2014 IBEN represents the woman that cannot walk into a room without being noticed for her strong appearance. Her «tomboy» mentality, freed and laidback way of thinking is always the foundation for her choices and interactions. IBEN clothing is meant to supply self-made women the wardrobe they need to communicate their identity and way of life.

Picterus is an app under development designed to monitor jaundice in newborns. Untreated jaundice in newborns is responsible for more than 100,000 deaths and a substantial number of permanent brain damages each year. More than three quarters of these deaths occur in the poorest regions of the world, in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia. Cheap treatment is available through e.g. sunlight, but the diagnostic devices in use today cost around 10,000 dollars, making them practically unavailable in low-resource settings.

Maritime Support Group provides a fresh approach to the maritime, fishing & offshore oil & gas industries: a customized cost effective solution without compromising competence and performance including a wide range of services namely technical support, recruitment and crew management (including payroll), training, travel & logistics, IT, HSEQ, purchase and advisory.The Maritime Support Group is a Norwegian based international company consisting of co-operating member companies and maritime professionals from 5 continents. Management and members have extensive experience gained from years of commercial & operational support to leading companies in all segments. Our operational management team is located in Aalesund, Norway amidst the Norwegian maritime cluster however we get know-how insight from partners across the globe.