Tech Nordic Advocates is Northern Europe’s largest and only pan-Nordic/Baltic tech startup organisation. We’re a not-for-profit community that brings entrepreneurs, investors, corporates and experts together to fuel innovation, collaboration and growth across the region and internationally. We’re part of Global Tech Advocates, a worldwide tech community of 48 hubs, across 60 countries and 30,000 tech leaders – helping to connect our ecosystem to the world.

Global Security Job ApS – A New Digital Foundation for Security and Emergency Readiness Global Security Job ApS is a Danish startup with a global outlook. We are building a new type of digital infrastructure designed to make it easier, faster, and more trustworthy to recruit and match individuals to mission-critical roles in defense, security, and emergency sectors. As the world faces increasing complexity, instability, and risk, the need for reliable, vetted, and mission-ready professionals continues to grow. At the same time, traditional recruitment models are not built to handle the specific demands of this sector—where roles may include protecting critical infrastructure, supporting military operations, assisting in humanitarian crises, or coordinating emergency responses. That’s where we come in. Global Security Job is designed to solve the unique challenges that arise at the intersection of people, security, and operational systems. Our mission is to enable authorities, organizations, and private actors to identify and engage with highly qualified and trusted personnel—locally, regionally, and internationally. Our platform is developed with deep domain insight and a clear vision: to deliver a scalable, adaptable, and ethically sound solution that meets the operational and compliance needs of the security sector. We are committed to professionalism, transparency, and building real-world tools that matter in situations where there is no room for error. We believe digital tools should empower decision-makers—not replace them. That’s why our focus is on creating a secure, human-centered platform that supports intelligent recruitment and resource allocation in complex and high-stakes environments. We’ve already built and validated a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that aligns with the needs of this niche market. Our next steps involve launching and refining the platform through real-world pilots, followed by strategic international expansion. Global Security Job is not just about recruitment—it’s about securing the right people for the right missions when it matters most. We’re not just building a company; we’re laying the groundwork for the future of global security infrastructure.

THE URGENT ISSUE IN TODAY'S JOB MARKET IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES: ✪ Traditional recruitment prioritizes CV algorithms and keywords over human potential, by an astonishing 90%. When ATS/AI control who gets seen, we lose the most important factor: the human behind the CV. This creates not just unemployment, but social exclusion - when people can't find work, they lose connection to society and experience profound isolation. ✪ Todays recruitment methods are narrowly fixated purely on qualifications and historical experience, relying heavily on algorithms to sift through CVs. This approach overlooks the unique talents and motivations of individuals, drivingforces, personality and thus missing out on valuable opportunities for growth and success. ✪ THE RESULT: People are often using ChatGPT or Copilot to write their applications + HR are using AI to read them = nobody is getting hired. ✪ Sweden struggles with high youth unemployment and urban-rural divides. Refugee integration remains uneven, and platform work is eroding traditional protections. Union influence is waning, especially in tech and service sectors. ✪ Denmark’s famed flexicurity model is under pressure. Women are overrepresented in part-time roles, and older workers exit early. Gig work is expanding faster than regulation, challenging collective bargaining norms. ✪ Finland faces persistent long-term unemployment and mental health-related exclusion. Industrial restructuring is shifting jobs to tech hubs, leaving peripheral regions behind. Labor mobility remains low despite retraining efforts. In conclusion; the Nordic countries face mounting labor market exclusion despite strong welfare models. Norway leads with 700,000 adults outside the labor force, driven by regional stagnation, immigrant underemployment, and early retirement. The green and digital transitions are creating jobs—but not where displaced workers live. THE PERFECT STORM FOR US! TURNING THE RECRUITMENT MARKET UPSIDE-DOWN «From employer initiated to 100% talent focused.» Our Solution: Talentity.ai = AI meets empathy! Nordic's first community for job seekers, where talent takes center stage. Meeting the talents, rather than relying on historical data on a piece of paper. Creating an empathic AI, that combines human expertise with technology, supporting decision making and not taking over the entire process.

At Alight, we’re on a mission to kick carbon off the grid by helping energy-intensive businesses switch to solar. We develop, own and operate onsite and offsite solar projects across Europe and sell the clean energy to businesses at a low, fixed cost backed by a power purchase agreement (PPA), always independent of government funding or subsidies. By 2030, we aim to have an installed capacity of at least 5 GW, paving the way for a more sustainable future.

Heyy, we’re Point! A mission-driven startup shifting spend to local alternatives with agentic AI. We’re building at the intersection of Mobile Wallets, FinTech, PayTech, and Digital Loyalty. Stay tuned...

Winetales curates and delivers exclusive, small-scale wines from family-owned vineyards to wine enthusiasts in Scandinavia. We help discerning customers discover hidden gems from the world’s best wine regions, offering sustainably produced wines that can be enjoyed now or aged for the future. 💡 The Why Winetales was born out of our own frustration as wine enthusiasts who struggled to find the best wines from our travels back home. We wanted to share these incredible, hard-to-find wines with others, so we created Winetales to bring these hidden gems to Scandinavia. 🎯 The How: We handpick wines from the world’s top regions, focusing on small-scale producers with a passion for their craft. Each wine is carefully selected for its quality, sustainability, and aging potential. Our platform makes it easy for Scandinavian wine lovers to discover and enjoy these hidden treasures. ✅ The What: Winetales solves the problem of limited access to exceptional wines from small, family-owned vineyards. These unique wines, celebrated locally but rarely available in mainstream markets, are sought after by wine lovers who value quality, sustainability, and authenticity.

SILVERS is a Copenhagen-based project that gives people access to the knowledge and expertise of the senior generation. It is a platform for local seniors (we call them “Silvers”) to host intimate dinners and workshops to share their wisdom and life experience. Our Silvers include creatives, community leaders, educators, and pioneers. Guests are invited into real homes, studios, and personal spaces across the city and nearby areas. These include a sustainable tiny house in Christiania, an art-filled apartment in Frederiksberg, and a community collective in Roskilde. Around the dinner table or through guided conversation, guests explore topics like sustainability, identity, creativity, and belonging - all through the lens of lived experience. We offer a unique space where active seniors host unique activities, showcase their talent and bridge the gap between generations. Our core value is to bring all the expertise from the senior set through real life experiences. We want to create the ultimate solution where seniors share their existing knowledge and people get inspired, meet a broader circle and live unforgettable experiences. #agingiscool

Only 2.7% of the healthcare budget is used on prevention, leaving individuals on their own to stay healthy. Individuals might feel healthy, but most are not and completely unaware of it. For example: - 34% have too high cholesterol. - 14% have (pre-)diabetes, >25% unaware of it. - 29% have high stress levels. Poor health of individuals significantly costs employers and insurers in terms of sick days, lost productivity, and claims - all of which are largely preventable. To bridge this gap of an unhealthy population, Zack provides businesses and their employees access to comprehensive health checks - testing for more than any standard ones. Designed to deliver personalized, actionable health insights, backed by science, empowering everyone to make informed decisions about their health. We are combining advanced lab testing with 'digital twin' technology and 'behavioral science' to really improve employee health. Becoming the front door to preventive care and changing the way employers take care of their employees!

Welcome to our profile here on The Hub :-) We are a team of 9 passionate recruitment and executive search specialists sat in Oslo who have been so fortunate to recruit for some of the regions most promising technology companies. Hopefully you find the below information of interest, either as a candidate to work for Rede, a candidate interested in positions with our clients, or a technology company looking for modern and agile recruitment services either for technical positions or senior management positions. Rede People AS is the driver for more modern and agile recruitment in what has become a very conservative headhunting industry that has seen few the last 20 years. We also aim to be a true specialist and have 100% focus on recruitment for technology start-ups and scale-ups, recruiting everything from Senior management roles to technical roles. We are a group of passionate people with a variety of backgrounds that only think it is fair that both clients and candidates receive services that mirrors the development & growth within society. We have made 500+ hires with key technology companies and tech consultancies the last years and all our recruiters work 360 and with recruitment from A to Z. In doing so, all our clients gets a trusted and 100% dedicated partner. Rede believe that the key for the successful recruitment of talent to technology companies, in simple terms, is the A, the B and The C - A for agile recruitment - B for brand - C for candidate centric Since our start in 2019 we put our focus on working with clients and candidates that resemble our core values and stand for a bright, diverse, and sustainable future. This includes companies like: Airthings, Allente, No Isolation, Saga Robotics, PwC, Oda, Kahoot, Firi, Skyfri Technologies, Wheel.me, Disruptive Technologies, AION, Element Logic, Data Gumbo, Elaway, Mer ECO, Biosort, Squarehead Technologies, ECO STOR, Photoncycle, Kogenta, MedLearn, Skeiv Ungdom, Beefutures, Plateful, Dignio and many more. Interesting in learning more? Perhaps you would be interested in joining this exciting journey as a recruiter? Or perhaps you are a technology company looking for a recruiter to assist with your needs? Feel free to get in touch with with our Co-Founder, Erik Falk Hansen erik@redepeople.com | +47 40 43 54 93

Ope™ is modular furniture designed for reuse and sustainability. Like with LEGO, you can build and rebuild variations in infinite from the same basic components — making redecorating cost and waste-free. Our solutions transform open-plan offices into good working environments through variety and flexibility. Each cube can be opened or closed. Giving you endless possibilities to customize solutions for different rooms and employees. Wool cushions act as sound absorbers and bring color to the interior. With Ope, you get a Kinder-egg; storage, shielding, and sound dampening. You get a room divider without closing off the light - and which is open enough so that it inspires interaction. You can also create a room within the room and make social spaces. The click patent in the connectors is the key that enables you to easily assemble the modules so that you can customize solutions to get the best working environment for your office and employees - and you can rebuild and expand with just a few clicks. Ope™ was designed by Lars Urheim and Eirik Høvik Helgesen and has an elegant Scandinavian design that lets in light from all sides and gives it a soft and modern look. Influenced by the modern Scandinavian lifestyle, Ope™ set out to create a timeless furniture system to meet demands for sustainability, flexibility, and individuality. Ope™ challenges the idea that furniture must be a static object and is unique in the sense that the form and function are decided by the user. Ope makes it easy to make a sustainable choice. Please contact us to find out how Ope can improve your working environment.

At Northeast Flow (NEF), we offer a next-generation computational heating service for buildings. Our solution provides customers with better control, actionable insights and reduced heating costs. By generating heat through high-performance computing we create new revenue streams while delivering cost-effective heating. Our primary target customers are medium to large industrial buildings as well as residential buildings and business facilities. Our vision is to transform heating—the largest energy consumer in buildings—into a flexible and intelligent energy solution. By integrating computational processing and advanced energy management, we aim to enable the global transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources while bringing computing power to new environments. Today, NEF has six active customer cases with more in preparation, and a dedicated team of four full-time professionals. We are supported by experienced advisors and board members, who play a key role in guiding our growth. NEF is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, with a growing revenue stream and financing from our current owners. While our current operations are in Finland, our Computational Heat service is designed for the global market—wherever efficient, sustainable building heating is needed.

Leakproof underwear so comfortable and gorgeous, you’ll want to wear them every day of the month - leaks or not. ------ Hala Collective is an ambitious apparel brand bringing a game-changer collection of underwear to market in 2023. We set out to design leakproof underwear so comfortable and gorgeous, you’d want to wear them every day of the month - leaks or not. That’s exactly what we’ve designed; underwear that evolves with you throughout the month – from dry days and discharge to periods, post-partum and incontinence – so you can get on with life, on your terms. After all, if your underwear’s not doing anything, why are you even wearing it? But we don’t just want to launch an amazing product; we want to do it as responsibly and respectfully as possible. That’s why we are on a mission to be the world’s most transparent underwear (don’t worry, not literally). The apparel industry leaves a deep imprint, impacting not only the planet, but also the people who produce and consume its products. We are committed to doing our part by sourcing in accordance with leading social and environmental standards and by working to increase traceability and transparency. So, where are we now? Over the last 1.5 years, we’ve been researching, designing and prototyping the most comfortable, functional and safe underwear on the market. We’ll be launching in 2023.

This is an app that aims at combining different alternative healing methods in order to help individuals experiencing mental and/or physical issues. All advice is personalized after the person has checked all the health issues he or she is experiencing. It combines ayurveda, yoga, breathing, meditation, daily and seasonal routines. One can add a reminder for each activity. One can get in touch with a therapist as well for energetical healing. The content of the app is ready. Looking for collaborators in the form of investor and app developer

h e y b u d d i e s is a free app that helps you find your new community group with other moms, dads and co-parents for kids in the age of 0-5 years. Based on your interests, your location and the age of your kids you will be matched with other parents in small groups near you, and through the extensive activity catalogue and user-friendly planning module, you will be ready to meet up with your new group in no time!

COACH Solutions optimizes vessels’ performance through monitoring and analysis. We keep operators updated throughout the voyage with unified reporting and energy deviation alerts. - We were developed by an experienced ship owner and operator. - We are a combination of naval architects and seafarers, based in Copenhagen and Mumbai. - We strive to be dynamic and flexible to adapt to our clients' needs.