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.

Caudex is developing an app that will solve the problem with second hand textbooks not being forwarded or sold. Buying second hand textbooks for your next subject should be as easy as just searching for the subject-code or sending a message to students that have previously taken the subject. Solving this problem will contribute to the circular economy in addition it will also result in reducing our carbon footprint as we’re using more second hand material. We’ll mainly focus on existing students, but our platform will also be hugely resourceful for pre- and post students.

LessAdmin is an HR system for small businesses and startups. It offers an easy way to administer and get an overview of employees, leave and vacation planning and approval, onboarding and offboarding, notifications, upcoming birthdays and international bank holidays, benefits and more. It's developed in Norway with GDPR and privacy in mind.

Jordisk ("Earthly" in Norwegian) is a start-up based in Norway that is developing a unique distribution platform for sustainable packaging to help businesses which need single-use food packaging to become environmentally friendly by embracing products which are recyclable, compostable and/or biodegradable. We are also a part of the accelerator Fauna: https://www.faunaeksperimentet.no/ There is an immediate need to replace traditional single use packaging that is normally based on fossil based plastics with more sustainable alternatives that already exist in the market. Food packaging is becoming a growing global concern, because of the large amount of waste it generates and the chemicals it contains that can be detrimental to our health. In 2014, out of the 258 million tons of municipal solid waste generated in the US, more than 63 percent was of packaging materials (for food and other purposes) and, overall, only 35 percent (89 million tons) was recycled or composted. What happens to the remaining 65 percent? We all know that landfills are frequently used and that a lot of waste is just burned which leaves a huge carbon footprint. The end of life alternative for food packaging can be significantly improved by using alternative eco-friendly materials that already exist and can be implemented in a circular model. The aim of our distribution platform is to be the natural marketplace for sellers of sustainable food packaging where they can showcase their products to potential buyers who need one time packaging. Moreover, ideal sellers would genuinely care about the environment and have a circular model in order to reduce the carbon footprint as much as possible. A typical customer would be a restaurant that offers takeaway. The food packaging industry operates in a very traditional way with one-to-one contracts and is mature enough for a disruption. With our platform, we can be the link and matchmaker between the supplier and customer. Our goal is to raise awareness in the industry and among consumers, so they can know about sustainable food packaging alternatives such as products that are made of bagasse, bamboo, mycelium, leaves, bio-laminat and plant-based plastic such as PLA. The timing is ideal, as we are currently seeing drastic changes in jurisdiction and lawmaking in Europe, single-use plastic cutlery, cotton buds, straws and stirrers will be banned by 2021 and the EU's Green Deal Strategy is to find sustainable alternatives to replace traditional fossil based plastic. We are currently doing market research in Norway in order to source and partner with producers that could be interested in our platform. The feedback we are getting so far are positive, as most new producers would like further traction in order to get much needed market share. We are actively looking for another person with the technical know-how that wants to join the team to develop this platform with us. Even though we live in an era of Instagram and Facebook where spreading awareness in a particular topic is easier than before, environmental pollution is still one of the most concerning issues in today’s world. We, as consumers, are either too busy to care about packaging, or there aren’t many sustainable options to choose from when buying a product. One of the founders, Rezowan, has a background from the travel industry, and has from many of his previous travels seen the growing amount of plastic going astray, both on land and at sea. In many Asian countries, he has seen that there are no good waste solutions that contribute to, for example, plastic being recycled in a circular way. Over the last 2-3 years, new technology has been developed that makes it easier to choose sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives, and the main goal is to promote environmentally friendly alternatives to fossil plastics so that society can become more aware of this.

We connect patients and health care professionals closer together. Connected Care for healthcare providers: Dignio makes it possible for healthcare providers to offer a new remote care service. With our solution healthcare personnel can follow up on patients in a safe way, and at the same time giving patients both flexibility and a sense of achievement. Dignio is the market leader within Connected Care in Norway and we are now gaining traction within the UK and China. Dignio offers healthcare providers a new way to deliver care to those who need it the most. With our solution healthcare personnel can follow patients up in a safe way, and at the same time giving patients both flexibility and a sense of achievement. Results? Improved patient outcomes, energised clinical staff, and higher efficiency in the health care system.

60% of new restaurants fail within the first year. And nearly 80% close before their fifth anniversary. Owners are often so overwhelmed by the essential day-to-day operations that they rarely prioritize these tasks. But suboptimal operations lead to a significant amount of waste in these businesses. Savvie leverages data into a bite-sized, actionable insights for easier decision-making, which recommends them what to do and when. We help them increase revenue and avoid unnecessary cost.

We make Dreams come true, so can you. 💫 Call us dreamers if you like, but we want to help people feel good about money. In a world of overspending and easy credit, it’s no surprise that money is the number one source of stress for millions of people. We created Dreams to level the playing field. To give people a better chance of achieving their goals, and a simple way to take control of their finances. We use behavioral science to design financial services that fit neatly into people’s lives, making it easier to save, invest and pay off debt. As a result, the Dreams app is personal, easy to use and incredibly effective. It’ll even help you find money you didn’t know you had.

Zettlo is a real-world social engagement game that enable anyone to participate in different socialization activities, exploring new places and interact with new people. The platform attracts users by using location-based game, where users are rewarded to complete events and challenges. The events and challenges are be made by users on the plattform.

Awake is a creative agency that single-heartedly works with sustainable projects. We dive deep into research and strategy, talk to the target group and create ideas that can stand out in a crowd. Our projects generate positive change for people, planet, and profit. We aim to build a better future for everyone. Our clients want to contribute to a more sustainable consumer market. We can help our clients with: communication strategy, advertising, forward-thinking ideas, design, copywriting, content, film, digital solutions, and PR.

Differ is a group of passionate and motivated people that have set out on a mission to end loneliness among students. Our insights show us that 87 % of first-year students find it difficult to cope with social or academic aspects of university life, while 40 % say they feel lonely and isolated. This needs to change. It’s an exciting time at Differ. We have world-leading edtech investors including Katapult, Learn Capital and EduCapital that trust us to change education for the better, and we are building our chat application that helps students makes friends.

Vårt mål er at du som en forelder skal kunne bruke mindre tid for å finne eller organisere drømmeaktiviteter eller ferier for barna. Høres det kjent ut at dette ofte er tidkrevende? Da forklarer vi videre. Her kan du enkelt og greit booke, annonsere, involvere andre eller si din mening om aktiviteter dine barn har deltatt på. Skolefri er en ny måte å organisere barnas fritid på. Skolefri er et verktøy skapt for foreldre, barn og annonsører. Bli med oss på denne reisen! Vi startet med en idé i 2017. Nå er vi fire dedikerte personer som arbeider for å lykkes med Skolefri. Vi har alle fulltidsjobber, og jobber med Skolefri.no på kvelder og i helger. I snitt bruker vi ca. 4 timer hver per uke. Vårt motto er at vi skal ha det gøy på veien til målet. Gøy sammen.

Anycareer is a data-powered career platform with courses, mentors, guides and automated recruitment to top employers. We close the gap between universities and employers by collecting data on candidates, helping them find their path towards reaching their full potential, then matching them with the right employers. Our combination of data science and behavioural science allows for more efficient, cheaper and less biased recruitment. Read more on anycareer.com.

Med kompetanse innen design, programmering og robotikk kan vi hjelpe startups med å transformere ideer til validerte prototyper, og etablerte bedrifter med å identifisere brukerbehov, forbedre eksisterende produkter eller bidra hands-on med design og utvikling.For å ligge i front på det vi leverer driver vi også med forskning. Vi tror at roboter kommer til å bli en viktig del av livene våre i tiden som kommer. Vi bruker forskningsprosjekter for å bli bedre på å løse morgendagens problemer.

Romly aims to lead the charge into the future of the real estate industry by collecting, maintaining and distributing basic building data in open 3D formats. We construct digital twins of all kinds of buildings, our unique approach allows us to give all properties the benefits of an updated digital twin. We have experienced great interest for our ideas, and we are looking for talent to join our team, so get in touch if you want to take part in shaping the data driven future of real estate!

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.