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.

Fraxx Interactive AS er en norsk edtech startup etablert i 2019. Bedriften har i 2020 lansert direct-to-consumer plattformen Fraxx.no - et videobasert digitalt kursunivers som gjør det mulig å lære fra de mest anerkjente ekspertene innen underholdning, livsstil og sport i Norge og på sikt i resten av Skandinavia. I november 2020 lanserte de sine første kurs med noen av de beste innen sine felt: Bent Stiansen, Anders Aukland, Halvor Bakke og Fæbrik-gjengen. Fraxx ønsker å gi tilgang til kunnskapen disse ekspertene har gjennom en læringsplattform som gir engasjerende og underholdende innhold av høy kvalitet – og som er lette å lære fra. Målet til Fraxx er å gi flere mennesker tilgang og fleksibiliteten til å lære akkurat hvor og når det passer dem. I en hektisk hverdag blir det enda viktigere å ta vare på og utvikle egne interesser, og dette ønsker Fraxx å bidra med.

Kundo tilbyr et helhetssystem for digital kundeservice, og utvikler løsninger for håndtering av mail, chat, FAQ, kunnskapsbank og sosiale medier. Kundo samler henvendelser fra de ulike kanalene i ett og samme system for oversikt og kontroll. I tillegg til opplæring i produktene våre, tilbyr vi kurs innenfor etterspurte områder som vi vet er sentrale for å skape en moderne og vellykket kundeservice i digitale kanaler.

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.

Healthy EATS is a healthy fast food start-up. Using innovative technology, the company will make healthy eating easier and more available for the Norwegian population. Their unique concept is built on efficiency, quality, and sustainability. The dishes are produced in cooperation with award-winning chefs and are sold to the customers through unmanned pick-up stations. While there are a lot of different providers of fast-food in Norway, finding a healthy fast-food alternative is harder than one should think. Especially if you are interested in a healthy, fast and affordable meal, the alternatives are few, and you will often end up having to choose two of the three criterias (e.g. fast and affordable, but unhealthy). Healthy EATS is going to change the perception that healthy food cannot be both affordable and fast, by changing the way the food is distributed to the consumer - cutting all waiting time. This will be done by replacing the traditional fast-food restaurants with our high-tech, unmanned pick-up points. These pick-up points will be available all around the city and allow the customer to access the food instantly, paying through our mobile app or by credit card.

The world is getting urbanized and we need more and more resources to build and develop our cities. With this growth comes an increased pressure on natural resources. At the same time we have already have an impressive ''bank of materials'' available in the cities, namely in our buildings. By mapping and understanding the amount, quality and accessibility of these materials we can better plan for the future. We can decrease the pressure on new materials and create a circular building industry. AGAIN X provides a top down approach to mapping existing buildings, their content and status, by using aggregated data and machine learning. Our SaaS platform will give better KPIs(Key Performance Indicators) to real estate investors and managers. The KPIs will help them make more sustainable long-term decisions; better for their wallet and better for the planet.

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.

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.

Kinga Insurance is a B2B cloud based insurance platform. We enable the rapid development and deployment of next generation products for insurers.Founded in 2018, Kinga, taken from Swahili means to protect or provide immunity. Our offering was borne out of the need to accelerate product development. By using cloud based services we offer our services through a SaaS (software as a service) revenue model.Currently in talks with Top 5 insurers in South Africa, we are looking to launch in 2019.

Oss er en digital tjeneste som gir deg tilgang og eierskap til informasjonen som sendes fra den nye strømmåleren i sikringsskapet ditt. Oss har utviklet en ny teknologi som gjør at informasjonen fra den nye, automatiske strømmåleren din blir gjort tilgjengelig for deg på en enkel måte. Oss-brikken hjelper deg med å hente ut informasjon fra strømmåleren, og Oss-appen oversetter og tolker denne informasjonen for deg. Vi gjør det enkelt for deg å følge med på hvor mye strøm du har brukt tidligere, og hvor mye strøm du bruker akkurat nå, uansett om du sjekker appen hjemme i Drammen eller borte i Dublin. Sånn a propos Drammen: Både hardware og software utvikles og produseres her i Norge.   Oss er et nyoppstartet tek-selskap som har som mål å forenkle og trygge hverdagen din. Vi ønsker å gi deg tilgang og eierskap til informasjon som etterhvert blir tilgjengelig med de nye strømmålerne. Vi vil utvikle tjenester, sammen med testbrukerne våre, som gir deg trygghet og oversikt i hverdagen. Vi har fundert over hvor mye tid vi selv bruker på unødvendige bekymringer om hjemmet. Vi tror mange bruker mye tid på det. Det ønsker vi å løse med Oss-brikken. Det er jo så unødvendig! Det er jo så mye finere å bruke tiden på andre ting enn bekymringer. Og hverandre. Hos Oss lover vi trygghet for ditt privatliv og dine data først og fremst. Vi kommer aldri til å selge disse videre eller bruke de til noe som du ikke helt bevisst sier ja til (selvfølgelig!). Oss er finansiert gjennom Enovas AMS-prosjekt hvor man skal finne ut om tilgang på informasjon om strømbruken i hjemmet kan bidra til at vi alle bruker mindre strøm.

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.

Innovayt is an innovation consultancy. We specialise in helping companies obtain funding for their projects through high quality grant applications. Innovayt’s mission is to help clients create value through innovation. We combine a solid business and technology foundation with superior knowledge of national and international grant funding instruments. This allows us to make a positive difference on projects - from ideation and concept to funding and implementation – and to ensure that our client’s ideas are implemented to their full potential. Innovayt’s consulting philosophy is based on independence, competent advice, and an open approach to innovation.

Alphafish is a design and data company in the smart home sector. We believe technology should flow so seamlessly in our everyday lives that it seems invisible and feels like magic.  Our flagship product is a smart power strip that does not look like a smart power strip, but rather a home accessory - like a lamp, breadbox, cable box, or a skull. We also make augmented reality accessories - namely a gauntlet for hands-free AR gaming. Our headquarters are in Stavanger, Norway, but our team is globally dispersed. We are led by former oil and gas people, but our skills/experience are diverse and multi-disciplinary. From wedding designer in Pennsylvania, to electronics engineer in California, to industrial designer in Paris, to video game writer in London, and even a film director in Malaysia - we are truly an international, versatile team. We love hybrid and unusual designs - with a healthy mix of tech and non-tech components, which also translates to needing passionate people with both tech and non-tech backgrounds, with usual and unusual skillsets. We welcome anyone who shares our values, and offer flexible positions and an exciting chance to build a great company from the ground up. Ideas compete. People collaborate. Come join us!

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.