NordicHQ is a professional network for international SME's and entrepreneurs setting up a business in the Netherlands, Scandinavia and the rest of Northern Europe. We help you start up or expand your business internationally with the assistance of excellent, entrepreneurial and responsive professionals across legal, tax, business, finance, IT, and numerous other fields.

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.

We're an innovative biotech startup specialising in alternative protein on a mission to tackle food scarcity caused by overpopulation and climate change. We're redefining the way we feed the world with the help of mushrooms. We're addressing global food scarcity - a critical issue impacting billions. As traditional agriculture struggles to meet the growing demand for protein, strains resources, leading to deforestation, excessive water use, and increasing emissions. Our solution provides sustainable and nutritious alternative protein which plays a role in mitigating food scarcity challenges. The founders, driven by a shared passion for both scientific innovation and ecological preservation, came together to address this urgent issue. We believe that our actions today can create a lasting positive impact on the world, ensuring that future generations have access to nutritious food without compromising the health of our planet.

Kvikk is a B2C Insurtech company disrupting the travel insurance sector through our mobile platform. Designed with millennials, Gen Z and their expectations in mind, our vision is clear: 
Revolutionizing the way we protect ourselves while exploring the world. We are leveraging GEO-fencing technology to distribute, personalize and offer quotes tailored to your location in real-time. No more hassle with paperwork or waiting in line. We are 100% digital and are providing a full insurance experience in the pockets of everyone leaving their homes. In Norway 50% of all young adults don't have travel insurance, and they perceive insurance as complicated, expensive and unavailable. At the same time, the insurance industry lacks digitisation with only 40% of all insurance sales taking place on a digital platform. We have developed travel insurance tailored to the specific needs of each traveller, all within a convenient and user-friendly app. By harnessing the power of GEO-fencing we ensure travellers receive seamless coverage when and where they need it, offering a level of flexibility unseen in the industry. We have built the insurance product, and we are going to build the app. Simen started working on Kvikk while studying Innovation & Management, and has previously been travelling around the world several times and do understand the importance of travel insurance. We honestly believe that insurance companies should do better. In this digital world, insurance should be more available for the customer. There should be possible to buy insurance, get an overview and file claims within minutes, and always available in your own pocket. We also believe in fair and transparent products, where the customer actually gets a personalised products tailored to their own travel pattern. We want to rewrite the rules of insurance by making it available, fair, easy and personalised.

Tripletex er et norsk selskap med 55 000 kunder og 200 000 brukere. Vi startet opp i 2002, og vi har siden den gang tilbudt et komplett, skybasert økonomisystem. Tripletex er heleid av Visma og sitter i Vismas lokaler på Skøyen i Oslo.I dag huser vi 190 ansatte, som består av skarpe utviklere, dyktige selgere, faglig sterke og serviceinnstilte supportmedarbeidere, en kreativ markedsavdeling og en god administrasjon. Vi jobber alle mot et felles mål om å utvikle et fremtidsrettet økonomisystem som forenkler hverdagen til alle våre kunder. Nå søker vi enda flere flinke folk som kan være med på laget.

VilMer er kommunenes totalleverandør av gode fysiske og digitale opplevelser for eldre mennesker. Per mai 2021 har VilMer avtaler med 45 kommuner. Gjennom en digital plattform på vilmer.no skaper VilMer flere gode øyeblikk for beboere og brukere på blant annet sykehjem, bofellesskap og dagtilbud. MinMemoria - "med livshistorien i sentrum": Et verktøy for personsentrert omsorg og kommunikasjon. Muliggjør persontilpasning av fysiske og digitale opplevelser. Opplevelser - "lokalsamfunnet bidrar": Et mangfold av opplevelser og aktiviteter for brukere og beboere på omsorgsinstitusjoner i et spenn fra lesestunder og gåturer til besøk av dyr til fotballkamp utenfor sykehjemmet. Televindu - "et bibliotek av digitalt innhold tilrettelagt for eldre": En videoplattform laget spesielt for personer med demens og kognitiv svikt som også inkluderer en flora av digitale opplevelser som virtuell tur opp Besseggen og gamle filmer fra historielaget. VilMer VR - "tur i en annen verden": Nysgjerrighet og gode minner vekkes med en tur på gården for å hilse på dyrene eller til stranda for å høre bølgeskvulp. VR-løsningen omfatter VR-briller, flere hundre VR-filmer og en styringsapp som er enkel å bruke for helsepersonell. Triggo - "en fin stund sammen": Triggo er en app som inspirerer til aktivitet og samtaler på tvers av generasjoner. Den gir brukeren en fin stund kombinert med fysisk og kognitiv trening. Triggo kan brukes av pårørende, frivillige og helsepersonell. Det er 19 ansatte i VilMer. Øystein Landgraff er daglig leder og Harald Odde er styreleder.

Vi i Procano leverer IT-tjenester og -support til hundrevis av små og mellomstore bedrifter over hele Norden. Filosofien vår er like enkel som den er klar: Vi skal gjøre kundenes forhold til IT så ukomplisert og lite bekymringsfullt som mulig – på en sikker og kostnadseffektiv måte. Vi mener nemlig at IT ikke bør være noe som tapper bedriften din for tid, penger og energi. Det skal ganske enkelt bare fungere – hver eneste dag.

Zeipt is providing a smart receipt that bridges the gap between physical and digital financial services. Our solution enables retailers and others to automatically send their receipts from the checkout and to the digital interface of the consumer's choice. Finally replacing paper receipts for good. By using the smart receipt, you’re unlocking a new and revolutionary way of post-purchase communication from the checkout and beyond. This will enhance the consumer experience, build relationships and trust, and in the end provide happy and recurring consumers. Read more, sign u,p or contact us at www.zeipt.com contact@zeipt.com Would you like to know how paper receipts affect our planet and its people? Learn more at www.TheZeiptProject.com and find out why paper receipts need to be eliminated.

Enernite is a technology company founded on the belief that data insights and digital solutions could accelerate the renewable energy revolution. We enable energy developers to make data-driven decisions in the early screening phase of renewable energy projects. To make this happen we automate the information gathering from fragmented sources and produce unique data sets based on satellite imagery analysis.

Around 54% of cars sold in Norway were Electric in 2020 and this is increasing on monthly basis. This trend of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in our society is rapidly increasing globally, while in the EU many countries have now adopted ambitious targets for further expansion of electric mobility. However, the availability of public charging points is not growing at the same speed. According to IEA, 87% of global EV charge points are installed in private locations and are not accessible to the public. This gives rise to the problem of fewer charging options for an increasing number of EVs with no options for private chargers to be active players in the domain of electric mobility. ChargeBnB provides an e-roaming aggregator technology enabling an Airbnb of EV charging by offering enterprise solutions to manage, share and monetize private EV chargers.  Unlocking the potential of around 5.5 Million global private EV chargers using a software solution.

Portalo er et nystartet selskap som leverer en SaaS tjeneste til bedriftsmarkedet. Produktet Portalo Innsikt gir eiere, ledere og styremedlemmer bedre oversikt, rapportering og beslutningsgrunnlag i hverdagen. Vi søker nå en ambisiøs Sales Executive som kan ta salget til nye høyder. Portalo AS tilbyr et skreddersydd porteføljesystem til investorer og konsern. Systemet gir brukeren oversikt over porteføljen gjennom nøkkeltall, analyser, automatisk rapportering og elektronisk signering.

Ondego lets you charge your phone on the go through its network of portable batteries so you never have to worry about your battery level again. Users can find our chargers in cafés, restaurants, and other public locations where they can unlock a charger, charge wherever they want and later return to any Ondego station nearby. See this short video (1min) to see how it works:ondego.no

Bygg- og anleggsbransjen er en lite digitalisert bransje per dags dato. NAEVA setter fokus på mer enn digitalisering. Vi ønsker i tillegg å effektivisere og automatisere hverdagen.Ved å kombinere de beste menneskene med nyskapende teknologi og innovative løsninger, ønsker vi å skape fremtidens bygg- og anleggsbransje i dag. Vi har vårt utgangspunkt i bygg- og anleggsbransjen, men våre løsninger kan skreddersys de fleste bransjer og industrier.

Disruptive Engineering enables more effective planning, management, and monitoring of road networks. Proprietary sensor hardware 'made in Norway'Use AI and neural networks for detailed classification of vehicles. Privacy-by-design solution ensuring that no personal data is stored or shared. With traffic expected to grow by 60% by 2050, and with congestion and safety already being an issue, there is a pressing need to utilize road networks more efficiently. Both Statens Vegvesen and Nye Veier see our first sensor VS1, and the valuable data it provides, as a potential solution to achieve this as well as an opportunity to digitalize roads and infrastructure for the forthcoming Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) that are being implemented across Europe.Statens Vegvesen linkNye Veier link

UNISOT is a young Norwegian start-up company and is the first global Blockchain solution based on tight integration with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, such as SAP and other major ERP and SCM systems. Its permissionless manner will allow unprecedented abilities for secure information exchange and secure information storage to companies and/or organizations all over the world. For the first time and with the help of the open, public blockchain, UNISOT can now offer access to a reliable and secure “Universal Source of Truth” that all parties can use to handle the challenges in today’s supply chain environment, such as increased globalization, faster pace of change, global traceability, information shortage, and settlement costs, to name a few. UNISOT is leveraging the very well-established ERP Business Processes with the trust, security, immutability, and tokenization that the Open Public Permissionless Blockchain technology provides.