ODDfest is Finland’s next-generation creative festival—think Slush meets Flow Festival. It unites art, business, and future thinking into one event, creating a space where creative professionals, industry leaders, and cultural innovators collide. The Problem We’re Solving: Finland’s creative and cultural industries are vibrant but fragmented. Artists, entrepreneurs, and innovators often work in silos, lacking platforms that connect them with each other, with audiences, and with opportunities for growth. Meanwhile, the cultural spaces that do exist are often either purely entertainment-driven or purely professional—rarely both. Our Solution: We bring the worlds of creativity, business, and culture under one roof—both figuratively and literally. We create spaces, online and offline, where new ideas can be born, collaborations can spark, and culture can evolve. Why We’re Doing It: We believe that creativity is a driver of societal change and economic growth. By making Finland a hub for next-generation creative culture, we’re putting it on the global cultural map—and creating a movement that inspires, elevates, and unites people from all walks of life.

Angry Camel AB is a Swedish-based food technology company specializing in plant-based protein development for industrial applications. Our flagship innovation, ChickBumin®, is a high-performance chickpea protein powder engineered to replace egg white and albumin in large-scale food production. Designed with functionality, cost-efficiency, and clean-label compliance in mind, ChickBumin® supports emulsification, foaming, and binding — without allergens, GMOs, or synthetic additives.

Dalea delivers a data platform for research within BioPharma and Life Sciences, providing familiar tools and a frictionless migration for researchers. Researchers forecast industry data volumes will double within 1 year, yet 60% of data is currently still stored on personal computers or in physical notebooks. Despite this issue, there is a clear market gap; two thirds of researchers within the field are dissatisfied with existing options on the market today. This is a major challenge for data replication and scientific collaboration. It stifles the value of created data and greatly inhibits discovery. Larger BioPharma companies resort to re-running experiments, as a faster alternative to looking up results. The market size for Electronic Notebooks and Laboratory Information Management Systems is expected to double in the next 10 years, with industry leaders breaking a staggering $6 billion valuation. Dalea is entirely EU-based, ensuring current and future compliance and data security. Our Academic version launches this Autumn, with an initial customer base secured through partnerships with leading academic labs. Ready to revolutionize research data? Explore our open roles and join us on the front lines of scientific innovation.

YGpartner er et rådgivningshus, der hjælper SMV’er og scaleups med at styrke deres employer brand og rekruttere de rette medarbejdere. Vi udvikler brugervenlige strategier og værktøjer, der gør det nemt at arbejde professionelt med employer branding og rekruttering – selv uden en stor HR-afdeling. Vores metode er praktisk, effektiv og tilpasset mindre virksomheders virkelighed.

We are developing Camofoil – a revolutionary, adaptive, and cost-effective camouflage solution that significantly reduces the heat signature of unmanned systems and beyond. It's a disposable, nanostructured plastic foil with adhesive backing for fast, easy installation, repair, and replacement in the field. Our technology is scalable and continuously improving to keep up with rapid advancements in sensor capabilities. We are also proud to say that our foil is currently being combat tested by soldiers on the frontline in Ukraine.

At Myvox, we move air with MEMS. We are a Swedish deep-tech company developing next-generation microspeakers and microfans using MEMS – Micro Electro Mechanical Systems – a chip-based technology that combines mechanics and electronics at microscopic scale. Our patented “Speaker-in-a-Chip” and “Fan-in-a-Chip” replace bulky, 100-year-old technologies with ultra-thin, energy-efficient components that can be manufactured like semiconductors. This opens up new possibilities for sound and cooling in compact consumer devices like earbuds, hearing aids, and smartphones. With Myvox, sound gets crisper, devices run cooler, and the technology inside becomes smarter and more scalable. Join us as we reimagine how air moves in the smallest spaces.

Mobcoder is an innovative IT service provider specializing in digital transformation and advanced technological solutions globally. With over 10 years in the industry, Mobcoder has served 150+ businesses worldwide, helping them raise over $500 million through the products we’ve built. We operate with a team of 268 professionals across 10 global locations, including Seattle, Toronto, London, Dubai, Riyadh, Melbourne, and Delhi NCR (HQ). Our services span AI, Machine Learning, Cloud Solutions, Product Design, Cybersecurity, Digital Strategy, and Growth Marketing. We are deeply focused on creating intelligent, AI-powered agents that help enterprises transform and scale through tailored digital solutions. Our commitment to quality and innovation is backed by industry certifications like ISO 27701 and a strong culture of continuous learning and collaboration.

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.

bclude is a digital leave platform for managing maternity, paternity, parental leave, and long-term sick leave to help People & Culture teams and organizations streamline their processes, reduce administrative burdens, and improve the employee experience during leave. Our solution automates complex tasks, ensuring automated reimbursement and offering seamless communication between employees and employers. The problem we're solving is the time-consuming and manual management of parental leave, sick leave, and related processes. People & Culture and payroll departments are often overwhelmed with manual work, complex regulations, and fragmented systems. This affects both employees, who struggle with confusion around their entitlements, and People & Culture and payroll professionals, who spend significant time on repetitive administrative tasks. By addressing this, we aim to free up valuable time, reduce errors and costs in reimbursement, and improve employee satisfaction and belonging. bclude simplifies the leave management process by automating leave planning, automated reimbursement, and communication between employees and the organization, including management. Our platform provides clear guidance to both employees, managers, People & Culture, and payroll, ensuring that all leave-related activities are completed on time and accurately. With bclude, employees can easily register their leave, track their entitlements, and receive timely notifications. People & Culture teams can manage all leave processes from a single platform, ensuring consistency and an inclusive process. We started bclude because we saw firsthand the frustrations employees and People & Culture and payroll teams face when it comes to managing leave. As parents ourselves, we experienced the complexity of parental leave and how it could affect work-life balance. At the same time, we noticed how much time People & Culture and payroll teams were spending on manual processes, which could be better spent on more strategic work. Our motivation was to create a solution that makes this process smoother for everyone involved, freeing up time for People & Culture and payroll teams and ensuring employees have a clear, positive, and inclusive experience during their leave.

I 2020 blev IT Confidence grundlagt af passionerede ildsjæle inden for IT-Infrastruktur, hvor vi gennem tiden har driftet og projekteret med en vision om at levere IT-løsninger, der ikke blot er effektive, men også bygger stærke relationer – både internt i teamet og eksternt med kunderne. I dag har vi to afdelinger fordelt i Silkeborg og Kongens Lyngby. På kontorerne venter 17 af dine kommende kollegaer spændt på at byde dig velkommen og gøre dig til en del af det daglige team.

Climate Fintech, shifting the forestry-based carbon offset system from trust-based to information-based. We can provide a publicly accessible ledger, with the minimal unit set to 1 ton of CO2e. This will guarantee transparent transactions and multiple-counting proof. Satellite imagery will have a pillar role in the execution. Every single hectare (ha) will be regularly, permanently, and objectively monitored on a strict data-based system. This will position FW as the leading solution to address the EU necessity for the first European-based public registry, to solve the technical limits of the EU CRCF framework. Compared to the other solutions, we are creating a 1-stop platform for buyers, PDs and Auditors.

At PluvioFlow, we are a pioneering startup dedicated to empowering societies to plan for and manage the risks associated with extreme weather events. We are building a cutting-edge, web-based application for water flow simulation that will make a real difference in communities worldwide. Our software centres around a unique algorithm developed from 30 years of research at Lund University. We work with city planners, property managers, insurance firms and humanitarian organisations who need to identify flooding risk by running scenarios and helping them evaluate appropriate interventions to protect what matters most.

At North ESG, we’re building the AI-powered ESG accounting software for SMEs. 99% of all companies in Europe are small and medium-sized enterprises. They drive our economy - but when it comes to sustainability, they are underserved. ESG reporting is complex, time-consuming, and an administrative hassle. We believe the future of ESG should be about growth - not admin. Our mission is to free up time and strengthen the ESG profile of SMEs as a commercial advantage, so they can stay competitive, win more business, and meet rising demands from customers, regulators, and investors. Our platform automates the entire ESG reporting process using AI - from data collection to emissions calculations and EU-aligned reporting. It integrates with ERP systems and leverages both public and private data sources to generate tailored, commercially viable ESG reports. We’ve already gained strong market traction across industries in Denmark. And with ESG requirements increasingly cascading down from large corporates and financial institutions, we’re solving a growing pain for millions of SMEs across Europe.

DemensAI is a Danish health-tech startup dedicated to improving early detection of dementia. Using advanced AI-powered speech analysis, DemensAI provides healthcare professionals with a simple, non-invasive tool for cognitive screening. This innovative solution enables faster, more accurate diagnoses, helping to ensure timely interventions and better care for patients at risk of dementia.

HorseDay helps trainers of Icelandic horses track training session, plan training ahead, register shoeing, register medical activity or note down whatever is relevant for caretaking of horses. With HorseDay the user can create a profile for each horse by connecting WorldFengur paddock to the application. We at HorseDay are equestrians, we are experienced in horse keeping on a broad basis. We are familiar with horse breeding, training horses, competing in sport and showing breeding horses, buying and selling horses and more or less everything related to horse keeping in the Icelandic horse world. HorseDay is supposed to be a community where activities with horses are held, people can find knowledge and useful information and people exchange opinions. Our intention is that HorseDay will be useful tool to all equestrians and those who are interested in horses. We intend to lead the digital journey of managing everything related to horse management.