Areo gives facility managers and buildings owners new ways to get their work done. Building data and history are tracked and made accessible in a shared online repository. The system supports open standards in the building and IT industries. The system connects building information models, documents, processes and collaborative content.

After more than 8 years of research and development, aiming to replicate the human eye lens, poLight is in the final stage of introducing products to the market with a technology taking astonishing images with instant focus. We are developing a tuneable lens technology that will enable next generation auto focus capability camera module for the mobile phone industry. Our first product, the TLens Silver is now ready for market introduction and we are preparing the organisation accordingly for the upcoming challenges.

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TUNCO is a new type of healthy of fast casual restaurant created on the foundation of caring - about people, food, health and the environment. Our vision is to make healthy food available to everyone with minimal environmental footprint by providing tasty and affordable meals, source healthy and sustainable ingredients, educate and inform and give food to those in need. Every time you buy a meal at TUNCO one meal is given away to people in need. Meal for meal. We started TUNCO because we care. About people. About food. About health. About the environment. Our dream is to make the food industry more sustainable, give food to those in need and make people healthier and happier. Values We want to inspire change by taking action and have fun doing it! Vision Make healthy food available to everyone with minimal environmental footprint. Mission Provide tasty and affordable meals; source healthy and sustainable ingredients, educate and inform and give food to those in need. Taken from our Personell Handbook, this is one of our core values. TUNCO MEANS FUN For us, having fun means trying to see the fun and meaning in the work we are doing every day. It means being playful whenever possible. It means being friendly. It means doing things making you and the people around you smile. It means laughter. It means doing fun things outside work. Together. Having fun serves as an engine of motivation. People love having fun. That what fun means. That is why we think having fun as a core value is the smartest thing ever.

FoodFarm is an integrated platform that allows companies to arrange food for their employees, and have it brought to their offices daily. It is an alternative to the traditional canteen. It offers users a selection of kitchens and food types to choose from ordered via the app. Companies can choose from a range of kitchens , change them when desired and individual employees can also unsubscribe. All these actions are automated, which translates to: high speed and efficiency. Food Farm is so much more than just ordering your lunch. What we offer is the world's first co-created food platform.In essence, this means that we strive to deliver food in the most efficient way possible by engaging with each user in our value chain. When we started, we wanted to make ordering food cheaper but in our efforts to do so, we realized we had started building a new system for food services. Our vision is to connect every aspect of the value chain from the person producing the food to the person growing it to the final consumer. In doing so and with better communication between these different actors, we hope to reduce food waste not just within Norway, but also on a global level. Our business model is very lean and we don't need a lot of resources to enter other markets and we know that that is where we would like to be to contribute towards addressing the larger issue of food waste.

Easy Eiendom – Company Description Easy Eiendom is a data intelligence company transforming how the real estate industry understands risk, value, and opportunity. Founded in 2024, we are building Norway’s most comprehensive property and geospatial data platform by merging traditional real estate information with advanced GIS and Big Data analytics. Our mission is to create a unified system that replaces today’s fragmented and manual workflows with automated, precise, and real-time insight. Real estate is the world’s largest asset class, yet its data infrastructure remains outdated and scattered across incompatible sources. Banks, insurers, developers, municipalities, consultants, and investors all face the same challenge: critical information about a property—its structure, land conditions, environmental exposure, infrastructure, regulations, and market dynamics—is siloed in dozens of systems. These blind spots increase risk, slow decision-making, inflate costs, and reduce transparency. Easy Eiendom was founded to solve this problem. We are building a high-fidelity database that integrates property records, building information, environmental risk layers, climate indicators, geotechnical data, mobility patterns, infrastructure networks, demographic trends, and private datasets—into one cohesive system. On top of this data we use advanced GIS workflows, automated analysis pipelines, and AI-driven insight models to deliver precise, standardized, and actionable intelligence. Our platform cuts research time by up to 80% and reduces analytical cost by 50%. Instead of manually searching through fragmented sources, users get instant access to automated risk assessments, geospatial analyses, and property insights that are continuously updated and delivered with high accuracy. Easy Eiendom helps banks improve collateral evaluations, insurers price risk more intelligently, developers assess feasibility faster, and investors make better decisions with complete situational awareness. We are driven by a simple belief: better data leads to lower risk, higher returns, and a more transparent market. Easy Eiendom exists because we experienced firsthand how inefficient and error-prone today’s workflows are. The spark came from the realization that professionals spend more time gathering data than analyzing it—while missing crucial geographical context that fundamentally shapes risk. We are building the platform we wish existed: a unified operating system for real estate intelligence, inspired by the ambition of becoming the “Palantir for property and geospatial data.” Our goal is to empower every professional who depends on property information—with clarity, speed, and confidence. We are not just building a tool; we are building the data foundation the modern real estate market needs.

Advanced Precision Systems (APS) is a Norwegian defense-tech startup developing Fenix, a software module for aerial strike drones that enables in-motion release of low-cost, unguided munitions against ground targets. Unlike kamikaze systems, the aircraft returns for reuse, lowering per-strike cost and reducing dependence on strained supply chains.

ABchar is developing a new type of pyrolysis reactor, affordable heating and the possibility of small-scale biochar production, adapted to agriculture.. This will help achieve the goal of a 40% reduction in emissions from the agricultural sector. What is pyrolysis? Simply put, this is the heating of an organic material without access to oxygen. This leads to a series of reactions that ultimately result in 3 main products; biochar, oil and gas. We want to utilize the biochar in this process. The oil and gas will be burned and the heat from this will be used to dry grain, heat barns, greenhouses, residential buildings and other things that need heat on a farm. Why pyrolysis and biochar? Plants absorb CO2 from the air around us through photosynthesis. They are actually extremely good at this too. The residual product is mainly oxygen and the plant material. The great thing about pyrolysis is that we are able to separate water, oxygen and hydrogen from the plant material and we are left with more or less pure carbon 80% +. This is carbon from the air! If we take this coal and spread it on our agricultural land, it will be stored there for up to 1000 years and perhaps longer. In some cases, the soil will become more fertile and less vulnerable to periods of too much or too little water.

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Availy, founded in 2021, is a disruptive technology player specializing in resource management and booking solutions. We have established strategic partnerships with key players like ExtendaGO and Zettle by PayPal, reinforcing our growth in the European market. Our platform is scalable across industries and locations, with a clear objective: to become a global leader in resource optimization. Availy provides a digital B2B platform that combines intelligent resource optimization with a seamless booking experience. The platform is designed for the hair and wellness industries in Norway and Europe, delivering a clear value proposition that includes: - Efficient Resource Management: Optimize scheduling of staff, equipment, and facilities, achieving up to 30% increased efficiency and resource utilization. - Increased Profitability: Maximize the use of company resources to achieve measurable productivity gains and higher earnings. - Seamless Customer Experiences: User-friendly booking integrated into the company's own channels. - Open API Technology/Partner Strategy: Cloud-based API technology enabling collaboration and shared customer journeys with other SaaS solutions (CRM, web, POS, etc.). Our goal is to become a leader in resource management and booking, supported by partnerships with recognized providers of POS, CRM, payment solutions and accounting. This ensures technical excellence, cost-effective solutions, and the distribution power to scale the platform effectively.

Fidenz Technologies is a leading software product development company specializing in SaaS solutions. With over 14 years of experience, our development center in Colombo, Sri Lanka, has successfully partnered with clients across the Nordics, North America, Australia, and Singapore to build high-impact SaaS solutions.

Rubus delivers a collaboration platform for real estate projects, gathering all project participants - developer, general contractor, subcontractors and home buyers - in one place, with all communication, documentation and tasks centralized. We do all development inhouse and have customers in Norway, Sweden and Germany. We’re guided by three core values: *One Team* – we trust each other, speak openly, and have each other’s back *Playful* – we allow ourselves to have fun, we are lively and we have a playful attitude *Gutsy* – we try things, learn fast, and speak up when it matters Rubus has been used in over 700 projects and can refer to - 40.000 homes on the platform - 2000 company profiles - 1.3 million messages sent in the platform - Almost 500.000 documents uploaded - More than NOK 1 billion in options and upgrades done by home buyers

The Hive Initiative is creating tools to help companies integrate adaptation and mitigation efforts within their organisation through design-thinking workshops and implementation frameworks. As our planet warms and ecosystems continue to change, businesses will be increasingly required to make meaningful- and reportable- changes. As most people do not have a background in environmental science, it can be challenging to understand the full picture and how roles can be adapted. And while sustainability courses and seminars convey knowledge, it remains challenging to keep the energy high, the culture empowered, and the knowledge put into practice. The Hive Initiative’s Mini Climate Summit makes it easy to address these challenges. It brings employees together in real time to learn science-based facts and then gives them a forum to collaborate on solutions. With ideas captured and implemented, KPIs are met, ESG requirements are fulfilled and culture is strengthened. The result: more minds that help make company sustainability more active, enabled and empowered, which in turn makes society more educated and resilient. We are a group of people with high levels of climate anxiety- but also high levels of optimism. We want to use our skills in design and communication to make it easier for everyone to stay educated, hopeful and empowered, which will make it much easier for all of us to adapt to our changing world. As the founder, I wanted to work on solutions every day, and did so while having a day job. After 4 years, myself and my collaborators have built up a good product prototype, solid relationships with other climate orgs, and solid vision of what we hope to achieve. So it was the right time to focus on this fully. I really do believe that all of us want a world that is fair for everyone and is in harmony nature. We just have to figure out how to get there.

Tromaha ble startet i 2020 og jobber i dag med å utvikle egne konsepter og for kunder. Våres konsepter er Basbaaas og Oslo matfestival. Oslo matfestival samler matopplevelser fra hele verden på 3kt på Aker brygge i juni og Birkelunden siste helgen i august, og gir byens innbyggere og besøkende muligheten til å oppleve en smak av forskjellige kulturer. Smak på somalsk sambosa, nigeriansk barbecue eller indisk finesse, og la deg inspirere av lokale spesialiteter fra både anerkjente restauranter og privatpersoner som har en genuin interesse for matkultur fra sitt eget land. Basbaas er en uunnværlig del av somalisk matkultur. Denne chili-sausen er så populær at hver familie har sin egen unike oppskrift på den. Vår oppskrift er laget av Faduma Hassan Husseen, som tilfeldigvis er moren til vår daglige leder. Faduma har laget basbaas nesten hele livet sitt og lærte å lage den ved å se på sin egen mor. Hun bruker kun de ferskeste ingrediensene og blander alt sammen for å lage sin signatursaus.

Vandre is a young Norwegian tech company with the ambition to impact the environmental situation by making textile brands succeed in reducing their footprint by making clothes and garments live longer. The world’s garbage piles are growing. In 2021, 40.000 tons of used fashion clothes ended up in the Atacama desert in Chile as their final destination. This is just one example of how the textile industry is not even close to being sustainable. The sports and textile industries face strict requirements and a major upheaval, when the EU is planning to introduce sustainability reporting and requirements to offer consumers repair of products in 2025. Our platform connects brands in the industry with certified repair centres and facilitates a seamless user journey with logistics and payment options. The platform is also a sought-after tool at repair centres, as it helps to make their daily operations more efficient. We have currently launched in Norway, and plan to expand to the rest of the Nordics and beyond in the future. Our HQ is in a co-working space office in downtown Oslo – a two-minute walk from Nationaltheatret, where we share office with a small PE fund, and have lunch break together with. We also have employees in other cities working remotely. As a small team, some of us are quite often on the go and strive to stick to our digital workplace practices as much as possible. This enables the whole team to work quite flexibly when needed, together with some well-appreciated face time at the office as often as possible. Today the team is communicating openly using Slack and ClickUp to organise daily work and product development. There you will feel the motivating and active vibe from the other team members, our CEO Henriette, and our always-on-the-go working Chairman and brand relationship manager Simen. We are still a small team, but team spirit we have and everyone is highly motivated to make a difference in the world and help grow Vandre to reach it's full potential. Our culture is built on trust, freedom and humour. As most team members work from home most of the time, we always strive to be available during the working hours, and prioritise weekly meetings to stimulate the team spirit being a partly remote team. In addition we believe in a high level of freedom for each colleague to find their own optimal w/l balance. Prioritising a run before lunch or picking up kids in the afternoon is all up to the individual colleague. You know best what works for you. Finally our culture is also characterised by a high level of humour, with lots of laughs and a good vibe between team members. Our team today consists of passionate and skilled people representing deep industry knowledge and experience. We are constantly open-minded scouting for entrepreneurs with a varied skill sets with the proper drive to take us forward, together with a few dedicated roles (as below). We are looking for employees who always strive to develop themselves and our organisation. We expect you to be committed and eager and to have the ability to work in teams. The team is characterised by an entrepreneurial and innovative mindset. Working at Vandre you join our effort to create a better and more sustainable textile industry, you will be part a highly dedicated and ambitious team with great and talented colleagues who love their job, and last but not least you will have fun at work.