VENTURE FACTORYVenture Factory was founded in the fall of 2012 in Oslo, Norway with a straightforward goal: turning ideas into business. Our core competence is e-commerce, technology, and performance marketing. We use our skills to start new companies together with strategic partners, other entrepreneurs, or within our own organization. Since then we’ve involved ourselves in a range of ideas. Some have blossomed and turned into prosperous businesses, while others have been challenging and ultimately put to rest. We believe our understanding of technology and online marketing combined with a unique domain insight is the recipe for success and therefore we partner up with entrepreneurs or larger corporations to pursue new business opportunities. Our portfolio consists of a mix of businesses. Some are consultancies where external clients benefit from our competence and others are tech or e-commerce ventures that we have started alone or together with partners. Do you have a great idea you want to discuss with us? Please email us at contact@venturefactory.noVenture Factory offices are located centrally in Oslo and our development team is located in Odesa, Ukraine. We are always on the lookout for great talent both in Odessa and Oslo, so email us at contact@venturefactory.no if you think you are a good match.

OK, Self-Storage Group consists of the brand's City Self-Storage and OK Minilager. We have more than 60 locations in Scandinavia. We aspire to be the leading company in tech in our industry. We have just closed funding from several investors, and we have an ambitious growth plan for the years to come.

Vimond provides online streaming software and services for broadcasters and content providers worldwide. Our local team counts 62 people from 17 nations, of which a majority are developers with a strong passion and expertise in online video workflows and innovative software and web development. As we continue to grow our team, we are always looking for people with relevant experience in media technology, software development, product development, system administration & dev ops, tech team lead roles, project management, account management, and solution architect roles. Contact us for an informal chat!

We deliver production and distribution tools for content in the story format, allowing customers to leverage the format on their own platforms or web pages. Adding stories to your webpage, listing or email is often a lot easier than people think. Most of our users are able to embed stories by simply copying and pasting a snippet.

You are more likely to get divorced than change your bank. The banks use this knowledge to charge loyal customers more - a penalty for loyalty. We fight that by syndicating loan customers and negotiating on their behalf with their bank. If they dont get a fair deal where they are, we help all get a fair deal elsewhere.

Nanopower is a specialist in low power IoT. The company is designing and producing hardware with unique performances in battery life and sensor control. In IoT, there has always been a compromise between battery longevity and sensor activity level. Thanks to the nP-Zero technology, next to real time monitoring of assets are now possible on a large scale. Enabling more efficient operations and reducing battery waste, Nanopower technology is a key to large sustainability IoT solutions.

Pinovo AS is a Norwegian scale up that has developed, patented, proven and commercialised surface maintenance technology that stops Ocean Paint Microplastic emissions. Ocean Paint Microplastic emissions are a large but little known problem that we estimate could be generating between 1.5m and 2.25m tonnes of ocean pollution each year (https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/09/how-to-reduce-microplastics-from-paint/). Pinovo has developed a clean, circular dustless grit blasting solution, which stops these emissions and which is also up to 60% more cost efficient than the traditional methods of surface maintenance for spot blasting.

Our Values: -Help move money to companies that make a positive difference on our climate, human rights, and planet. -Create a citizen-powered investment movement for good We do this by: -Providing an all-in one research tool to support values-based investing. We want the public and investors to have access to knowledge of corporate performance on human rights and sustainability so they put their dollars into companies that align with their values of positive social and environmental impact. Together, we make a difference and invest in what matters.

PaleBlue training solutions help companies to achieve better efficiency and earnings by providing best-in-class tools and platform. PaleBlue Trainer is a easy-to-use platform for gamified employee training. Company projects include industrial and professional simulators for companies such as Neptune Energy, Saudi Aramco, European Space Agency and NASA.

At Be Your Best we are laser-focused on building and providing tools to track and train the cognitive performance of athletes using cutting edge VR simulation, AI tracking & analysis systems as well as gamified experiences across multiple platforms. We work with sporting clubs, organizations & individual athletes throughout Europe, the US and beyond. We are a growing team of talented and passionate technologists, and we are always on the lookout for the right people to join us in revolutionizing how we train, measure and understand cognitive performance in sport and more.

IBA Norway is a non-profit organization working on accelerating and capacity building of small and medium sized businesses. In 2019 IBA Norway, together with IBA Ethiopia Center for Innovation; Ministry of Innovation & Technology, Ethiopia; African Union and Foreign Ministry of Norway via Royal Norwegian Embassy in Addis Ababa organised a very successful first pan-African Innovation Week, a platform to bridge the gap between innovation & investment so as to build the future leaders of Africa. AIW is determined to move Africa forward towards an inclusive & prosperous continent led by technology. 2nd edition of AIW is scheduled from 26.10 to 31.10 at the African Union HQ in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Fygi Technologies leverer programvare for selvbetjening til detaljhandelen. Kundene våre er fremtidsrettede forhandlere som ønsker å gi kundene sine en bedre shoppingopplevelse. Teknologi skapte e-handelen, og nettbutikkene utnytter teknologien. Nå vil fysiske butikker delta i revolusjonen. FYGI er fremtiden for fysisk handel, og skaper gode og effektive shoppingopplevelser. - Espen Lippert, grunnlegger Fygi Technologies

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.

Evio provides financing and management resources for ambitious startups. When starting or developing a business, competent advice and capital at the right time might be essential, if not life-saving for the business. With experts within different fields we can help you with everything from market testing to commercialization. We help you go from an idea to a viable business.

CoHub - a social and innovative entrepreneurial environment in Grimstad. We are a coworking community in Grimstad, CoHub offers office spaces for startups and entrepreneurs,  ranging from your own office to a more open flexible workplace in our coworking community. CoHub is working to collect the startups, network, activities, and expertise within innovation and entrepreneurship in Grimstad - and working with other coworking spaces in the region.