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.

Utdannet.no er en norsk edtech-startup som utvikler nettkurs i digitale programvarer, kreative fagfelt og grunnleggende forretningsferdigheter. Med støtte fra Innovasjon Norge og Forskningsrådet utvikler vi nestegenerasjons kursplattform, med mål om å gjøre kompetanseutvikling moro, spennende og tilgjengelig for alle. 👋😊 Med over 1 million videovisninger, 20.000 registrerte medlemmer og en gjennomsnittlig årlig vekst på 45 % er vi godt i gang med å befeste vår posisjon i det norske markedet. Vi har kunder fra bedrifter som: Adresseavisen, Coca-Cola, Helsedirektoratet, IKEA, Joblearn, NAV, Nordea, NorgesGruppen, NRK, Oslo kommune, Securitas, Telenor og Utdanningsforbundet.

Dutycast - Google for Trade Compliance and Intelligence Trade is the engine for growth and central to ending poverty (SDG17.11). It is one the top 5 concern for businesses to navigate the complex and constantly changing in regulations, customs, taxes and tariff. Dutycast provides one-stop-shop digital, self-service tools for trade compliance and advisory using AI/ML. We target e-commerce industry $604bn, helping e-commerce companies to increase international sale with price transparency for consumers. Our mission is enable growth for all, supporting UN' sustainable development goal 17.11.

Our product is very simple: If you sign up, we’ll make sure you get money back if the price drops after your purchase. Through this, we’re aiming to create the shopping companion you never knew you needed. Our vision is to create shopping with peace of mind - imagine a purchase where you never have to worry about overpaying, missing a sale, or getting caught out by the fine print. That’s the future we’re creating. Our office is located in Copenhagen FinTech Lab, one of Europe's leading FinTech Hubs, and we have secured over 1M Euro in funding from Vækstfonden venture, Spring capital, Strawberry capital, and Tinius Trust.

Norway's first online consulting company. We started out with accountants, and kept it that way while we built our IT-platform and overall business structure. Now we are ready for the next phase, and will expand with a line of new services in 2020. In theory, all non-physical services can be delivered through us, however, we have so far chosen to focus on services which require consultants affiliated with the same country as the client, because of knowledge of local laws, language, etc. If you have an idea for a service you think can suit our structure, feel free to contact us on partner@synega.com for further discussion.

RAGE for Climate allows everyone to fight climate change with direct and measurable impact. We focus on enabling businesses and individuals to make a real and traceable change in reducing air pollution by supporting renewable energy projects. This ensures there’s no greenwashing and no contributing to projects that have already been established and provide no additional impact with your money. With RAGE, you get real-time data on your contribution showing your environmental impact and how you're making a real difference on climate change. 100% climate impact 100% guarantee of where your money is going and 100% no bullshit. #realimpact #nobullshit #rageforclimate

Safedesign AS was established in 2018 in the wake of a booming solar industry in Norway. Solar installers need an improved system to safeguard the workers. Typical solutions, such as scaffolding are time-consuming and costly. Safedesign AS is growing, and taking market shares in the solar sector, but also in telecom and refurbishment. We need more competent people on the team to scale the business. We need more hands in the areas of economy, marketing, sales, and hands-on roof work. We are in the process of further developing our product to make an impact in general roof refurbishment. This is a well-established market, we see great benefits with our product compared with scaffolding, especially in urban areas.

As a groundbreaking startup company, Virtual Nordic connects with various companies and operators worldwide. This provides important and valuable access to both knowledge and the ability to promote XR technology. Our primary field areas are within important public offerings such as health and educational services.

Cloudberry is an independent production house based in Oslo. We pride ourselves in  bringing artistic authenticity, innovative and high creative content in  service of its projects whether it be for music videos, commercials,  stop-motion or content for television.  Our diverse experiences in the audio-visual industry culminate in the project delivery excellence provided to clients. we are a friendly, and very open and welcoming team. Creativity and Freedom are our main values

JET Seafood AS  has developed, owns and operate the www.seafoodportal.com, a digitalised marketplace for seafood trading and belonging services. The company was founded late 2017 and have won several business competitions in Bergen as the most promising start-up company. We are a seafood tech company with the aim of doing the sales of B2B seafood both more efficient and at a lower cost.  The JET Seafood culture has three key pillars to lean on: Passionate: We are passionate about our product, our collegues and our customers.  Reliable: The customers should trust our product, collegues trust each other and we all walk our talk. Innovative: We are disrupting a traditional industry. If we want our customers to be innovative, so should we. Therefore we encourage new ways of getting the work done, using new tools and welcome new ideas.

At Flare we help people help each other.Hjelpere.Hvis du vet at noen trenger hjelpen din, hjelper du dem da? Når du har flare på mobilen så blir du varslet når noen rundt deg trenger hjelp. For hver nye nedlasting så fungerer flare bedre og bedre. Jo flare, jo bedre.Trygghet.Flare er en knapp på mobilen din, og når du trykker på den så får du hjelp av de nærmeste andre hjelperne rundt deg. Tenk på det som en digital versjon av natteravnene.

At Truestory we want to help people experience more together. Truestory is a curated marketplace built to create and share experiences. We cater to our Customers and our Hosts by being a helping hand. Our platform allows Customers to find, buy, and book their next experience for themselves or as a gift for someone, while our Hosts get exposure and a new customer base. Its a Win-win 🙂 Working at Truestory is full of freedom and challenges that will move you professionally and personally. We have a flat organisational structure with a really ambitious growth plan, but still a goal of keeping things calm. We dont believe in burning the midnight oil – we believe in balance and in being “good at home”, in order to be good at work. All of this while still delivering great results and constantly moving the bar and improving key metrics. Our Values - Team first: We value collaboration across functions and we expect everyone to participate in that with clear communication and agency - A mindset of excellence: We accept that we can’t make perfection. However, as we all embrace our philosophy of improving 1% each day, we know we are going to do great things together. - Autonomous A-player: Because we and want to stay a relative small team of highly dedicated an individuals, we expect everyone who joins have high agency and capable of working autonomous. What We Offer - Remote-First Culture: We relish the flexibility and convenience of working from anywhere. - Career Growth: Seize the opportunity to become an early member of a scale-up company building an Experience Marketplace - Collaborative Team: Thrive in an environment where teamwork and collective achievements are celebrated. - A Team of Dedicated Individuals: Join forces with a group of highly motivated people, all committed to excellence and ownership.

We help restaurants increase sales with mobile ordering and payment solutions that exponentially increase ordering efficiency and reduce waiter-dependent ordering process.

Lipscore handles the entire process of collecting and publishing customer reviews for ecommerce websites. And we are in fact the most efficient ratings and reviews platform on the planet! More than 20% of shoppers give a rating or review after a purchase and this is a lot. More customer ratings and reviews => more confident shoppers => less returns => happier shoppers => more return business => MORE SALES!

Ever thought of growing food at home or in your office? We have developed a furniture for home growing, where the customer gets the conditions necessary to grow vegetables like lettuce and herbs indoor. The concept is based on hydroponic growing (e.g. the plants grow in water), and LED-lights. We are now taking this product to the market, and need someone to execute on the ideas.