Tapad is home to the team that cracked the code on cross-device marketing technology. Our groundbreaking, proprietary tech assimilates billions of data points to find the human relationship between smartphones, desktops, laptops, tablets, connected TVs and game consoles. With 91.2% data accuracy confirmed by Nielsen, Tapad offers the largest in-market opportunity for marketers and technologies to address the ever-evolving reality of media consumption across devices.

Porterbuddy er et innovativt internett oppstartselskap innenfor logistikk, kundedrevet distribusjon og plattformteknologi. Dagens tilbud for varelevering etter netthandel mangler gode alternativer som matcher kundenes behov. Porterbuddys logistikkplattform skal gjøre leveranseopplevelsen smidig og fleksibel for kundene og sørge for økt konvertering og salg for våre handelspartnere. Porterbuddy skal ta en ledende posisjon i markedet som tilrettelegger for samme-dags leveranser i urbane områder.

Improve Performance International AS is a Norwegian software and consulting company that has spent more than 30 years helping organizations improve leadership, sales performance, employee development, recruitment, and organizational growth. The Problem We Solve Most organizations invest significant resources in strategy development, training programs, leadership development, recruitment, and change initiatives. However, many struggle with one critical challenge: They cannot consistently turn plans into measurable and documented results. Common challenges include: Leadership training that inspires but does not create lasting behavioral change. Sales training where participants return to old habits after the course. Lack of visibility into whether employees are improving their skills and performance. Difficulty measuring the return on investment (ROI) of training and development initiatives. Recruitment processes that focus on CVs and interviews rather than documented competencies and development potential. Managers lacking tools to systematically follow up goals, activities, and progress. Our Solution We have developed two complementary platforms: 1. Improve Performance & Training System (IPTS) A cloud-based performance management and training platform that helps organizations: Assess current competencies and performance. Define strengths, weaknesses, goals, and KPIs. Create personalized development plans. Deliver structured training and coaching programs. Track activities, milestones, and progress. Measure and document improvement over time. Our methodology is built around the PROVE Framework: Plan → Run → Optimize → Validate → Expand This ensures that development initiatives move beyond training events and become measurable improvement processes. 2. Improve Job Portal (IJP) An AI-powered recruitment and talent platform designed to help employers, recruiters, consultants, and candidates connect more effectively. The platform combines: AI-enhanced candidate profiles Assessment and benchmarking tools Talent communities Employer branding Structured candidate databases AI-supported recruitment workflows This enables organizations to make better hiring decisions while helping candidates showcase their competencies, experience, and growth potential. Why We Are Different Unlike traditional training providers, HR systems, ATS platforms, or consulting firms, we combine: Performance Management Training & Coaching Assessment & Benchmarking Recruitment & Talent Development AI-driven insights and automation into one integrated ecosystem. The platform has been developed and refined through real-world projects involving: More than 500 organizations Over 2,000 leaders More than 8,000 sales professionals Thousands of documented development activities and milestone measurements Our Vision Our vision is to become a global platform for measurable human and organizational development, helping companies improve performance, recruit smarter, and document the impact of their investments in people. We believe that growth should not be based on assumptions. It should be measured, validated, and continuously improved.

Xait is a company with an award-winning document automation solution and they are at the forefront of digitalization. Xait is an international software technology company with headquarters in Stavanger, Norway as well as operations in Texas, US. The company’s main product is XaitPorter – a document collaboration and production solution for producing complex documents such as tenders, proposals, and reports. This benchmark solution is used by major corporations around the world. Xait is growing as a company with an amazing solution that every company needs. They have strong owners and a great work environment where they love to laugh. Xait is located across the road from Sola Golfklubb in a new building with modern facilities.

CURRENT is a Norwegian technology company that delivers software for the professional operation of electric vehicle charging. CURRENT is the largest independent charging operator in Norway and offers cloud-based solutions that give our customers full control over their charging infrastructure. CURRENT’s owner portal and charging app are used by housing cooperatives, commercial properties, real estate companies, and public sector actors, with Norway and Sweden as our core markets. We work closely with electrical installers across Norway and Sweden and develop tools that make the installation, operation, and management of charging facilities simpler. At CURRENT, you will meet a leading team in the EV charging industry that combines technology, innovation, and sustainability—and is driven by building a company with strong values and a strong sense of community at its heart.

GoBoat is an experience company, which offers unique social experiences on the water to both locals and tourists, through sustainable boat rental. It was founded in Copenhagen in February 2014 by Anders, Carl and Kasper – three young entrepreneurs. Today the company operates boat rentals all over the world.

As a idea factory, incubator and investor, Askeladden & Co identifies opportunities, develop concepts and scale up companies. Our sweet-spot is in traditional industries that - until now - have seen limited consolidation, limited innovation, too high prices and a customer journey that has been standing still since the 90s.   Our investments and startup journeys so far:  Cutters | Adams Matkasse | Freska | Lotel | Lorry Restaurant | Wellbee

At Mesh Community we work with the objective to boost the startup ecosystem in the Nordics, in order to help startups grow faster and smarter. Our winning aspiration is to be the solution and go-to place for 4 critical startup challenges: Space, Network, Talent and Funding. We strive to inspire and empower entrepreneurs in our communities by offering the best startup hubs and the most valuable network, while working to modernise the entire startup sector. We currently focus on the Nordics (Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland) and work with both physical and digital channels. One of our main efforts is to create innovation hubs that combine startup offices, co-working spaces, meeting places and events to stimulate networking opportunities for our startups, members and other visitors. In addition we run The Hub, the leading startup recruitment platform in the Nordics, working to connect Startups with talent and investors. Mesh was founded in 2012 as the first co-working space in Oslo ever. Since our launch we have been creating positive noise to push the startup scene forward, and to modernise its dynamics. Today, we have four Hubs in the hearts of three key Nordic cities; Mesh Nationaltheatret and Mesh Youngstorget in Oslo, DIGS in Trondheim, and Matrikel 1 in Copenhagen, and we plan to open more hubs and expand to new cities in the coming years. Being a part of Mesh makes you a part of a community and network with over 3,800 members and 100,000 users annually. Our curated community and offerings cater to innovators and creatives in all stages of the entrepreneurial journey, from early-stage startups to international success stories such as PortalOne, Kahoot, reMarkable, Marketer and Databutton. By working at Mesh you become an integral part of our community. In other words, if you are interested in the startup ecosystem in the Nordics, this is the place to be. The total Mesh team is currently around 60 employees across our different hubs, with people from many different backgrounds and nationalities. We are a dedicated and diverse team, with a big entrepreneurial spirit, working at an ambitious company in high growth. We have a strong company culture and live our values of startup passion, high ambition, freedom under responsibility, and excellence. We celebrate and promote this through the way we work with a flat hierarchy, great responsibility, high autonomy and independence, as well as having a lot of fun at work! Joining Mesh will instantly bring you to a team with plenty of social and networking events, Friday beers and other team activities. So if you want to be part of a fast-growing startup ecosystem player, working to make a real difference for startups in the Nordics apply for one of our open positions!

Coright tilbyr en løsning skreddersydd for en global medieindustri og er støttet av flere renommerte investorer og Innovasjon Norge. Tjenesten er et kontraktshåndteringssystem som hjelper kjøpere og selgere av medieinnhold (som foto, film, illustrasjoner) å holde oversikt over komplekse lisenserings- og rettighetsavtaler. Dagens manuelle praksiser og systemer gjør at de kreatives rettigheter misbrukes og at merkevarer utsettes for stor finansiell- og branding compliance risiko. Dette er et globalt problem hvor det ikke eksisterer gode løsninger.

At Corafone, we are building cutting-edge agents AI across voice and text to transform how the financial industry connects with customers. Our mission is to solve persistent challenges and automate millions of customer contact points across a highly complex industry. Our main market is the US, and so are our investors. You will be part of an international, and growth oriented company that moves at the speed of lightning.

DBtune (www.dbtune.com) is an innovative AI startup based in the vibrant Malmö area, a short train ride away from Copenhagen, Denmark, and Lund and Helsingborg, Sweden. Since our founding in 2020, our dedicated team of engineers and Ph.D. researchers has been on a mission to revolutionize cloud and database systems using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. DBtune's core technology is a fully automated service designed to optimize databases. Our optimizer, based on machine learning, tailors each optimization to the specific customer workload and hardware in use. This approach leads to improved key performance indicators, making the process of database tuning more efficient and scalable across hundreds of instances. By utilizing DBtune, users enhance their databases' performance while significantly reducing cloud costs and environmental impact. We have garnered support from institutional and angel investors in the EU and the US, along with pre-seed funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW). With a growing customer base, DBtune is poised to expand its influence even further, scaling our operations to bring AI-driven database optimization to a broader audience.

After more than 8 years of research and development, aiming to replicate the human eye lens, poLight is in the final stage of introducing products to the market with a technology taking astonishing images with instant focus. We are developing a tuneable lens technology that will enable next generation auto focus capability camera module for the mobile phone industry. Our first product, the TLens Silver is now ready for market introduction and we are preparing the organisation accordingly for the upcoming challenges.

Retailhub is a fast-growing SaaS company, uniquely positioned in the ongoing digital transformation of physical retail storesOur SaaS eCommerce platform increases physical store revenues by 10-20% with substantially lower costs than alternatives Deliver better converting, Point Of Sales integrated webshops specialized for physical stores. Unique technology that drastically reduces the time and effort needed to maintain a store’s webshop. Enrichment of product data to amplify Google Shopping performance, outperforming most agencies in our niches. Access to other proprietary marketing channels that further boost store returns.After a successful funding in November 2022 we are rigging for accelerated growth and European expansion. Retailhub is a Norwegian startup with a team of six persons in Norway and India.

Carpooling solves three major societal problems; lack of mobility outside the big cities, congestion during rush hour and CO2 emissions from the transport sector. Nabogo is a solution with the mission that everyone enjoys city-like public mobility - we make it affordable for society, companies, and citizens. There are only 1.08 people in a commuter car on average, which leads to queues, pollution and time wasted in traffic. Furthermore, finding parking spaces in cities, towns and near large workplaces has not become easier. And last but not least, the high proportion of cars with one person has a significant negative impact on the environment. With a dedicated effort for carpooling, it is not unrealistic that together we can reduce the number of cars and CO2 emissions by up to 25%. That is why we have created nabogo, a carpooling service for daily trips and commuting between districts, towns, business areas and stations. Our primary customers are public transport companies, municipalities, regions and the corporate sector. Once the solution is established in an area, it can be used at no cost to users. Naturally, a successful transition to carpooling requires active support from municipalities, educational institutions, businesses and local communities to spread information about the possibility of greener and more affordable commuting. Fortunately, we are well on our way here with several cross-cutting collaborations. A core functionality of the nabogo app is our pre-defined meeting points, which are places where people drive to and from and pass by - and which function as fixed pick-up and drop-off points for carpooling. This makes it easy and fast to coordinate carpooling, while creating a new infrastructure and improved mobility in the area. The app is closely integrated with public transport to show all the possibilities. We establish meeting points in collaboration with our partners, and this function ensures good hubs between carpooling and public transport, for example at stations. Nabogo is thus a complete alternative to driving alone in your own car. In collaboration with the municipalities, communication efforts are directed towards districts and towns, and we engage businesses and educational institutions so that citizens are informed where they live, work or study. Nabogo is found in the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

Aquabyte was founded in 2017 to bring machine learning and computer vision technologies to the aquaculture industry. Our diverse team of machine learning experts, entrepreneurs, and aquaculture biologists are hyperfocused on delivering solutions with a real world impact. Real-time sea lice counting, biomass monitoring, and appetite detection are just a few of the many applications that will eventually be possible with the Aquabyte system. We have offices in San Francisco and Norway.