The Pitch Most tidal power plants today generate power only in one direction. Projected, next-generation tidal power plants with two-way production have sub-optimal production. Tidetec patented technology improves efficiency by 11-22% of the most cost effective tidal turbine technology by obtaining optimal efficiency both ways and pumping efficiency. This is achieved by integrating the turbine into a rotating turret. The turning mechanism is patented, and has received international recognition. The What Tidetec can kick-start a huge UK Market The How Tidetec has developed a fully functional scale model prototype of the turning mechanism. The turning mechanism prototype has been successfully tested in sea water for two months. Prototyping has shown feasibility of the concept and the model turbine simulations and testing confirm turbine efficiencies much higher than state of the art traditional turbines for 2-way hydropower. In summary, prototyping engineering, feasibility studies and cost estimations of the Tidetec concept have proven major efficiency increase compared to traditional concepts. The results show that the Tidetec concept is potentially disruptive technology for 2-way hydropower in Tidal lagoons and barrages, and can kick-start this market. TEAM Tidetec has built a competent team guided by its co-founder and CEO. Tidetec team has been balanced to meet the commercial phase and Tidetec heading for an establishment of The Tidetec Two-way Hydropower Consortium consisting of EPCI partner, State funding partner GIEK /Export Credit and sub-suppliers to be able to deliver for Tidal range projects. PARTNERS Tidetec core function is development of market and technology within two-way hydropower. For everything else we use our trusted network of partners. From 2018 Tidetec is collaborating with Engineering company Femkuber AS. The Tidetec Two-way Hydropower Consortium consisting of EPCI partner, State funding partner GIEK /Export Credit and sub-suppliers to be able to deliver for Tidal range projects is expected to be in operation during 2018. Tidetec have signed MoU collaboration agreement with several, renowned international developers, turbine producers and sub-suppliers. MARKET The Tidetec market is 2-way hydropower, which means the tidal range market, with a focus on the tidal lagoon/tidal barrier/flood defence industry. Studies indicate a potential global market for Tidal Range hydropower up to 30Bn€ (investments). Tidetec's concept is not limited by turbine type, MW or geographical area. The Why Tidetec has developed and patented technology that can kick-start the Tidal Barrier and Tidal Lagoon market.

Exponential Academy is setting out to provide relevant and affordable education to everyone.Our ambition is to deliver education that matches the true needs of the 21st century, making people better prepared for shifts in labor markets, opportunities for job creation, as well as structures that allow for gains and opportunities to be shared more equally, regardless of gender, age or origin.We are now creating strong partnerships with people and companies and are staring to rapidly grow.

Katapult Accelerator - "Build the world you want to live in" We aim to contribute to solving the big challenges facing the planet and people through technology and entrepreneurialism. We believe in the MASSIVE potential of:   - High impact, environmental and societal, alongside great profitable businesses - Using exponential technologies, like AI and blockchain, to scale - Bringing together the best people regardless of where they are from We kick of our next batch August 2018 in Oslo for a 3 month hands-on program with specialized mentors, tools and platforms, and provide a follow-up opportunity to join our partner, the leading New York accelerator partner ERA, for 1 month. We are recruiting great talent right now to join us!

LumiNode’s proprietary AI technology enables grocers to significantly increase their sales and store level market share, by delivering hyper-targeted interventions to acquire and retain high value customers.LumiNode AI was founded in 2017 and is part of the StartupLab community at Oslo Science Park.

We develop our own IPs from concept to finish using Unity3D as our platform.The first title released by Snow Castle was Hogworld: Gnarts Adventure. It won universal acclaim and made the Apple App Store Best of 2011 List. Currently we are focused on our next big release, Festival of Magic. We're also home to the gameBase© database of video games, a huge repository of information on games.

Glocal View is an IT software company from Norway, established with a vision to help companies succeed with Sourcing initiatives. Our aim is to provide vendor independent advisory and delivery services within sourcing (where sourcing could be both local or global) to our customers. Glocal View has prior experience in various consulting to sourcing and development assignments, hence our customers also get benefits of domain expertise and process understanding.

Bredvid er et norsk konsulentselskap som leverer tjenester innenfor områdene utvikling, UX og skytjenester. Vi utvikler digitale løsninger i både privat og offentlig sektor, og skaper forretningsverdi ved å sette kunden og kundens suksess først. I tillegg har vi et nettverk av kompletterende samarbeidspartnere i både inn- og utland. Vi er ærlige, engasjerte, åpne, nysgjerrige, inkluderende, og dette ligger til grunn for alt vi gjør.Vi har kontor på MESH i Oslo sentrum.

Task Analytics is a product development company founded in Oslo, Norway. We are passionate product developers working on Task Analytics full time – headquartered in Oslo, Norway with development offices in Bergen, Norway and Colombo, Sri Lanka and a US office in New York City. Task Analytics aims to be a tool helping web editors, marketing departments, communication departments and consultants to work systematically on user experience online. We believe in focus on the users, their needs and how these needs are met. To gain our users trust, it’s important for us to be non-intrusive and keep these promises to our end users: We will never ask you about anything unless it is important and we know how we will use the response We will make it easy to say no to participating and we will remember your choice We will never take you out of the flow without sending you back afterwards We will always – ALWAYS – use the result from surveys to make an improved experience for the user

Interaction with machines is constantly changing. Automation is increasing, but the number of machines we interact with is also increasing. These conditions require new and easier ways of interacting with machines to allow more people to control a greater number of machines with less effort and training. That’s why we are ushering in a new paradigm of control systems. Ntention are building a system of interaction between the people and the machines that are user-centered – not machine centered. The machine will understand the user – not the other way around. Our goal is to understand the intent of the user and translate it into machines. This is how we are moving beyond motion capture and into the world of intention capture.

There are one billion cars in the world, a number that is set to double in the next 10 years—we’re doing everything we can to stop that from happening.Getaround was founded to change the way that people think about cars. With the average car sitting idle 22 hours a day, there had to be a better way to put the cars parked on our streets to better use.By providing a safe and seamless way for people to share cars with each other we want to change the way the world thinks about car ownership.

We create digital products for Magnus Carlsen, the worlds best chess player. We're a dynamic team full of passionate, talented young people. So far, we have three successful apps on App Store and Google Play Store. Our mission is to make the world a smarter place through chess.Play Magnus has central offices at Mesh.

We offer new possibilities in the field of urban gardening. BEDD design, produce and sell modular raised garden bed systems in steel. Simple as Lego bricks and cool as Montana shelves.  The concept is developed in close collaboration with ByBye Design and our production partner is Tronrud Engineering in Moss, Norway. Since prototype launch in 2016, BEDD has experienced 3x growth every year. In 2019 our goal is to expand to 60 stores and launch a great self watering system for BEDD.  Our company vision is "Cultivating passion". It covers our passion for urban gardening and green living, but also our passion for sustainable growth in new and exciting markets. Our team is a nice bouquet of experts from fields such as gardening, design, strategy, marketing and business development. Like the cool steel panels in our products, we like to join people with different backgrounds and know-how. In near future we hope to increase this team with more people, and will return to this when the time is right.

We believe in art, fun, profit and sustainability. Our performance marketing is made with a passion for having fun, being socially inclusive and experimenting our way to profit. We grow from our clients sustainable and profitable growth. Our performance marketing and innovation is creative, analytic and driven by making better marketing to contribute to a better world. We are a performance marketing agency working on sustainable growth for customers and for our own projects.

There are millions of people all over the world moving in with strangers in shared homes, and that’s why we created Uninite. Our insight is that finding a home is like falling in love. Uninite is a universal digital platform for matching in the rental-market. We facilitate one-on-one finding roommates, tenants finding housing and landlords renting out. It’s a global platform for local rental. We have team members with previous successful exits and experience in the areas of real estate, development, management, sales, marketing, design and finance.In my everyday team I have my co-founder, who is the greatest executer I have ever met. Our CTO with over 15 years of experience. Our Key Account Manager and our Customer Relations.

MovieMask is a creative product development firm, engaged to change the way the world interacts and engage with technology. Our first product aimed to change the way people consume their media content, and has sold over 10.000 units across 70 countries. It is available in over 500 retail locations. Our team consists of passionate and visionary doers, currently residing at Startuplab in Oslo. We are now focusing our efforts on a new Augmented Reality product set to disrupt the industry.