Nordic Valley is a Scandinavian innovation hub focused on building, owning, and scaling AI-driven digital platforms. We create and manage technology ventures that address real structural challenges across talent, innovation, and organisational development. Our approach combines long-term ownership, disciplined execution, and close collaboration with founders, institutions, and ecosystem partners. Nordic Valley serves as the strategic and operational backbone behind our portfolio providing governance, capital structure, and product direction from early build to scale. Under the Nordic Valley umbrella, we develop and own AI-powered platforms including: - Nordly: Talent Hiring Platform - Automated Funding Discovery & Application Tool - Founder & Startup Collaboration Networks - Strategic Advisory & Venture Support

Brinna AI is building the next-gen brand intelligence platform, powered by AI — to help global companies take control of their brand at scale. Brand management today is fragmented, manual, and inefficient — making consistency and creativity hard to maintain. Brinna AI changes that. Our agentic platform automates and augments brand management, unlocking new levels of speed, precision, and brand coherence. We’ve spent the last five years running a leading Brand Management agency. That hands-on experience and first-hand view of the problems led us here — to reimagine how brands are built and scaled in the age of AI.

🌍 About Xbrandify Xbrandify is an AI-powered, white-label experiential travel platform that helps brands turn their audiences into communities—and their marketing into revenue. We empower lifestyle, sports, and media brands to launch their own travel platforms where they can offer everything from curated local activities to full-scale adventures—without needing to build any tech or operations themselves. 🚨 The Problem We're Solving In a world of banner blindness, short attention spans, and rising ad costs, traditional marketing is losing its impact. At the same time, experiential marketing—creating memorable, real-world brand moments—is outperforming static campaigns. But most brands lack the tools or infrastructure to deliver meaningful experiences at scale. Travel is one of the most powerful experiential touchpoints in the world—but it’s underused and difficult to execute. ✅ Our Solution Xbrandify turns travel into a scalable experiential marketing engine. We provide: - A white-label travel platform for brands to launch their own booking site - A library of curated experiential travel products (local and global) - A system to engage communities and drive conversions, loyalty, and content - An AI-driven backend (AgentOS) to automate customer journeys and support Result: Brands grow community, loyalty, and revenue—all through branded experiences that inspire action. 💡 Why It Matters - Consumers are demanding experiences over ads, and community over clicks - Brands are sitting on untapped audiences with massive travel potential - New tools in AI and fintech now make this model scalable and profitable - We're giving brands a new kind of growth engine—experiential, emotional, and revenue-generating. Instead of spending on ads, brands use travel to engage their audience, create loyalty, and generate profit. Powered by automation and embedded fintech, we make it scalable.

GLYON is developing a CO₂-powered textile-to-textile recycling technology to help brands, fiber producers, and recyclers solve the growing textile waste crisis with a breakthrough chemical recycling process that turns waste into virgin-quality raw materials for new fibers—without fossil fuels. We address the massive problem of textile waste, a global crisis where over 92 million tonnes of textile waste are discarded each year—most of it ending up in landfills or incinerated. This contributes to major pollution issues but also forces the textile industry to continue its dependence on virgin fossil-based materials. Our solution targets fiber producers, brands, and recyclers who need circular raw material solutions. Our CO₂-based chemical recycling process breaks down polyester textiles into building blocks and leaves other fibers like cotton intact. Both PET building blocks and cotton can be used to produce new, high-quality fibers without the need for virgin oil and reducing water consumption and CO₂ emissions.

Adeu.ai is an AI-powered practice management platform designed specifically for the legal industry. We help law firms eliminate one of the most tedious and error-prone part of their workflow: timekeeping and billing. Lawyers waste countless hours manually tracking their work, trying to remember what they did, for whom, and when. This leads to lost revenue, billing inaccuracies, and lawyer burnout. Traditional tools either require too much manual input or don’t understand the nuance of legal work. Adeu automates this process. Our AI passively captures lawyers’ work activity across tools like email, calendar, and documents, then intelligently translates it into billable entries—customized to the client’s billing preferences. The result is more accurate invoices, increased revenue, and lawyers who can spend more time on actual legal work instead of admin. We’re building this because we’ve seen how broken and outdated legal timekeeping systems are—and we believe lawyers deserve tools that work as smart and efficiently as they do.

WorkSphere is an all-in-one company dedicated to help international professionals, recruitment agencies, and Danish companies streamline the process of hiring and working in Denmark. By handling employment setup, immigration, and local registration, WorkSphere ensures a seamless and compliant experience for all parties involved. Navigating the complexities of international employment in Denmark can be challenging for professionals, agencies, and companies. Issues such as understanding local regulations, managing immigration requirements, and ensuring compliance with Danish employment laws can be daunting. This complexity affects a wide range of stakeholders and can hinder the efficient integration of international talent into the Danish workforce. WorkSphere addresses these challenges by offering: * Tailored Solutions: Customized services to fit the unique needs of each professional journey. * Expertise and Reliability: In-depth knowledge of Danish employment regulations and administrative procedures. * Trust and Transparency: A commitment to integrity and keeping all parties informed throughout the process. * Ongoing Support: Continuous assistance beyond onboarding to ensure a stress-free experience. Our service packages include handling employment contracts, payroll, social security contributions, and necessary registrations with Danish authorities, providing a comprehensive solution for international employment in Denmark. WorkSphere's mission began with a simple but powerful vision: to redefine what commitment, transparency, compliance, due diligence, and quality should look like in cross-border employment services. Today, we deliver tailored, reliable solutions designed specifically for those working, placing, or hiring international talent in Denmark. Backed by diverse backgrounds and deep expertise, our team understands the unique needs of all parties involved. We combine a structured, proactive approach with clear communication and meticulous attention to detail – ensuring smooth processes, strong relationships, and successful outcomes for everyone involved. At WorkSphere, we are here to make global transitions seamless, compliant, and human.

Hikkibiskus is a Swedish brand founded in 2022, to offer healthy and delicious drinks. Our hibiscus drinks fill the gap in the market for customers looking for tasty and functional drinks. Hikkibiskus is also the company that was started with a hibiscus plant, and with two female entrepreneurs. One of us lives in Burkina Faso and one works in Mälardalen in Sweden. We also happen to be mother and daughter. With a shared dream of a unique drink, we have created a hibiscus farm run by a women's cooperative in Burkina Faso. We brew our drinks in Skåne and we have our headquarters in Stockholm. We have control over our entire chain; from seed to cap fitting. We are driven by the belief that we can create a drink that is kind to the body and where our ecological footprint is as small as possible. At the moment our drinks can be found at 40+ cafés, restaurants and ecological stores and we're listed at major distributor.

Knerdy is an AI-driven platform addressing the global skill gap by providing personalized education and career pathways. For learners, we solve the problem of lacking clear direction, personalized guidance, and accessible resources, often leading to unfulfilled career aspirations. Our platform creates tailored learning paths based on individual goals and skills, offers courses in native languages, and connects learners to internships and job opportunities, ensuring they are industry-ready. For employers, we solve the problem of talent shortages by upskilling candidates to meet specific job requirements, providing a pipeline of qualified, diverse talent. Knerdy bridges the gap between learning and employment, empowering individuals while addressing workforce demands effectively.

Etlia is a trusted data engineering partner. We help our clients to gain competitive advantage through data-driven decision making. With us our clients will turn raw data into valuable insights that improve decision making and drive their business growth. We help them to obtain tangible business benefits from data-driven decision making by implementing smart solutions that ensure the availability, reliability and accessibility of your critical data in a format best suitable to their organization.

Perma Padel is on a mission to become a leading global racket sports brand and equipment manufacturer, defined by an unwavering commitment to premium performance, sustainability, and innovation. Perma Padel is the first to apply a novel industrial manufacturing process for padel rackets using 100% recyclable thermoplastic carbon fiber, unlocking a new era of performance, sustainability, and scalability. By moving from manual labor to precision automation, we slash manufacturing time significantly, while delivering a product that is twice as durable as the competition. Our Core Innovations Include: MonoFrame™: A supercar-inspired unibody design that removes the traditional hollow internal frame. This creates a stronger racket with a larger, more forgiving sweet spot. OmniCore™: High-grade foam from edge to edge. This eliminates dead zones, maximizes energy return, and significantly reduces vibration to lower the risk of injury. FutureFiber™: Our proprietary thermoplastic carbon fiber allows for a fully circular model. Unlike toxic epoxy-based rackets, our materials are 100% recyclable and enable zero-waste manufacturing. We have already secured a launch partnership with Denmark's biggest retailer and have an organic waitlist of over 700 players. We are currently finalizing product development for a Summer 2026 launch.

TOTEMI Investment Oy is a startup base in Lappeenranta. With the first product, Valmista, is an innovative digital platform designed to bridge the gap between service providers and their clients. Our platform empowers businesses by streamlining the process of connecting with clients, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment. At Valmista, we prioritize growth and adaptability, providing tools and resources that allow both service providers and clients to thrive in an increasingly digital landscape. For more information on how Valmista can enhance your business operations, please visit our website at Valmista.com.

Voysey Brands acquires and operates brands that have captured the hearts of discerning clients. With a focus on high-end brands, we are dedicated to becoming a quintessential house of brands for the 21st century, one brand at a time. Each brand we acquire has a unique story and strong connection with its customers. We are trusted by the founders to continue the legacy of their brands. Once we acquire a brand, we take responsibility for its e-commerce and retail sales, product design, manufacturing, inventory purchasing, media buying, creative production, and customer service.

HappyHelper.dk er en dynamisk og innovativ online platform, der siden 2015 har revolutioneret måden, hvorpå danskerne får rengøringshjælp i hjemmet. Vi forbinder personer, der søger rengøringshjælp, med selvstændige rengøringsassistenter, kendt som "helpers." Med næsten 400.000 rengøringer gennemført for næsten 40.000 kunder, er vi stolte af vores stærke tilstedeværelse på markedet. I april 2024 blev HappyHelper en del af Handyhand, hvilket har skabt et spændende samarbejde mellem to førende virksomheder inden for rengøringstjenester. Sammen arbejder vi nu på at levere endnu bedre service og innovative løsninger til vores kunder og helpers. Hvorfor HappyHelper? Hos HappyHelper tror vi på at skabe en arbejdsplads, der er både inspirerende og støttende. Vores kontor er designet til at være et åbent og kreativt miljø, hvor innovation og teamwork er i centrum. Her er nogle af de ting, der gør HappyHelper til en fantastisk arbejdsplads: Åben Kontorstruktur: Vores kontor er indrettet med åbne rum, der fremmer samarbejde og kommunikation. Vi tror på, at de bedste ideer opstår, når vi arbejder sammen. Fleksibilitet og Frihed: Vi tilbyder fleksible arbejdstider og muligheden for at arbejde hjemmefra, så du kan finde den rette balance mellem arbejde og fritid. Personlig og Professionel Udvikling: Vi investerer i vores medarbejderes vækst gennem kontinuerlig træning og udviklingsmuligheder. Vi ønsker, at du skal vokse sammen med os. Sociale Aktiviteter: Vi arrangerer regelmæssige sociale arrangementer, herunder fredagsbar, team building-aktiviteter og fælles frokoster, der styrker vores fællesskab og gør arbejdet sjovere. Mission-Drevet Arbejde: Hos HappyHelper arbejder vi med et klart formål: at gøre hverdagen lettere for vores kunder og skabe fleksible jobmuligheder for vores helpers. Din indsats vil have en direkte, positiv indvirkning på mange menneskers liv. Bliv en Del af Vores Team Vi søger altid talentfulde og passionerede mennesker, der vil være med til at forme fremtiden for rengøringstjenester i Danmark. Hvis du er interesseret i at arbejde i en virksomhed, hvor din stemme bliver hørt, og hvor du kan gøre en forskel, så er HappyHelper stedet for dig. Kom og vær med til at skabe en renere, mere organiseret og inspirerende fremtid sammen med os!

Mission
 Reduce return rates and carbon emissions for fashion brands and online retailers with AI product images and Virtual Try On (VTO). Vision Become category leader for reducing returns and AI product images as an add on for fashion e–commerces, like Klarna for split payments. Simple for end users combined with a backend for e-commerces to monitor KPIs including savings in return rates and carbon emissons. About SWOP SWOP revolutionizes online shopping with a solution that combines AI-powered Virtual Try-On (VTO) with an extensive product image library. Our technology showcases clothing on diverse body types, ethnic backgrounds, and from multiple angles, addressing high return rates and customer dissatisfaction. This improved representation helps customers make better purchasing decisions, reducing returns, increasing conversion rates, and boosting average order values. SWOP provides a cost-effective, comprehensive solution that enhances customer satisfaction and e-commerce performance. SWOP's approach contributes to the green transition by reducing waste from returns and promoting sustainable consumption patterns.

aParent.ly is a pioneering match-making and support platform dedicated to modernizing family building through platonic co-parenting. We address the growing need for alternative family structures, offering solutions for those who desire to parent, irrespective of their romantic relationship status. Our service caters to individuals like Sara and Peter, who are eager to start families but haven't found partners to do so romantically. With societal shifts and the increasing acceptance of diverse family models, our platform meets a crucial demand. We facilitate connections among prospective co-parents by aligning mutual values, parenting styles, and logistical preferences. Beyond matchmaking, aParent.ly provides extensive support and resources, including expert advice on child-rearing and legal aspects of co-parenting. Our approach not only supports the biological clock concerns of individuals in their late thirties but also offers a community and framework for those pursuing non-traditional family setups. This innovative service ensures children grow up in nurturing environments by fostering strong co-parenting partnerships built on shared goals and commitments.