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.

Eka Consulting Services AS is a Norwegian startup into IT consulting offering project management, SAP Consulting and Mobile App development services. Eka has created an Agri B2B & B2C app named Smart Farmz, and will be spinning it into a separate entity. Smart Farmz will be an Agri-Tech start up aimed at providing digital solutions to Farmers. Smart Farmz has created farm management solution, and market place solution for farmers to sell their crops, sell or rent out machinery, sell or lease our their lands. Smart Farmz aims to disrupt, supply chain, financials & contracts within Agri sectors using smart contracts. We are working towards providing omnichannel digital solutions to Farmers, their customers & their suppliers. A working smartfarmz B2C App is already available in google store.

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.

𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 (powered by goscore) is a solvency verification service that helps: - landlords find a great tenant, - tenants stand out among many other tenants to get a great rental offer. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: - 40% overdue rent payments; - 30% money loss; - 49% don't use their landlords' rights. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲: - better and cheaper than ordinary credit checks; - choose only tenants with ability to pay; - see a list of potential tenants for all your rental ads in one place; - reduce the number of troubled tenants; - protect yourself from damage and eviction problems with your tenant. 𝟱 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸: 𝟭) 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, while an ordinary credit check shows data from the last year (or even the year before last). We understand that landlords want to see the current financial situation of the tenant, rather than last year. That's why we provide more relevant and accurate information. 𝟮) 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 for each tenant. This ensures that the tenant has a good rental history (if exists) at the moment. 𝟯) 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 №𝟭. That's why we provide only the result of the verification to the landlord: whether a potential tenant fits the criteria for a rental ad or not. We don't share any piece of financial sensitive information. 𝟰) 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆-𝘁𝗼-𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀, and not just a credit score. We understand that landlords only want to know the answer: yes or no. They don't want to understand the credit scale and think which credit score is good, which is not, and how this correlates with the tenant's ability to pay. 𝟱) 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲. sprove provides not only the result but also a service where landlords can see the list of potential tenants for all their rental ads in one place. 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲.𝗺𝗲 - 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆! 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲.

A Warsaw-based software consulting studio. We are a team of experts with 10 years of experience in implementing complex mobile and web solutions. We build projects using Flutter and JAMstack technologies. We help startups and scale-ups in designing, prototyping and implementing great applications. We support our clients on every stage of the project cycle, starting from technology consulting, through rapid prototyping, to deployment. We offer services related to: - technological advisory, incl. feasibility studies, software audits, prototyping - software development, incl. custom project development and team augmentation - UX/UI design, incl. wireframes, user flows, interface design We believe that direct communication and in-depth needs analysis are strong foundations of each successful project. We use collaboration tools such as Slack, Trello and Jira for more effective communication and the results of our work are presented on regular biweekly live demo video calls. Our experience: - mobile wallets - loyalty programs - payments integration Google Pay/Apple Pay/MasterPass/PayPal - mobile applications using NFC/BLE/QR - healthtech applications designed to collect and process biometric data We are ready to become your technology partner and to build a long-lasting business relationship. Contact us here or at hello@allbright.io

WAID helps humanitarian aid organizations deploy aid workers. WAID provides a two-sided marketplace between aid organizations and aid workers. The organizations struggle to deploy enough workers for big projects. The workers want to contribute more than they currently are. WAID marketplace will automatically match organizations with relevant and available personnel for their projects, facilitating volunteer exchange between organizations. This gives the volunteers the opportunity to contribute more frequently to varied projects. For the organizations, this means rapid matchmaking, increased capacity, and savings on recruitment and training costs.

IBA Norway is a non-profit organization working on accelerating and capacity building of small and medium sized businesses. In 2019 IBA Norway, together with IBA Ethiopia Center for Innovation; Ministry of Innovation & Technology, Ethiopia; African Union and Foreign Ministry of Norway via Royal Norwegian Embassy in Addis Ababa organised a very successful first pan-African Innovation Week, a platform to bridge the gap between innovation & investment so as to build the future leaders of Africa. AIW is determined to move Africa forward towards an inclusive & prosperous continent led by technology. 2nd edition of AIW is scheduled from 26.10 to 31.10 at the African Union HQ in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Can Nordic produce taste exciting and exotic? Could we make a drink that is natural, local, sustainable and most importantly: Better tasting than the existing alternatives?Yes! Villbrygg produces Natural beverages with No/Low alcohol, made by sustainable produce from farmers who take care of the soil, and urban gardeners who make the cities greener. We also hunt down local tropical flavours and forage Wild plants. We strive to create outstanding drinks, while doing something good for the world.

STRATEGY TOOLS Strategy Tools is busy building the Modern Strategist Platform. We run a global strategy platform with users in 100+ countries. Our customers are accelerators, strategy directors, top management, business schools, innovation clusters and more. We already have customers in 60+ countries and we love what we do.  We are based in Stavanger,  but happily work remotely and travel globally. You  can too, if you join us, work from anywhere. Seriously. We look forward to connecting with you.

Oslo-based Epigram specialises in computer vision and visual classification, developing cutting edge tools and software to collect and analyse big data, with an acute focus on the application of AI to understand content. The company, founded in 2017, worked with multiple clients, including Huddly, Gjensidige, Tradono, and No Isolation to develop bespoke artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions.

Quickorder provides an end-2-end solution for restaurants and cafes consisting of POS, Online ordering, schedule planning and table booking. Everything is interconnected making sure all data is gathered in one big backend, we apply machine learning to the data to make business recommendations on guest experience, staffing, etc. Quickorder is a fast-moving company where people with excellence strive. Key traits: We love these 5 key traits in our fellow colleagues: Curiosity, High work capacity, empathy, self-awareness and, Integrity In Quickorder we look at ourselves as a  pro sports team, and not a family. In a family, there is unconditional love but in a sports team you need to perform in order to be a part of the team if one guy or girl on the team falls through the whole team is in danger of doing so too. The Quickorder team: in the Quickorder team, all colleagues are extraordinary at what they do and excellent collaborators. The value and satisfaction of being a part of such a team are tremendous. Our vision of a great workplace doesn't consist of exclusive roundtable meetings with expensive catered food, gym facilities, fancy office spaces, or frequent parties with colleagues. Our version of the best workplace is a team where working towards and pursuing a common goal and vision creates real value. Therefore we decide to spend on that, instead of fancy dinners or crazy parties. We believe it is on such a team that you learn the most, perform the best, improves the fastest, and have the most fun.  At Quickorder collaboration and trust is thriving and are an essential part of the team. There is no room for " brilliant jerks" the cost to the teamwork is simply too high. succeeding as a part of Quickorder requires being effective, not working hard. A, B performances with tons of work put into it make for a mediocre result whereas a truly excellent performance doesn't need a ton of work in order to make a great impact.  Freedom and responsibility: Our goal is to inspire people, more than to manage them. We believe that great performers that are part of a team know the better solution, and therefore it's not the managers' duty to tell how things should be done, but merely to set the context so that the employee can find the best possible solution. We trust in freedom, and constantly tries to take new actions in order to improve the amount of freedom our employees possess, some examples of what we do are: Employees got an unlimited amount of vacation (only 6 paid weeks) Our policy vacation is " take vacation, and use ALL of your 6 weeks) Employees get tailored work hours that fit their work/life balance Our policy for spending, travel, and other costs is very simple: "Only spend like you would your self, and always spend in Quickorders best interest"

Moods represents people who pave their own path, just like we have done over the last decade.We create moods and stories that inspire people to dare to do more. Gathering inspiration from creative environments when we design our clothes, we have worked side-by-side with some of the world’s top artists, dancers, painters and videographers, merging the discipline of fashion with art. We brought these people in-house under the name of Moods Collective, and gave them the freedom to create Moods.

At Northern.tech we want to build a suite of ease-to-use security products for the connected world. Each product shall not only be a single-purpose product, but also complement each other to give our customers the option to pick and choose the products that best fits their needs. Our products shall address the needs of everyone from small companies to large enterprises - world wide. At Northern.tech, we are a team with a mission. We want to build great products, deliver amazing service to our customers, and create an enjoyable & inspiring place to work.

Exponential Academy is setting out to provide relevant and affordable education to everyone.Our ambition is to deliver education that matches the true needs of the 21st century, making people better prepared for shifts in labor markets, opportunities for job creation, as well as structures that allow for gains and opportunities to be shared more equally, regardless of gender, age or origin.We are now creating strong partnerships with people and companies and are staring to rapidly grow.

Increasing resource utilization through smart solutions supporting a transition to a Circular Economy. Increased utilization of assets reduces overall consumption and creates positive economic, environmental and social impact. We actively work to change consumption habits and increase the understanding of the importance of access over ownership not only for individuals, but for companies as well.