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.

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.

Wavefoil er en maritim startup med mål om å redusere drivstofforbruk og CO2-utslipp fra internasjonal skipsfart. Vårt patenterte løsning er allerede installert på tre fartøy med svært gode tilbakemeldinger. Reisen har vært et eventyr så langt, men det stopper ikke her. Er du interessert i å være med på reisen? Ta kontakt! Wavefoil leverer inntrekkbare baugfoiler for redusert drivstofforbruk og økt komfort i bølger. Selskapet baserer seg på forskning fra NTNU, og har i perioden 2016-2020 tatt konseptet inntrekkbare baugfoiler fra en idé til et kommersielt produkt. I september 2019 ble det første skipet med løsningen sjøsatt. Etter mer enn ett år i drift og til sammen tre leveranser, har selskapet nå fått demonstrert drivstoffbesparelse, bevegelsesdemping og driftssikkerhet i fullskala. Selskapet skal de neste årene vokse fra å være en start-up til å bli en industriell leverandør. Til det trengs det dyktige folk. Til tross for suksessen hittil, har selskapet kun en håndfull ansatte i dag. Nye ansatte vil derfor få føle på både friheten og ansvarsfølelsen med å jobbe i en liten bedrift. Wavefoil har et verdisyn som kommer den ansatte til gode. Vi mener at en bærekraftig bedrift bygges gjennom å ta vare på menneskene. Vi tilbyr spennende jobber til en konkurransedyktig lønn og med konkurransedyktige betingelser.

Security Culture as a Service. People are the weakest link in the online security threat model of any organization. We are working to solve this problem by creating a gamified security culture of continuous learning and tracking of resistance to social engineering attacks like phishing.

Data Gumbo provides industry with a trusted transactional network to automate contract execution for tomorrow’s leaders through GumboNet™, a massively interconnected blockchain network. With integrated real-time capabilities that power smart contracts, our network reduces contract leakage, frees up working capital, enables real-time cash and financial management and delivers provenance with unprecedented speed, accuracy, visibility and transparency. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Data Gumbo has a subsidiary office in Stavanger, Norway. For more information, visit www.datagumbo.com or follow on LinkedIn, @DataGumbo and Facebook.

Heligarden - Urban farming made beautiful, simple and autonomousThe aim of Heligarden is to supply the best urban farming products ever made, designed for a future where highly autonomous urban farms are sprawling up in cities everywhere, delivering fresh and sustainably grown greens to a growingly health aware and environmentally conscious urban population.

Investio is a start-up company in NCE Finance Innovation (https://www.financeinnovation.no/our-members), an exiciting new FinTech incubator located in Bergen.We are currently developing a new P2B crowdlending platform with built-in smartness, using machine learning and block-chain technology.Our goal is is to provide safe, secure and fast loan distribution between companies in need of funding and private investors looking for ways to diversify their investment portfolio. The founders of Investio have solid experience from finance software development, international banking and IT development projects in the oil & gas industry. We are dedicated to turning the company into a successful business, aiming to become the preferred P2B crowdlending platform in Norway by 2022.

HARPER & BROOKS is a team of passionate creatives working out of Oslo, Norway. Our values are simple: We design products that we love ourselves. We always strive for the highest possible quality. We care about the world around us and take pride in using locally sourced materials like vegetable tanned leather from Tärnsjö Garveri in Sweden and organic wool material from Scandinavia.

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.

Prelud is a health tech startup focused on meaningful use of existing sensor technology to accumulate data and monitor vital parameters for patients receiving home care services. Our main goal is to reduce preventable hospital admissions among patients receiving home care by offering a user friendly home monitoring tool for both health care providers and users of their services.

PLAYFINITY is a new augmented reality platform for the future of active play, connecting real world physical play with digital gaming. Our mission is to create an active and engaging alternative to screen based entertainment. We are an IoT company with a clear HW to SW profile where our hardware is mainstream and the smartness lies in the software. But, most of all, it's about doing something fun for kidz at all ages!

We're different. We want to change how people use stock images. We are a small group of passionate people who are on a mission to simplify and improve the way we all use stock images online ..and offline. We provide premium stock images, vectors and illustrations for download and streaming.

Robin is a Norwegian digital personal assistant created in November 2016 that enables its users to ask for any kind of on-demand services simply by sending a message in Facebook Messenger or in our app. Our service lies at the intersection of the most exciting movements in tech today—AI, on-demand, conversational commerce and last mile. Pål Ohna Børde Founder & CEO /CTO. Siviløkonom. Cross functional project management for the automobile and retail industry. Focus on digital solutionsJosé Rei Co-Founder & COO . Master of Science from BI. Experience from Foodora as Head of staffing and specialist within on-demand delivery.Bente Sollid Storehaug Board member . Digital evangelist and professional board member.

Encripto provides specialized, high quality, information security services. Our core expertise is security testing and training. The company is located in Fredrikstad, Norway. Encripto is seeking a talented IT security consultant to join our team. The ideal candidate will be business minded and share our passion for IT security. The candidate must be resident in Norway.

Why Gripr? We like everything that is simple, which is why both our company and our software are called the same - Gripr. The name has been chosen because it is easy to remember, it works in several languages, and because we provide you with a tool that you can easily grasp; in this case your phone. We hope you like it, but we are most concerned that you "seize" the opportunity and give us a chance. Who is Gripr? The story is long, but we'll make it short. After many years in the construction industry, Kim Andre Heggenes was tired of working with poor tools for communication and documentation in the projects. That is why he started Goliath Systemer in 2017, where they developed the precursor to Gripr. Based on all experiences and feedback since then, we have spent the last year building the tool from scratch to a whole new level. If you knew us from the Goliath era, you will still find much of what you appreciated. If it's the first time you've met us, we think you'll be in for a positive surprise. Our ambitions have always been high, but we would like to admit that resources have not always matched the ambitions. That is why we are extra pleased that we have now brought Aider on the team, an accountancy group with 16 offices and 600 employees. It gives us the muscles and resources we need to achieve our ambitions, but we will still be the small and flexible company that has close contact with you as a craftsman. What is Gripr? Toolbox that you use directly from your mobile on the construction site, where you document everything that happens in the project. Here you inform and communicate with the others in the project, you have checklists for everything to be done and you see who is responsible for what. How do you use it? You get straight to the point without complicated menus. Take a picture of what has been done or what the challenge is, write a short comment and save it. Give messages to carpenters, electricians, tilers, plumbers or anyone else, you write or read them directly on your phone. Who is it made for? For you who are craftsmen, a toolbox that is always available, so simple that you actually use it. What benefits does it give you? A working day with fewer phone calls and easier communication with the others in the project. When you wonder, for example, who is responsible for a task, which HSE rules apply here or what has been carried out, you will find it in Gripr on your phone. And when your colleagues in the office wonder about something, they find it in Gripr instead of calling you. Why do we call Gripr a toolbox? Gripr is a toolbox with the tools you need to carry out projects neatly and efficiently. It is made especially for those of you who are more fond of crafts than paper work, and you can use it all the way through the project. Why are there fewer errors and deviations when you use Gripr? Because all agreements, HSE requirements and work assignments are available at all times, and because all deviations and changes can be documented with text and images as soon as they occur. Better overview and fewer problems, then there will also be fewer errors. Why do you get a better overview with Gripr? Because Gripr is a common channel for communication for everyone with a role in the project. Here you communicate, see how tasks are distributed, what has been done and what remains. Effective checklists ensure that no tasks are forgotten.