The innovation ecosystem plays a crucial role in the success of startups, but these ecosystems are facing operational and strategic obstacles that limit their potential. The operational difficulties include an inability to effectively support startups leading to high failure rates, low engagement from startups, and resource-intensive reporting processes. On the strategic front, innovation ecosystems face intense competition and struggle to scale their efforts and establish sustainable business models, which often rely heavily on government funding. These challenges impact a wide range of players in the ecosystem, including incubators, accelerators, universities, and enterprise innovation departments. Addressing these challenges can lead to a thriving startup ecosystem, boosting economic growth and driving progress. By investing in the solution of these significant problems, the innovation ecosystem has the potential to unleash its full potential and drive positive change.

SafeBikely is developing the next generation bicycle parking. Smart and secure bicycle parkering with access from your smartphone, developed especially for municipalities and public transport companies to allow cyclist to take an higher share of todays transport-mix within cities. We hiring in Trondheim!

The Sales Factory, founded in summer of 2019 has a clear goal of becoming a significant player in Norway & internationally. Beside close collaboration with established brands, we are closely linked to Startup Ecosystems, Chambers of Commerce’s, Embassies and Investor groups in Norway and abroad. We work with several exciting clients with a high "disruptive factor". The company has clear ambitions for growth, and will be a unique and exciting workplace to work at and develop for the right talents. We see ourselves as close allies to disruptive Startup/Scale ups who have a clear go to market strategy. By providing the sales force they need we'll help these selected companies to establish a market in Norway and beyond. With a collective experience of more than 50 years of sales among the Founders in combination with their in depth experience in the startup/segment, in regards to structuring, consulting, investments, etc. The Sales Factory aims to become the natural choice for Startup/Scale ups who have a clear agenda to reach unicorn status.

OsloWay is local company providing guided tours and experiences in Oslo. We focus on immersive and authentic experiences that reflect Oslo's history, culture, identity and lifestyle. Or as we like to say: We are here to share both our knowledge about the city and the real Oslo way of life! What is more, all tours and experiences are created with regards to having minimal impact on our environment. Besides using green transport such as e-scooters, kick bikes, public transport and our own feet, we co-operate with the best small local businesses and enthusiasts.

Quickorder provides an end-2-end solution for restaurants and cafes consisting of POS, Online ordering, schedule planning and table booking. Everything is interconnected making sure all data is gathered in one big backend, we apply machine learning to the data to make business recommendations on guest experience, staffing, etc. Quickorder is a fast-moving company where people with excellence strive. Key traits: We love these 5 key traits in our fellow colleagues: Curiosity, High work capacity, empathy, self-awareness and, Integrity In Quickorder we look at ourselves as a  pro sports team, and not a family. In a family, there is unconditional love but in a sports team you need to perform in order to be a part of the team if one guy or girl on the team falls through the whole team is in danger of doing so too. The Quickorder team: in the Quickorder team, all colleagues are extraordinary at what they do and excellent collaborators. The value and satisfaction of being a part of such a team are tremendous. Our vision of a great workplace doesn't consist of exclusive roundtable meetings with expensive catered food, gym facilities, fancy office spaces, or frequent parties with colleagues. Our version of the best workplace is a team where working towards and pursuing a common goal and vision creates real value. Therefore we decide to spend on that, instead of fancy dinners or crazy parties. We believe it is on such a team that you learn the most, perform the best, improves the fastest, and have the most fun.  At Quickorder collaboration and trust is thriving and are an essential part of the team. There is no room for " brilliant jerks" the cost to the teamwork is simply too high. succeeding as a part of Quickorder requires being effective, not working hard. A, B performances with tons of work put into it make for a mediocre result whereas a truly excellent performance doesn't need a ton of work in order to make a great impact.  Freedom and responsibility: Our goal is to inspire people, more than to manage them. We believe that great performers that are part of a team know the better solution, and therefore it's not the managers' duty to tell how things should be done, but merely to set the context so that the employee can find the best possible solution. We trust in freedom, and constantly tries to take new actions in order to improve the amount of freedom our employees possess, some examples of what we do are: Employees got an unlimited amount of vacation (only 6 paid weeks) Our policy vacation is " take vacation, and use ALL of your 6 weeks) Employees get tailored work hours that fit their work/life balance Our policy for spending, travel, and other costs is very simple: "Only spend like you would your self, and always spend in Quickorders best interest"

Iconfirm is a comprensive platform that bridges the gap between privacy, IT security and operations. Re-use of structured data for multiple purposes and perspectives help break administrative silos and cut ad-hoc reporting - within the organization and across the value chain. Iconfirms innovative solution was recognized in Gartners Market guide to Subject Rights Request Automation already in february 2020. The platform facilitates the distribution of responsibility to line management whilst central management retain an overview. Thus, resolving tasks where the knowledge is. Organizations pursue innovation and digitalization to grow value. Privacy is essential to ensure that the gains are sustainable. Failing to meet the requirements may ban processing, disqualify business, ruin reputation and be fined. Hence, privacy is a business risk, not a compliance risk. Iconfirm help organizations meet the burden of proof with less efforts. Open APIs enable sharing and syncronization of data and to embedd privacy governance and reporting as part of operations. Key functionality include Privacy management, Vendor management, Consent management, Subject Rights requests management, Risk management, Incident management, Reporting and dashboards. Iconfirm has a unique offering that also includes a special module for data processors. The platform also offers the opportunity to create closed networks for sharing of templates as well as data collaboration. We also provide a citizen centric approach to privacy. Build trust and manage the relationships with data subjects through the privacy portal. 

We offer bespoke virtual/digital assistant services to companies and entrepreneurs who do not wish to hire a full-time assistant. We are located in Oslo, but as we offer digital services, we can help clients all over Norway. Our services include administrative tasks such as e-mail management, proof-reading, booking appointments with clients, transcription, contract processes with new clients, maintaining and updating CRM, publishing posts on SoMe (with content provided).

Adall makes it easier for SMB to work with privacy by mapping and providing an overview of personal data processing to businesses, progress plan for work to be done, and explanations of how the tasks are designed. The software will also be an advisor for firms using it. Our focus is particularly ion the mportant help and support to get ahead of the new GDPR Privacy Policy. But Adall will also be helping with other regulations, laws, and demands.  We are a young team who wants to make a difference, by making it easier being and running a SME firm. We are working with new technology, open minds, and a courage. Nina, the founder, has a bachelor's degree in computer science and are now a student at NTNU's School of Entrepreneurship. The greatest partners she found in Arktis Law, a small law company with a big focus on technology start-ups.

Hy5 is a Norwegian Medtech company that develops cost effective myoelectric hand prosthetics. We believe all people, across all geographic, demographic and socioeconomic areas should have the right to the highest possible quality of life, including full mobility. At Hy5 we believe in treating amputees with cost effective, accessible & high quality myoelectric prosthetics.

Rain Games AS is a Norwegian independent video game developer forged from a cooperative community of local artists and programmers. Our team is diverse in both talents and interests, but we share a common goal: To create games that are fun and challenging. In 2013 we released Teslagrad, is a 2D puzzle platformer that has sold over 1.6 million copies worldwide. Our most recent title is World to the West, an action-adventure game that takes place in the same world as Teslagrad, with four all-new characters thrust into a mysterious quest.

Shoreline provides a simulation and operational intelligence cloud platform for the wind industry   Our platform can assist developers, OEMs, financial institutions, insurance companies, and service providers in optimizing the entire project life cycle, and thus reduce risk and subsequent cost of energy significantly.We're founded, owned and operated by industry people with experience from offshore wind development and operation and maintenance. We're located in Stavanger, Hamburg and Palo Alto.

Bakken & Bæck is a digital studio that transforms big ideas into great products and ventures. We help big companies act like small startups, and provide the expertise startups need to launch and scale their business. We also create ventures on our own. We create new products and services from the ground up, or improve existing products. As a team we contribute with everything from product design, prototyping and branding to development and advanced machine learning.

Folkelig is a social entrepreneur that delivers well structured and effective public health projects for public sector, private sector and NGOs. Our goal is to reduce socioeconomical differences in health, and create sustainable and  health promoting communities. We use social innovation and design thinking to create impact for local communities and positive change in the field of public health. Our main projects are Matjungelen, Smaksverkstedet and Gategym.

Born and developed in Norway, famous for its rough coastline and world-leading subsea expertise, Blueye will provide the world’s finest underwater drone for ocean exploration. It provides you with unprecedented access to the hidden world below the surface.Blueye Pioneer is developed and tested in rough Nordic conditions. With years of experience from working with the ocean, we know how to make the tools you need to tackle challenging currents and high seas.

PROSA Security licenses application tools to owners of IT systems critical for the society for enabling these to identify cyber security vulnerability. Customers include major players in banking, clearing, and grids. We deploy a game changing software for testing and improving IT systems that are already in operation and a new erea for designing systems with the highest prestandas for avoiding cyber attacks.