TIND is a Norwegian scaleup with roots from CERN and NTNU, headquartered in Oslo. The company has developed a Digital Archive software platform, delivered through a SaaS model to universities and research institutions worldwide. Most of TIND's customers are located in the United States and include renowned institutions such as UC Berkeley, Duke University, and the United Nations. Today, TIND has a team of 20 employees and offices in Oslo and the U.S. The company is backed by Equip Capital, experiencing strong growth (around 30% per year) and has ambitious plans to scale further internationally.

NODES is the independent marketplace for a sustainable energy future where grid owners, producers, and consumers of energy can trade decentralized flexibility and energy. NODES, as an independent market operator, is addressing key trends and challenges in the energy system such as increased share of renewable power production, decentralized generation, and the rapid change of customer behavior. NODES vision is to build Europe’s most customer-centric, integrated energy marketplace to unlock the value of local flexible power resources and support the drive to a sustainable, emission-free future. NODES mission is to facilitate the optimal use of flexibility in the grid by offering an open, integrated marketplace to all flexibility providers and grid operators.

ONNA is on a mission to build a more resilient and transparent food system. Our vertical farms and controlled environment technology will reduce the environmental burden and negative externalities of food production. In parallel, we seek to increase Nordic food independence in the face of climate change - and disrupt global food production. Put shortly, vertical farming is an extremely efficient cultivation technology for lettuces and herbs. By growing plants inside, in a fully controlled environment, you can optimize for the ideal combination of climate, lights, nutrition and water. Without using pesticides or other pesky chemicals. Our farms are stacked vertically, ensuring a much greater yield per area and the opportunity to produce food closer to urban centers. As a result, ONNA facilitates the consumption of locally produced, nutritious vegetables while simultaneously reducing food waste through the supply chain. How do we measure success? When we’ve made healthy produce accessible to all. The only way is up! ONNA’s commandments 1. ONNA is a company for the future 2. We are ambassadors for change 3. Rebellious acts inspire us 4. We work TOGETHER 5. Our products are extremely local – and that is our strength 6. We help people make educated choices 7. We believe, to the very core of our being, in a more sustainable tomorrow

Vainu is building a Sales Intelligence platform that helps salespeople and marketers move forward. Powered by technology to collect, read and understand all company information ever written, Vainu makes these real-time company insights easily consumable directly in its customers' existing business systems. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, the company launched in 2013 and is now at €15 million in annual revenue with a team of 150, spread across Europe. Over 2,000 sales and marketing teams globally use Vainu’s data to personalize customer interactions at scale—ultimately leading to more sales.

Haptiq AS is a technology company that develops 3D virtual and augmented reality applications for mission-critical industries. We have a background from international AAA gaming and strong experience in core and related technologies, their development tools, and processes. Our customers span from The Department of Health and Human Services to the Norwegian Special Operation Forces. Haptiq has developed a customizable EHS training system that we connect to a digital twin of the workplace in 1:1 scale virtual reality (VR). This immersive includes natural interaction between instructor and fellow trainees as avatars, an intuitive user interface and a built-in task creator so you can add or modify training sessions. All data generated by employees training in the system is stored and easily accessible through an admin dashboard.

Entrepedia AS is a "not for profit" company, set up as a subsidiary for the investment company Firda. Best practices, documents, templates, etc. from the portfolio companies will be made available for everyone through the soon to be released Entrepedia platform. Our purpose is to support founders and company builders to set up a good company from the start and further provide advice through the journey, and so increase the chances of new Norwegian successes and industry. Entrepedia's mission is to make the Nordics more innovative, starting with Norway. We are a small team consisting of: Oliver Halvorsrød, CEO  of Entrepedia and former Digital lead for ABB Norway, representing ABB Technology Ventures in NorwayGeir Førre, serial entrepreneur and Managing Partner in Firda – Founder of EntrepediaMagnus Nordseth, investment professional and Partner in Firda - active contributor to Entrepedia.A growing base of key players in the community that want to contributeYou?

Our team is dedicated to develop and manufacture innovative products for the coffee industry, increasing quality in the cup and efficiency in the workflow. ROEST’s current portfolio includes two models of an AI powered hybrid coffee roaster designed for quality control. ROEST Sample Roaster has received several industry awards and even helped coffee enthusiasts to succeed in the World Coffee Championships. In 2023 we will launch a new production roaster for small to medium-sized roasteries. Since 2018 we have sold over 1000 roasters to more than 80 countries around the world. What started as a master thesis has turned into a fast-growing, open-minded company with an international team dedicated to improving coffee. ROEST AS became the national gaselle winner for 2022. https://www.dn.no/gaselle Our product can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/VDi4KYr3pYw Our story can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/xMdB0wTXoR8

Our platform gives you the tools to measure the temperature of your workforce, boost employee engagement, and make measurable gains in performance. Winningtemp’s platform enables leaders to understand their employees’ needs, concerns, and motivation levels. Real results follow. After a year of using Winningtemp, our customers record, on average, a 21% increase in job satisfaction amongst their employees.

DBtune (www.dbtune.com) is an innovative AI startup based in the vibrant Malmö area, a short train ride away from Copenhagen, Denmark, and Lund and Helsingborg, Sweden. Since our founding in 2020, our dedicated team of engineers and Ph.D. researchers has been on a mission to revolutionize cloud and database systems using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. DBtune's core technology is a fully automated service designed to optimize databases. Our optimizer, based on machine learning, tailors each optimization to the specific customer workload and hardware in use. This approach leads to improved key performance indicators, making the process of database tuning more efficient and scalable across hundreds of instances. By utilizing DBtune, users enhance their databases' performance while significantly reducing cloud costs and environmental impact. We have garnered support from institutional and angel investors in the EU and the US, along with pre-seed funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW). With a growing customer base, DBtune is poised to expand its influence even further, scaling our operations to bring AI-driven database optimization to a broader audience.

Business Angels Norway is the only umbrella assocation for regional or industry-specific angel groups in Norway. We are a co-founder of NordicBAN, the Nordic-Baltic assocation for business angels. We have ca 10 angel groups all over Norway, with >500 business angels total. We are an interest assocation, working for the interests of angel groups and business angels in general. We are part of several international initiatives and projects, incl the Nordic Angel Program where we need YOU!

Simp turns existing WiFi systems into powerful Big Data collection tools, which allow businesses to generate returns on their infrastructure investments.Companies builds big data which automatically gets segmented and can be used for targeted communication on location and / or after visits. With Simp your businesses WiFi provides more followers in social media. And best of all; You do not need to upgrade or change your existing WiFi infrastructure. Simps vision is to give businesses a new technology to measure and communicate with their customers. With the tools that are coming into the marked today we belive in building effective, measurable, affordable and user friendly products so small and big businesses can take charge of boosting their social medias and customer relations easier than ever before.In short, Simp makes your physical visitors digital.

Oslo Science Park, centrally located in Norway’s largest knowledge hub, between the campuses of the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, is one of the best places to grow your business in Norway. It is home to more than 250 companies and 2500 people in research groups, startups, growth companies working on developments within the fields of biotechnology and chemistry, medicine, IT, media, material science, electronics, and environment.

UBIQ Aerospace was founded in late 2017, with the mission of providing enabling technologies to unmanned and autonomous aircraft. We aspire to hire great people that immerse themselves into key issues and obstacles experienced in the industry and through dedicated processes, with stakeholders, to design and develop solutions that bring great value to our customers and the industry. The first tech. is the proprietary D•ICE technology, an autonomous icing protection solution for unmanned aircraft. The D•ICE tech is the only autonomous icing protection solution available. With its dedicated icing detection algorithms and intelligent control algorithms, D•ICE requires no third-party sensors and no human-interaction.

At Over Easy Solar, we are tackling the challenge of underutilized rooftop spaces for solar energy, particularly focusing on flat rooftops and green roofs, which are often overlooked due to concerns about maintenance, energy efficiency, and potential damage from traditional solar panels. Rooftops represent a significant opportunity for clean energy production, yet their potential is often untapped. Our solution is the innovative vertical bifacial solar panel, which is specifically designed to overcome these challenges. This unique panel integrates seamlessly with flat roofs and green roofs, maximizing energy output without disrupting the environment. By using a prefabricated design, we streamline the installation process, making it up to ten times faster than conventional systems while reducing costs. The vertical configuration allows our panels to capture more sunlight, especially during peak demand times, such as mornings, evenings, and winter months, increasing energy efficiency when it’s most needed. Additionally, the panels’ design ensures easy access and reduces the need for heavy ballast, making them compatible with most roofs. Our mission is to unlock the potential of underutilized spaces, contributing to the global transition to renewable energy while supporting EU energy goals for rooftop photovoltaic (PV) installations. By providing an efficient, eco-friendly, and versatile solar solution, we are helping to build a cleaner, more sustainable future.

Greenphones provides an end to end solution for to extend the lifetime of mobile phones and tablets. Through the provision of a simple user friendly interface allowing private individuals to trade-in their used phones where the value can either be used for the purchase of an upgraded phone or paid out in cash. We saw a clear need in the market to help the consumer and at the same time reduce the number of new mobiles being introduced into the market. As such for each and every new mobile 'not sold' sold in the market, we reduce the CO2 footprint by approximately 55kg. We estimate that we can extend the lifetime of any mobile between 250% and 300% Inspiration for your startup description There are other firms selling used mobile/tablets, but very few that offer the level of service trade-in value. The founders who previously worked with used IT equipment saw that the used mobile market was also in need of a solution. Greenphones has a number of strategies to expand beyond the core business to enhance the circular economy and is constantly in search of ways to support climate initiatives.