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.

Fishby is a recreational sport fishings industry's very own "Google". Through our platform, a fisherman can buy ANY fishing permit in Norway (for now), even those that don't exist yet. The best thing is that we can do it WITHOUT needing the landowner/permit seller to pre-register on the platform or even know about us. It is a trading channel between the fisherman and landowner, and It is as simple as sending a "friend`s request" on Facebook. However, here you are not making friends, you are asking people if you are allowed to fish on their land and for what price.

Speedfriending is a Scandinavian startup aiming to create social arenas where strangers meet, talk and friend zone each other. We want to simplify connecting to the social grid, wherever you are. We have recently launched our Speedfriending app, while organizing events all over Norway, Denmark and Australia. We are looking for someone who loves challenges, has a can-do-attitude, and who recognize the great impact this can have in eliminating loneliness and friendzoning the world. You will become a very important part of our team and future! (More information about us: https://linktr.ee/speedfriending_com) This is speeddating's friendly, fun and inclusive twin sister. After organizing well over 80 physical Speedfriending-events in Norway and Denmark - creating thousands of conversations and friendships - Covid 19 interrupted us. During this time have started digitizing the concept, with an Tinder-for-friends app and a video communication platform. Hope you want to join us. Best regards, The Speedfriending team www.speedfriending.com

Trusted Brands creates scalable, intuitive tools for efficient fashion consumption, streamlining the supply of secondhand clothing, extending the lifecycle and facilitating the perfect match between supply and demand to create a highly efficient, circular and engaging fashion industry. Its digital tools are designed for end-consumers as well as for industry players who would like to take their share of responsibility for the second most polluting industry in the world while automatically participating in circular economy in a profitable way.

Ecosol is a start up with a year of operation behind it. We specialize in building integrated solar cell solutions also called BIPV. Our vision is to be a leader in this segment in the Nordic region. Ecosol is a young dynamic company with high ambitions and high tempo. We have all in house expertise in our company. From early planing to complete mounted installation. Our location is in Moss with a field of impact around the Oslo Fjord in the private sector. Nationally in the business sector. Ecosol have 6 employees and we grow fast.

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.

Insight Tracking helps companies understand what makes their telephone ring.Insight Tracking is an ad tech startup based in Oslo and the first Norwegian company to offer dynamic call and text tracking in Norway. Based out of MESH, the Nordic Creators’ Community in downtown Oslo, the international team is made up to co-founder, CEO Charlie Flora and CTO Christine Hendy. Insight Tracking is welcoming early adopters with a series of sneak peak sessions in Oslo in the 4Q of 2018. Join us. Insight Tracking is an international team headquartered in the capital of Norway (the happiest place on earth). Come by and grab a beer at our home at MESH, the Nordic Creators Community in downtown Oslo.  Namaste.

Katapult Accelerator - "Build the world you want to live in" We aim to contribute to solving the big challenges facing the planet and people through technology and entrepreneurialism. We believe in the MASSIVE potential of:   - High impact, environmental and societal, alongside great profitable businesses - Using exponential technologies, like AI and blockchain, to scale - Bringing together the best people regardless of where they are from We kick of our next batch August 2018 in Oslo for a 3 month hands-on program with specialized mentors, tools and platforms, and provide a follow-up opportunity to join our partner, the leading New York accelerator partner ERA, for 1 month. We are recruiting great talent right now to join us!

Developing an automatic system for saving costs, reducing waste, and increasing hygiene relating to use of disposable gloves in the food service industry. The system allows disposable gloves to be reused and disinfected. We are in the process of adapting prototypes and software with partners for final test phase in the market.

Talk to a doctor from home Get consultations on your phone - fast, easy and secure. Our doctors can provide prescriptions and medical certificates, refer to a specialist and request blood tests and radiology. Eyr was founded in Oslo, Norway in 2015 by Karl Martin Lind and Vegard Krogh-Reinsnes, and is named after Eir - the Norse goddess of medicine. The name means help, mercy, protection and peace.

Bitmesh is a company that focuses on IoT and cognitive solutions. We are building several products based on our platform. Our main product is a solution for Smart Buildings. We have started building a prototype for testing fireskids. This will be a part of the fire safety module of our smart building cloud solution.   We will be using cognitive services to analyse data, starting with data from electricity meters and temperature sensor.

SoCentral utvikler likeverdige partnerskap med kommuner, næringsliv og innbyggere som vil utvikle et mer bærekraftig samfunn. Vi ble startet av tre gründere i 2012, og er et ideelt aksjeselskap hvor alt av overskudd brukes til videreutvikling. I dag er vi en liten bedrift med 8 heltidsansatte og 2 deltidsansatte, men med et stort miljø og nettverk rundt oss. Vi driver en inkubator med over 200 medlemmer på Sentralen i Oslo, og utvikler og leder prosjekter og samarbeid for å nå bærekraftsmålene. Eksempler på hvordan vi jobber finner du f. eks på www.paadriv.no eller www.inkluderingsdagene.no. Hvordan jobber vi? Store samfunnsutfordringer krever at vi jobber på nye måter. Hos SoCentral forventer vi mye av oss selv og hverandre, og er opptatt av å ha tid til alt livet har å tilby. Som vår kollega i SoCentral vil du ha stor frihet til å løse dine ansvarsområder på den måten som passer deg best. Samtidig forventer vi at du tar ansvar og innbyr til tillit. Det er ikke et strengt hierarki eller avdelinger i SoCentral, men vi har alle tydelige ansvarsområder. Du vil derfor måtte forholde deg til mange “ledere”. SoCentral eksperimenterer med løsninger på viktige samfunnsutfordringer. Det er derfor uunngåelig at vi ikke alltid får til det vi ønsker. Det er ok. Det er faktisk helt nødvendig. For vi vet at vi lærer vel så mye av det som vi ikke får til, så lenge vi greier å dele åpent og spørre om hjelp når vi trenger det. Hos oss må du derfor være åpen for og villig til å dele halvferdige tanker og idéer fortløpende. SoCentral er kunnskapsdrevet og vi er avhengig av at ny kunnskap deles både internt og eksternt.

Proteams delivers custom-made and already-built digital products and builds digital teams with Europe's top freelance professionals. Proteams operates as a marketplace connecting European enterprises with selected on-demand professionals in Europe for any kind of digital projects. The members are either independent professionals or teams that are selected based on certain criteria, such as high-quality, service, experience, specific technical/creative skills as well as a competitive pricing model.

Qondor is a cloud based Meeting and Event Management enterprise platform.   Qondor offers software solutions to meeting planners & event planners for Project Management, eProposals, online attendee registration forms, onsite check-in, mobile schedules, payments and business analytics.   Qondor is used by small agencies to large global enterprise agencies.

Wuni is based on the idea that technology can help make the world a better place. We believe that by utilizing our resources in a better way we can achieve prosperity in a sustainable way.Wuni gives those who renting freedom through easy access to what they need, when they need it, and gives those renting out things simple extra income they can use what they want.